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Basics
Locking your scre en
You can lock your screen so that only yo u can unlock it to place calls,
access your data, buy appl ications, and so on.
1. From the Hom e screen, tap the Menu key > Sett ings > Security.
2. Tap Screen lock
3. Tap Tap, Face Unlock , Pattern, PIN, or Password.
If you tap Face Unlock, you will be guided to lo ok at your phone.
Read the on-screen notif ication and tap Set it up. The n follow the
on-screen instructio ns.
If you tap Patte rn, you will be guided to create a pattern you mu st
draw to unlock the screen. The f irst time you do this, a short tu torial
about creating an unloc k pattern appears. You can tap the Ret ry
at any time for a refresher. Then you will b e prompted to draw and
redraw your own pattern.
If you tap PIN or Password, you w ill be prompted to set a numeric
PIN or a password you must enter to unlo ck your screen.
The next tim e you turn on your phone or wake up the sc reen, you
must draw your unlock patter n or enter your PIN or password to
unlock the screen.
To release screen lock, tap None.
NOTE
Even when the screen is locke d, you can still place an emerg ency call
by tapping Emergency on the screen to draw an un lock pattern or
enter your PIN or password.