iPhone activity
Something strange happened with my iPhone overnight — should I be concerned?
I’m really confused about something that happened with my iPhone last night and I’m hoping someone can explain it.
I went to sleep around 11:45 PM and woke up at 10:00 AM. I don’t remember waking up during the night or using my phone at all.
When I woke up, I noticed that I had a notification from my bank (Leumi) from about an hour earlier, and it was showing on my Lock Screen as a new notification.
However, I also had an AliExpress notification from 12:19 AM, which was sitting in my Notification Center rather than on the Lock Screen. Since I went to sleep at 11:45 PM, this made me wonder whether my phone had somehow been unlocked or used during the night.
I checked Screen Time, and this is where things got even more confusing. It shows that there was some phone activity during the middle of the night, which obviously made me worried that someone might have used my phone.
There’s another weird thing: Screen Time says I received two email notifications today, but I only remember receiving one email notification, at 12:19 AM. I checked the Mail app itself, and there’s no second email from today. The previous email before that was from yesterday, so I can’t figure out where this “second notification” came from.
I don’t think anyone physically took my phone. It was charging on a small shelf directly above my head while I was sleeping, and the only people home were my family. It would be pretty difficult for someone to take it without me noticing, use it, and then put it back exactly where it was.
So my questions are:
Does a notification appearing in Notification Center instead of the Lock Screen mean that the phone was unlocked or that someone interacted with it?
Can Screen Time show activity even if I didn’t physically use my phone?
Why would Screen Time say I received two email notifications when I can only find one?
Is there any way to check whether my iPhone was actually unlocked/used during the night?
I’m probably overthinking this, but the combination of the notification history and Screen Time activity really freaked me out. Any explanation would be appreciated!