iPhone will not scroll down (fixed)
In my iphone (15 pro max) settings, i could not scroll to the bottom of a list. it would show the full list for a second, then snap up about an inch. i could drag down to show the last 2 items, but when i let go the screen would slide back up (and the sidebar/scrollbar on side would stretch and bounce like this was fun).
I found a thread here from shredhead1080, back in January 27, 2021 describing the same problem with an iphone 8, with over 800 "me too" clicks. But it wouldn't let me reply with the solution. promped me to create this new thread.
The Solution:
Had to go into settings : Display & Brightness - and scroll to the bottom for "Display Zoom" (which thankfully stayed on screen probably because it was a singular element instead of a long list). I was in "Larger Text", so i switched down to Default. there was a popup about needing to restart the phone, but when I clicked ok the phone turned black for several seconds. I had no idea if it had just made the change or not, because this entire user experience is about holding my hand and hiding details.
Back in my username settings area, i still couldn't scroll down. I don't know of anyway to easily "restart" the phone. so i held down right side magic button and left side volume down button until it let me power off. then i held right side button again to restart. and then i could tell the fonts were definitely smaller. and then the scrolling-to-bottom-of-list worked perfectly in settings.
Found this all very spooky and frustrating. So sharing here in case it helps others. (if there is a better way to fix this, please do let me know. I'm guessing this shows apple has had a problem with this for years and can't find a tech genius anywhere on this planet with the expertise needed to let the iphone"scoll properly." I will take up religion and start praying to some dark god in the hopes this will help
(I was doing this all to try and select my old iPhone from the long list of apple items I own, so I could remove it from my account for sending it back in exchange for my new iPhone. Momentary panic when i couldn't physically do what the apple website was ordering me to do. Disturbing pscyhological side effect of dumbing everything down for us so it's just magic. eep).
iPhone 15 Pro Max, iOS 17