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keep your phone safe
Quick start: Protect your phone
Make sure your information is protected in case your phone is
lost or stolen.
Find it: Apps > Settings > Security
The easiest way to protect your phone is to use Screen lock.
You can choose to swipe to unlock, or enter a pattern, PIN, or
passcode to unlock your phone.
Screen lock
To keep your phone secure, you can make the touchscreen
lock when it goes to sleep.
Security
Screen lock
PIN
Owner info
Smart Lock
Encrypt phone
Automatically lock
1 minute after sleep, except when kept
unlocked by Smart Lock
Power button instantly locks
Except when kept unlocked by Smart
Lock
Screen security
Encryption
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For a screen lock, you can use a
pattern, password, or other
option.
Add some info to show
on your lock screen.
Encrypt the data stored
on your smartphone.
Find it: Apps > Settings > Security > Screen lock, then
select the lock type:
• None: Turn off the screen lock.
• Swipe: Touch and drag up.
• Pattern: Draw a pattern to unlock.
• PIN: Enter four to sixteen digits to unlock.
• Password: enter four to sixteen letters, digits, or symbols to
unlock.
To change when your touchscreen goes to sleep, touch
Apps > Settings > Display > Sleep.
Note: You can make emergency calls on a locked phone (see
“Emergency calls”). A locked phone still rings, but you need
to unlock it to answer.
SIM card lock
Caution: If you enter an incorrect SIM 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.
To set a SIM card PIN that you must enter when you turn on
your phone, touch Apps > Settings > Security > Set up
SIM card lock
> Lock SIM card.
To set your SIM PIN, enter a 4-digit code. To change your code,
choose Change SIM PIN.
Encrypt your phone
Caution: If you forget your encryption code, you cannot
recover the data stored on your phone or memory card.
Protect
Quick start: Protect your phone
Screen lock
SIM card lock
Encrypt your phone
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