Does anyone know how to disable this feature so that when i swipe it doesn't go into a widget and actually unlocks my phone automatically? I don't have any widgets on it and it still goes to the (plus/add) widget screen when I swipe the "wrong way".
Have you gone to the LockScreen settings and disabled multiple widgets? If that's enabled, you'll always see the '+' (Add) widget when you swipe on the top half of the screen.