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Security & Location Settings
Use the Security & location settings to set your preferences for using and sharing
your location when you search for information and use location-aware
applications, such as Maps, and to configure settings that help secure your phone
and its data.
Use wireless networks
Check to use information from Wi-Fi and mobile
networks to determine your approximate location, for use in Maps, when you
search, and so on. When you check this option, you’re asked if you consent to
sharing your location anonymously with Google’s location service.
Enable GPS satellites
Check to use your phone’s global positioning system
(GPS) satellite receiver to pinpoint your location to within an accuracy as close as
several meters (“street level”). Actual GPS accuracy is dependent on a clear view of
the sky and other factors.
Share with Google
Check to include your position when using Google search
and other Google services. When you check this option, you’re asked if you
consent to allowing Google to use your location when providing these services.
Screen unlock pattern
Using these controls is described in “Locking Your
Screen” on page 46.
Require unlock pattern
Uncheck to stop requiring an unlock pattern to
unlock your screen. You must draw your current pattern when you uncheck this
option.
Use visible pattern
Check to draw lines between the unlock pattern you draw.
Use tactile feedback
Check to vibrate the phone briefly as you touch each
dot when you draw an unlock pattern.
Set unlock pattern
Opens a set of screens that guide you through the process
of drawing a screen unlock pattern, as described in “Locking Your Screen” on
page 46.
Set up SIM card lock
Opens a screen where you can configure the phone to
require entering the SIM PIN to use the phone, and where you can change the SIM
PIN.
Visible passwords
Check to briefly show each character of passwords as you
enter them, so you can more easily check what you enter.