This story was updated on October 20. Update below.
Apple’s iOS 17.1 update may have fixed the iPhone 15’s screen burn-in issue, according to early reports.
For those unfamiliar, some iPhone 15 Pro Max owners have been suffering from what appears to be severe screen burn-in, otherwise known as image persistence, where a shadow from an image is permanently cast. It is engraved on the screen, they suffered.
iPhone owners complained on Reddit, the Apples Forum, and Twitter/X. This is, unfortunately, a weakness of OLED displays, but it rarely happens early in the device’s life cycle and to the extent that users notice.
Apple promises to fix the problem in iOS 17.1 RC (via MacRumors) which is currently available to beta testers and will be widely available next week. As the update hits testers and developers, some early reports suggest that the screen burn-in issue may have been fixed.
Reddit user u/spriteice, who posted a viral image of the severe burn two days ago, has uploaded a post-iOS 17.1 update image that appears to show the issue has been fixed. Another user u/Srihari_stan claimed that their screen burn issue has been resolved after the update as well as with the before and after image.
It’s early days and this update hasn’t been released to the public yet, so we’ll see if others have similar success in removing the image stability issue. What’s not clear is whether the problem is actually screen burn-in or a simple display glitch. Typically, image retention is a hardware defect that requires a replacement screen. Most solutions are preventative, such as lowering the brightness or turning off the always-on display, which reduces the chance of burn-in from a constantly displayed image.
Manufacturers offset the potential fuel burn with higher-quality OLED panels that have longer-lasting LEDs. Some software tricks are also used, which Apple explains in its analysis of the company’s Super Retina displays. It includes special algorithms that monitor the use of individual pixels to generate display calibration data. Your iPhone uses this data to automatically adjust each pixel’s brightness levels as needed to reduce visual burn-in and maintain a consistent viewing experience.
Either way, screen burn-in shouldn’t happen after a few weeks of use. It typically takes years to be noticeable, especially on high-end devices like the iPhone 15 Pro Max. The solution is often a hardware replacement, not a software update, which suggests it’s not an image stability problem.
Ricky Panesar, founder of iCorrect Repair Specialists, told me that the fact that the problem was potentially fixed with a software update suggests that it’s not a screen burn-in problem. It doesn’t seem like the page was written, there seems to be a problem with the algorithm responsible for resetting the data on the page. They introduced a new operating system that wipes the screen of new information. Think about how we used to erase text in Etch A Sketch. He hates them, it’s just unbelievable.
Apple hasn’t provided further details on what caused the original issue, but we’ll see if the iOS 17.1 fix works for other affected iPhones.
Updated October 20. There is another potential bug in iOS 17.0.3 that was not fixed by the 17.1 update. A few weeks ago several users on Reddit and X/Twitter noticed that their iPhone 15 models were turning off in the middle of the night and notifications were going off, causing some iPhone owners to lose their alarms.
Users and reporters in 9To5Mac And MacRumorsfound that they had to enter a passwordInstead of Face ID working instantlyWhen they used their phone for the first time in the morning, it indicated that the device had restarted.
Some users also noticed gaps in overnight battery usage when checking the battery data settings. It’s not clear what’s causing this, but MacRumors claims that the issue isn’t fixed by iOS 17.1 RC, which is currently available to early testers and developers, as described in this story .
Interestingly, this might not just be an iOS 17 issue as some Redditors have complained that they’ve been experiencing the same issue for years. However, most of the cases seem to be recent after updating to the latest OS version. Of course, the concern is that if the phone turns off without prompting, people may miss important calls or alarms while being completely unaware.
iOS 17.1 has fixed other bugs such as the main screen burn issue as mentioned above, along with the keyboard not responding and the incoming caller message not being displayed on the screen when the user is on another call.
But the other major solution is related to Screen Time functionality. Some parents have reported that their children’s screen time limits are being turned off randomly without prompting. This problem has existed since iOS 16. Despite Apple’s claim to fix the issue in iOS 16.5, users say the issue persists in iOS 17. The 17.1 release notes include a fix for this, so we’ll see if the problem is finally fixed. Correctly resolved.
For now, it seems that iPhone 15 users who accidentally turn off their phones at night will have to wait for the next update, as Apple has yet to confirm these complaints.
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