iPad SideCar Freezing Temporarily Fix

[telo123]

So with iPadOS 15.2 and macOS Monterey 12.1, the SideCar freezes after a few moments, either through wired (i.e., airplane mode on iPad to force a wired connection) or wireless connection (no matter the Wi-Fi bandwidth).

A user on Reddit has pointed out and based on my own experience with their tip, it works.

If you disable iPad's Passcode/Face ID, SideCar stops freezing. Highly insecure, but it is what it is!

If you guys have any other temporarily fix, please let me know. I don't like not having a Passcode.

 

[AppleNooble]

Thanks for the tip! I guess the obvious thing is to not forgetting to turn on passcode whenever you leave your iPad.

 

[AppleNooble]

It just froze on me despite disabled Passcode/TouchID.

 

[AppleNooble]

And froze again. Yep needs to be fixed!

Froze a total of 3 times today.

 

[moodler]

And froze again. Yep needs to be fixed!

Froze a total of 3 times today.

Happens to me too (without passcode) really quickly (like, in 20 min or less). Everything up to date.

Makes the feature almost completely useless for turning an iPad into a second screen.

 

[lyoshida]

Mine was freezing after a moment when using sidecar via wifi. It's now working after I disabled screen auto-lock on the iPad.
Settings -> Display & Brightness -> Auto-Lock -> Never

 

[leonrrdo]

Mine was freezing after a moment when using sidecar via wifi. It's now working after I disabled screen auto-lock on the iPad.
Settings -> Display & Brightness -> Auto-Lock -> Never

I recommend you guys this suggestion. I did this, I turn off my auto lock feature on my ipad and make it to never. after the freezing never occur again thank you so much lyoshida

 

[flazedude]

Oh phew I thought it was my LAN network. Yeah I freeze constantly too.

 

[rafale77]

Nope, it's not working for me. After 24hrs of rebooting the ipad. It freezes within 20s of connecting sidecar.