Protecting Your Phone With Encryption - Alcatel ONETOUCH FLINT User Manual

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
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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> Settings > Lock screen.
Before turning on encryption, prepare as follows:
• Set a lock screen PIN or password.
• Charge the battery.
• Keep the phone connected to the charger.
• Schedule an hour or more for the encryption process: you must not
interrupt it or you will lose some or all of your data.
When you're ready to turn on encryption:
1. From the home screen, tap
2. Read the information about encryption carefully.
The ENCRYPT PHONE button is dimmed if your battery's not charged or
your phone's not plugged in.
If you change your mind about encrypting your phone, tap
3. Tap ENCRYPT PHONE.
The encryption process starts and displays its progress . Encryption can take
an hour or more, during which time your phone may restart several times.
When encryption is completed, you're prompted to enter your PIN or password.
Subsequently, you must enter your PIN or password each time you power on
your phone, to decrypt it.
> Settings > Security > Encrypt phone.
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