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Settings : Security & location
Pin your screen
Turn on pinning
Use pinning to keep the current app in view until you unpin it. For example, you can pin a game and your
child cannot navigate anywhere else on your phone.
You can set up a pattern, PIN or password required to unpin.
1.
Go to
Settings
> Security & location > Advanced > Screen pinning.
2.
Turn pinning on.
3.
By default, you must always enter your pattern, PIN or password when unpinning a screen. If you don't
want this security before accessing your other phone screens, turn this option off.
Pin and unpin a screen
To pin a screen:
1.
Make sure you've
2.
Open an app and go to the screen you want to pin.
3.
Touch
.
4.
Touch the icon of whatever you want to pin.
5.
Touch
.
To unpin it:
1.
Touch & hold
Or if you're using gesture navigation, drag up from the bottom of the screen and hold.
1.
Touch & hold
2.
If you required a pattern, PIN or password when you
Lock SIM card
Set up SIM lock
This feature is not available in all countries.
Your SIM card came with a default PIN from your carrier. You can use it to set up an optional SIM card lock,
which prevents others from using your mobile plan and accessing account information if your phone is
stolen.
If you add a SIM lock, you will be prompted to enter the PIN each time you swap SIM cards or restart the
phone.
1.
Make sure you have the PIN your carrier provided with the SIM card. If you don't have it, contact your
carrier.
turned on
screen pinning.
and
at the same time.
and
at the same time.
turned on
pinning, enter it to unlock the phone.
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