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4. Unlockthephone.Thedataonyourphoneisencryptedandyourphonewillrestartagain.The
iconisdisplayedonthetopbarofyourdisplayshowingthatyourdataisencrypted.

Encrypt SD card

PreventanotheruserfromaccessinginformationstoredonyourSDcardbyprotectingthe
informationusingapassword.Whenenabled,yourphonewillaskforapasswordeachtimeyouuse
thephone.UsingthisoptionyoucanalsochangeyourSDcardPINnumber.
Important! Passwordscreenlockprotectionrepresentsthehighestlevelofsecurity;therefore,you
mustsetupascreenlockpasswordinordertouseSDcardencryption.Formoreinformation,see
ScreenLock.
1. Press andtap >Settings>Security>Encrypt external SD card.
2. Tapyouroptionsandthentap Continue.
l EncrypttoencryptallnewfilesonthemicroSDcard.
l Full encryptiontoencryptallnewandexistingfilesonthemicroSDcard.
l Exclude multimedia filestoexcludemultimediafilesfromencryption.

Make Passwords Visible

Whenenabled,thisfeatureallowsyoutoviewthetextbeingenteredintoapasswordfieldasyou
typeit.Manytimes,otherapplicationsinsertanasterisk(*)asyoutype.Thiscancauseissuesand
confusion.Whatifyoumis-typedthepasswordorusedthewrongcase?Whenenabled,youcan
seeyourentry.Thisfeatureisenabledbydefault.
Todisablevisiblepasswords:
1. Press andtap >Settings>Security.
2. TapMake passwords visible(toremovethecheckmarkontheoption).

Device Administrators

ActivatingthisfeatureallowsGoogletoadministrateyourphoneinawaysimilartoITsecurity
settingsonacorporatePC.Thiswouldbebeneficialinthecasethatyourphonewaslostorstolen.
Thephonecouldbe“deactivated”or“restricted”(throughadministration)fromaremotelocation.