My iPhone is automatically unlocking itself

I doubt that. When you look at the screen, even if you don’t touch it, Face ID will unlock your phone. If then someone else touches the phone it will appear that it unlocked by them touching it.

Here’s a simple test. Lock the phone with the Side button, with the phone facing away from you. Then hand it to someone else and ask them to take it to another room and see if they can open it.

If (1) Face ID is configured, and (2) a passcode is set, and (3) the passcode is enabled and required, force a restart and test again, then contact Apple Support.

Your Apple Watch might be automatically unlocking your iPhone. To turn this off, go to the Apple Watch app - passcode - and toggle the setting off. Hope this helps - Vivek

That same thing happened I just gave it to apple and they got it fixed do that for your iPhone 14 I recommend it!

Good luck

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Switch off and switch on your phone. It will start working

Then your phone is seriously broken. Contact Apple support. It is a problem with your phone, not other phones.

Or they are trying to psych you. Ask them to send a text or email when they open the phone.

Hawgmag wrote:

I have been dealing with this for a year. I wish people would quit recommending rebooting, restarting, blah, blah, etc... This is an obvious and serious bug in the code that Apple will eventually fix. Unfortunately, much later than sooner.

If it were an "obvious" bug, Apple would have fixed it. And the forums would have been flooded with posts about it; it is not.

But just because it's not a bug in iOS doesn't mean it's not a real and serious problem for you. If you have done all of the standard troubleshooting steps, the next thing to do is contact Apple for further assistance:

Genius Bar Reservation and Apple Support Options - Apple

user2008abc_ wrote:

i tried this multiple times with different people and they got in everytime, none of them have face id or my pasword

Did you try it with, say, newly-chosen ten-digit or ten-character passcode?

I am aware of two pairs of unrelated people that are Face ID matches (one pair are also both information security people, amusingly), but that’s very rare.

If it is all set up appropriately and no unexpected alternate Face ID profiles are loaded, and the people are not close relatives of yours, check with Apple.

Hawgmag wrote:

I have been dealing with this for a year. I wish people would quit recommending rebooting, restarting, blah, blah, etc...

I wish people would realize that details omitted are details usually not assumed. If it’s not in the text or referenced, it’s likely going to get questions.

I wish people also realized that posting the same question repeatedly — that same sort of posting repetition is very common with the “I’ve been hacked for [years]” threads — is exceedingly unlikely to get a new or different answer.

This is an obvious and serious bug in the code that Apple will eventually fix. Unfortunately, much later than sooner.

Furthermore, the iPhone will NOT unlock by just simply lifting and seeing your face. A swipe up is required.

The swipe up to activate Face ID is how Face ID works on all the local devices.

Raise to Wake can also be optionally enabled on various devices, too.

If Face ID is somehow also allowing all, and if you’ve already (as you put it) “blah, blah”,’d all, then best contact Apple Support.

Huh 🤔 give it to apple?

That’s not cool. The problem I’m having since the new update is SIRI IS TELLING ME I have to unlock the iPhone before she reads the emails!! I’ve never had that problem before.!This is blasphemy. Or just a crockery

symphonie241 wrote:

That’s not cool. The problem I’m having since the new update is SIRI IS TELLING ME I have to unlock the iPhone before she reads the emails!! I’ve never had that problem before.!This is blasphemy. Or just a crockery

Enable access for Siri. Settings > Siri & Search > Allow Siri while locked.

If you have an email profile for an organization installed, Siri access can be blocked by the organization's installed profile.

More info: https://lifehacker.com/everything-you-can-do-with-a-locked-iphone-1848948883

Stalked16years wrote:

I had this problem when calling the police on my stalker, who has my iPhone hacked. Yes, iPhones can be hacked. My Face ID stays covered, so I must punch in my pin.

If a stalker had your phone "hacked" and you used that phone to call the police, wouldn't that let the stalker know?

I have been dealing with this for a year. I wish people would quit recommending rebooting, restarting, blah, blah, etc... This is an obvious and serious bug in the code that Apple will eventually fix. Unfortunately, much later than sooner.

Furthermore, the iPhone will NOT unlock by just simply lifting and seeing your face. A swipe up is required.