How to Turn Off your Android Smartphone Screen w/ One Swipe! [Swipe Lock App]

I’ve already explained how can you lock your phone’s screen with only one tap.   In this tutorial I’ll explain how you can do that with one swipe instead.

STEPS:

1. Download Swipe-Lock app from Play Store (Link).

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2. Open the app and tap on “Activate” button to activate it as the device administrator.

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3. The main screen of the app will show up, notice the blue color at the right side of the phone’s edge.

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4. To turn off your phone’s screen, simply swipe from right edge to the left.

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Additional Options

Settings part of the app contains some customization options.

1. Activation Area Location:

Here we can change the area of swipe

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2. Activation Area Height:

Here we can also the height of the area and decrease it.

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3. Activation Area Thickness:

And finally we have an option for changing the area thickness.Turn Off Your Android Device's Screen with One Swipe 6.

4. If you want to uninstall the app, you must first tap on “Delete” button to deactivate as the device’s administrator, then you can normally uninstall the app.

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Rawand Haidar

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