I sometime talk in bed or am busy cooking and doing chore and dont want to wear my earbuds every time I want to lock the screen on my phone. Is there any setting I can use or find that allows me to disable this annoying feature that hangs up my phone when I am in a normal non speaker and non headset call?
iPhone 5s, iOS 8.1.1
I strongly agree... apple tent to get worse with ever new silly feature. No major help since 10 years ago but new annoying features that we can not reverse. It's smart of apple if it gives the option to the customer.
Another ailly thing no true IT or customer service replies ..most are guests or volunteers.. which is cheap and sick on the behalf of apple.
I strongly agree... apple tent to get worse with ever new silly feature. No major help since 10 years ago but new annoying features that we can not reverse. It's smart of apple if it gives the option to the customer.
Another ailly thing no true IT or customer service replies ..most are guests or volunteers.. which is cheap and sick on the behalf of apple.
I have found that if you put the call on speaker, pressing the power button won’t hang up the call which will solve your problem when youre not holding the phone to your ear. If you are holding the phone to your ear, then of course the phone will sense that you are talking on it and it will go to sleep automatically. I hope this helps although in the future, I would also like for apple to make this feature optional to disable.
Why? If you're holding the phone to your head, the display will go to sleep so you don't accidentally press buttons with your cheek or ear. Don't try to hold it up against your ear with your shoulder. The proximity sensor often can't tell you've got it up to your face when you do that.
And no. You can't disable that.
I don't always have the phone right up against my face and as such the proximity sensor doesn't sense a thing. Leaving the phone on in my pocket or on my shoulder wastes more battery coupled with the phone obtaining signal. I just want a way where I don't have to use my headset (A headphone headset) to lock the screen when I need to.
Personally I already explained why. Phone isn't always glued to my face, sensor doesn't activate unless phone is glued to face, as such buttons I don't want pressed are pressed, its a pain in the butt, I would like a fix for this or a method of disabling this. Now if you need me to explain it anymore than this please let me know. I can explain it simpler for those who still don't get it, or elaborate more for those who are confused. All in all, I dislike this feature and would like to know if there will ever be a way to disable it, or is this another thing I get to add to the list of annoying features apple seems to have.
OK. You've progressed from asking a support question to trolling.
Good luck.
No it is just you're answer was not helpful. If anyone knows a real answer to this issue as to whether there is any way to disable it, or if apple support knows if there is any future planned feature where this can be disabled for those who do not wish to have this annoying feature on their phones. It is not a useful feature and really if it will be included at least offer a feature to disable it. If any actual Apple staff could respond to this it would be great.
Yes, I too would like to know how to disable this annoying feature. Also hopefully without an annoying "But why?" or "Why don't you just..."
Does anybody know if this can be disabled?
micolito wrote:
Does anybody know if this can be disabled?
No. It cannot.
People ask "why" because sometimes people are reasonable and will accept a workaround. Or because they just don't know that there's another way to accomplish what they want to do.
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Meg St._Clair wrote:
No. It cannot.
People ask "why" because sometimes people are reasonable
Yes, some people are "reasonable".
Your answer was almost "reasonable", but you forgot to stop after the first sentence.😝
I also strongly dislike this feature. When i use my phone on speaker phone and I am at work, when I go to turn the volume up and or down I accidently squeeze the power button and hang up. I think this is a valid complaint and I would also like a way of disabling.
Submit your feedback directly to Apple using the appropriate link on the Feedback page:
I found the answer.
1. Press the home button while in the call.
2. While on the home screen, Press the Power button.
The phone will be locked, but it won't hang up the call.
I also like to know if there is a solution. I just tried that and it still hung up
This works on my 6s. I just noticed that with the latest update, 9.2.1, this may have been fixed.
Is there a setting to disable power button hang up?
