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Screen time bug after updating to iOS 18.

As soon as I updated to iOS 18, my screen time notifications and limits started going crazy. When I checked in to the settings, it showed that my screen time was 13 hours (this would not have been possible as I was not on my phone for more than 1 hour that day). I scrolled back a few days and my screen time had also skyrocketed - anywhere from 10 hours a day to 21 hours a day. My screen time is usually no more than 3 1/2 hours a day, so this is weird.


This morning, I checked my screen time and it said I had 7 hours of screen time, even though my phone was powered off through the whole night.


(EDIT: I just want to add the things I’ve already tried to do)

  • Turn off and on the screen time settings
  • Power phone off and on
  • Force reset phone


How do I fix this?



iPhone 14

Posted on Sep 18, 2024 4:28 AM

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Posted on Sep 21, 2024 3:47 PM

same story on my 15 PM. i power off every night since it’s just a habit of mine, every day i wake up and allegedly i spend 12hrs overnight on nothing. 😂 hopefully they’ll sort it out with the next ios update.

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Sep 21, 2024 5:45 PM in response to ah_9617

i'm encountering the same problem. ever since i updated my iphone 14 pro to ios 18 yesterday, my screen time has been ridiculously high, and as a person who checks it everyday, even the past few days have changed from 2-3 hrs to 12-13 hrs. if you add up the time spent on all apps to the total, it's totally off. i don't know what's going on!

Oct 8, 2024 6:59 PM in response to ah_9617

I have had my phone turned off for 29 hours. My screen time says I use my phone for 20 hours and 23 minutes the day I had it all for an entire 24 hours. The one day my phone was cut off for over 24 hours, I have 20 hours of screen time?What kind of glitch is this. Instagram, YouTube, and some other app, says that I have been using it for 20 hours and 23 minutes. How? The phone has been off. And how could I use three apps at the same time for 20 hours? Haha apple needs to fix that.

Oct 30, 2024 1:26 PM in response to ah_9617

Same here :( I'm 15 and my mom has a screentime setup on my phone. I updated my phone last night since I was bored and figured I should update it. This morning when I was on my bus ride to school my phone gave me a notification that I had "-12,532,648 minutes remaining until downtime." I was really confused but to be honest figured it was just a simple glitch but it wasn't. My ENTIRE phone screentimed and told me that my phone would remain on downtime until 12 AM Next Monday (Mind you its 10/30/24.) I had a field trip today as well and my phone was useless. I soft/hard reset my phone more than once as well. I don't know what to do 🤷

Sep 24, 2024 1:41 AM in response to ah_9617

Which apps do you guys see that caused the activity? I see settings, calculator and firefox.

In addition I do not only see screentime but activations too. All while my Iphone is turned off.


Would you think it could mean we somehow see the result of a malware exploiting some security whole? Maybe it was uncovered by incident owing to the upgrade to IOS 18?


Screen time bug after updating to iOS 18.

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