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10.5 Protecting Your Mobile Phone
10.5.1 Protecting Your Mobile Phone with a Screen Lock Pattern
To keep your data more secure, lock the screen and/or require a screen unlock pattern every time your mobile phone is turned on or wakes up from
sleep mode.
1. On the
Settings
screen, touch
Location & security
>
Set up screen lock
>
Pattern
.
2. Flicking your finger vertically, horizontally or diagonally, connect at least four dots in any order you choose. Lift your finger from the screen when you
are finished.
You must flick your finger on the screen to create the pattern, not simply touch individual dots.
3. Your mobile phone will record the pattern. Touch
Continue
.
4. When prompted, draw the screen unlock pattern again, and then touch
Confirm
.
To change your unlock screen pattern, touch
Location & security
>
Change screen lock
.
10.5.2 Protecting Your Mobile Phone with a numeric PIN
You can set up a numeric PIN to lock your phone.
1. On the
Settings
screen, touch
Location & security
>
Set up screen lock
>
PIN
.
2. Enter at least four characters.
3. Touch
Continue
.
4. Enter the same characters again and touch
OK
.
To change your PIN, touch
Location & security
>
Change screen lock
.
10.6 Resetting Your Mobile Phone
10.6.1 Restoring Factory Data
If you reset your phone to the settings that were configured at the factory, all of your personal data stored on the phone, including information about
your accounts, your system and application settings, and any applications you have downloaded will be erased. Resetting the phone does not erase
any system software updates you have downloaded or any files on your microSD card, such as music clips or photos.
1. On the
Settings
screen, touch
Privacy
>
Factory data reset
.
2. When prompted, touch
Reset phone
, and then touch
Erase SD card
. The mobile phone resets the settings to the original factory settings, and
then restarts.
