Settings

Privacy and safety

Options

Change the settings for maintaining your privacy and safety.

On the Settings screen, tap Privacy and safety.

•Location: Change settings for location information permissions.

•Private mode: Activate private mode to prevent others from accessing your personal content. Refer to Private mode for more information.

•Report diagnostic info: Set the device to automatically send the device’s diagnostic and usage information to Samsung.

•Send SOS messages: Set the device to send help messages by pressing the Power key three times. You can also send sound recordings along with the message to the recipients. Refer to Send SOS messages for more information.

Private mode

Hide personal content in your device to prevent others from accessing it.

Activating private mode

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On the Settings screen, tap Privacy and safety →Private mode, and then tap the switch to activate it.

If you are activating private mode for the first time, follow the on-screen instructions to set up a private mode access code.

Follow the on-screen instructions to enter the preset private mode access code. Private mode is activated and the icon appears on the status bar.

You can view and access the hidden items only when private mode is activated. To hide items stored in the private folder, deactivate private mode.

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