must not interrupt it or you will lose some or all of your data.
When you're ready to turn on encryption:
1. Touch
2. Read the information about encryption carefully.
The Encrypt phone button is dimmed if your battery is not
charged or your phone's not plugged in.
If you change your mind about encrypting your phone, touch
.
WARNING!
If you interrupt the encryption process, you will lose data.
3. Touch Encrypt phone.
4. Enter your lock screen PIN or password and touch Next.
5. Touch Encrypt phone again.
The encryption process starts. 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 in order to decrypt it.
>
> Settings > Security > Encrypt phone.
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