Screen Time is an awesome addition to iOS. It serves as a phenomenal tool to monitor your daily activity with and also lets the operating system itself make the hard choices if you lack the discipline to put your iPhone or iPad down. And with remote management of other devices, Screen Time only makes things better, especially when it comes to kids.
But just like with anything else, certain features within Screen Time won’t just work as you might think. Specifically, you may find that time limits have no effect on apps, or that certain apps aren’t affected by the downtime. Not cool. And it’s a real problem if you rely on Screen Time to manage the activities of your kids.
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Thankfully, this has nothing to do with any technical issues. Instead, Screen Time fails to impose your limits properly due to minor oversights on your part. And the pointers below should help you fix things for good immediately.
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When imposing time limits on either apps or app categories, you need to specify Screen Time that you want to block them after they reach their respective time limits. Otherwise, it’s more than possible to continue using your apps without any restrictions whatsoever. You can do that before or after imposing the time limits.
While Adding Limits
While adding limits to an app or a category (or while creating custom categories) for the first time, make sure to turn on the switch next to 'Block at End of Limit' option. After making the rest of the configurations, tap Add, and you should be good to go.
Note: If you don't see the 'Block at End of Limit' option, you then need to set up a Screen Time passcode to make it visible. To learn how to do that, scroll down to the Set Screen Time Passcode section further below.Once an app or an app category reaches its specified time limit, Screen Time will stop you from using the app or the apps within the category until the following day.
After Adding Limits
Forgot to specify Screen Time that you want to block apps the first time around? Don't worry. The following steps should help you re-impose the limits without having to go through the whole process from scratch.
Step 1: Within the Screen Time panel of your iPhone or iPad, tap App Limits. Next, tap the app or category that you want to modify.
Step 2: Turn on the switch next to Block at End of Limit.
Note: The 'Block at End of Limit' option will not be visible unless you have a Screen Time passcode set up. Scroll down to the Set Screen Time Passcode section further below to learn how to do that.If you've already ignored the time limit for an app, you'll then need to wait until the following day for the updated restrictions to be reinforced.
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Even if you’ve configured Screen Time to block your apps properly after reaching their respective time limits, or if you’ve scheduled downtime to kick in at a certain time of the day, those restrictions will not affect any app that's added to the Always Allowed exclusions list. If that is the case, you need to have it removed.
Step 1: On the Screen Time panel, tap Always Allowed, and then check if the app in question is listed underneath the Allowed Apps section.
Step 2: Tap the red-colored icon next to the app that you want to remove from the exclusions list. Alternatively, swipe to the left, and then tap Remove.
Head back, and you won’t find the app usable either after reaching any specified time limits or during downtime.
Set Screen Time Passcode
If you don’t have a Screen Time passcode in place, it’s not only possible to easily ignore any imposed time limits, but you also can't request Screen Time to restrict your apps upon reaching them. That can be very problematic when it comes to managing kids, hence setting up a Screen Time passcode is very important.
To do that, tap Use Screen Time Passcode, and then create a four-digit passcode. Do remember that you need to insert it whenever you want to modify your Screen Time settings.
You can now specify Screen Time to block your apps after they reach their specified time limits. Furthermore, you can't lift off any restrictions unless you insert your Screen Time passcode.
When using remote Screen Time management, you won't run into this problem since you need to create a Screen Time passcode for any Apple IDs that you add as part of Family Sharing.
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Admittedly, Screen Time is not the most intuitive of features within iOS. It has layers upon layers of options that can make things quite tricky to deal with at times. But considering that it’s a relatively new addition, you've got to give Apple some slack. Screen Time is only bound to get better over time, and hopefully, you won't have to deal with these sorts of issues in the future.
So, did the tips above help you get Screen Time back on track? Do let us know in comments.
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Is iMessage not working on your iPhone running iOS 14 or 13? Don’t stress out as it’s the sort of issue that many of us have encountered from time to time. It could be due to various reasons like wrongly configured settings, the carrier may not be supporting the message you are trying to send, poor internet connection, etc. Let’s dive right in with me to check out the tricks that can troubleshoot the issue!
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Quick Tips:
- Delete old conversation: One user on the Support forum noted that deleting old texts got iMessage working again. Strange, yes, but sometimes stuff like this works. Another user did a restore (and set up the iPhone as NEW), and iMessage worked just fine
- Set Date & Time Automatically: A reader has noted that setting the date to auto-updates fixes this issue. To do so, open Settings → General → Date & Time and toggle the switch on Set Automatically to ON
If the above tips have failed to get your job done, try out the following solutions.
Check Internet Connection
First off, you must ensure you have a proper internet connection on your iOS device. iMessage may not work if there is poor Wi-Fi or cellular connection.
Turn-ON/OFF Airplane Mode
On some occasions, you may be able to fix the network issue by just turning on/off Airplane Mode. Simply swipe up from the bottom of your device to access Control Center and then tap on the Airplane Mode button.
On your iPhone X or 11, you need to swipe down from the top right corner and then tap on the Airplane Mode button to turn it on. Wait for some time and then turn it off.
Turn OFF/ON Wi-Fi/Cellular
Go to Setting → Wi-Fi/Cellular → Turn off the switch. Now, restart your iPhone.
Just press and hold the sleep/wake button and then swipe to power off. Then, press and hold on the sleep/wake button to turn on your device.
On your iPhone X or 11, you need to press and hold the side button and volume up/down button at once. Then, swipe to power off. Next, press and hold the side button again to turn on your device.
Once your device has restarted, turn on Wi-Fi/Cellular and try to send iMessage again.
Forget the Wi-Fi Network and Reconnect Your Device to It
If you are using Wi-Fi, forget the network and reconnect your device to it.
Step #1. Open Settings app → Wi-Fi.
Step #2. Tap on the “i” button next to the network.
Step #3. Tap on Forget This Network and tap on Forget in the popup to confirm.
Reset Network Settings
Haven’t got the fix as yet? Try resetting the network settings on your device. It would wipe out the Wi-Fi passwords and login details.
Open the Settings App → General → Reset → Reset Network Settings.
Turn OFF iMessages and then Turn ON Again
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- Head over to Settings→Messages and turn OFF iMessage if it’s switched ON already
Then, force reboot your iPhone. To do so, press and hold the Home and sleep/wake buttons at once until the Apple logo shows up on the screen.
On your iPhone X or iPhone 11 Series, you need to press and release the volume down button, then press and release the volume up button. Next, press and hold the side button until you see the Apple logo appears on the screen.
Next, turn on iMessage and wait for the activation to finish. Wait for a while and then send an iMessage to someone. If it has started working again, it’s wonderful. If it hasn’t, move on to the next solution.
Sign Out of Apple ID and Sign Back In
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Try signing out of Apple ID and then signing back in. It has done the trick for some users. So, don’t miss out on this one as well.
Step #1. Open Settings → Messages → Send & Receive.
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Step #2. Tap on your Apple ID and tap on Sign Out.
Step #3. Next, quit the Settings app. Wait for some time and then sign in to your Apple ID again.
Make Sure to Set your Phone Number to Send and Receive Message
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In many cases, it’s a problem with these options.
Step #1. Go to Settings→Messages→Send & Receive.
Step #2. You should see your number and an associated Apple ID listed in this list. You can configure this list.
Step #3. You’ll have to try a variety of methods to get iMessage working again. These would include:
- Removing the email ID and using only the Phone number
- Selecting either email or iPhone to test if iMessage works with any of these
- Select an email AND a phone number. After this, you’ll see another section “Start New Conversion from:” – select your phone number for this
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Update iOS
The old version of iOS might be the culprit behind this mess. Many a time I have successfully fixed annoying issues like an autocorrect bug, the camera focus issue just by updating my device. Hence, I’d suggest you give this solution a chance as well.
Open Settings → General → Software Update. If there is an update on waiting, tap on Download and Install.
Restore Your Device and Set It Up as New
I don’t think you may have to travel so long to find the solution to this problem. But just in case, it hasn’t been resolved even after trying out all the aforementioned tricks, restore your iPhone using iTunes and then set it up as new. Before going for the kill, don’t fail to back up your device.
Simply connect your iPhone to your computer → fire up iTunes or Finder and hit the Restore button.
The Bottom Line
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The above-mentioned solutions have worked for many users—including me. Hence, I’m sure they will click for you as well. Found this guide helpful? Do let us know that in the comments below.
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