Screen time activity while powered off

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Screen time activity while powered off

My daughter’s iPhone 14 Plus is powered off and plugged in all night long. When she turns her phone on in the morning, her screen time activity shows solid, consecutive hours of use from 12:00 am until she powers it on at 8:00 am.

This issue is interfering with our ability to use screen time limits as the phone has logged 8 hours of time before she even touches it.

We have tried turning off all screen monitoring and all the parent controls and resetting them. We have restarted, updated, and done all other obvious things. This seems to be a bug in the OS. Anyone have a fix that works?

iPhone 14 Plus

Posted on Feb 5, 2025 07:54 PM

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Answer 1

Feb 5, 2025 10:44 PM in response to AKG_555

If you feel an unauthorized person/app is remotely using, controlling or monitoring your device, then that is possible only if you have done one or more of the following Don'ts...

Don't hand over an iPhone to kids or to a stranger without Enabling Guided Access
Don't share Apple IDs
Don't Jailbreak
Don't share sensitive information pertaining to your device
Don't give in to Phishing
Don't plug in your device in Airports and Public places through third-party cables and trust the device. Beware of Juice Jacking. (Especially in India)
Don't leave your iPhone unlocked and unattended in public places like offices, schools, malls, etc.

If one of the above is true then quickly change the Apple ID Password and Return iPhone settings to their defaults.

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Answer 2

KiltedTim

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Feb 6, 2025 12:08 PM in response to AKG_555

If you power it off, then plug it into external power, it will power itself on.

You really don’t want to charge it if it’s fully powered off. Charging management is controlled in software, which means the device has to be powered on for it to be effective.

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Screen time activity while powered off

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