There are several options to manage and personalize Lock Screen on your LG G5, such as changing the lock screen wallpaper and adding shortcuts or owner info. To customize lock screen on LG G5, you can do as follows.
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How to Customize Home Screen on LG G5
01. How to change Lock Screen Wallpaper?
Remember when setting a wallpaper for your home screen and you were asked whether you want to change the lock screen wallpaper or not? Well, there is another way to change the lock screen wallpaper regardless of the home screen wallpaper and you need to do as follows:
Step1: Open the Settings application and go to the Display settings
Step2: Under the Home & Lock settings, touch to open the Lock Screen settings
Step3: Tap to open the Wallpaper option, under the Customize settings
Step4: Choose whether to pick a wallpaper from the Gallery or Wallpaper Gallery.
Step5: Select the photo you want to be set as wallpaper, and hit the Set Wallpaper button
Note that, you can set live wallpaper for your lock screen and by default there are two live wallpapers available to select.
02. How to add apps’ shortcuts to the lock screen?
By default, and regardless of the screen lock method, there are 3 shortcuts on the lock screen: camera, emergency call (phone), and Google Now (voice search). There is also the option to add up to 5 shortcuts to launch applications right from the lock screen. To add app’s shortcuts to lock screen on LG G5, do as follows:
Step1: Open the Settings application
Step2: Go to the Display tab, and hit the Lock Screen settings under the Home & Lock settings
Step3: Make sure the screen lock method is set to Swipe and then touch to open the Shortcuts option under the Customize settings
Step4: Now, tap each of the file slots and assign a new app shortcut to it.
Step5: Hit the Save button and you are all done.
Notice1: Strangely, on some models the shortcuts are not shown and only those default 3 shortcuts are shown.
Notice2: Strangely again, if you want to have a secure lock screen (say, pattern) and apps’ shortcuts at the same time, do the mentioned steps and after that switch back to the Pattern method. As you see, the shortcuts are there. (This may not work on any G5’s model)
Note that, you can also add shortcuts to the lock screen when using the Smart Lock method as your screen lock security.
03. How to disable and turn off lock screen sound?
There is a sound feedback when you want to lock your G5 and unlock it. To turn off and disable screen lock sound and unlock sound, do as follows:
Step1: Open the Settin gs application and go to the Sound & Notifications tab
Step2: Scroll all the way down to the Advanced Settings and hit the More option
Step3: Touch to open the Sound Effects option
Step4: Make sure to toggle off the Screen Lock Sound option
04. How to add Owner Info to the lock screen?
You can add your contact info to the lock screen, so people can reach out to you in case you lose your phone. To add and edit contact info do as follows:
Step1: Open the Settings app
Step2: Go to the Display tab
Step3: Tap to open the Lock Screen settings, under the Home & Lock settings
Step4: Scroll down to the Customize settings, and hit the Contact Info for Lost Phone option
Step5: Now, toggle on the Always on Lock Screen option and then type your number or email.
05. How to change the screen lock method?
Well, locking methods are too obvious to discuss about. But just make sure to try the Knock Code method, as it is very useful when your phone is on the table and it’s hard for you to pick the phone and use your finger to unlock.
06. How to manage the notifications to be shown on the lock screen?
Android Marshmallow gives you a full control of what notifications to see and what not to see on the lock screen. To manage notifications on the lock screen, do as follows:
Step1: Open the Settings application and go to the Sound & Notification settings
Step2: Hit the Lock Screen option, under the Notification settings
Step3: Now, specify the type of notifications you want to see on the lock screen: Show all notifications, Hide sensitive only, or Hide all notifications.
You can also specify whether to hide or show sensitive content on the lock screen for each app separately. To do so, do as follows:
Step1: Open the Settings application and go to the Sound & Notification settings
Step2: Hi the Apps setting, under the Notifications settings
Step3: Tap to open the application you want to manage the notifications
Step4: mark/unmark the Hide Sensitive Content to hide/show the content of notification on the lock screen.
What are the other customization options for the lock screen?
Well, there is the option to make pattern visible/invisible when drawing it, lock the phone immediately by pressing the power key, show a weather animation when it’s raining or snowing in your current location and a few more.
