Always on Display turns off with iOS 16.2

Did you look at ALL the reasons that I posted? And NONE of them apply to your situation?

I’m very frustrated too because they assured me that the new iOS 16.3 update would correct it. But after installing, just like clockwork, at 8 pm my phone went black. I’ve tried everything they’ve suggested but after 5 phone calls, many texts, a trip to the Genius Bar & now, the new update, nothing has changed & nobody at Apple seems to care. You’d think they’d be on top of the problems with this new 14 Pro.

Do you perhaps have a Do Not Disturb or Focus setting that activates at 8 PM?

Same issue for me. Screen turns off after 1min max at night time specially when the room is dark. I suspect the algorithm stating "if is dark and late, the accelerometer sensor reporting no motion, the guy is sleeping ..so turn it off !"

The ACTUAL reasons the screen turns off are:

To save battery life, the display is completely dark when:

• Your iPhone is lying face down 
• Your iPhone is in your pocket or bag
• Sleep Focus is on
• Low Power Mode is on
• Your iPhone is connected to CarPlay
• You're using Continuity Camera
• You haven't used your iPhone for a while (your iPhone learns your activity patterns and turns the display off and on accordingly, including if you set up an alarm or sleep schedule)
• Your iPhone detects that you moved away from it with a paired Apple Watch (Always-On display will turn on when your Apple Watch is close to your iPhone again)

This was not fixed in 16.3—frankly unbelievable.

Not me and I’ve tried everything.

Could each phone react differently to the new IOS?

I’m sure we’ve all gone over your list of reasons a dozen times. We’re not 3rd graders here. Just very frustrated customers tired of the run around and disappointed in Apple for not directly addressing the issue.

So I posted here a few weeks ago when I was having this issue happen on my iPhone 14 Pro on iOS 16.2. Exactly what everyone is experiencing, AOD turning off after a few seconds, usually happening at night (after 8pm or so) and it isn't because of any of the reasons Apple says is normal (when you're sleeping, in your pocket etc).

I did end up fixing this issue, not sure if this would work for everyone, but here is what I did.

Step 1: Make sure your Always on Display is Enabled (settings -> Display & Brightness -> Always on Display) Settings

Step 2: Force restart your phone

Step 3: When the phone reboots, go back into settings -> Display & Brightness -> Aways on Display, and Disable it

Step 4: Force restart your phone again

Step 5: When the phone reboots, go back into settings -> Display & Brightness -> Aways on Display, and Enable it again

This did it for me and has been working fine for the past few weeks. Your milage may vary as it seems this is still a bug that Apple needs to fix, I hope this workaround fixes some of your issues.

I’m sure we’ve all gone over your list of reasons a dozen times. We’re not 3rd graders here. Just very frustrated customers tired of the run around and disappointed in Apple for not directly addressing the issue.

Thank you SO much! Can’t wait to try it and see what happens tonight at 8:00.