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Lock-screen QR code

Put your contact QR code on your lock screen

Your phone is the one thing you always have on you. Put your QR on the lock screen, wake the screen, and hold it up. They scan it and save your contact.

What cardtap gives you

Your page has three lock-screen images ready to download: dark, yellow and light. Each one is sized for a modern iPhone screen (1179 by 2556 pixels) and shows your photo, name, title, your QR code and "Scan to save my contact." They're made from your page, so they always match it.

You can download them as soon as your free trial starts.

Set it on an iPhone

1. Open your page (cardtap.me/you) on your phone and tap Dark, Yellow or Light under "Share this card."
2. Save the image to Photos.
3. Go to Settings, then Wallpaper, then Add New Wallpaper, and choose Photos.
4. Pick the image, tap Add, and choose to set it as your lock screen.

Set it on Android

1. Open your page on your phone and download the image you want.
2. Open it in Photos or Gallery, open the menu, and choose "Set as wallpaper."
3. Choose Lock screen.

Menus vary a little between Android phones, but "Set as wallpaper" is almost always in the image's menu.

Getting a clean scan

• Turn your brightness up. A dim screen is the most common reason a scan fails.
• If your clock or a widget sits on top of the code, move the widget or try another style.
• Before an event, have a friend scan it from a normal distance to check it works.

Free lock-screen QR makers vs cardtap

There are free tools that put a QR code on a wallpaper. If the code just holds your phone number, that's all it does. A cardtap code opens your page, with a "Save my contact" button, your links and a form they can use to send you their info. You can change the page any time without making a new wallpaper.

Want it on your home screen too?

Screenshot your cardtap page on your phone and set that as your home screen wallpaper from Photos.

Questions

Can I use the lock-screen images during the free trial?

Yes. Your page goes live when your trial starts, and the download buttons are on it from then on.

If I edit my page, do I need a new lock screen?

Only if you changed your photo, name or title and want the image to show it. The QR code itself never changes.

Does the person scanning need an app?

No. Their phone camera reads the code and opens your page in the browser.