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iPhone lock screen is completely useless as a lock screen.

The buttons made a lot more sense when they were first introduced with 3D Touch. Haptic Touch is such a poor replacement for what was a damn good feature.
 
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I have to agree with @Knowlege Bomb here. I only ever had accidental activation of the torch or camera after getting a 12 Pro. Never had this issue when it was actually 3D Touch activated on my XS. With that said though, I think I only accidentally activated the features a handful of times at best, certainly not all of the time. They still should allow a toggle to turn off the buttons at the users choice though.
 
I have somewhat of the opposite gripe. I have never accidentally turned on the camera or flashlight. I just upgraded to iOS 15 and I hate the required long press to activate flashlight and camera buttons from the lock screen, both of which I use frequently. Wish these could both be a simple press or swipe (the camera is a swipe thank goodness, but the flashlight is only a long press). I agree we need more customization in iOS for where our buttons/swipes live and how they operate. Honestly I miss my physical home button from my recently deceased iPhone 7. Really hating Face ID, frustrated with haptic touch/long presses, and unhappy with redundant and idiotic App Library.
 
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colonel179 said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the very first function and reason to exist of a lock screen is to avoid having accidental inputs and have your iPhone ON unintentionally, right?

The iPhone is completely useless at doing so. The very first and worst offender at this is the stupid swipe for camera! How many freaking ways of accessing the camera do we need? Worst of all, it's one that can't be disabled so you can just activate it by accident super easy when putting the phone on your pocket or whatnot.

Then, there are other functions that you can access even if your phone is locked, like the flashlight. So what the hell is the point of the lock screen in an iPhone?

I hate that there are so many things that you can't disable. Why don't Apple make an option for people that don't want to keep it simple?
For example: I don't need three ways to access the freaking camera (lock screen button, swiping left and control center.

With Face and Touch ID, it should not be any way to use the phone at all until you unlock it. I get that when you have to input a PIN or a passcode that there are functions that you might want accessible even before unlocking, but with Face and Touch ID everything is seamless, so the screen should be completely un-operational until it's unlocked.

Rant over!
It's just that I've been a fan of iPhone since 4S, but I'm getting really tired of the OS and the many features it's missing and many annoying thing it has. I'm not saying Android is better because I've never used one, so I don't know, but it's just weird that Apple focuses more on stupid features than functional ones. At least they could have a balance each iOS release, but they never do.

For example: The Phone app is the same since ever! It has NOTHING! You can just dial and that's it. It's due for a complete overhaul and it needs so many features that even Motorolas had back in 2006!

I really don't know If I want to switch it up. I love the Xperia but I don't have any idea on what to expect with Android, but I also want to know something different. I'm conflicted. That's the reason of my rant, sorry.
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Imagine a guy’s iPhone camera is on by accident with Lock Screen swipe at somewhere he would never want to turn it on, that can be a big trouble.
 
babyexercise said:
Imagine a guy’s iPhone camera is on by accident with Lock Screen swipe at somewhere he would never want to turn it on, that can be a big trouble.
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Japan is famous for very crowded subway train with criminal, and iPhone is dominated over there…feel bad for Japanese guys get in trouble just because they didn’t think about what their iPhone would do with lockscreen which does not lock the camera at all by default setting…
 
colonel179 said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the very first function and reason to exist of a lock screen is to avoid having accidental inputs and have your iPhone ON unintentionally, right?

The iPhone is completely useless at doing so. The very first and worst offender at this is the stupid swipe for camera! How many freaking ways of accessing the camera do we need? Worst of all, it's one that can't be disabled so you can just activate it by accident super easy when putting the phone on your pocket or whatnot.

Then, there are other functions that you can access even if your phone is locked, like the flashlight. So what the hell is the point of the lock screen in an iPhone?

I hate that there are so many things that you can't disable. Why don't Apple make an option for people that don't want to keep it simple?
For example: I don't need three ways to access the freaking camera (lock screen button, swiping left and control center.

With Face and Touch ID, it should not be any way to use the phone at all until you unlock it. I get that when you have to input a PIN or a passcode that there are functions that you might want accessible even before unlocking, but with Face and Touch ID everything is seamless, so the screen should be completely un-operational until it's unlocked.

Rant over!
It's just that I've been a fan of iPhone since 4S, but I'm getting really tired of the OS and the many features it's missing and many annoying thing it has. I'm not saying Android is better because I've never used one, so I don't know, but it's just weird that Apple focuses more on stupid features than functional ones. At least they could have a balance each iOS release, but they never do.

For example: The Phone app is the same since ever! It has NOTHING! You can just dial and that's it. It's due for a complete overhaul and it needs so many features that even Motorolas had back in 2006!

I really don't know If I want to switch it up. I love the Xperia but I don't have any idea on what to expect with Android, but I also want to know something different. I'm conflicted. That's the reason of my rant, sorry.
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I also cannot understand why Apple does not allow us to open camera with the camera app only. We can only disable all 3 ways or turn on all 3 ways, this is so stupid.
 
JR17358 said:
Couldn't agree more with OP. Not only is the camera available from the lock screen but the camera also grants access to the Photo Library, so all of your photos can be accessed without being able to unlock the phone. IMO there should be a way to remove camera AND flashlight access for that matter - just as you can prevent access to Control Panel - otherwise the lock screen is a joke.
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That's simply not true, you can't access the photo library unauthorized through the lock screen. If you can on your own phone that's because you've been authenticated by faceID.
 
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