User's Manual

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About Android Security
Android provides a multi-layered approach to the
security.
• Prevent: Apps are scanned continuously to block
harmful apps and policy violators. You can also
choose to have apps installed from other sources
veried.
• Control: App sandboxes prevent apps from
accessing other parts of your device’s operating
system, or each other, unless you give permission
during installation. Screen lock and encryption
prevent unauthorized access to the entire device.
• Defend: Once identied, dangerous apps can be
removed remotely.
For more information about protecting your phone, refer
to the topics below.
Managing Security Settings
You can activate and protect your phone from
unauthorized by conguring the security settings.
1. From the Home screen or Apps Tray, select Menu
> Settings ( ).
2. Select Security located under Personal settings.
Enable and modify required security settings.
Locking your Screen
1. Select Screen lock and select one of the following
options to congure phone:
• None: Disables the phone lock.
• Slide: When the phone is locked slide to your
right or long press * key to unlock the phone.
• PIN: When enabled, enter you own PIN value.
When the phone is locked, unlock it using the
PIN.
• Password: When enabled, enter you 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. Check Enable
Widgets to view the selected widget shortcuts in the lock
screen.
2. Enable Owner Info to display your specic owner
info in the lock screen. You can modify this detail
whenever required.
Encrypting Phone Data
You can encrypt your accounts, phone settings,
downloaded applications, contacts, messages data and
media les.
Select Encrypt phone to encrypt your phone data. You
require a numeric PIN or password to decrypt the data
whenever you power ON the phone.
Encryption takes atleast an hour depending on the
amount of data to be encrypted. Hence, ensure that your
phone is fully charged before you encrypt it.
If data encryption is interrupted, you might lose your
phone data.
Locking Your SIM Card
You can activate and set a SIM lock to unlock your SIM,
whenever you power ON the phone.
Managing Phone Security Settings