Many iPhone users think they are getting the most out of their devices. They think they know all of its ins and outs and functions. However, Today we are going to see one of the cases that fewer people know about. The function that allows you to lock the iPhone screen, but at the same time allowing its use.
The particular case that we will see in the article will be applied to lock the screen while playing a video. This feature will allow you to continue listening to a YouTube video or podcast while leaving your iPhone in your pocket. This way, you won’t have to worry about the screen accidentally calling your boss. However, we will see how it applies to other much more interesting and unknown ideas.
How to Lock iPhone Screen While Playing Video
To achieve the desired result in the article, we will have to use one of the most overlooked features of iOS. It is certainly placed in the settings in an unintuitive way. This makes most users do not notice its existenceor simply believe that it is for something else. The feature is called Guided Access, and actually has a specific function in terms of accessibility. However, your application does not make sense on a personal iPhone and we will enjoy it in another way.
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Where to find Guided Access settings
The function we are going to use is in the accessibility settings. We’ll find it at the bottom of this same options section, near the Quick Function option, which we’ll use together later. By combining these two options, we will achieve the goal which the article is talking about, but we will also get another much more useful and interesting effect.
How to enable Guided Access
First, the only thing we have to do is to enable this option. For this first case, where we only want to lock the iPhone screen when we have an active video, we will only need this. It is our choice to use the rest of the options customizable, such as unlocking by code or time limit. I understand that they don’t make much sense to achieve what we want in this case.
Once this option is activated, we are ready to test it. We will discuss video content, a YouTube video for example. While playing we are going to press the side lock button three times. If no other quick function is activated, the guided access function will be automatically activated. In the other possible case, where we are shown more options that we do not want, we just have to go to the settings section that we saw previously, those of Quick Function. There, in the options button at the bottom, we will deactivate the options that remain. Later we will give Start.
A curiosity is that unable to remove Guided Access feature from Quick Feature sectionby default this will always be active.
How to set up Guided Access
The bad news is that we have to configure enabled or denied options in each app separately. A good first step would be to go to the applications where we will use it to leave it defined in each of them.
If we want to change the setting, we will press the side lock button three more times. This will show us the options related to Guided Access. In the event that we have put a code on the previous screen, we will be asked for it before entering.
As we saw in the previous step, here we can configure functions that are blocked on the iPhone while guided access mode is active. Among them are the To touch. For our first case, it will suffice to leave it deactivated. Once done, we will close the options and we will have our iPhone ready.
We’ll be able to exit guided access mode by pressing the side lock button twicewhere the password will be required if we put it in the above step. To reactivate it, just press three times on the lock button.
How to Lock iPhone Screen to Restrict It to Others
The most useful and interesting way I’ve found to use this function is to restrict it to third parties. We will give an example of how it works in order to fully understand the claim.
Let’s understand what we want to achieve by locking iPhone screen with Guided Access
I use my iPhone as always, but a friend asks me for my phone to see a video or a photo in detail. It’s ugly to show her a video of your hand, but We’ll make sure you can’t do anything but see that video or photo. We will press the lock button three times and give it to him without any worries. When I give it back to myself I’ll press twice the side lock button. Since it recognizes me by Face ID, it won’t ask me for any code and simply This will allow me to play without any limitations.
The end result is, in the eyes of a third party, that the iPhone only responds to us, as if it knows us. It is very easy to activate if we already know how to configure the iPhone to lock the screen to watch the video that we mentioned above.
How to set up Guided Access to get the owner recognition effect
The steps are very similar to the previous ones. The only thing we have to consider is that the function of Only Guided Access is enabled in the Quick Function section. It will also be vital for the proper functioning of the effect you put a code for guided access, as well as recognition via Face ID. IF our iPhone does not have Face ID, but Touch ID, we can also perform the effect, but in a less subtle way of course. Finally, we will require that the option of Shortcut in Guided Access is disabled.
This will suffice as far as iPhone settings are concerned. Let’s move on to setting up Guided Access itself.
Once we enabled Guided Access, and later we have pressed the side button three times To get the options of Guided Access, we will configure it appropriately. In this step you have to go through the applications that may require leaving the iPhone to another person. As we mentioned above, each application will need to be configured separately.
To achieve our effect you have to leave all the functions deactivated. It is our choice whether the volume can be increased or decreased, or rotate the device, for example. For the case that we want to carry out, it can be interesting, so the person to whom we leave the iPhone can increase the volume of the video, or rotate it, without asking us, but they will not be able to do anything else . It is important that the lock button, touch, keyboard and time limit options are disabled.
Some important details to remember
As we have seen previously, we must configure each application that we want to block with Guided Access. Depending on the type of application we want to block, we can allow or deny more options. For example, in the videos we saw an example, but if left with an open game, the options can be more permissive. In this supposed case, we will be interested in having most of the options enabled. In all cases, you will not be able to quit the game to go see other information about the iPhone, that’s what really matters to us.
The function of side button lock should always be off. This does not mean that the iPhone always remains with the active screen, but the button does not lock the device. In case the person puts pressure on you this will only turn off the iphone screenreturning to where you were without the need for an unlock code or biometric identification.
A point that is very in favor of this option, and that you can use for very different purposes, is that when Guided Access is active, iPhone cannot be turned off. Whether you left the block side button allowed or denied.
Also you can include enabling Guided Access in a shortcut. This gives you the option to include it in automations. For example, that it activates automatically when you receive an e-mail or a message with a defined text. Let’s say your iPhone is stolen, if someone sends a message with the text “Enable Lost Mode”, iPhone will turn on Guided Access Mode, so it can’t be turned off and it will be easier to follow. It can even be combined with the reproduction of an alarm ringing at full volume. Remember that the shortcut you will first need to open an application, and that it is previously configured, as we have seen previously, otherwise the execution will fail.
Put it to the test!
Once it is configured, we just have to test it. Leave the iPhone to your friend or family member by showing them that they only listen to you. The unbelievers will try to prove it, and You’ll be amazed that it’s true. Practice a few times before you get mastery by hitting the side lock button and you’ll be good to go with your friends. You can also try it with an iPadas it is also fully functional on this device.
If you want you can reveal the trick later, yes, Also show them where you learned it, in Mac’s Soy.
Finally, we leave you another very interesting article about the additional functions of the magnifier. This is another accessibility feature that you can get a lot more out of than you think.
2023-04-28 23:27:16
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