[toomuchtodo]

Does pressing the power button five times still disable biometrics?

Edit from sibling comment link with alternate easier method to hard lock: “Just press and hold the buttons on both sides. Remember that. Try it now. Don’t just memorize it, internalize it, so that you’ll be able to do it without much thought while under duress, like if you’re confronted by a police officer. Remember to do this every time you’re separated from your phone, like when going through the magnetometer at any security checkpoint, especially airports. As soon as you see a metal detector ahead of you, you should think, “Hard-lock my iPhone”.”

[bombcar]

Yep, just tested here, 5 clicks and you get the emergency/poweroff screen which then will require passcode afterwards, even if you don't power off.

[rrrrrrrrrrrryan]

For those with Android phones, do not try this, as it triggers emergency SOS. (I just made this mistake lol).

[bombcar]

I had to turn off all that emergency SOS stuff because my toddlers kept wanting to "talk to the nice lady" ... at 911.

[vladvasiliu]

> Just press and hold the buttons on both sides.

This doesn't seem to work on my iphone 7 with ios 15.7.1. If the screen is off, nothing happens. Or if I happen to push the power button slightly before or after the volume key, the screen will turn on and touch id works as usual. If the screen is on, but the phone is locked, nothing happens either. The screen will just turn off at some point. The phone can still be unlocked normally.

What does work is pushing only the power button when the screen is on for a few seconds. This is a dual press (1. turn on screen; 2. start shut down procedure). Or pressing the power button five times, whatever the screen state. But that also activates the emergency call countdown.

[ljlolel]

yes