At its simplest form, it allows you to unlock and lock your phone, access and interact with notifications, and view the date and battery level. But there are several fantastic uses for the Lock Screen that we rarely use, or maybe we are not even aware that they exist, even though their functions are valuable and very useful. In this article, we have gathered 8 nice tricks in the Android Lock Screen that you will definitely like, so how about we explore them together?
1- Change the Screen Lock Type
As you know, we should start with the basics. The main purpose of the Lock Screen is to provide security and privacy for the user by locking the phone. All Android phones offer three types of locks: pattern, PIN, and password, and you can definitely choose your preferred lock method.
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2- Completely Disable the Screen Lock
If you find that locking your phone screen with a lock is just a tiresome attempt that is useless and a waste of time, and you don’t have any personal or valuable items on the phone that you fear strangers seeing, you can easily disable the screen lock so you can use the phone directly once you hold it in your hand. Just choose “nothing” as the lock type in the settings.
3- Change the Lock Screen Background
Fortunately, all Android phones provide the feature to change the Lock Screen background in addition to the background used for the main interface. Just go to settings, then display, then wallpaper, in some phones you will find it inside the screen wallpaper. Open the image you want to set as the Lock Screen background and click “Set as Lock Screen Wallpaper”.
4- Leave a Message on the Lock Screen in Case of Lost Phone
The content displayed on the screen is always changing due to receiving continuous timely notifications. But if you want to leave a fixed message on the Lock Screen, you can do so. You can take advantage of this feature in some useful ways. For example, if you forget your phone somewhere and an honest person finds it, you can leave a contact message with your phone number or email for easy contact and retrieving your phone again.
Go to the phone settings, then the Lock Screen, and at the bottom of the advanced settings, you will find the Lock Screen Message feature. On Samsung phones, you will find these settings in Contact Information. Some other phones will find the feature under the name “Owner Information on Lock Screen. You can write your name, backup phone number, or email address depending on the number of characters supported by your phone. Just as an identification it makes it easy for others to know that you are the owner of the phone to contact you.
5- Create a Different Account on the Phone
All Android phones except Samsung offer the ability to create a different account for the phone, each account you create will have its own dedicated space. Inside the settings for the Lock Screen, you will find an option under the name “Add Another User” or you will find it under the title “Add New Space” or the second interface.
Once you create a new account, you will have something you can liken to a virtual system, in this way you will have what you can liken to two phones inside one phone. Each interface will be separate and have its own settings, and you can access the second interface through a shortcut or password and fingerprint.
6- Disable Notification Content Display on the Lock Screen
Even when the phone is locked, new notifications that your phone receives will appear on the screen. While most of us prefer the notification system to work in this way, where we don’t have to unlock the Lock Screen to see new notifications, some of us do not prefer to display notifications on the Lock Screen in search of more privacy. You can disable or show notifications on the Lock Screen as you prefer.
From the settings app, go to notifications then Lock Screen, you will find a word configuration or the name may vary from one phone to another, just search here for “Show Notifications and Hide Contents”. In this way, you will have the opportunity to see new notifications but their contents will not be displayed when you are in a group session to avoid embarrassment.
7- Automatically Unlock the Phone under Predefined Conditions
Android phones have a great feature called Smart Lock, where the phone remains unlocked when certain conditions are met. For example, the phone lock will be released when you are at home, or when you hold the phone in your hand. Go to the settings app, then privacy, then smart lock, then choose the lock mode you want.
8- Customize Lock Screen Properties with the Help of Third-Party Apps
In addition to the Lock Screen settings included in the Android system, you can edit the functions of the Lock Screen with the help of some third-party apps. Among the great apps that you prefer to use is an app like App Lock.
The app is great to the fullest extent, as it allows you to activate the smart lock if your phone does not support the feature by default, it protects your apps with a special password, captures a picture of anyone trying to pry and unlock your phone if they fail after several attempts, sets specific times to automatically lock the phone, and many other features. In this way, even if your phone does not support the Lock Screen features we talked about since the beginning of the article, you will find most of these features in some third-party apps.
