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.
I've had iOS10 for a while now and I still slide to unlock
— steph ☁️ (@stephhwolf) September 28, 2016
https://twitter.com/pnums63/status/780969654932078594
Many are struggling with it – yours truly included.
https://twitter.com/Tweet_Dec/status/781045172368994306
https://twitter.com/nfornaomi/status/780839811317915648
https://twitter.com/chloe_webb_/status/780767520504578049
https://twitter.com/torihannavy/status/781028617350414336
People really, really hate the new feature.
https://twitter.com/alondrita_L/status/780846414934843392
i genuinely hate that you can't swipe to unlock your password 🙄🙄🙄🙄 #iOS10
— bella (@bellarororoma) September 27, 2016
How did the candidates NOT talk about how awful the unlock screen is for iOS 10? #debate #DebateNight #iOS10
— Andy (@AndyyyWaldron) September 27, 2016
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:
https://twitter.com/FreddyAmazin/status/779368510338326528
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?
https://twitter.com/carly_xoxo14/status/779792246220656640
