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password.) You cannot use other features including making or receiving phone calls during
encryption.
Warning:
To unencrypt your device, you need to reset your device to the original factory
settings, which erases all data from the device’s application storage.
Warning:
To unencrypt your SD card, you need to format the card, which permanently
removes all files stored on the card.
1.
Charge the battery enough and connect the device to an electrical outlet.
2.
Press
Home
>
Menu
and touch
System settings
>
Security
>
Encrypt data
.
3.
Select an option:
Phone & SD card
to encrypt your device and the SD card installed in your device.
Phone
to encrypt your device only.
SD card
to encrypt the installed SD card only.
4.
Read the message and touch
Next
.
5.
Enter the PIN or password for the screen lock and touch
Next
.
6.
Read the message and touch
Encrypt
.
Warning:
Do not remove the battery or the SD card during encryption. If you interrupt
the encryption process, you will lose some or all of your data.
Passwords
You can hide your password or PIN number as you type it.
1.
Press
Home
>
Menu
and touch
System settings
>
Security
.
2.
Clear the
Make passwords visible
check box.
Device Administration
You can disable the authority to be a device administrator of certain applications. If disabled,
you will typically lose some functionality in those applications, such as the ability to sync new
email or calendar events to your device.
1.
Press
Home
>
Menu
and touch
System settings
>
Security
>
Device
administrators
.
2.
Touch an application you want to disable the authority to be a device administrator.