HTC PB00100 user manual Protecting Your Phone, Protecting your phone with a screen lock

208  Managing Your Phone

10.2  Protecting Your Phone

Protecting your phone with a screen lock

You can further secure your data by locking the screen and/or requiring a screen unlock pattern every time your phone is turned on or every time it wakes up from sleep mode (screen is off).

To lock the screen

Press END/POWER. Locking the screen prevents accidental screen touches when the phone is in your bag, purse, or pocket.

To unlock the screen, see “To unlock the screen” in Chapter 1.

To create and enable the screen unlock pattern

You can increase the security of your phone by creating a screen unlock pattern. When enabled, you have to draw the correct unlock pattern on the screen to unlock the phone’s control buttons and touch screen.

1.Press HOME > MENU, then tap Settings.

2.Tap Security > Set unlock pattern.

3.Read the information on the screen, then tap Next.

4.Study the example pattern on the screen, then tap Next.