Since some time now, my screen time shows grey bars for screen usage overnight, even though my phone‘s turned off overnight. I think that’s been happening since iOS 18, before that it was fine.
I wanted to ask if anyone found a solution to this.
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iPhone 12
For me it sometimes shows I‘ve been using WhatsApp for the whole night. Still haven‘t found a solution yet.
For me it sometimes shows I‘ve been using WhatsApp for the whole night. Still haven‘t found a solution yet.
No, Screen Time tracking will not work when the iPhone is shut down. For Screen Time to function, the device needs to be powered on and actively used. It tracks usage, app activity, and other metrics while the device is running.
Since you have posted a cropped image I am unable to see the upper portion of the screen which usually has the device or devices.
See the pic below
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Thank you for your reply! My phone‘s the only the device shown in the screen time usage, none of my other devices screen times are included there. I know it‘s not always the iOS update, I just can’t figure what else it might be. It just randomly started showing screen time when my phone’s off. Of course screen time just works when the phone‘s on, but before it didn‘t show any usage when it‘s turned off.
I’m having the same issue with it originating alongside the IOS18 update. I only track time on my iPhone and I’ll usually have around 8 hours of “grey” time where no apps are logging screen time but my total screen time goes up.
Respectfully, this is simply untrue. I turned my phone off last night around 9pm, and it was plugged in and charging but powered off until 7:45am today. When I turned it on it showed I had 7h 45m of screen time. How could this be the case if what you said is true? You can see in the attached photo that my most used app has only 2m of use today, but that there’s full gray (indicating screen time happening) the entire hour for each hour that my phone was turned off.
Hello, I am having the same issue with my IPhone 13 (Ios 18.3). It’s the only device indicated and despite it being turned off it’s showing I spent all night on Facebook.
Screen Time is tracking usage even while my iPhone 12 is turned off
