Where is Auto Lock on the iPhone?

If you don’t touch your iPhone screen for a minute or two, then the screen is probably turning off.

This can help to save battery life while also ensuring that your data remains safe in case someone else picks up your phone.

But situations can arise where you want to screen to stay on for a while, such as if you are looking at the screen to follow a tutorial and you aren’t able to interact with the screen.

Our tutorial will show you how to change auto lock on an iPhone 5 if you want to set it to a shorter or longer duration.

How to Adjust the iPhone Auto Lock Setting

  1. Open Settings.
  2. Choose Display & Brightness.
  3. Select Auto-Lock.
  4. Tap the desired time.

Our guide continues below with additional information on how to change auto lock on an iPhone 5, including pictures of these steps.

While it’s very easy to lock the screen on your iPhone by pressing the Power button on the side of the device, it’s also very easy to forget to do it when you’re done using the phone.

Fortunately, your iPhone has a setting called auto-lock that will automatically lock the screen when you haven’t interacted with it for a period of time.

Typically the iPhone screen will auto lock after a few seconds or a couple of minutes, but it’s possible that the auto lock feature can be turned off entirely.

Our tutorial below will show you where to find the auto lock setting on your iPhone 5 so that you can make it happen more quickly, or turn it off completely.

Video About Keeping Your iPhone Screen On

How to Change Auto Lock on an iPhone 5 (Guide with Pictures)

The steps in this article were performed in iOS 12.1.4.

Note that the screen is one of the biggest battery drains on your iPhone, and leaving it on for an extended period of time can cause the battery to drain very quickly.

Additionally, some apps on your iPhone can override the auto lock setting and keep the screen on for a long period of time.

Step 1: Open the Settings app.

open settings on iphone 5

Step 2: Choose the Display & Brightness option.

iphone 5 display and brightness menu

Step 3: Touch the Auto Lock button.

where is auto lock on iphone 5

Step 4: Choose the amount of time that you want the screen to wait before turning off.

how to change auto lock on iphone 5

Now that you know how to change auto lock on an iPhone 5, you will be able to adjust this setting whenever you want to use your device for a while without tapping the screen but would like the screen to remain on.

The amount of time for the auto lock is the amount of time since you last interacted with the screen.

Are you having trouble figuring out how much battery charge you have left? Find out how to display battery life as a percentage so that you can get a more accurate idea of the remaining battery life.

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