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Protecting Your Phone With Screen
Locks
You can protect your phone by creating a screen lock. When it is
enabled, you need to draw a pattern, enter a numeric PIN or
password to unlock the phone’s screen and keys.
1. Touch
Settings > Security > Screen lock
.
2. Touch
Swipe
,
Pattern
,
PIN
or
Complex password
.
Touch
Swipe
to disable the screen lock. Anyone can
unlock the screen by touching the display and swiping up.
Touch
Pattern
to draw and redraw a pattern that you
must draw to unlock the screen.
Touch
PIN
or
Complex password
to set a numeric PIN
or a password that you must enter to unlock the screen.
3. For Pattern, PIN, or Complex Password lock, select how you
want notifications and their contents to show when the phone
is locked.
NOTE:
Remember the pattern, PIN or password you set. Otherwise, you
will have to upgrade the phone software to use the phone. See
Upgrading the Phone Software
.
Using Your Fingerprint
With the fingerprint sensor integrated in the
Fingerprint sensor
key, you can register up to 5 fingerprints and use them to unlock
the phone or open bound apps.