Guidebook
NEXUS 7 GUIDEBOOK  SECURE YOUR TABLET  81
2.  Charge the battery.
3.  Plug in your tablet.
4.  Schedule an hour or more for the encryption process: you 
must not interrupt it or you will lose some or all of your data.
When you’re ready to turn on encryption:
1.  Touch Settings > Personal > Security > Encryption > Encrypt 
tablet.
2.  Read the information about encryption carefully. 
The Encrypt tablet button is dimmed if your battery’s not 
charged  or  your  tablet’s  not  plugged  in.  If  you  change  your 
mind about encrypting your tablet, touch the Back button.
WARNING: If you interrupt the encryption process, you 
will lose data.
3.  Touch Encrypt tablet.
4.  Enter your lock screen PIN or password and touch Continue.
5.  Touch Encrypt tablet again.
The encryption process starts and displays its progress. Encryp-
tion can take an hour or more, during which time your tablet may 
restart several times.
When encryption is complete, you’re prompted to enter your PIN 
or password.
Subsequently, you must enter your PIN or password each time 










