Guided Access disable screen sleep

We have 9 ipads that we use on our production floor, we keep them in guided access because lets face it, we don't want them messing around instead of working. Mid last week, I took them down because we were doing inventory and I updated all of them to IOS 12, and when I came in yesterday morning, I noticed that the screens were turned off. Guided Access should not put the screens to sleep, but they are. Is there a way to prevent the screens from going to sleep?

iOS 12

Posted on Oct 2, 2018 7:42 AM

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Posted on Jan 2, 2019 2:12 PM

I was having the same issue and figured it out. Apologies if someone already mentioned this above.


Go go into settings -> General -> Accessability -> Guided Access -> Mirror Display Auto-Lock


Toggle that on and you’re good to go. No more sleeping in guided access mode.

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Oct 6, 2018 3:13 PM in response to nrathbun

Same boat, here too.

We got a number of Ipads as part of parking machines, to charge for cars, boats, and mobile homes.

The screens are now turning black after a little while, which makes people believe that the system is down, resulting in substantial financial losses.

We are now considering reverting to the use of small Window-based Pc's again.

PS. We have 243 parking machines in operation, and another 200+ on order, so this is not good for Apple.


I really hope a fix is in place within 1-2 weeks. Anything else would mean a final goodbye to the i-world.

TC

Norway

Oct 10, 2018 8:39 AM in response to Jsport79

Can confirm this is also the case. Display remains on (it has at least all morning with our testing) if Guided Access is turned off. Although that kind of defeats the purpose because we want to lock that app into place. Our Apple SE is also taking a look at it.


One other thing I noticed when Guided Access was on and the screen fell asleep, I woke it back up and saw the Home screen where the app that I wanted locked into place was getting Cleaned. May be related.

Oct 10, 2018 12:56 PM in response to nrathbun

Guided Access mode off all day has definitely kept our displays on, can confirm the issue is somewhere present there in iOS 12. Our SE seemed to indicate to manage around this in our MDM by removing/disabling all other apps and functions and abandoning Guided Access or Single App Mode as Apple does not love either feature. Take that for what you will, hopefully they will actually fix the problem though, so flex your muscle elsewhere if this is a problem for you and you have some pull with Apple.

Oct 18, 2018 8:23 AM in response to nrathbun

Same problem here, Since the IOS 12 update my iPads used for business purposes set in Guided Acces fall out in sleep mode after certain time. When not set in Guided Acces iPad stays on unlimited. Tested with app that I use for business, but also with Apple native app like mail. Problem seems really to be in Guided Acces in combination with IOS 12.


APPLE PLEASE FIX THIS BUG ASAP!!!

Oct 22, 2018 12:46 PM in response to nrathbun

I'm having the same issue. We have several iPads locked down with Guided Access in a museum setting so visitors don't mess around with them. They are now going dim. I've tried removing the access code, and turning off screen time. We have to have guided access to keep the display on the correct application, otherwise visitors play around and get back to the home screen.

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