I got fed up of the screen activating if say I’m reading a book and I put it in a pocket. I felt sure I could stop this and sure enough, in Accessibility there’s something called tap to wake. I switched that off. Hopefully this will stop things activating by accident. Worked for me
All the best Angie > On 15 May 2019, at 19:33, janet gross <janet.harv...@outlook.com> wrote: > > HI Cris, > I completely understand what you are saying about the annoying flash light > and the camera. I have the exact samething on my XR phone 12.2, and lock > screen, and when I put my phone in my purse, sometimes the flash light comes > on, and I lose quite a bit of my battery, but I don’t know this until I take > my phone out of my purse, and the phone is extremely warm. When the flash > light is on, my phone is all lit up, and as a blind person, I only know this > when a sighted person is around, and they tell me Janet you must have the > flash light on because your phone is lit up like a Christmas Tree, and then I > realize that is why my phone is so warm! I then check my battery, and sure > enough, I’ve lost quite a bit of battery! I don’t need the camera on the > lock screen either because when I go to my home screen, there is the camera > as well. This drives me crazy, and I’ve asked other people how to remove the > flash light, but I never get an answer. I didn’t have this when I used my > iPhone 6 either! > I’ve looked all through my phone, but I can’t find anything about the flash > light or how to remove it from the locked screen. This causes to much > battery loss! I’m constantly checking my phone when the phone is in my purse > to be for sure it doesn’t feel warm because the flash light might be on > again, because I don’t want to have to try to make a call, but the battery is > drained! > Janet > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of Cris Ali > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 11:18 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: RE: does anyone know how? > > Hi Sieghard, > I am not talking about the control center, I am talking about the locked > screen. Unfortunately I have both the flash light button and the camera > button on my iPhone XR using iOS 12.3. I wish I could at least remove the > flash light button. It happened quite few times that I turned the flash > light on as I put the phone in my pocket. Sometimes just a simple light > touch turn it on. I would only realize that the flash light is on when I > feel my pocket heating up or if someone tells me to turn the flash light off. > > Cheers, > > Cris > From: viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com><viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 12:06 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: RE: does anyone know how? > > Hi Chris, > > I am a bit confused here, I don’t have either Flashlight nor Camera on the > lock screen. The Camera can be accessed from the lock screen if you do a > 3-finger swipe from right to left, but even then there is no Flashlight > unless maybe you have the camera’s flash turned on permanently which of > course you can change, you can set it to come on automatically or not at all. > The actual Flashlight as far as I know can only be turned on either by asking > SIRI or by swiping up to the Control Centre and then you do of course have > both the camera and flashlight buttons there. Do you maybe mean the Control > Centre instead of the lock screen? > As far as the Control Centre is concerned you can in fact decide what is on > it or not, just go to Settings > Control Centre > Customize Controls and > select or deselect the items you want or do not want. You can definitely take > the f;lashlight and camera off if they are on the Control Centre. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com><viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Cris Ali > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 8:34 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: does anyone know how? > > Hello folks, > Does anyone know how to remove the flash light and the camera buttons from > the locked phone screen? As you know, when the phone is locked, the flash > light and the camera buttons are still accessible. I do not want them to be > there. Very often, as I put the phone in my pocket, my finger touches one of > them by mistake and activates it. That drains my phone battery out. The > other day while I was in the train in the underground, Someone alerted me > that my phone flash light is on because he can see strong light coming out of > my pocket. It was funny in a way, but also annoying. > I looked through all the phone’s settings to see if I can remove these > buttons but I was not able to locate the setting to hide these buttons from > the locked screen. > > If anyone knows how, I will extremely appreciate it. > > Regards, > > > > Cris > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu <mailto:mk...@ucla.edu>. 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