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screen by touching and holding on the blank area of the
screen.
Touch
Pattern
to create a pattern you must draw to
unlock the screen.
Touch
PIN
or
Password
to set a numeric PIN or a
password that you must enter to unlock your 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
.
NOTE:
If you forget the pattern you set, you need to upgrade the phone
software. See
Protecting Your Phone With Encryption
You can encrypt all the data on your phone: Google accounts,
application data, music and other media, downloaded information,
and so on. If you do, you must enter a numeric PIN or a
password each time you power on your phone.
WARNING!
Encryption is irreversible. The only way to revert to an
unencrypted phone is to perform a factory data reset, which
erases all your data.
Encryption provides additional protection in case your phone is
stolen, and may be required or recommended in some
organizations. Consult your system administrator before turning it
on. In many cases the pattern, PIN or password you set for
