LG K31: 2 Questions About Ringing/Answering [SOLVED]

The 154-page manual provides no clues at all. I could use some help (the official product's forum is managed by a "rocket surgeon" that doesn't know how to use email verification for account creation).

1. Is there a way to change the default manner in which an incoming call may be answered from a locked screen? I have no accursed idea what "expand to circle" frikkin' means, and I claw and scrabble frantically at the screen hoping SOMETHING works before the caller gives up and terminates the call.

2. Why can't I unlock the screen with a PIN while the phone is ringing? It would be faster than that stupid "expand to circle" circus act. (unanswered, but have solved this by other means, like a two-fer)

 

Danny: My phone, as explicitly stated in the thread title, is an
LG K31
...not a Samsung-whatever.

 

ocnbrze: I vehemently disagree. I have since found out about it, and that method of answering is hit-or-miss at best. Ironically, it seems to work better when you go slowly, but when it's already rang four times, time is a luxury I sometimes don't have.

 

I really appreciate everyone's help. It had been ten years since I'd used a cell phone regularly. Now I have finally figured out how to make answering the phone a lot easier. The "expand to circle" mess simply wasn't working; I'd push and push and push and push, and then the damned thing would stop ringing without out my having answered the accursed call. Here was the magic thing that worked: Press and hold to answer. THAT my thick sausage fingers can handle!