30 Tips & tricks
Note: You can make emergency calls on a locked
phone ("Contacts" on page 13). 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.
Warning: All downloaded apps and user data on your
phone will be deleted.
Tips & tricks
a few handy hints
General tips
• Tou ch Search on the home screen to search
across your apps, contacts, web and maps—or just
enter the address for a place or a webpage. Touch
Search in Market, Messaging, Music and other
apps to search within the app.
• Use folders to organise shortcuts and contacts on
your home screen.
Touch and hold a blank spot on your home screen,
then touch Folders. To move shortcuts into a New
folder
, touch and hold a shortcut, then drag it to the
folder icon.
• Touch and hold Home to show your most recent
apps.
• Touch and hold the status bar at the top of your phone
to show the date.
• To change which location information your phone
uses, touch Menu > Settings > Location &
security
.
• To back up your app data, passwords and other
settings to Google servers, touch Menu >
Settings > Privacy > Back up my data.