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Quick start: Protect your phone
Screen lock
SIM lock
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Screen lock
To keep your phone secure, you can make the touchscreen
lock when it goes to sleep.
Settings
Security
Find it: Apps
>
>
select the lock type:
None
•
: Turn off the screen lock.
Slide
•
: Touch
and drag to the outer circle that appears.
Face Unlock
•
: Look at your phone to unlock it.
Follow the prompts to capture your face and enter a PIN or
password (for backup 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 recognize your face, you'll
be prompted to enter your backup pattern or PIN code to
unlock it.
Screen lock
>
, then
Pattern, PIN, or password: If you forget your pattern, PIN, or
password, you can enter your Google™ account email and
password to unlock the phone.
If you don't have a Google account on your phone, contact
your service provider to have your device factory reset.
Warning: A factory reset will delete all data on your phone.
SIM lock
Caution: If you enter an incorrect SIM 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.
You shouldn't need to use this feature, but to set a SIM card
PIN that you must enter when you turn on your phone, touch
Apps
>
Lock SIM card
>
To set your SIM PIN, enter a 4-digit code. To change your code,
Change SIM PIN
choose
Settings
Security
Set up SIM card lock
>
>
.
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