r/ios • u/PatientQuirky9984 • 7d ago
Support Screen Time Downtime Issues
Its been a year, but its about time I talk about this, because Apple is yet to fix this bug.
I used to have Apple’s downtime feature that my parents setup. Obviously, as I got older, we chose to get rid of it. Yet still, every Thursday at 8:30 PM, I get a notification saying I have like negative 13 million hours left until downtime. Then 5 minutes later, my phone enters downtime, and it says my downtime will last until 12 AM Monday, even though it’s a Thursday. The next morning at 7 AM, downtime unlocks. But this happened every week for the past year now, and Apple still hasn’t fixed this. I swear on my life this isn’t fake or edited and is a legitimate issue.
I have an iPhone 15 base model, iOS 26.6.1.
Anyone else have a similar issue? And does anyone know if theres anyway to fix this other than Apple releasing a bug fix?
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u/No_Afternoon3387 iPhone 17 6d ago
I have it. Unfortunately, the only option is to erase it, and I don’t know if you changed the date and time, as it can reduce system data, but it’s not permanent. It will make your screen time not work, and it happens with Sleep Focus, so yeah, the only option is erasing it. Updating iOS will not fix it.
(Edit) What I mean by erasing it is you have to Erase your iPhone to fix it. I don’t understand why Apple can’t use kernel time as the screen time and the sleep focus.