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Protecting Your Tablet With Screen Locks
You can protect your tablet by creating a screen lock. When
enabled, you need to press and hold on the screen, and then
draw a pattern or enter a numeric PIN or password to unlock
the tablet’s screen and keys.
1. From the home screen, tap Settings Security
Screen lock.
2. Tap None, Long press, Pattern, PIN, or Password.
• Tap None to disable screen lock protection.
• Tap Long press to enable screen lock and allow unlocking
with a “press and hold” gesture. You can unlock the screen
by pressing and holding a blank area on the lock screen.
• Tap Pattern to create a pattern that you must draw to
unlock the screen.
• Tap PIN or Password to set a numeric PIN or a password
that you must enter to unlock the screen.
3. For Pattern, PIN, or Password lock, select either Require
pattern/PIN/password to start device or No thanks.
Note: When this feature is enabled, your tablet cannot receive
calls, messages, or notications (including alarms) until it is
unlocked before starting up.
4. For Pattern, PIN, or Password lock, select how you would like
notications and their contents to show when the tablet is
locked, and then tap DONE.
Note: If you forget the pattern, PIN, or password you set, contact
customer service to upgrade the soware.
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