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must not interrupt it or you will lose some or all of your data.
When you're ready to turn on encryption:
1. Touch the
Home
key
>
> Settings > Security > Encrypt
phone
.
2. Read the information about encryption carefully.
The
ENCRYPT PHONE
button is dimmed if your battery is
not charged or your phone's not plugged in.
If you change your mind about encrypting your phone, touch
the
Back
key
.
WARNING!
If you interrupt the encryption process, you will lose data.
3. Touch
ENCRYPT PHONE
.
4. Draw your lock screen pattern or enter your PIN or password,
and touch
NEXT
.
5. Touch
ENCRYPT PHONE
again.
The encryption process starts. Encryption can take an hour or
more, during which time your phone may restart several times.
When encryption is completed, you're prompted to draw the
unlock pattern, or enter the PIN or password.
Subsequently, you must draw the unlock pattern, enter the PIN or
password each time you power on your phone in order to decrypt
it.
