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Why is there a red bar at the top of my phone screen?

A thin red bar keeps showing up at the top of my phone screen when I unlock my phone, but this only happens when it’s unlocked with Touch ID. The red bar is only there for half a second and disappears straight away. Anyone know what this is or how to get rid of it?

Posted on Jan 20, 2018 1:44 PM

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Posted on Apr 14, 2018 8:21 PM

Well... I didn’t know about that. I was trying to look for a solution and couldn’t find one. So I posted it when I figured out myself. Just trying to be helpful if anyone else is still looking for the solution. No harm done.

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Mar 2, 2018 7:43 PM in response to Amywit

I’ve got this exact same problem. After quite a few attempts I was actually able to screen shot it. All of my apps were closed (and I know for a fact the screen recording was not currently on)and this was taken when I swiped down from the top to open the notification screen and it only stays on the screen for a split second.

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Mar 2, 2018 8:15 PM in response to askbarnabas

But it’s not. And to test it just to make sure I started to screen record and then stopped and it was no longer recording anymore and yet when I still swipe down to show the notification screen that red line pops up for another split second and then goes away.


It’s not me recording the screen, so if it’s not me recording then who is? I’ve closed all apps made sure it’s not doing a screen recording and have reset my phone only to still have this problem.

Why is there a red bar at the top of my phone screen?

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