On my Galaxy S5 Mini, why are incoming call unlocking my home screen?

[RUDY POETTCKER]

Galaxy S5 Mini : Incoming call unlocks home screen

I have an S5 mini and when I receive an incoming call my phone automatically unlocks.
This is very inconvenient because when I have my phone in my pocket and get a call it unlocks and ends up pushing apps accidentally.
Is there a way to keep the phone locked for incoming calls?

 

[JiffT]

Re: Galaxy S5 Mini : Incoming call unlocks home screen

Hi Don't know why yours does that. Mine just comes up with a screen with the green & red symbols which you swipe to accept of reject. when this is done the screen which reappears on mine is the lock screen. I use the fingerprint lock & have lots of the default settings off, e.g. all the vibrates etc but I doubt that would be your problem. I can't see any specific setting for that but it may be dependent on the lockscreen type you're using.

Ultimately perhaps backup & do a factory reset and reinstall the backup. Some settings have to be reset and possibly downloaded apps reinstalled. I did this when I got high battery use and it cleared the problem, took a morning so may be worth it in the long run though no guarantees it'd work

J

 

[RUDY POETTCKER]

Re: Galaxy S5 Mini : Incoming call unlocks home screen

Thanks; appreciate your response. Actually I think you are correct. My lock screen type was just a simple swipe and that left my screen unlocked but once I re-set it to a pattern swipe, now when I get an incoming call it shows on screen (as you described) but then returns to locked screen. So that seems to be the difference.
again, thanks.