v6.0
Table Of Contents
- Setup and basics
- Your device at a glance
- Insert the SIM card
- Insert a media card
- Turn your device on or off
- Move between home screens
- Get around with navigation buttons
- Touch screen gestures
- Apps, widgets, and shortcuts
- Personalizing your device
- Phone and voice
- Applications and features
- Find help for apps
- Download an app on Google Play™
- Organizing your home screen
- Move an app, a widget, or a shortcut around
- Move an app or a shortcut to the favorites tray
- Add a home screen
- Change the default home screen
- Delete a home screen
- Organize apps and shortcuts into folders
- Change how you view your recent apps and screens
- Uninstall an app or remove an app, a widget, or a shortcut from a home screen
- Messenger
- About the Google™ app and Now on Tap
- Clock
- BlackBerry Device Search
- Location services and Google Maps
- Google Chrome™ and Downloads
- Printing
- Settings
- Change your device settings
- Customize the quick settings menu
- Notifications
- Storage space and media cards
- Connections
- Wireless connection icons
- Turn on airplane mode
- Mobile network
- Wi-Fi network
- Bluetooth technology
- Turn on Bluetooth technology
- Pair and connect your device with a Bluetooth enabled device
- Change the name of your device for Bluetooth connections
- Change the settings for a paired Bluetooth enabled device
- Delete a paired Bluetooth enabled device
- View a list of files you received over Bluetooth
- Supported Bluetooth profiles
- Troubleshooting: Bluetooth connections
- NFC
- Tethering and mobile hotspot mode
- VPN
- Emergency broadcast messages
- Data usage
- Battery and power
- Display
- Advanced interactions
- Convenience key
- Accounts
- Accessibility
- Users
- Backup and reset
- Update your device software
- Security
- Locks, passwords, and protecting your data
- Finding and protecting a lost device
- Security settings
- Legal notice
1. Swipe down from the top of the screen once using two fingers, or twice using one finger.
2.
Tap > Security > Screen lock.
3. If necessary, enter your current password, PIN, or pattern.
4. Tap the type of screen lock that you want to use.
5. Complete the instructions on the screen.
Set your screen lock options
After you set up a screen lock for your device, you can set up your screen lock options. For example, you can set how long
your device can be inactive before it automatically locks and whether your device automatically deletes your device data if
you enter your password incorrectly ten times.
1. Swipe down from the top of the screen once using two
fingers, or twice using one finger.
2.
Tap > Security.
3. Do any of the following:
• To lock your device automatically after a certain amount of inactive time, tap Automatically lock, and then tap an
interval.
• To lock your device when you press the Power on/o key, turn on the Power button instantly locks switch.
• To delete your device data automatically after ten unsuccessful attempts to unlock the device, turn on the
Automatically wipe switch.
• To display a message or owner information on the screen when the device is locked, tap Lock screen message.
Type the info to display, and then tap Save.
• To hide your password, PIN, or pattern so that it is not visible when you unlock your screen, turn
o the Make
passwords visible switch.
Creating a strong password
A strong password helps prevent someone else from accessing your information. Weak passwords, such as 1234, might be
easy to remember but they're easier to guess as well.
To create a strong password, avoid using a password with the following characteristics (in order of importance):
Avoid Example
Common passwords password
Words from a dictionary quarter
Combining words from a dictionary SimpleGraph
Names or addresses Cecilia
Adding numbers at the end of a word password145
The key is to create a strong password that you can remember easily. Consider the following tips:
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