I have a strict set up on screen time on my kids iPhone. This week it keep unlocking itself to no set time or apps. And I have to go back in to reset it. I can keep doing this every 30 mins. They have to have the phone for emergency but I shouldn’t have to reset restrictions to every 30 mins. Help me out. What is going on?
iPhone 14 Pro, iOS 16
Number 1, ask your child if they are doing anything nefarious to alter the settings. Trust is important with this one.
If that is not possible, there are instances where kids have avoided the screen time limit by:
If those don't work, you may need to change their Apple ID Password and not give it to them and then go to Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions > Account Changes and change that to Don't Allow. You can remove the apps that they are abusing and they will still be able to use the phone for emergency situations.
I have been using screen time for over 5 years and had never had this issue but all of a sudden this is happening to 2 of my kids phones now
APPLE YOU NEED TO FIX THIS NOW!!!
This is truly unacceptable we need our children to be able to have their phones without being worried about them getting into something that is inappropriate for their age.
There is even worse flaw that allows to bypass content restrictions (allowed sites only) in few seconds.
This should be no brainer for every kid.
For instance to access twitter.com:
Same here - screen time is completely not fit for purpose currently. During school holidays as well when an effective solution is needed more so than ever. It’s also incredibly slow to activate, limits disappear Apple really need to offer an effective solution.
Stop telling me how to set up screentime passwords. I know how to do it, since I do it ALL THE TIME nowadays. This bug has caused problems in my relationship with my daughter because I presumed she was being dishonest. But it appears now the screentime settings are simply disappearing This is an outrage. Fix it yesterday.
Do you have a bugId for us?
In the case that the limits are set on the kid's device are they still able to "ask for more time" and have those requests approved by parents?
I can confirm this is NOT fixed in iOS 16.6
I have all of those already set up, but it seems to be ignoring my restrictions. Both my iPhone and kids iPads are updated also. It works for one child and not the other.
I can confirm this (Changing device name) did NOT work. Today I see all my kid's devices have full access again
Screen time keep unlocking itself
