Settings

Security

Change settings for securing the device and the SIM card.

•Encrypt device: Set a password to encrypt data saved on the device. You must enter the password each time you turn on the device.

Charge the battery before enabling this setting because it may take more than an hour to encrypt your data.

•Encrypt external SD card:

––Encrypt: Set the device to encrypt files when you save them to a memory card.

––Full encryption: Set the device to encrypt all files on a memory card.

––Exclude multimedia files: Set the device to encrypt all files on a memory card, except for media files.

If you reset your device to the factory defaults with this setting enabled, the device will not be able to read your encrypted files. Disable this setting before resetting the device.

•Set up SIM card lock:

––Lock SIM card: Activate or deactivate the PIN lock feature to require the PIN before using the device.

––Change SIM PIN: Change the PIN used to access SIM data.

•Make passwords visible: By default, the device hides passwords for security. Set the device to display passwords as they are entered.

•Device administrators: View device administrators installed on the device. You can allow device administrators to apply new policies to the device.

•Unknown sources: Choose to install applications from any source. If not chosen, download applications only from Play Store.

•Trusted credentials: Use certificates and credentials to ensure secure use of various applications.

•Install from device storage: Install encrypted certificates stored on the USB storage.

•Clear credentials: Erase the credential contents from the device and reset the password.

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