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NOTE:
With the proximity and light sensor, your phone can automatically
adjust the screen brightness for available light. Touch
Adaptive brightness
in the
Display
settings screen to turn the feature on or off.
Protecting Your Phone With Screen Locks
You can protect your phone by creating a screen lock. When it is enabled, you
need to swipe the screen, draw a pattern or enter a numeric PIN or a password to
unlock the phone’s screen and keys.
1. Touch
the
Home
key
>
> Settings > Security >
Screen lock
.
2. Touch
None
,
Swipe
,
Pattern
,
PIN
or
Password
.
x
Touch
None
to disable the screen lock.
x
Touch
Swipe
to enable screen lock and allow unlocking
with a ‘
swipe
’
gesture.
x
Touch
Pattern
to draw and redraw a pattern that you must draw to unlock
the screen.
x
Touch
PIN
or
Password
to set a numeric PIN or a password that you must
enter to unlock the screen.
3. For Pattern, PIN, or Password lock, select how you want notifications and their
contents to show when the phone is locked. Then touch
DONE
.
Protecting Your Phone With Encryption
You can encrypt all the data on your phone: your accounts, application data, music
and other media, downloaded information, and so on. If you do, you must draw a
pattern or enter a numeric PIN or a password each time you power on your phone.
