[AC Question]

When phone turns on or awakens, I need to press the home screen button from the contact search screen. For some reason the phone defaults to the contact search screen as opposed to the home screen.

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Which phone? How are you unlocking the phone's screen? On many phones, the lockscreen includes a Phone icon at the lower left. If you swipe from the lower left to lower right to unlock the screen (as opposed to swiping from the bottom center straight up), then you unlock the phone directly to the Phone app. The default Phone screen that shows is usually the Contacts screen. Make a habit of swiping from the bottom up when unlocking your lockscreen.

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