Stop the screen going dark so fast

Give yourself longer to read before the screen turns itself off.

The screen turns itself off after a set number of seconds without a touch. It saves power and locks the phone.

The number is yours to change. Thirty seconds is a common factory setting, and short for a recipe.

Key points

• The screen turns off on a timer, to save power and lock the phone
• The wait is a setting, called Auto-Lock or Screen timeout

What to remember

• The screen obeys a timer, and the timer is yours.
• It is a timer you own, not a fault.

Try this

Find Auto-Lock or Screen timeout on your own phone and set it to two minutes.

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