User's Manual

30 Security
Security
help keep your phone safe
Quick start: Security
From the home screen, touch Menu > Settings >
Location & security.
• To set a lock pattern, PIN, or password that you
must enter whenever you wake up the screen,
touch Menu >
Settings > Location & security >
Set up screen lock. Follow the prompts to enter and
confirm the pattern, PIN, or password.
Device administration
Lock screen with a pattern, PIN, or password
Set up screen lock
Show password as you type
Turn off ephemeris auto download
Visible passwords
Credential storage
Screen unlock
Passwords
Add or remove device administrators
Select device administrators
Location & security settings
Set up SIM card lock
SIM card lock
Show password letters and
numbers when you enter them
(rather than ***).
Choose a number code required
to turn on your phone.
Set a lock pattern, PIN, or
password required to wake up
the screen.
Note: You can make emergency calls on a locked
phone (“Contacts” on page 14). A locked phone still
rings, but you need to unlock it to answer.
• To set a SIM card PIN that you must enter when you
turn on your phone, touch Menu >
Settings >
Location & security > Set up SIM card lock > Lock
SIM card
. Enter your SIM PIN code. To change your
code, choose
Change SIM PIN.
Caution: If you enter an incorrect PIN code three
times, your phone locks your SIM card. To unlock it,
you need a PUK code from your service provider.
Reset
To reset your phone to factory settings and erase all the
data on your phone, touch Menu >
Settings >
Privacy > Factory data reset > Reset phone.
Warning: All downloaded apps and user data on your
phone will be deleted.
Jan. 17. 2012