Sleep Mode; Unlocking The Screen - HTC Desire 816 User Manual

26 Your first week with your new phone

Sleep mode

Sleep mode saves battery power by putting HTC Desire 816 into a low power state
while the display is off. It also stops accidental button presses when HTC Desire 816 is
in your bag.
Switching to Sleep mode
To turn off the display and switch to Sleep mode, you briefly press the POWER
button.
HTC Desire 816 also automatically goes into Sleep mode when it's left idle for a while.
You can change the time before HTC Desire 816 sleeps by setting the screen timeout.
For details, see Setting when to turn off the screen
Waking up from Sleep mode
Press the POWER button.

Unlocking the screen

§ Swipe up to unlock the screen, swipe right to go directly to HTC BlinkFeed, or
swipe left to go to the Home widget panel.
§ You can also press and hold the lock icon, and then drag it up, right, or left.
If you've set up a screen lock, you'll be asked to provide your credentials before
HTC Desire 816 unlocks.
If you've set an event reminder or an alarm, you can snooze or dismiss the event or
alarm right from the lock screen. Just drag
on page 159.
or up.