I Fixed My iPhone Duo with This One Weird Trick

One of the most satisfying things about having a flip phone back in the day was being able to snap it shut when you were done with a call. You didn’t even have to be hanging up in anger — it was just a cool move.1 One aspect of the iPhone Duo that I am enjoying is akin to this. If I’m working on the inside screen, I want to shut the phone and have it lock, ready to go back in my pocket. This move says, “I’ve done the thing I needed to do, and now it’s time to move on.” Sadly, the iPhone Duo doesn’t agree; shutting the phone simply transfers whatever is on the inside display to the outer one. Even after a week, I have not gotten used to this, and have found myself accidentally interacting with the outside display, either as the phone was folding or as I was putting it in my pocket. Thankfully, Stephen Robles has created a Shortcut that makes the Duo work exactly how my brain says it should: If the inner display is on the Home Screen, lock the phone when it closes. If the inner display…

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