badgolferman wrote:

Alan wrote:

On 2023-11-08 10:37, badgolferman wrote:

Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:

On 2023-11-08 08:36, badgolferman wrote:

Alan wrote:

On 2023-11-08 07:53, badgolferman wrote:

This would have never happened with the Mute rocker
switch...

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Uploaded on November 6, 2023, Carterpcs revealed a recent
incident where his iPhone 15 action button accidentally
triggered the phone’s flashlight while in his pocket.

“Today the iPhone 15 action button almost killed me,” he
joked before stating it might be a little dramatic.

Carter went on to he began [sic] to feel “searing pain” in
his thigh while in class and sat there for a bit before
realizing that it could have been due to the iPhone’s
flashlight being on.

After connecting the dots, Carter was able to turn off his
flashlight and save his leg from any major injury due to
the heat.

He did have a suggestion to share with Apple, though. “I
feel like that’s a pretty easy fix. If the flashlight’s
been on for an extended period of time, and the camera
doesn’t see anything — just turn it off after like 5
minutes,” he said.

Whether or not Carter changed his action button settings
after this incident is unknown, but it’s safe to assume
that he’ll be quicker to shut off his flashlight the next
time it gets activated on accident.

https://www.dexerto.com/tech/man-reveals-how-iphone-15-action-button-almost-killed-him-2372491/

"Searing pain"?

And then "almost killed" and "major injury"?

From an LED?

Please.

"he joked before stating it might be a little dramatic."

But you ran with it as the lede anyway.

That was the title of the article. Follow the link.

Sorry, but the article didn't type your subject line, nor did anyone
hold a gun to your head to make you do it.

Wow! You're awfully sensitive about the title of an article...

You're never gonna shut Nuh-uh up :)

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Hank Rogers <hank@nospam.invalid> wrote

Wow! You're awfully sensitive about the title of an article...

You're never gonna shut Nuh-uh up :)

I thank both badgolferman and "Hank Rogers" for their insight...

IMHO...
1. The article was interesting and useful in terms of the suggestion
that Apple provide an intelligent turn-off time period (presumably
so that the battery doesn't run down due to accidental flashlight).

2. Alan Baker owns an IQ of about 40 (in my assessment), which means
even that obviously stated suggestion will be lost on the iKooks.
All Alan Baker can ever "contribute" is a denial of every truth
about Apple products that he simply doesn't like (which is, after
all, a _lot_ of truths about Apple products that Alan will deny).

3. Similarly in terms of people who can't contribute any on-topic value,
the two other iKooks (Jolly Roger & Alan Baker & later on it will be
Alan Browne) will take any perceived slight against Apple to
fantastic levels of denial (but to a level less than Alan Baker does).

The IQ of Jolly Roger is similar to that of Alan Baker but Alan Browne has
an IQ double theirs such that Alan Browne can at least comprehend basic
thought processes approaching that of a fifth grader (or thereabouts).

Hence, my recommendation to take advantage of their differences...
a. Use Alan Baker to test out & better understand your killfilters
b. Use Jolly Roger to understand the mind of the basal Apple owner
c. Use Alan Browne to understand how well marketing works on owners
--
I study the strange iKooks simply because I have never personally met
people that easily influenced by marketing hype as they appear to be.

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Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote

A quick web search for "accidentally turned on iPhone flashlight" shows
this was happening *long* before the iPhone 15 came along.

There are two kinds of people...
a. iKooks
b. Normal people

Normal people try to understand, identify, and solve problems.
While iKooks just complain they hate everything about Apple products
(which is really what they're doing when they protest every Apple truth).

While you insecure iTrolls worry about any truth about Apple hurting what
they consider the inviolable god-like stature of Apple products, the rest of
us can wonder if there is a way to implement what the article suggests.

*Turn the iPhone flashlight off after a period of inactivity.*

Since none of the iKooks owns the comprehensive skills of so much as a
fifth grade mentality, the solution to that problem set won't come from
them (as all an iKook can do is deny all Apple truths that they hate).

However...

It's a worthy endeavor to see if the flashlight can be turned off after a period of inactivity as was apparently the whole point of the article.

Notably, quite a few useful articles show up for these basic search terms:
<https://duckduckgo.com/?q=iphone+automatic+flashlight+turnoff+inactivity>
<https://duckduckgo.com/?q=iphone+automatic+flashlight+shutoff+inactivity>

To wit...
*This tweak automatically turns off your iPhone's LED flashlight if you forget it*
<https://www.idownloadblog.com/2019/06/25/ohmyflash/>
"The tweak implements a customizable timeout period, after which your
iPhone's rear-facing flash is automatically turned off."

*Here's why your iPhone flashlight seems to turn on by itself*
<https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2019/01/31/why-iphone-flashlight-seems-turn-itself-and-how-shut-off/2711009002/>
"The problem seemingly started in 2017 with the release of the iPhone X"

*Goodbye, butt-dial. Hello, butt-light*
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/10/19/iphone-flashlight-accident/>
"Try these tricks one at a time to see if they help your problem."
"Make it harder to press:
Go to Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Haptic Touch.
Set touch duration to Slow.
Disable Tap To Wake:
Go to Settings > Accessibility > Touch.
Toggle off the Tap to Wake setting.
Disable Raise to Wake:
Go to Settings �� Display & Brightness.
Toggle off the Raise to Wake setting.
Hold it differently:
Grip your phone by the sides at all times,
and assume the screen is always on.
Get a Folio iPhone case:
These cases include hard covers that fold over the screen,
so there's one more step to access it.

*Flashlight on iPhone - everything you need to know*
<https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/01/15/flashlight-on-iphone---everything-you-need-to-know>
"Apple first added an LED light to the back of its iPhone 4 in 2010.
It wasn't until iOS 7 in 2013 that Apple built flashlight controls into the system.
You've probably switched it on from the lock screen by accident."
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The difference between an intelligent person and an iKook is that the intelligent person understands the problem set and tries to solve it
while the iKooks just complains about everything they don't like
(which is a lot of things because an iKook essentially hates Apple).

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