How to Disable the Press Home to Unlock Feature in iOS 10

Now that iOS 10 is officially out, I can finally tell you what annoys me and what doesn’t about the newest upgrade.

Although it didn’t annoy me during the Betas, the new “Press the Home Button to Unlock” is getting to be annoying.  While there is no way to restore the slide-to-unlock option that previous iOS versions had, there is a less painful way to deal with it.

After the below change, users can firmly press the Home button to unlock the phone.  Here’s how:

1. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility.
2. Choose the Home Button option.
3. Choose the “Rest Finger to Open” option.
4. Slide that to the ON position.
5. That’s it.

Again, there is currently no way to bring back the “Slide to open” option, but this will make it less painful.

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