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Locking and Unlocking Your Phone more

Protect your phone against false touches or prying eyes with two kinds of lock:

• A Lock screen, which helps to prevent accidental button or touch screen presses while the phone is in your pocket or bag. For information, see Using the Lock Screen in this section
• A password lock, which helps to prevent unauthorized use of your phone. For information, see Protecting Your Phone with a Password in this section

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Using the Lock Screen more

The Lock screen helps to prevent accidental button or touch screen presses. Even if you accidentally press the power button and wake up the phone when it is in your pocket, the Lock screen ensures that you will not unintentionally make calls or change settings.

The phone is locked whenever it goes into Sleep mode. You can put the phone into Sleep mode by pressing the END/POWER button. The phone also goes into Sleep mode automatically if you do not touch the screen or press any buttons for a certain amount of time.

When you wake the phone up from Sleep mode, the Lock screen is displayed. To unlock the phone, slide the Lock button fully to the left or right.

Changing Sleep mode settings
You can change the idle time before the phone automatically goes into Sleep mode.

1. On the Home screen, Select Start > Settings > Menu > All Settings > System > Power > Backlight.
2. To change the time before the phone goes into Sleep mode, select a time from the Turn off device if not used for lists. (To turn off automatic Sleep mode altogether, clear the Turn off device if not used for check boxes.)
3. Tap Done. 

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Protecting Your Phone with a Password more

1. On the Home screen's Settings tab, tap Security > Phone lock.
2. Select the Prompt if phone unused for check box, and then specify the idle time before the phone requires a password. If you choose 0 Minutes, you will need to input the password every time you wake the phone up from Sleep mode.
3. From the Password type list, select the type of password you would like to use:
   • Simple PIN. This consists of four digits. Do not begin the password with the local emergency phone number, as you may call the number accidentally when trying to unlock the phone.
   • Strong alphanumeric. This is more secure than a simple PIN. It must be at least seven characters long and contain at least three of the following character types: uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and punctuation marks.
4. Enter the password in both the Password and Confirm boxes.
5. Tap OK.
6. Tap Yes to save your password settings. 

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How can I filter my contacts to only show SIM or Phone contacts? more

Tap Start > People> Menu > View to select to just show your Phone Contacts or SIM contacts. Was this helpful? Yes | No

How to change the ring style or ring type more

To change the ring type, follow these steps:

1. From the Home screen, tap Start.
2. Tap Settings.
3. Tap Sound & Display.
4. Tap Ring type.
5. Tap one of the following options:
   • Ring
   • Ring Once
   • Increasing Ring
   • Vibrate Only
   • Vibrate then Ring

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How to change the ringtone or melody more

To change the ringtone or melody, follow these steps:

1. From the Home screen, tap Start.
2. Tap Settings.
3. Tap Sound & Display.
4. Tap Ringtone.
5. Tap the desired ringtone.
6. Tap Done.

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Adding a Quick Link to the Home Tab more

Quick links are shortcuts that give you one-touch access to your important contacts, favorite websites, and frequently-used applications, and frequently visited websites.

1. On the Home tab, swipe your finger up on the screen to see all the available quick link slots.
2. Tap an empty slot.
3. Choose the type of shortcut you want to add, and then tap the item itself. For example, if you want to add a shortcut to Marketplace, tap Program > Marketplace.

Your new quick link is then displayed on the Home tab.

Removing quick links

If all the available quick link slots are full, you need to remove quick links before you can add more.

1. On the Home tab, tap Menu > Remove Quick Links.
2. Tap the quick links that you want to remove.
   When you select a quick link for removal, the X changes to red. To clear the selection, tap the quick link again.
3. Tap Done.

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How to turn on or turn off the phone lock more

Phone lock causes the phone to lock when you turn it off. When you turn the phone back on, you must enter a password. To turn on or turn off the phone lock, follow these steps:

To lock

1. From the Home screen, tap Start.
2. Tap Settings.
3. Tap Menu.
4. Tap All Settings.
5. Tap Lock.
6. Select the Prompt if device unused for check box.
7. Tap the time drop-down box.
8. Tap the desired time.
9. Tap the Password Type drop-down box.
10. Tap Simple PIN or Strong alphanumeric.
11. Tap Password.
12. Enter your password.
13. Tap Confirm.
14. Enter your password again.
15. If desire, tap the Hint tab and enter a hint.
16. When finished, tap OK in the upper-right corner of the screen.
17. Tap Yes to confirm.

To unlock

1. From the Home screen, tap Start.
2. Tap Settings.
3. Tap Menu.
4. Tap All Settings.
5. Tap Lock.
6. Enter the password.
7. Tap Unlock.
8. Clear the Prompt if device unused for check box.
9. Tap OK in the upper-right corner of the screen.
10. Tap Yes to confirm. 

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