Love the app but I have a shortcut that blocks me from going to the settings app and I seem to have access when I open it through control center via Wifi/Bluetooth settings. The shortcut automaton doesnāt seem to see opening settings app through control center is the same as opening it directly.
Can this problem be fixed as of now? If not, then can solutions be planned in the future?
I was really skeptical about adding āWhen Settings is closedā but it works! Apparently the phone sees that Face ID prompt that comes up when you remove Opal access to Screen Time as āclosing the Settings app.ā I donāt know why that doesnāt count as still being in Settings, but I guess it triggers the Shortcut. It boots you out of the Face ID really quickly. And then Opal is still on!
I literally came here to say this. what is the point of paying $99 a year for an app designed to block you from using your social media when itās as easy as just switching off the Opal connection on screen time. it literally turns off opal even with the full block.
I found out that you can disable opal by turning it off on screen time, I think thereās a loophole where you could fix it, but it will be hard. Please do though.
I found out that you can bypass the blocking sessions by just denying screentime access. You can also do this during a running hard focus session, which makes it completely useless. There has to be a way to fix that or this app is useless to me.
Got a feature youād love to see in Opal? Suggest it here, and let the community vote on it!
Hereās how you can do this:
Hereās the message translated into English:
āIām writing to request that you make it impossible to disable Opal through the Apple Usage Center, to prevent users from bypassing or cheating the system.ā
Anyone figure out how to stop us from being able to disable screen time upon reboot? This is an app killer for me and though shortcut method above works outside of the easy reboot workaround. Wish I would have known before I purchasedā¦
Hello , Recently Opal has been working very great for me and Iāve been loving it , until my brain figured out a way in which I can close the app even with deep focus and uninstall protection ! which is disabling opal from screen time settings ā¦ If thereās a way where you can put protection for that in which we cannot disable opal from screen time settings that would do wonders for me ā¦ Or if I can add the settings app itself to the session in which i cannot open and edit .Anyway thank you