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28th Sep 2016

How to solve the annoying unlock glitch in the new iPhone update

How to fix a very annoying new feature

Declan Cashin

Have you installed the new iOS10 update on your iPhone yet?

If so, you’ll have noticed a big change when it comes to unlocking.

Basically, the simple slide-to-unlock feature – which brought up the option to enter your passcode – is no more. Instead, now you have to press the ‘home’ button to bring up the passcode option.

In theory, this shouldn’t be too much of a challenge to seasoned iPhone users. But the change is NOT going down well.

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Many are struggling with it – yours truly included.

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People really, really hate the new feature.

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Well, there’s some good news and some bad news about how to deal with this.

The bad news is that the slide-to-unlock feature appears to be gone forever.

The good news – or, at least, the slightly better news – is that you can change your settings so that the old Touch ID option replaces the click-the-home-button-and-type-the-code feature.

(Of course, this won’t mean anything to you if you never used Touch ID to begin with).

Here’s how you do it:

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In your settings, click on General – Accessibility – Home Button – Rest Finger To Open.

Look, it’s not everything that Apple users might want, but it’s something, right?

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