Clock timer and iOS 16 lock screen

Yep, not handy in the least for a farmer who has relied on the handy dandy timer to run machinery and cannot ensure that the phone isn't touched, bumped, or otherwise at risk of touching those buttons while it's running.

I need to see other important alerts for work, so I cant just turn off raise to wake, and may forget to do that just for this one app. This issue made me accidentally take a long lunch at work —and my phone was on full do not disturb—. It’s a ridiculous feature, bc it is way to sensitive. Definitely using that link, thanks.

Might as well just turn the whole phone off and use an egg timer. This is an actual issue and if your only solution is to disable features that are used in other parts of the phone then it’s not a solution

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If I put my phone on lock it should prevent any buttons taking action while it’s in my pocket unless I log back into my phone and unlock it.

Think of a safety clip on a firearm. You should only be able to lock/unlock it with one method. Not if you hold it to the side it suddenly unlocks the clip. Ridiculous.

100% agree, same thing with the volume. You shouldn’t be able to manipulate the volume while locked and in your pocket. I can’t count the amount of times I’ve had headphones in with my phone in my pocket and something hits the volume up and it maxs the volume out blowing out my eardrums

So if you agree 100% that you should not be able to unlock a firearm by tipping it, why do you think my advice to turn off raise to wake is garbage? You are not being logical in your thinking. Which one of us do you agree with?

Please think twice about using words like garbage when volunteer users are trying to get YOU out of a problem that I don't have. Guess why I don't have that problem.

I wouldn’t have used the term “garbage” myself and I appreciate volunteers trying to help. However, I will say, I have raise to wake turned off and it is still possible to disrupt the alarm. The issue for me is holding the phone when walking around my house (which I need to do, obviously). My hand will inadvertently touch the timer controls. So I have to be extremely cautious. It just shouldn’t be that easy to mess it up. I have submitted a suggestion at the suggestion page but I am gonna assume they’ll never change it haha. That way if they do, it will be a pleasant surprise

I guess if you carry it around with the timer screen showing then there's not much can be done, except looking at another screen or home screen.

The original post was about waking up in a pocket but as it has moved on I will unfollow.

I did submit a suggestion too, not that I think it will in anyway help. But I'm hopeful that someone on the iOS team will realize that this is a feature that should never have been added, and eventually it will be fixed.

i don’t agree with what ios720 was saying about firearms and somehow I didn’t see it on the first read. But the part about having the phone locked and not being able to adjust setting while locked I do agree with. And normally yes someone volunteering their time to post something trying to help I wouldn’t say anything about but you kept repeating it like it was the answer to life. Personally you shouldn’t have to shut off other features to make another feature work right.

OMG!!!!! Thank you thank you thank you!! 😃

I put a timer on if I have to take my pain medication, 💊 so I don’t accidentally take it again too soon. The timer shutting itself down in my purse was really a problem. I like that it shows you the timer up in that center area at the top, but that widget had to go.

So glad I found this support area. Het79 you Rock!

Turn the phone off before putting it in your pocket is the only advice possible.

Yeah 🙄

You got it, if you can't cope with the latest software then turn off the feature.

I can't speak for Apple you have the link for that.