YOUR PERSONAL SETTINGS
LOCKING YOUR SMARTPHONE AND INFO
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Locking your smartphone
To protect your personal information, you
can lock the system so that you need to
enter your password to access any of your
information or use other features of
your smartphone.
IMPORTANT If you lock your system, you
must enter the exact password to unlock it.
If you enter an incorrect password, you are
given another chance. Each time an
incorrect password is entered, you are
given progressively longer time periods
between your chances to enter the
password. If you forget the password, you
need to perform a hard reset to resume
using your smartphone. Performing a hard
reset deletes all the entries in your
smartphone. However, you can restore all
previously synchronized info the next time
you sync (see Synchronizing information
).
1 Press Start and select Settings.
2 On the Personal tab, select Lock .
3 On the Password tab, check the
Prompt if device unused for box to
turn on the password feature.
4 Select the first list, and then select how
long a period of inactivity must pass
before you are prompted to enter a
password to unlock the system.
5 Select the Password type list, and then
select a format for your password:
Strong alphanumeric: A strong
alphanumeric password must contain at
least seven characters and must contain
a combination of letters, numerals, and
punctuation. You must press Option or
Alt before entering numerals or
punctuation.
Simple PIN: A simple PIN must contain
at least four characters and includes
numerals only. You do not need to press
Option before entering the PIN
numerals.
6 Select Password and enter your
password.
7 Select Confirm and enter the password
again.
8 (Optional) Select the Hint tab and enter
a hint to help you recall your password.
9 Press OK .
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