Preventing Accidental Lock Screen Activations by Disabling Tap to Wake
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Preventing Accidental Lock Screen Activations by Disabling Tap to Wake
Picture this: I was at the pharmacy a few days ago to buy some COVID self-test kits. As I was entering my debit card’s PIN code at the counter to confirm my payment, I hear my mom’s voice coming out of my iPhone, which I was holding in my left hand. “Federico…?” That was quite hilarious, and yet another instance of a problem that has only gotten worse for me over the years: accidental Lock Screen activations that lead to actions being performed on my iPhone without me noticing.
There are a few separate issues to unpack here. The first one is something I’ve noticed about myself: I often fiddle with my iPhone when it’s in my pocket. I caught myself multiple times just…playing and fiddling with it when it’s in my coat pocket, for instance. I don’t know why I do it – it’s weird. Those accidental touches on the Lock Screen wake the display, but as long as the phone can’t authenticate me, the only thing that can happen is turning on the flashlight or opening the Camera app. You won’t believe how many times I’ve noticed an accidental touch on the Lock Screen had enabled the flashlight because I could feel the iPhone getting warm in my pocket. That’s, well, uncomfortable, and not ideal.