My daughter has an iPhone 11 that is up to date (iOS 26.6.2), the downtime is set from 0h to 23:59h and the app limits for WhatsApp and TikTok is set to 0 seconds, but somehow she is managing to use those apps. She wakes up around 7am and does something that makes these apps usable for a few minutes. I tried to cover everything that I found that could be causing this, including:
- Blocking the time zone change
- Blocking uninstalling and reinstalling apps
- She doesn't know the passcode
- She doesn't know her Apple ID password
What I already mentioned
- Downtime is set from 0h to 23:59h
- App limit usage is set to 0 seconds for TikTok and WhatsApp to reinforce the block
- App limit is set to block at the end of the limit
I myself can't reproduce what she is doing. I suspect she is exploring a glitch, because I see she open a bunch of random apps before being able to use TikTok.
I'm considering changing her phone for another brand if I can't find and fix what she is doing. It's sad that we can't trust Apple and a kid is being able to bypass something like this but before doing that I want to find out what she is doing and see if I can fix that glitch somehow.
