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Screen lock
SIM lock
Encrypt your phone
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Screen lock
To keep your phone secure, you can make the
touchscreen lock when it goes to sleep.
Settings
Security & screen lock
Find it: Apps
>
>
Screen lock
>
, then select the lock type:
None
•
—turn off the screen lock.
Default
•
—flick
to the right to unlock.
Face unlock
•
—look at your phone to unlock it.
Follow the prompts to capture your face and enter a
PIN or password (for back-up or to change the lock
setting). When the screen is dark, press the
Power key, then frame your face in the square at the
bottom to unlock.
Note: This feature is less secure than a pattern, PIN or
password.
Pattern
•
—draw a pattern to unlock.
PIN
•
—enter four to sixteen digits to unlock.
Password
•
—enter four to sixteen letters, digits or
symbols to unlock.
To change when your touchscreen goes to sleep, see
"Power key".
Note: You can make emergency calls on a locked phone
(see "Emergency calls"). A locked phone still rings, but
you need to unlock it to answer.
Can't unlock?
Face unlock:
if your phone doesn't recognise your face,
you'll be prompted to enter your back-up pattern or PIN
code to unlock it.
Pattern, PIN or password:
if you forget your pattern, PIN
or password, your device shows an option that lets you
enter your Google™ account email and password to
unlock your device.
SIM lock
Caution: If you enter an incorrect PIN code three times,
your phone locks your SIM card and asks for your PIN
unlock code. Contact your service provider for your PIN
unlock code.
To set a SIM card PIN that you must enter when you turn
on your phone:
Settings
Security & screen lock
Find it: Apps
>
>
Set up SIM card lock
Lock SIM card
>
>
To set your SIM PIN, enter a 4-digit code. To change your
Change SIM PIN
code, choose
.
Encrypt your phone
Caution: If you forget your encryption code, you cannot
recover the data stored on your phone or memory card.
Encrypting your files can take an hour or more. Leave
your phone plugged in and be careful not to interrupt the
process.
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