Set options for unlocking the screen

The screen locks five seconds after it turns off automatically or immediately if you turn the screen off manually. Use Secure Unlock if you want to require a PIN or a password to unlock the screen.

TIP If your company issued your smartphone to you, check with your system administrator about whether the company has its own settings for locking and unlocking the screen of your smartphone.

1Open Screen & Lock .

2To turn Secure Unlock on: In Secure Unlock, tap Off, tap Simple PIN or Password and do one of the following:

Simple PIN: Enter a numeric PIN of any length. This is a PIN that you make up. Enter the PIN again to confirm and then tap Done.

Password: Enter a password containing any combination of letters and numbers. Enter the password again to confirm and then tap Done.

IMPORTANT Make sure you write down your PIN or password and keep it somewhere safe. If you forget your PIN or password, you need to remotely reset your smartphone and may lose data.

3Tap Lock After to choose whether the screen locks after a designated time or after the screen turns off.

4To turn Secure Unlock off: In Secure Unlock, tap the currently displayed option (Simple PIN or Password) and then tap Off. Enter the PIN or password and then tap Done.

Change your Secure Unlock password

1Open Screen & Lock .

2In Secure Unlock, tap Change PIN or Change Password.

3Enter the old PIN/password and the new PIN/password.

4Tap Done.

Get notifications when the screen is locked or off

1Open Screen & Lock .

2Under Notifications, in Show When Locked, tap On or Off to set whether notifications are displayed when the screen is locked.

3Under Notifications, in Blink Notifications, tap On or Off. If blink notifications are turned on, when the screen is off, the light in the gesture area pulses when a notification arrives and continues to pulse until you tap the notification or turn on the screen. Blink notifications are on by default.

Use voice dialling when the screen is locked

For information on using voice dialling, see Dial by contact name using voice dialling.

If you turn on the preference to use voice dialling when the screen is locked, you access voice dialling by turning on the screen if it is off (see Turn the screen on/off), and then pressing and holding volume. You do not need to enter your PIN or password to unlock the screen.

If this preference is on and you have a headset attached to your smartphone, you can access voice dialling when the screen is locked by pressing and holding the button on the headset—you don't need to turn the screen on first.

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