Increase Lock Screen Timeout of Your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge

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Hello! You're watching VisiHow. This is a tutorial on how to increase the lock-screen timeout of your Samsung Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge.

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   In order to perform this function, you will need to swipe down from the top of the screen

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   You need to do this to bring up the notifications panel.

   

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   On the panel, you're going to find the settings icon

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   We tap it once to open it.

   

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   Find the "Display" option and tap it once

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   This will bring up the "Display" menu.

   

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   We tap once on "Smart stay"

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   We will open the "Smart stay" option.

   

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   We simply tap the toggle once to turn "Smart stay" on

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   The switch should turn green. "Smart stay" lets you know that when the front camera is detecting your face, your phone remains unlocked. Even when the phone is on the lock screen, it will not time out as long as you're looking directly at your phone.

   

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   Go back to "Display"

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   We locate the "Battery" option by scrolling down.

   

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   Tap once to open the "Battery" option

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   We ensure that "Power saving mode" and "Ultra power saving mode" are turned off.

   

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   To ensure that "Power saving mode" is turned off, we tap on it

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   We making sure that the switch is set to "Off".

   

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   We the same for "Ultra power saving mode"

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   When either of these options is enabled, the lock screen timeout is very fast, approximately 3-4 seconds.

   

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    Then, go back

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    Go back to the "Display" menu

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    Then press the home button to return to the home screen

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This concludes our tutorial on how to increase the lock-screen timeout on Samsung Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please leave them in the area below.

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