Make Passwords Visible

When enabled, password characters display briefly as you touch them while entering passwords.

1.From the Settings screen, touch Security.

2.Touch Make passwords visible to create a check mark and enable or disable the display of password characters.

Device Administrators

The Device Administration feature allows you to select one or more administration applications that control your device for security purposes (for example, if your phone is lost of stolen). These applications enforce remote or local device security policies.

Some of the features a device administration application might control are:

Setting the number of failed password attempts before the device is restored to factory settings.

Automatically locking the device.

Restoring factory settings on the device.

Note: If a device uses multiple enabled administration applications, the strictest policy is enforced.

1.From the Settings screen, touch Security.

2.Touch Device administrators.

3.Select a device administrator and follow the prompts. If no device administrators are listed, you can download them from the Play Store.

Unknown Sources

This feature allows you to download and install non-Market applications.

1.From the Settings screen, touch Security.

2.Touch Unknown sources.

A check mark displays to indicate it is active.

Warning! Enabling this option causes your phone and personal data to be more vulnerable to attack by applications from unknown sources.

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