User level: Level 1 (4 points)before updating to ios27, when i opened my phone app, i got the favorites contact page but now mynphone opens onto the keypad, making it cumbersome to dial my most frequent numbers. recent updates have not fixed this. my iphone 16 is set to classic
Posted on Nov 10, 2026 12:13 PM
User level: Level 10 (201,695 points)Nov 10, 2026 12:25 PM in response to Drawing Cat
The Phone app should open to the last screen you used. If it's not doing that, the first thing I'd look at is exactly what is happening when you open the app. It's possible that the layout is different enough that you're inadvertently hitting the Keyboard icon. What happens if you close the app while on the favorites screen, then re-launch it using Siri?
User level: Level 10 (107,674 points)Nov 10, 2026 2:42 PM in response to Drawing Cat
Yes mine does that too, I never noticed, but I have to force close the app to make that happen.
Why not just leave the phone app in background (as advised for all apps BTW) then it will remember what screen you last used.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256392130