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Return to Swipe to unlock

This might work. It's modified from the 5x manual;

1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 Under All, touch Screen lock & passwords.
3 Touch Password > Pattern. Change Pattern to Swipe.

italics are not in the manual but my contribution.
Thanks l contacted Honor 5 tech support, they couldn't find a solution either, so I just reset the phone, I should probably learn how to root this phone.
 
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