IPhone constantly goes to sleep requiring password to wake up

Need help to stop my new iPhone from constantly going to sleep requiring me to constantly re-enter my password. Is it possible to change this and where and how?

Hello Roger Walker USA,
It sounds like the Auto Lock function of the phone is set to be too short, so you keep having to wake your phone up and enter your passcode much more than you would like. You can change this in Settings:
Set the amount of time before iPhone locks
Choose General > Auto-Lock and choose a time.
From: iPhone: About General Settings
http://support.apple.com/kb/ta38641
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Take care,
Sterling

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