Face ID always asking for passcode

I have a 14 Pro Max, I use my telephone quite a bit and always log on and off sometimes it could be 10min, 5min, or even after 2min being logged off I tried to log back on again and it almost always asks me for the passcode. It gets annoying. If I have Face ID enabled it should just use that and that’s it, except for maybe some of the situation‘s mentioned in some other threads I saw here.

But that doesn’t happen and it’s still asking me for a passcode. There should be an option in settings to have that disabled. How can we fix this. The battery life and Phone is still working so it’s still going be a year or two before I go back to android, so in the meantime I’d like to have this fixed

iPhone 14 Pro Max, iOS 18

Posted on Oct 8, 2025 10:21 AM

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Posted on Oct 8, 2025 10:51 AM

I typically see this when the phone is waking frequently when you're not actually trying to unlock it. Try turning off raise to wake if it's on. If it's moving around or you have it in your pocket while you're moving around, it may be misinterpreting that as you attempting to wake and unlock it. If it fails to detect a face too many times, it will require the passcode.

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Oct 8, 2025 10:51 AM in response to Bak2androidiPhsaks

I typically see this when the phone is waking frequently when you're not actually trying to unlock it. Try turning off raise to wake if it's on. If it's moving around or you have it in your pocket while you're moving around, it may be misinterpreting that as you attempting to wake and unlock it. If it fails to detect a face too many times, it will require the passcode.

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