HTC One E8 - Encrypt Data on Your Phone

Settings 229
Note:Usingdataserviceswhileuploadingphotosandvideosmaybecostly.Youmaywantto
connecttoWi-Fiordisableautouploadofcamerashotsifyouhavealimiteddataplan.
n Aftertakingcontinuouscamerashots,keeponlythebestshotanddiscardtherest.
n Aftereditingaphotoortrimmingavideo,theoriginalfileiskept.Youcandeleteoriginalfilesor
movethemtoonlinestorageortoyourcomputer.
n IfyouareonlysendingvideosthroughMMS,usealowerresolution.High-resolutionvideotakes
upmorespace.InCamerasettings,touchVideo Qualitytochangetheresolution.
Back Up Apps Data
Keeponlythemostrecentdatafromappsonyourphone.Youcanbackupcalendars,contacts,and
bookmarksorexporttextmessages,andpersonaldictionaries.SeeBackup.
Disable Some Apps
Apps,evenifnotusedoften,mayberunninginthebackgroundanddownloadingdataintothe
phonestorage.Iftheappcannotberemoved,youcandisableit.InSettings,touchApps,slidetothe
ALLtabandselecttheappthatyouwanttodisable.TouchDisable.
Encrypt Data on Your Phone
Onthephonestorage,youcanencryptdatasuchasyouraccounts,settings,downloadedappsand
theirdata,media,andotherfiles.Onastoragecard,youcanonlyencryptfiles.
SetalockscreenPINorpasswordbeforestartencryption.Fullychargethebatteryandkeepyour
phoneconnectedtothepoweradapterduringencryption.Thisprocesstakesmaytakeaboutan
hourorso.
Youcannotundoencryptiononthephonestorage.Ifyouwanttoreturntoanunencryptedphone,
youmustperformafactoryreset.Onceyouenablestoragecardencryption,onlynewfilesadded
afterencryptionwillbeencrypted.Filesalreadyonthecardwillnotbeencrypted.Also,storagecard
encryptiondoesn'treformatoreraseyourcard.Encryptedfilesonthestoragecardcanonlybe
openedbythephonethatencryptedthem.
How to Encrypt Data on Your Phone
1.
Withtwofingers,swipedownfromthestatusbar,andthentouch >Storage.
2. TouchPhone storage encryption.Or,touchEncrypt SD card content.
3. TouchNEXT.
4. EnterthelockscreenPINorpassword,andtouchNEXT.
5. TouchENABLEENCRYPTION