Tips: Keeping Your Information Safe - Blackberry 9350 User Manual

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file on your computer might allow you to recover smartphone data if your smartphone is lost, stolen, or corrupted by an
unforeseen issue.
Check to see if there is updated BlackBerry Device
Software that you can download over the network.
Update your BlackBerry Device Software from your
computer.
Set your BlackBerry Desktop Software to check for updates
automatically.
Update your BlackBerry Desktop Software .

Tips: Keeping your information safe

You can take some simple steps to help prevent the information on your BlackBerry smartphone from being compromised,
such as avoiding leaving your smartphone unattended.
Research In Motion recommends that you regularly create and save a backup file on your computer, especially before you
update any software. Maintaining a current backup file on your computer might allow you to recover smartphone data if
your smartphone is lost, stolen, or corrupted by an unforeseen issue.
Set a smartphone password.
Encrypt contacts and files.
Back up your smartphone data to your computer.
Back up your smartphone data to a media card.
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Set or change your smartphone password,
Depending on your smartphone model, this feature might
not be supported. On the home screen or in a folder, click
the Options icon. Click Device > Software Updates.
On your computer, visit www.blackberry.com/update. Click
Check for Updates. Connect your smartphone to your
computer.
For instructions, see the Help in BlackBerry Desktop
Software.
Visit www.blackberry.com/desktopsoftware.
On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
Click Security > Password.
On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
Click Security > Encryption.
Use the BlackBerry Desktop Software to back up your
smartphone data to your computer. To download the
BlackBerry Desktop Software, from your computer, visit
www.blackberry.com/desktop
option for your computer.
On the Home screen, click the Setup icon. In the Setup
section, click Device Switch > Save Data.
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