User's Manual
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Managing Phone Settings
About Android Security
Android takes a multi-layered approach to the security.
• Prevent: Apps in Google Play are scanned
continuously to block harmful apps and policy
violators. You can also choose to have apps
installed from other sources veried.
• Control: App sandboxes keep apps from accessing
other parts of your device’s operating system,
or each other, unless you give permission at
installation. Screen lock and encryption help prevent
unauthorized access to the entire device.
• Defend: Once identied, dangerous apps can be
removed remotely.
Managing Security Settings
You can activate and protect your phone from
unauthorized by conguring the security settings.
1. From the Home or All apps screen, tap on Settings
( ).
2. Tap on Security located under Personal settings.
Enable the required settings to preferred security
settings from the following options:
Locking Your Screen
1. Tap on Screen lock and select one of the following
options to congure phone:
• None: Disables the phone lock.
• Slide: When the phone is locked slide to your
right.
• Pattern: When enabled, enter your own
pattern. When the phone is locked, unlock it
using the pattern.
• PIN: When enabled, enter you own PIN value.
When the phone is locked, unlock it using the
PIN.
• Password: When enabled, enter you own
password. When the phone is locked, unlock it
using the password.
• Face Unlock: When enabled, unlock the phone
by looking at the device.
When the phone is locked, you can answer an
incoming call, without unlocking the phone. Touch
the white phone icon and slide over one of these
icons:
Icons Description
Answer the call.
Disconnect the call.
Disconnect the call and respond with
a default text message from a list of
response text messages.
2. Enable Automatically lock to lock the screen after
specic phone idle time.
3. Enable Power button instantly lock to lock the
phone when immediately you press the Power