AT&T User Guide
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MANAGING PERSONAL SETTINGS
MANAGING PERSONAL SETTINGS
LOCATION
You can enable and congure the Location settings.
1. From Notications or App screen, tap on Settings
( ) > Personal.
2. Select Location ( ). Enable and modify
required location settings.
3. Set the Mode to one of the following options:
• High accuracy: uses AGPS, Wi-Fi, mobile
networks, and other sensors to get the highest-
accuracy location for your device. It uses location
help to estimate your location faster and more
accurately.
• Battery saving: allows your device to estimate
your location using low battery-intensive location
sources, such as Wi-Fi and mobile networks. It
uses location help to estimate your location faster
and more accurately.
• Device only: allows your device to estimate
your location using GPS only. It uses the satellite
information to provide location information. This
mode may use more battery power and take
longer time to determine your location.
4. Under Location services, the following options
are displayed:
• Accelerated Location: Tap on Agree to improve
location performance and battery saving.
• Google Location History: Turn ON the location
history:
• This device: Turn on to view the last reported
location date.
• Other devices on this account: The other
devices which are connected via Bluetooth are
listed here and the date of the last location is also
reported.
• Tap on Manage Timeline to manage the time
based on your location history.
• Tap on More ( ) and the following options are
displayed: View/Manage and Help
• Google Location Sharing: To share your real-time
location, open the Google Maps and sign in. Tap
on Menu ( ) > Location Sharing ( ). Tap on
GET STARTED or on the icon ( ) and you can
share your real-time location in the following ways:
• For 1 hour: You can increase or decrease the
time using + and - signs to share your real-time
location. The minimum time is 15 minutes and the
maximum is three days.
• Until you turn this off: If you enable this option,
until you turn it ON, you cannot share your real-
time location.
• Select People: Tap on this option to share your
real-time location details to the selected people
from your contacts.
• Messages: Tap on this option to share your real-
time location details. A link is created and new
message window is displayed. You can select the
recipient and send the message.
• More: You can share your real-time location
details through the following ways: Messages,
Bluetooth, Copy to clipboard, Save to Drive,
Gmail, Facebook, Messenger and SMS.
• On Location Sharing screen, tap on More ( )
and the following options are displayed: Location
Settings, About and Help
5. Check the option Use assisted GPS to use the
server to use assisted GPS. Uncheck to reduce
the network usage.
6. You can view the apps which have requested
your location recently under Recent location
requests.
7. On Location screen, tap on More ( ) >
Scanning. The following options are displayed:
• Wi-Fi scanning: Turn ON this option to improve
location services by allowing the system apps and
services to detect Wi-Fi networks at any time.
• Bluetooth scanning: Turn ON this option to
improve location services by allowing the system
apps and services to detect Bluetooth devices at
any time.
SECURITY
You can activate and protect your phone from
unauthorized access by conguring the security settings.
1. From Notications or App screen, tap on Settings
( ) > Personal > Security ( ).
2. Under Device security, tap on Screen lock and
select one of the following options to congure
the phone:
• None: Disables the phone lock.
• Swipe: When the phone is locked, swipe the screen
upwards to unlock it.
• Pattern: You can unlock the device using the
pattern.
• PIN: When enabled, enter your own PIN value.
When the phone is locked, unlock it using the PIN.
• Password: When enabled, enter your 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.