How to Password Lock an Android
Your smart phone is solely your property and you might have some personal data in it, not willing to be seen by anyone. Most of us have photographs of your family and the close ones in your cell phone gallery. Obviously, we will not like anyone else to have a look at those photos. Not only pictures, there might be a wide range of other confidential items inside your cell phone which are not to be seen by other people. What about you go to the washroom while leaving your smart phone on your table and when you return, your colleagues are having a look at the videos on your cell phone you created when hanging out with your friends? Well, it might be very embarrassing at times when someone sneak your cell phone to have a look at your confidential files.
Some of us also carry important official information within our smart phones, including important passwords, login information or compiled data. Such important information needs to be protected appropriately and kept away from the reach of any unauthorised person. So, you need to protect your cell phone data one way or the other. Only you should have access to your cell phone data and no one else can see through it. A security code becomes necessary, which is known to you alone and no one will be able to break through your smart phone.
Google’s Android operating system has always adhered to the needs of it users and it offers a perfect solution to make your smart phone fully private to you.
Instructions
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Press the ‘Menu’ button and a list of options will appear on your Android smart phone’s screen.
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Select ‘System settings’ to access the basic phone settings.
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Scroll down the list of settings options appearing on the screen. Tap the ‘Security’ option to get to your desired settings.
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A number of cell phone security options will appear but you have to click the ‘Set up SIM Card Lock’ tab. This will initialise the password setting process on your Android smart phone.
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An option will appear on the screen, stating ‘Lock SIM card’, and there will be a check box to the right of it. Check in the box to enable password on your Android phone.
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A screen will pop up, asking you to type in your desired PIN code. Enter your own password in the space provided and click ‘OK’. Exit to the standby mode and the next time you wish to access anything on your cell phone, you will be asked to enter that PIN code before proceeding.
