I noticed a strange bug within the Settings application. It's not game breaking or anything, just the fact that it's there annoys me, and I thought I would share it with the class. Typically it has been, that whenever you go to Settings, General, or Settings, Accessibility, the back button in the upper left corner will say something like Settings, back button. As of iOS 18, we have a new apps button at the bottom of the primary settings page.
If you go into this new menu, and then click on any app, the back button will be labeled, Apps, back button, follow by the list of applications whereas that back button will be labeled, Settings, back button.
With me so far? Good, because now it's going to get a little weird ...
OK, now close your Settings app if it's open. Open the Settings app again, and follow these steps:
1. Go to Settings, Accessibility, then back out to the primary settings page.
2. Scroll down to the very bottom of the primary settings page, and double tap on Apps.
3. You should be in Settings, Apps, on the screen with the list of installed applications listed in alphabetical order.
4. On the screen if you check the back button in the top left corner, it should be labeled, Settings, back button.
5. Now double tap on any application in the list, it really does not matter. And then check the back button in the top left corner. You may be as shocked as I was, to discover that it is actually labeled as, Accessibility, back button!
How is that for strange iOS bugs of 2025?! 🤯
Disclaimer, I am running iOS 18.3.1, on an iPhone SE 2022. Your mileage May vary ...
Comments
The fact that you looked and…
The fact that you looked and documented this horrible thing.... Bro 😂 We can do much more productive things with our spare time. 😂😂😂 Big fan.
Just as interesting
If you repeat the steps Brian suggests but use any other setting other than accessibility then go into apps It says apps back button. It seems without checking out every setting that only accessibility causes this to say accessibility back button.
Another random bug
This one has fortunately been fixed as of iOS 18.3.1, but when I was on 18.3, any forum post here on AppleVis would repeat itself twice as I navigated through the webpage. I'm not talking about double posts, mind you, but rather if somebody replied to a post for example, that sentence or paragraph or whatever would repeat itself twice for each post.
It was an odd little glitch, but as I mentioned above, it has been fixed as of 18.3.1.