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Locking Your Keyboard and Screen
Tip: In addition to locking your keyboard and screen as described here, you can also lock your phone, your device, and individual entries. See the User Guide for details.
Locking Your Keyboard (Keyguard)
The Keyguard feature locks the keyboard so that buttons aren’t accidentally pressed or items on the screen aren’t activated while your device is in a pocket or bag.
By default, Keyguard turns on whenever the screen is off. Each time you wake up the screen, you must turn off Keyguard to unlock the keyboard and use your device.
To turn off Keyguard, do the following:
1.If the screen is off, press Power/End to wake up the screen.
2.Press Center to turn off Keyguard.
▶To turn on Keyguard, press Option and then press
Power/End .
You can change how quickly Keyguard turns on, or you can disable the feature altogether. To change the Keyguard settings, do the following:
1.Press Applications and select Prefs
.
2.Select Keyguard.
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