•
Connect to a
if you need to access files on a secure network.
•
Add a
to prevent others from using your cellular plan and accessing account
information if your phone is stolen.
•
and other attacks on your data and privacy with Google Play Protect.
Protect against harmful apps
Scan phone for harmful apps
Play Protect helps keep your phone secure by automatically scanning your phone to check for
potentially harmful apps.
If Play Protect finds a potentially harmful app, it stops the app from running and warns you so
you can uninstall it.
To see the results or to rescan:
1.
Play Store
app.
2. Touch >
My apps & games
.
3. Do any of the following:
•
To see the results of latest scan, on the UPDATES, look at the message next to .
•
To rescan your phone, touch
.
If your phone seems slow
If you’ve scanned your phone to confirm there aren’t any potentially harmful apps but your
phone seems slow, try these
.
Set up lost phone features
Find My Device allows you to remotely locate, lock, and erase your phone. To remotely locate
your phone,
must be on. If not, you can still lock and erase your phone but you
can't get its current location.
To confirm that Find My Device is enabled for your phone:
1. Go to
Security & location
.
2. Touch
Find My Device
and turn it on
.
3. To learn more, touch >
Help & Feedback
.
To find your lost or stolen phone, on a computer go to
.
Other settings : Security & location
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