This wikiHow teaches you how to prevent your iPhone's display from automatically going to its lock screen.

Steps

  1. 1
    Open your iPhone's Settings. It's an app icon that is gray, contains an image of cogs, and is usually found on one of your home screens.
    • If you can't find it on your home screen, it may be located in a folder labeled Utilities.
  2. 2
    Tap Display & Brightness. It’s in the third section of the Settings menu (below "General").
  3. 3
    Tap Auto-Lock. It’s the third selection in the menu.
  4. 4
    Tap Never. It’s at the bottom of the menu. Your iPhone’s display will no longer lock automatically.

Community Q&A

  • Question
    I need to keep an iPad (to be used in a kiosk at a corporate office) awake ALL the time in order to allow visitors, at any time to use for a self check-in. What do I do?
    Community Answer
    Community Answer
    Go into setting => Display and Brightness => Auto-lock => then select never. This may vary depending on what version of iOS your iPad is running.

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Article SummaryX

1. Open Settings.
2. Tap Display & Brightness.
3. Tap Auto-Lock.
4. Tap Never.

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