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Security
Security
help keep your phone safe
Protect your information, in case your phone is lost or
stolen.
Quick start: Security
From the home screen, touch Menu
>
Settings
>
Location & security
.
•
To set a
lock pattern
,
PIN
, or
password
that you
must enter whenever you wake up the screen,
touch Menu
>
Settings
>
Location & security
>
Device administration
Lock screen with a pattern, PIN, or password
Set up screen lock
Show password as you type
Turn off ephemeris auto download
Visible passwords
Credential storage
Screen unlock
Passwords
Add or remove device administrators
Select device administrators
Location & security settings
Set up SIM card lock
SIM card lock
Show password letters and
nu
m
bers when you enter the
m
(rather than ***).
Choose a nu
m
ber code required
to turn on your phone.
Set a lock pattern, PIN, or
password required to wake up
the screen.
Set up screen lock
. Follow the prompts to enter and
confirm the pattern, PIN, or password.
Note:
You can make emergency calls on a locked
phone (“
Contacts
” on page 11). A locked phone still
rings, but you need to unlock it to answer.
•
To set a
SIM card PIN
that you must enter when
you turn on your phone, touch Menu
>
Settings
>
Location & security
>
Set up SIM card lock
>
Lock
SIM card
. Enter your SIM PIN code. To change your
code, choose
Change SIM PIN
.
Caution:
If you enter an incorrect PIN code three
times, your phone locks your SIM card. To unlock it,
you need a PUK code from your service provider.
Reset
To reset your phone to factory settings and erase all
the data on your phone, touch Menu
>
Settings
>
Privacy
>
Factory data reset
>
Reset phone
.
Warnin
g
:
All downloaded apps and user data on your
phone will be deleted. Data on your memory card will
not be deleted.
