Protecting your phone with a screen unlock pattern
You can protect your phone by creating a screen lock. When enabled, you
need to swipe the screen, draw a pattern or enter a numeric PIN or password
to unlock the phone's screen and keys.
1. From the home screen, tap
> Settings > Lock screen.
2. Tap Screen lock.
3. Tap Swipe, Pattern, PIN, or Password.
• Tap None to disable screen lock.
• Tap Swipe to enable screen lock.
• Tap Pattern to create a pattern 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 your screen.
Protecting your phone with encryption
You can encrypt all of the data on your phone: Google Accounts,
application data, music and other media, downloaded information, and
so on. If you do, you must enter a numeric PIN or password each time you
power on your phone.
Warning! Encryption is irreversible. The only way to revert to an unencrypted
phone is to perform a factory data reset, which erases all your data.
Encryption provides additional protection in case your phone is stolen, and
may be required or recommended in some organizations.
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