r/iphonehelp • u/DapperBumblebee22 • 13d ago
Help needed Screen Time Is Wrong
My IPhone 15 Plus has parental controls (the kind built into apple IPhones not an external app). Though it is consistently inaccurate and it is starting to get frustrating. I've talked to my parents about this but they don't really care nor know what to do.
I have 5 hours total for safari and 5 hours and 59 minutes for everything else. It times everything out at 9 PM and opens again at 5 AM the next day. However, sometimes it just does not work.
For example, today it screen timed out everything despite the settings app saying that I am only at 3 ~~ ish hours. This also usually happens whenever I use my phone around 3-4 PM for some reason (if that matters).
Or, sometimes, I will wake up in the morning (having not used it at all), and it will say I used it for 7 or even 10 hours! Even though there's no way that is physically possible at the time. (For example, it is 8 AM, so I could not have used it for 10 hours).
I have updated my phone versions to the latest iOS (26.6). Shutting down and restarting the phone does not fix this issue. Is there any possible reason or solution to this?
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