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I have taught the iOS desktop to display the countdown date before. Is there any way to display the countdown date on the iPhone lock screen? In fact, through the “Countdown Day Shortcut”, the iOS unlock screen date can be counted down easily.
This article will teach you how to use a shortcut to realize the iPhone unlock screen countdown function, which can directly display how long important days are left on the iOS unlock screen, such as girlfriend’s birthday, baby’s birthday, pay day, or days left before retirement ? Everything can be easily achieved through this tutorial.
How to add countdown date to iPhone unlock screen?
Using the “iPhone Unlock Screen Countdown Shortcut” can make the iOS unlock screen show how many days are left in the important days of life. It is also the most convenient and fastest way to achieve the unlock screen countdown date. I believe many people need to use it, such as I want to know how to use it, and I feel that I can fully understand it through this shortcut tutorial.
Countdown to the iPhone unlock screen shortcut teaching
To realize the “iPhone unlock screen countdown day” function, you only need to go through the following five major steps to achieve it, and there will be detailed operation instructions later:
- Create iPhone Countdown Day Album
- Download the iPhone unlock screen countdown day shortcut script (the script download location is at the end of the article)
- Custom modify the countdown date and text
- Set shortcut automation
- Realize the countdown to the iOS unlock screen
Download the iPhone unlock screen countdown shortcut script
- This article is only suitable for iOS 14 / iPadOS 14 (inclusive) or new version devices
- There is no shortcut in the system, first go to the App Store to download and install “shortcut」App
- Shortcut script download:Click me to download “iPhone Unlock Screen Countdown Shortcut Script”
After clicking the download location of the shortcut script, the iOS shortcut page for adding “iPhone drainage function” will automatically open, or click “Get Shortcut” directly.
For iOS 14 or older versions, use the right lever to slide directly to the bottom (the gray bar will appear on the screen), and click “Add Untrusted Shortcuts” to add shortcut scripts; if it is iOS 15, click directly Just “add shortcut”.
⛔️ When the shortcut is installed, it appears that “this shortcut cannot be opened because your shortcut’s security settings do not allow untrusted shortcuts”, you can use “another solution”
Create iPhone Countdown Day Album
First open the “Photo App” to create an iPhone countdown photo album, the operation method is as follows:
After clicking the “Album” menu, press the “+” button in the upper left corner to select “Add Album” and enter “iPhone Countdown Wallpaper” to save.
Put in the wallpaper to be displayed on the iPhone unlock screen, just put in one.
Custom modify the countdown date and text
Open the “Shortcut App”, find the “iPhone Locked Countdown Day” shortcut script you just downloaded, and click the “•••” button in the upper right corner to customize and modify the countdown date information.
From the iPhone lock countdown day script, click on the text “December 31, 2021” and change it to the important date you want. The format must remain the same (xxxx year x month x day).
Scroll down to find the text “Remaining from 2022”, and customize it to the prompt text to be displayed on the iPhone unlock screen, such as “Remaining from retirement”, “Remaining from birthday” and so on.
When finished, click the “Play button” in the lower right corner to execute the “iPhone Lock Countdown Day Shortcut Script”. After running, enter the iPhone unlock screen to confirm whether there is a countdown date text. If so, congratulations on your halfway success.
You may find that the font is not obvious. Because the script uses a white font by default, if you want to modify the text color or size of the countdown day, you can click on the button at the end of the command “Time Between Dates” to customize it. The font size and color to be displayed, or you can also add a text frame, modify it according to your own wallpaper color.
Set shortcut automation
Next, in order for the shortcut to be able to execute and replace the unlock screen countdown date by itself every day, it must rely on iOS shortcut automation to achieve.
Switch to “Automation” in the “Shortcut App”, click “+” in the upper right corner and select “Make personal automation operation”. If you have never used automation, just click “Make personal automation operation”.
Select “Specific time” and set the time to be automatically executed. You can customize the time of day to start the replacement (you can also set the early morning replacement, such as 0:01 AM), and click “Next” after setting.
Click “Add Action”, enter the word “shortcut” in the search box, and click “Execute Shortcut” to put the execution shortcut into the action.
Click the “Light Blue Shortcut Text” again, and enter the text “iPhone Locked” in the search bar to find the “iPhone Locked Countdown Day” script, and click it.
After completing the settings, finally click “Next” in the upper right corner and remember to turn off “Ask before executing”.
The inquiry window will pop up, click “Don’t Ask” and click “Finish” to complete the shortcut automation setting!
Realize the countdown to the iOS unlock screen
After the above settings are completed, the countdown date text information will appear on the iPhone unlock screen every subsequent day, and the countdown time will automatically jump every day, so that the so-called iPhone unlock screen can display the countdown date. (How to display the iPhone love pattern on the unlock screen? Click me to find out.)
Shortcut summary of the countdown to the iPhone unlock screen
Through the above methods, you can easily realize the “iPhone unlock screen countdown” function by using shortcuts, so you don’t have to worry about which countdown day app can be downloaded.
Finally, if you want to change the unlock screen wallpaper, remember to replace the photos in the “iPhone unlock screen” album. If you want to change the countdown date, you can also modify the date and text in the iPhone unlock screen countdown day script.
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