Sprint User Guide
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MANAGING PERSONAL SETTINGS
MANAGING PERSONAL SETTINGS
LOCATION
You can enable and congure the Location settings.
1. From Notication or App screen, tap on Settings
( ) > Personal.
2. Select Location ( ). Enable and modify
required location settings.
3. Set the Mode to one of the following options:
• High accuracy: Uses AGPS, Wi-Fi, mobile
networks to determine location.
• Battery saving: Uses Wi-Fi and cellular networks
to determinw location.
• Device only: Uses GPS to determine location.
4. Under Location services, the following options
are displayed:
• Accelerated Location: Tap on Agree to improve
location performance and battery saving.
• Google Location History: Turn ON the location
history:
• This device: Turn on to view the last reported
location date.
• Other devices on this account: The other
devices which are connected via Bluetooth are
listed here and the date of the last location is also
reported.
• Tap on Manage Timeline to manage the time
based on your location history.
• Google Location Sharing: On Location Sharing
screen, tap on Share your real-time location
button ( ). The following options are displayed
when you login to the Maps application and share
your real-time location:
• For 1 hour: You can increase or decrease the
time using + or - options to share your real-time
location. Minimum time is 15 minutes and the
maximum is three days.
• Until you turn this off: If you enable this option,
until you turn it ON, you cannot share your real-
time location.
• Stop sharing: If this option is selected, the
location sharing is stopped.
• Tap on Save to save the settings.
5. Check the option Use assisted GPS to use server
to assist GPS. Uncheck to reduce the network
usage.
6. You can view the apps which have requested
location recently under Recent location
requests.
7. On Location screen, tap on More ( ) >
Scanning. The following options are displayed:
• Wi-Fi scanning: Turn ON this option to improve
location by allowing system apps and services to
detect Wi-Fi networks at any time.
• Bluetooth scanning: Turn ON this option to
improve location by allowing system apps and
services to detect Bluetooth devices at any time.
SECURITY
You can activate and protect your phone from
unauthorized access by conguring the security settings.
1. From Notication or App screen, tap on Settings
( ) > Personal > Security ( ).
2. Select Device security > Screen lock and select
one of the following options to congure the
phone:
• None: Disables the phone lock.
• Swipe: When the phone is locked, swipe the screen
upwards to unlock it.
• Pattern: When enabled, enter your own pattern.
When the phone is locked, unlock it using the
pattern.
• PIN: When enabled, enter your own PIN value.
When the phone is locked, unlock it using the PIN.
• Password: When enabled, enter your own
password. When the phone is locked, unlock it
using the password.
When the phone is locked, you can answer an
incoming call, without unlocking the phone.
Tap on Settings ( ) on the right of the screen lock
and the following options are displayed:
• Make pattern visible: You can toggle this option
to make the pattern visible.
• Automatically lock: When the security is set
to pattern/PIN/password, you can set any of
the following time frame to lock the device
automatically: Immediately, 5 seconds, 15
seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes, 5
minutes, 10 minutes, and 30 minutes
• Power button instantly locks: Power button
instantly locks the device when this option is
toggled.
• Lock screen message: You can enter the
message and the same is displayed on the screen
when the phone is locked.
• Fingerprint: User can set Fingerprint to secure the
device.
• Smart Lock: Keep your device unlocked in the
following scenarios:
• On-body detection
• Trusted places
• Trusted devices