iPhone 14 Pro Max Always not not staying on at night.

[mfrank29]

So is this the expected behavior that always no will not always stay on all night?

I don’t use sleep mode. I have a belkin MagSafe charging stand and use the normal do not disturb.

I wanted this to function as a nightstand clock. For the first week it did. Then for the past 2 or 3 nights after the 6.0.2 update it will turn off and I wake up to a black screen.


Could be the update but more likely apple learning when I go to bed or leave the phone untouched for hours.

So is this what everyone else is finding too? Does it stay on if you do you any focus mode and just the mute switch? I hope apple gives us a way to disable aod turning off like that.

 

[jav6454]

How much of a hassle is that the screen is off during the night?

 

[SRLMJ23]

I noticed the same thing last night.

When I went to bed and plugged my phone in, the AOD was working like it should. When I got up to grab a quick drink the AOD was completely off, which tapping the screen brought it back on. When I woke up again, the AOD was off again. Last night was different for me, because I did not wear my Apple Watch to bed, which I do most every night, so maybe because I had that on the charger it messed with the AOD?

Maybe I missed something where it turns the screen off after a decent amount of time has gone by when you do not interact with the iPhone at all??

Just to see if this is effecting certain iPhone 14's or not, I will post my model: iPhone 14 Pro Max.

 

[SRLMJ23]

How much of a hassle is that the screen is off during the night?

Well, when it is one of the major features of the new iPhones...we just want to know why the AOD is turning off when we are sleeping and why. I wanted to use mine as a clock/alarm on my nightstand as I charge it at night, but if it turns off for whatever reason, I obviously cannot use it as I wanted to. The alarm will obviously still work, but not the clock on the AOD.

I think we just want some clarification about the AOD!

 

[mfrank29]

How much of a hassle is that the screen is off during the night?

All of this is first world problems.

That said it’s pretty understandable people would want to use aod as a nightstand clock. For the first week that’s what mine did. Then it changed. So yeah apple has a vague statement about turning off after not being used for a while but we need some control over that such as do not turn off when connected to power. That would be a reasonable setting.

 

[jav6454]

All of this is first world problems.

That said it’s pretty understandable people would want to use aod as a nightstand clock. For the first week that’s what mine did. Then it changed. So yeah apple has a vague statement about turning off after not being used for a while but we need some control over that such as do not turn off when connected to power. That would be a reasonable setting.

Wouldn't your AW fulfill the entire night stand clock better?

 

[jav6454]

Well, when it is one of the major features of the new iPhones...we just want to know why the AOD is turning off when we are sleeping and why. I wanted to use mine as a clock/alarm on my nightstand as I charge it at night, but if it turns off for whatever reason, I obviously cannot use it as I wanted to. The alarm will obviously still work, but not the clock on the AOD.

I think we just want some clarification about the AOD!

As an alarm? The iPhone already works as an alarm without AOD. By your own signature you have an AW. Why not use that instead?

 

[mfrank29]

As an alarm? The iPhone already works as an alarm without AOD. By your own signature you have an AW. Why not use that instead?

I don’t have a watch anymore. Need to update that.

Yes the iPhone has been my alarm for many years without AOD. Just could eliminate the need for a separate clock if it stayed on.

 

[Burgess07]

All of this is first world problems.

That said it’s pretty understandable people would want to use aod as a nightstand clock. For the first week that’s what mine did. Then it changed. So yeah apple has a vague statement about turning off after not being used for a while but we need some control over that such as do not turn off when connected to power. That would be a reasonable setting.

I wish Apple would implement the control settings that Samsung has for the aod.

 

[SRLMJ23]

As an alarm? The iPhone already works as an alarm without AOD. By your own signature you have an AW. Why not use that instead?

I was making the point that on nights I do not sleep with my AW, obviously the iPhone takes over and that is fine by me.

However, I think people in this thread are wondering why the Always On Display is turning off while asleep, and what are the “parameters” for it turning off? Does it turn off after a certain amount of time not being touched (most likely conclusion) or is this a bug? If it is a bug, fine…Apple will fix it. If this is part of the AOD feature, I think we should get a choice as to whether we want it to turn off or not.

 

[Goatman455]

Same here, I called Apple and they didn’t seem to know if it was normal behavior or not.

 

[chabig]

It's normal and documented.

To save battery life, the display is completely dark when:
- Your iPhone is lying face down
- Your iPhone is in your pocket or bag
- Sleep Focus is on
- Low Power Mode is on
- Your iPhone is connected to CarPlay
- You're using Continuity Camera
- You haven't used your iPhone for a while (your iPhone learns your activity patterns and turns the display off and on accordingly, including if you set up an alarm or sleep schedule)
- Your iPhone detects that you moved away from it with a paired Apple Watch (Always-On display will turn on when your Apple Watch is close to your iPhone again)

Keep the iPhone display on longer

On iPhone, you can set the display to stay on longer.

support.apple.com

 

[Paddle1]

All of this is first world problems.

That said it’s pretty understandable people would want to use aod as a nightstand clock. For the first week that’s what mine did. Then it changed. So yeah apple has a vague statement about turning off after not being used for a while but we need some control over that such as do not turn off when connected to power. That would be a reasonable setting.

It's possibly something to reduce screen burn-in chance as well. The difference with other AODs that don't always automatically shut off is that they turn off most of the pixels, the iPhone is a bit different.

 

[Goatman455]

The issue with the statement from Apple is that it doesn’t seem to specify whether it completely turns the feature off, or just the screen.

I (and I assume many others) would expect the screen to always come back on when the user picks up the phone. It seems unusual that it doesn’t always do that, and that aspect of the AOD isn’t really elaborated on, or (currently) well understood by Apple.