The app (google Authenticator) uses it to verify your device. You can use the saved image to authorise your new device through the app.

Save your QR codes to the notes app and lock it.

I think it’s any Apple device with private IP address enabled

I had this happen a long time ago. I had to factory reset the phone and restore from backup for it to stop. Mine did it randomly though. Not for every unlock.

Who would block the tv with vases and shit?

https://preview.redd.it/xceebjbfvj0c1.jpeg?width=1632&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9a77f959916179916400f432ce56c7596ae31c82

From midjourney

The watch definitely does this. If your sleeve covers the display it will switch off. The rest of the time it’s always on.

I went from blackberry 9000 to iPhone 3G, then blackberry bold, then iPhone 4. Been with iPhone since then.

Probably the glass was ok, just not installed correctly. It was making contact with the frame, or there was some foreign material in between the frame and glass. Even cheap glass shouldn’t break as long as the pressure is applied evenly over the full surface.