Thank you for your feedback, we got some feedback about the home key problem and We checked it in various phones. when we finished the Home Key setting, the home key couldn't pass the locker screen anymore.
So may I know your setting of locker master? did you choose locker master as your default launcher in step 1?
if you did, could you tell me your phone model and the version of locker master?
And you can pass locker screen by notification, actually, user only allowed to enter one shortcut or one message, after that all motivations such as entering other apps or launcher will be regarded as 'invasion', then the locker will starts. and it will take 1-3 seconds.
You may set a pin/pattern in the settings of Locker Master. Then anyone who want to go through sidebar must enter pin/pattern first.
if you still have problem, Could you please provide detail information(phone, android version, locker master version) or screenshot (your setting of locker master, etc) about your problem to
lockermaster@msset.com? It will help us to check your problem, and we really hope that we can solve the problem for users. and sorry for the trouble, looking forward to your reply.