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Security and data management

Manage the data and software on your device, and take care

of the security of the device and its contents.

Important: Your device can only support one antivirus

application. Having more than one application with antivirus

functionality could affect performance and operation or

cause the device to stop functioning.

Lock the device

To prevent access to the contents of your device, lock the

device when in home screen. Press the power key, select

Lock

phone

and enter your lock code. The default lock code is

12345. To unlock, press the left selection key, enter your lock

code and press the scroll key.
To change the lock code, select

Menu

>

Tools

>

Settings

>

General

>

Security

>

Phone and SIM card

>

Lock code

.

Enter the old code and then the new code twice. The new

code can be 4-255 characters long. Both alphabets and digits

can be used, and both uppercase and lowercase alphabets

are possible.
You can also lock the device remotely by sending a text

message to the device. To enable remote locking and to

define the text for the message, select

Menu

>

Tools

>

Settings

>

General

>

Security

>

Phone and SIM card

>

Allow remote lock

>

Yes

. Enter the remote lock message

and confirm the message. The message must be at least 5

characters long.

Memory card security

Select

Menu

>

Tools

>

Memory

.

You can protect a memory card with a password to prevent

unauthorized access. To set a password, select

Options

>

Set password

. The password can be up to 8 characters long

and is case-sensitive. The password is stored in your device.

You do not need to enter it again while you use the memory

card on the same device. If you use the memory card on

another device, you are asked for the password. Not all

memory cards support password protection.
To remove the memory card password, select

Options

>

Remove password

. When you remove the password, the

data on the memory card is not protected against

unauthorized use.
To open a locked memory card, select

Options

>

Unlock

memory card

. Enter the password.

If you cannot recall the password to unlock a locked memory

card, you may reformat the card, in which case the card is

unlocked and password removed. Formatting a memory card

destroys all data stored on the card.

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