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Why make the user swipe after looking at the phone? I guess to avoid inadvertent unlocking. They should have a gesture instead that lets you look and unlock at the same time. Like holding up a finger while looking at the phone.

You can probably disable that like pressing home to unlock on 7/7+
 
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