iPhone Screen time keeps auto resetting

I use screen time to set limits on the usage of games and social apps for the kids, but the feature routinely gets reset or disabled.


Suspecting the kids hacked it, I have changed the password repeatedly. The new password they have never seen, they have never been near me, and I have not written it down.


screen time keeps resetting.


I am guessing some iCloud sync fail safe mode is clearing the settings


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Posted on Dec 14, 2022 4:52 AM

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Posted on Mar 22, 2023 6:36 AM

@trackpoint

So I did what you recommended back on your post on the 17th.


Except, I did this for only one of my kids phones (iPhone 14…latest software)


First - On my phone (iPhone 14 Pro Max), I went to general - clicked (about) and changed my phones name at top.


Second - I went to settings. Clicked name at top. Clicked (name, phone numbers, email) - clicked my name at top and changed.


Third - went on only one of my kids phones (iPhone 14…updated software because it was not updated 🤦🏻‍♀️). Changed his device name in settings - general - about - name.


I did all of this on March 17th when you posted about what was recommend by an Apple support rep.


The only other thing I did was what @akrussell mentioned about signing out of iTunes and back in, which I did only on my device. I did this as well on the 17th after seeing akrussells post.


So far since then, everything has been working! Now the only thing I do still notice is the delay when showing the set limits for screen time. After a few seconds (always feels longer, but definitely less than a minute) the set limits I set show up.


After the limits I have set eventually shows up, the content & privacy restrictions show back up to what I have set.


Now I mentioned I only did this for one of my kids. I am happy to report this has been working for all of my four kids devices 😊 Even though I only did this on one kids device. So strange!


Now I need to go find some wood to knock on and hope I didn’t jinx myself 😄


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