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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syed_1

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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 7:15 AM in response to ah_9617

ah_9617 already tried that, it doesn’t work.

ah_9617 Author

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Sep 22, 2024 6:16 AM in response to martina_aq

It did work for me, but I did clear out all of my apps before powering my phone down, maybe that had an impact on it, but for now it works.

Oct 8, 2024 10:28 PM in response to ah_9617

Yeah same thing here

syed_1

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Oct 25, 2024 5:36 PM in response to zeke299

unfortunately they haven’t fixed it. to prevent it though you shouldn’t power your phone off

Sep 21, 2024 5:42 PM in response to ah_9617

hi! did it work for you?

Oct 17, 2024 7:12 AM in response to rashmitha289

Thankfully, there is. Keep your Apple device(s) on during the night and you are good to go.

Oct 26, 2024 1:59 AM in response to ah_9617

Hello,

Yep same issue here, I've had this issue for the past few days, originally I that it was counting the apps running in the background, but then when I woke up at 2 AM, it said I was on my phone for 2 hours, apparently on Chrome, Maps, YouTube, Messages, and others, even though I was asleep and closed all the apps. Hopefully they fix/patch this bug/glitch in a future update.

jediliz

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Oct 29, 2024 7:55 AM in response to ah_9617

I am also having this issue and I just recently updated my iPhone 15 Pro to

iOS 18. I even tried to keep my phone on Monday night (last night) and other than airplane mode to stop any notifications, the phone was basically on and it said that I used Settings for 11 hours yesterday. that does not match my battery use in hours. because of this bug, I am not going to update my iPad mini right now. I am deeply regretting updating to iOS 18 if I had known about this bug, I would not have updated my phone. I’ve only had my phone since May when I upgraded from my iPhone 8.

jediliz

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Oct 29, 2024 7:56 AM in response to XxStackxX195

nope this did not work. I left my phone on last night (Monday) and my screen time report that I used Settings for 11 hours. I can’t leave my phone on every night. I prefer to shut it off at night before I go to bed.