I turned off "Control Center" when locked but it would not turn off, I could still use it. I have a iphone 12 Pro.

I turned off "Control Center" when locked but it would not turn off, I could still use it. I have a iphone 12 Pro.

Posted on Aug 31, 2022 6:02 AM

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Posted on Sep 12, 2022 11:41 AM

KWLVT wrote:

Just want to clarify my question. When you swipe down & diagonally from the upper right hand corner whether the screen is locked or not, the "Control Center" will appear. The Control Center allows you to make changes such as turning on airplane mode, screen brightness, volume etc. You can change the access of Control Center when locked by going to Settings to Face ID & Passcode, then turn off Control Center. Once turn off, Control Center will not appear when you try to swipe from the upper right hand corner. I did turn off the access of Control Center but Control Center still appeared when screen was locked. I repeated these steps to turn off access to Control Center followed by Power Off, then Power on. After the reboot, Control Center did not appear but only once. I rechecked Settings, the access button still says off but Control Center continues to appear after each swipe. I have an iPhone 12 Pro running IOS 15.6.1. Why I still have access to Control Center after I turned it off. This is supposed to a security issue per one video I saw online because someone can swipe and turn on the airplane mode on a locked screen which then turns off the Find My function. Can someone help? Can you please try to turn off access to Control Center and see if it really works on your iPhone. May be something wrong with my device or is this a systemic issue?

Are you looking at your phone when you swipe down to access the control center? If so that is the issue if you have face id enabled.

Lay the phone down next to you and try swiping down and see if it opens or not.

I have my control center set to lock as well and don't have any issue.

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Sep 12, 2022 11:41 AM in response to KWLVT

KWLVT wrote:

Just want to clarify my question. When you swipe down & diagonally from the upper right hand corner whether the screen is locked or not, the "Control Center" will appear. The Control Center allows you to make changes such as turning on airplane mode, screen brightness, volume etc. You can change the access of Control Center when locked by going to Settings to Face ID & Passcode, then turn off Control Center. Once turn off, Control Center will not appear when you try to swipe from the upper right hand corner. I did turn off the access of Control Center but Control Center still appeared when screen was locked. I repeated these steps to turn off access to Control Center followed by Power Off, then Power on. After the reboot, Control Center did not appear but only once. I rechecked Settings, the access button still says off but Control Center continues to appear after each swipe. I have an iPhone 12 Pro running IOS 15.6.1. Why I still have access to Control Center after I turned it off. This is supposed to a security issue per one video I saw online because someone can swipe and turn on the airplane mode on a locked screen which then turns off the Find My function. Can someone help? Can you please try to turn off access to Control Center and see if it really works on your iPhone. May be something wrong with my device or is this a systemic issue?

Are you looking at your phone when you swipe down to access the control center? If so that is the issue if you have face id enabled.

Lay the phone down next to you and try swiping down and see if it opens or not.

I have my control center set to lock as well and don't have any issue.

Sep 3, 2022 5:54 AM in response to KWLVT

  1. I cannot reproduce the error on my device so let us try some troubleshooting steps.
  2. Go to settings>general>reset>and reset all settings (this does not delete data but it does delete personal settings so you would have to set those again)
  3. Force reboot device - Apple Support
  4. last thing to try is erase device and set it up as new (using a computer to erase and restore if possible)

Sep 3, 2022 5:47 AM in response to KWLVT

Just want to clarify my question. When you swipe down & diagonally from the upper right hand corner whether the screen is locked or not, the "Control Center" will appear. The Control Center allows you to make changes such as turning on airplane mode, screen brightness, volume etc. You can change the access of Control Center when locked by going to Settings to Face ID & Passcode, then turn off Control Center. Once turn off, Control Center will not appear when you try to swipe from the upper right hand corner. I did turn off the access of Control Center but Control Center still appeared when screen was locked. I repeated these steps to turn off access to Control Center followed by Power Off, then Power on. After the reboot, Control Center did not appear but only once. I rechecked Settings, the access button still says off but Control Center continues to appear after each swipe. I have an iPhone 12 Pro running IOS 15.6.1. Why I still have access to Control Center after I turned it off. This is supposed to a security issue per one video I saw online because someone can swipe and turn on the airplane mode on a locked screen which then turns off the Find My function. Can someone help? Can you please try to turn off access to Control Center and see if it really works on your iPhone. May be something wrong with my device or is this a systemic issue?

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I turned off "Control Center" when locked but it would not turn off, I could still use it. I have a iphone 12 Pro.

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