Hey 95, This is so confusing! First, it's the rings that awaken my sleeping iphone, so the rings come before "slide to unlock" not after. Second, when it rings, (I am not sure) is "slide" the only way to unlock? Finger ID won't work? I have both finger ID and passcode (7 #) set up for protection. If "slide" is the only way to unlock, then it'll force me to scramble my 7# PC. That's ridiculous and incredulous way to take a call! Any way, I think I may have (or like) to give up this crap process if I can confirm this: when incoming call awakens my iphone, pressing power button will "stop" the rings and my iphone go back to sleep. Now "stop" the rings can mean many things: the call is accepted (connected) and then cut off (disconnected), or the call try been terminated (fail), or the call been refused, or the caller been sent to voicemail, or ... which of these is what really happens? I apologize if I am causing more confusion due to the fact that I have never used a cellphone/smartphone before (5s is my first). Thanks for your patience.