Blackberry Bold 9700 User Manual page 253

User Guide
• To lock the keyboard, press the
To unlock your device, type your device password. Press the Enter key. To unlock the keyboard, press the
Lock your device when you insert it in the holster
1. On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2. Click Security > Password.
3. Select the Lock Handheld Upon Holstering check box.
4. Press the
key > Save.
Set a limit for device password attempts
1. On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2. Click Security > Password.
3. Change the Number of Password Attempts field.
4. Press the
key > Save.
Delete device data, third-party applications or media card files
Before you delete your BlackBerry® device data or media card files, consider backing up these items so that you have a copy on
your computer.
CAUTION: If you have turned on encryption, the process for deleting all device data can take up to an hour to complete. You
cannot stop the process after you start it. If you reset your device, the process restarts after the device restarts.
1. On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2. Click Security > Security Wipe.
• To delete data from the messages application, contacts application and other applications, select the Emails, Contacts,
Etc check box.
• To delete all third-party applications that you have added, select the User Installed Applications check box.
• To delete all files from your media card, select the Media Card check box.
3. Type blackberry.
4. Click Wipe.
If you are preparing your device for resale and you have an email account that uses the BlackBerry® Internet Service, to
prevent messages from this account from being sent to your device, contact your wireless service provider to disassociate the
account from your device.
key on the top left of your device.
Security
key again.
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