Standby not working after iOS 17 update on iPhone 14 Pro Max

Same with me. Standby is a ripoff that just doesn’t work as it should. This is such a scam, especially for the price of an iPhone 15 Max Pro. I have to fiddle with my phone o er and over every night to get it to come on, IF it ever comes on at all. I’ve tried all suggestions I can find to get it to work, and it simply doesn’t. How can a company promote such frustrating and worthless technology? Very disappointing!

I have tried all methods suggested and stanby will not work. The only thing I have not done is reset.

Hello garriad3,

I found that I had to wait for the iPhone to turn off, to connect it to a charger, to rotate the iPhone in landscape mode (in a somewhat vertical position) and to wait quite a few seconds for the iPhone to show the “Welcome to Stand by” screen.

I think the only one being dramatic here so far is you.

It is 100% the right thing to do to complain about products that promise a feature and then bait and switch with a very poorly implemented feature. You don't get to decide how people use their phones or why they want a feature.

This feature should have been fixed by now, but it still is working terribly. I've been a developer for 40 years, and I'm shocked that Apple would even have released this, as there is absolutely no way they didn't know it was rushed and poorly thought out.

The feature doesn't work great on the 15 Max Pro either, and you should not be expected to by a brand new phone every time one is released. That was a ridiculous suggestion. You're grand standing and deflecting from the real problem: That a multi-trillion dollar company put out a sloppy feature, and still hasn't stabilized it.

StandBy is a ripoff? How's that, exactly? I am just wondering if there is any possibility that you might be able to be even more dramatic or hyperbolic? How much were you charged for StandBy? Oh, that's right, not a single cent. StandBy is a basic feature, not by any means is it "technology" or even an entire reason to buy an iPhone, like you're pretending. Also, I'd like to point out the fact that Apple has NEVER made a product called the "15 Max Pro." They DO have something called the iPhone 15 Pro Max, perhaps you've heard of it? OMG, you are just insufferable and a career-complainer I would bet.

Is anything OK?

I seem to have trouble getting it to work till I lean it against something then it comes on.

What you white knighting Apple for? Standby mode does not work as it should and for Apple to promote such a feature can lead to some people feeling let down. Apple should do better.

It worked for me after turning on “Always On” display feature.

@HarrySaggu

Thank you for the tip. After enabling Always On, on my iPhone 15 Pro Max, running IOS 17.5, Standby started working and continued to work after I disabled Always On again. I haven’t tried rebooting yet to see if it sticks however.

For the new security methods. IOS 17 is changed something. You have to enable: Notification Center, Control Center, Active Widgets, and Live Activities in Settings > Face ID & Passcode > ALLOW ACCESS WHEN LOCKED.

Then restart iPhone. The STANDBY screen will work when you plug the iphone cable and rotate iphone to landscape.

iPhone must be plugged into a charger and charging for Standby to work.