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Security
help keep your phone safe
Protect your information, in case your phone is lost or
stolen.
Quick start: Security
Find it: Menu > Settings > Location & security
Note: You can make emergency calls on a locked phone
(“Emergency calls”). A locked phone still rings, but you
need to unlock it to answer.
• To set a lock pattern, PIN, or password that you
must enter whenever you wake up the screen,
touch Menu >
Settings > Location & security
>
Set up screen lock. Some Corporate Sync accounts
might require you to add a
Password to your phone, for
security.
Change or disable pattern, PIN, or password security
10 minutes
Change screen lock
Use visible pattern
Use tactile feedback
Security lock timer
Allow Voice Commands to be launched via
Bluetooth Multi-function button while device
is locked
Protect the data on your phone or memory card.
Requires screen lock
Allow Bluetooth bypass
Set up SIM card lock
Security
SIM card lock
Data encryption
Data encryption
Location & security settings
Set a SIM card lock and change
SIM PIN.
Choose whether you enter a
code when you turn on your
screen.
Set an automatic lock delay that
is different from your display
timeout.
If you forget your lock password or pattern, contact your
service provider or nearest service center.
In the pattern unlock screen, after you enter an incorrect
pattern five times, your phone shows an option where
you can enter your Google™ account information, if you
have added your Google™ account to your phone.
• To s e t 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 and asks for your PIN
unlock code. Contact your service provider for your PIN
unlock code.
Tips & tricks
• To restrict your phone so that it can only dial a few
numbers, touch Menu >
Settings > Call settings
>
Fixed dialing number.
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.
Warning: All downloaded apps and user data on your
phone will be deleted. Data on your memory card will not
be deleted.
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