User's Manual

Changing Your Settings 183
Tip: Make sure your battery is charged more than 80 percent.
Encryption may take an hour or more.
Device Administration
Activating this feature allows Google to administrate your
phone in a way similar to IT security settings on a corporate
PC. This would be beneficial in the case that your phone was
lost or stolen. The phone could be “deactivated” or
“restricted” (through administration) from a remote location.
1. From the Home screen, tap ➔
Settings ➔
Security .
2. Tap
Device administrators to begin configuring this
setting.
3. Select an administrator device and follow the prompts.
Make Passwords Visible
When enabled, password characters display briefly as you
touch them while entering passwords.
1. From the Home screen, tap ➔
Settings ➔
Security .
2. Tap
Make passwords visible to create a checkmark and
enable or disable the display of password characters.
Unknown sources
1. From the Home screen, tap ➔ Settings ➔
Security .
2. Tap Unknown sources. A check mark indicates
activation.
Warning! Enabling this option causes your phone and personal
data to be more vulnerable to attack by applications
from unknown sources.
Credential Storage
This option allows certain applications to access secure
certificates and other credentials. Certificates and
credentials can be installed to the SD card and password
protected.
1. From the Home screen, tap ➔
Settings ➔
Security .
2. Tap
Trusted credentials to display only trusted CA
certificates. A check mark displayed next to the feature
indicates secure credentials.
3. Tap
Install from device storage to install encrypted
certificates from the USB Storage location.