diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/microsoft/hydralab/common/management/AppiumServerManager.java b/common/src/main/java/com/microsoft/hydralab/common/management/AppiumServerManager.java
index ca68ed145..849b7ed9b 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/microsoft/hydralab/common/management/AppiumServerManager.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/microsoft/hydralab/common/management/AppiumServerManager.java
@@ -287,7 +287,9 @@ public Boolean isDriverAlive(AppiumDriver driver) {
 
     public Boolean isDriverAlive(IOSDriver driver) {
         try {
-            driver.unlockDevice();
+            // use getBatteryInfo to check if driver is alive
+            // getStatus would return from cache when session was closed and can't check if driver is alive
+            driver.getBatteryInfo();
             return true;
         } catch (WebDriverException e) {
             return false;
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/microsoft/hydralab/common/management/device/impl/IOSDeviceDriver.java b/common/src/main/java/com/microsoft/hydralab/common/management/device/impl/IOSDeviceDriver.java
index 7e3c3aba5..fd0058281 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/microsoft/hydralab/common/management/device/impl/IOSDeviceDriver.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/microsoft/hydralab/common/management/device/impl/IOSDeviceDriver.java
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ public void screenCapture(@NotNull DeviceInfo deviceInfo, @NotNull String path,
 
     @Override
     public void wakeUpDevice(DeviceInfo deviceInfo, Logger logger) {
-        classLogger.info("Unlocking may not work as expected, please keep your device wake.");
-        getAppiumServerManager().getIOSDriver(deviceInfo, logger).unlockDevice();
+        // unlockDevice can wake up device, but sometimes it would make the phone go back to home which is not expected
+        classLogger.info("Nothing Implemented for iOS in " + currentMethodName());
     }
 
     @Override