Customizing Your Device
October 21, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual 41
Key Guard & Security
The device’s Key Guard and Security screen allows you to do the following:
•Set Up Key Guard
•Turn On/Off Privacy Lock
•Lock Your SIM Card
Set Up Key Guard
Key guard is a feature that allows you to protect the device’s control buttons from being pressed accidentally
while your device is in your pocket or bag. While in key guard mode, your device is also in a power-saving mode,
so you save battery power.
Turn on Key Guard Manually
You can turn on key guard manually in two ways:
• Press and hold Back for three seconds.
• Press Jump to return to the Jump screen, then press Menu and select Key Guard.
Turn on Key Guard Automatically
You can set key guard to turn on automatically by doing the following:
1 From the Jump screen, press Menu then select Settings > Key Guard & Security to open the Key Guard
& Security screen:
2 In the Key Guard group box, rotate the wheel to highlight the pop-up menu, as shown above.
3 If you want to change the default setting, press the wheel to open the pop-up menu and reveal all the time-
idle choices:
• Guard after 2 minutes
• Guard after 5 minutes
• Guard after 15 minutes
• Guard after 30 minutes (color device only)