Blackberry SWD-1735726-0622010334-001 manual Tips Keeping your information safe

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Tips: Keeping your information safe

You can take some simple steps to help prevent the information on your BlackBerry smartphone from being compromised, such as avoiding leaving your smartphone unattended.

Research In Motion recommends that you regularly create and save a backup file on your computer, especially before you update any software. Maintaining a current backup file on your computer might allow you to recover smartphone data if your smartphone is lost, stolen, or corrupted by an unforeseen issue.

	Set a smartphone password.	On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon. Click
		Security > Password.
	Encrypt contacts and files.	On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon. Click
		Security > Encryption.
	Back up your smartphone data to your computer.	Use the BlackBerry Desktop Software to back up your
		smartphone data to your computer. To download the
		BlackBerry Desktop Software, from your computer, visit
		www.blackberry.com/desktop and select the appropriate
		option for your computer.
	Back up your smartphone data to a media card.	On the Home screen, click the Setup icon. In the Setup section,
		click Device Switch > Save Data.
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Tips: Managing indicators

Indicators tell you that there is something new or updated, such as a new message, voice mail message, or feed, or they inform you of the status of something, such as the battery or network connection. Indicators often appear on app icons, new content within apps, and at the top of the Home screen.

For a complete list of indicators, visit www.blackberry.com/docs/smartphones. Click your smartphone model, and then click the Icon Guide.

Remove the new item indicator .	Open each item that has this indicator. For example, to remove
	it from the Messages icon, click the icon.
Remove the unopened message indicator .	In the Messages app, do one or more of the following:

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