I want to turn on background app refresh, but cannot—it’s dimmed. She me other setting needs to be changed first—but what?

I want to turn on background app refresh, but cannot—it’s dimmed. She me other setting needs to be changed first—but what?

Posted on Aug 11, 2022 8:13 PM

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Posted on Aug 12, 2022 3:14 AM

You may have Screen Time Restrictions set to ON.

Open Settings Screen Time Content & Privacy Restrictions Background App Activities : Set this to ALLOW


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I want to turn on background app refresh, but cannot—it’s dimmed. She me other setting needs to be changed first—but what?

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