iPhone asks for connecting to Apple TV on public place and it turns off alone

This happened to me and several people at a restaurant bar tonight. Our phones kept getting the Apple TV connect request message, then they would power off/on and generally behaved very buggy. After I left, my phone started working fine. Any insight into what is causing this?

lmao you're getting trolled. someone with a flipper zero or an android is using an app to continuously launch Bluetooth at your phone. its not harmful. just turn off Bluetooth from your settings app not control centre. also if you're on an outdated iOS 17 version it can crash your phone so I recommend updates

My daughter and I had the same issue today while shopping in Costco. Both of us receive notifications that Bluetooth was trying to connect to a nearby Apple TV. Both of our phones froze up. We were able to get them shut down on our own, but not without several minutes of fighting with the frozen phones. At one point, mine turned itself off and rebooted itself without me doing anything. Once we turned off Bluetooth and Wi-Fi in the settings, our phones started acting normal again. I am a little concerned that someone was able to hack into my phone if they got as far as rebooting it. Hoping to see some more information on this issue.

Turn off Bluetooth (from settings)

Someone on Reddit said to make sure you downloaded 17.2.1 cause they fixed some bugs to help with this. Glad I’m not alone but sorry to hear other people having the same issues. I was paranoid I was being hacked.

POSSIBLE HACKER!!!!

i was on the bus and kept getting the Apple TV connection pop up. I looked ahead and a tall man in a long black leather coat was pulling out a FLIPPER ZERO from his pocket every few seconds and looking over his shoulder to the nearest iPhone.

I assume the FLIPPER ZERO was acting as an Apple TV to get a pop up on your phone so unsuspecting people log in and he gets all personal information.

PLEASE BE CAREFUL, SHUT OFF YOUR PHONE AND LEAVE THE AREA IF THIS HAPPENS TO YOU!!!

This just happened to me and my bluetooth was off and now when i swipe from the top down there is a remote icon that wasnt there before

I had the same thing happen mid air during a flight this morning. I’ve never had this happen and am concerned my phone has been hacked. I kept getting prompted to connect to AppleTV and/or Bluetooth, my phone would freeze and the touchscreen would stop working. Then my phone would shut itself off or not let me restart it myself. Twice I was asked if I wanted to transfer my phone number to another phone. I got so freaked out I shut my phone off for the rest of the flight and turned it back on once we landed but I immediately turned WiFi and Bluetooth off. If it makes a difference, I haven’t installed 17.2.1.

Mine is having the same issue. Regardless how many times i restarted. But it seems to only happen when im in a crowd. The moment i left, things went back as usual. Def something to do w the ios17.

reporting the exact same thing happened to me @ casino in Vegas on 1/11/2024 at CES. I wasn’t near lots of Tabs or displays. Away from most other electronics.

I killed Bluetooth as soon as it popped up (vanished after <1sec). Before I could turn off WiFi… zap. Black screen and wouldn’t respond to any button presses. Took about 4-5 mins before I could manually power up .

Thanks for not letting me actually turn off radios Tim Apple!

Anyone has solution to this? It is seriously annoying!

If you don't mind asking, what Costco location? I have gotten this pop-up on my iPad as well at Costco.

The exact thing happened today, January 9th 2024, in the suburbs of Stockholm Sweden. Me and a bunch of other passengers on a train in motion, not connected to any WiFi.

Same problem here