There’s a delay when you lock your iPhone X and you’re not sure why. You probably noticed it when you pressed your iPhone’s side button, but the screen took a second or two to actually lock. I’ll explain why your iPhone lags after you tap the side button and show you how to fix the iPhone X delayed lock problem!
Why Is There A Delay When I Lock My iPhone X?
There’s a delay when you lock your iPhone X because it has to determine whether you’re going to double-press or triple-press the side button.
Double-pressing the side button activates Apple Pay and triple-pressing the side button opens your Accessibility shortcuts. By turning off Apple Pay by double-clicking the side button and your Accessibility shortcuts, we can eliminate the iPhone X delayed lock problem.
How To Turn Off Double-Click To Apple Pay
Open the Settings app and tap Wallet & Apple Pay. Then, turn off the switch next to “Double-Click Side Button”. You’ll know it’s off when the switch is positioned to the left.
How To Turn Off Accessibility Shortcuts
Open the Settings app and tap Accessibility. Then, scroll all the way down to the very bottom of the screen and tap Accessibility Shortcut.
Here you’ll find a list of all the Accessibility shortcuts you can set up on your iPhone. Make sure there aren’t any checkmarks next to the items in the list!
If you see a checkmark, that means the Accessibility shortcut is on. To turn it off, simply tap on the shortcut and the checkmark will disappear.
No More Lag!
Make sure to share this article on social media so you can help your family and friends fix the iPhone X delayed lock problem. If you have any other question about your iPhone X, feel free to leave a comment down below!
Thanks for reading,
David L.
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Great fix, David!
I have a question. My iPhone XR's lockscreen locks and goes to black after about 5 seconds. Many people have the same problem and have asked how to keep the lockscreen on longer but all the responses online suggest that changing the auto-lock time is the fix, but it's not! (I know how to do it, but even putting the lockscreen setting on "Never" doesn't stop my lockscreen from locking and sleeping after 5 seconds). I've also changed the setting and restarted my phone, but that didn't help.
I am running iOS 15.6 and was wondering if you know how do I set the lockscreen to stay on longer? Is there some other way? Is this a different problem, like a software bug? Again, auto-locking settings don't stop this "sleepmode" type of behavior?
Thank you!!!! you fixed my problem!
Glad we were able to help you fix the problem with your iPhone!
thanks a lot mate, you fixed my problem :D
went from the 7+ to the 13, so confused why there was delay. thanks a lot!!
Thanks
Very helpful! ?
Thank you so much! I thought my phone was dying!
super helpful!
Happy to hear it!
Thank you!!
You're welcome! Glad it helped!
Nice!! I was starting to get a bit worried as to why my iPhone XS was lagging.
I never comment but this literally helped me soooo much thank you!
useful ! Thanks !
THANK YOU!! This has been driving me crazy
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This really works! I’m glad to have fixed it I had messed around with the accessibility shortcuts earlier in the day and just realized it now had a delay! Thank you!
This worked for me!
Ohhhh that's why. Thanks !
that's really helpful i appreciate it
Why my phone black@white