How to Set a Password on a Blackberry
from wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can EditSecurity is everything these days. Including mobile phones, so you need to secure your Blackberry soon. This is how to change a password on your Blackberry:Note: This article concerns a Blackberry curve using AT&T; results may vary on provider.
Steps
- Go to the "Options"
menu, there is a spanner icon on it.
- Scroll down the menu to
"Security Options". Click it.
- It will take you to a screen
with multiple choices on it, scroll down to "General Settings"
click it.
- This takes you to another
screen, follow these steps on this screen:
- Click the option for
"Password:", it is automatically disabled. Click it.
- Choose the option that
says, "Enabled".
- A screen will appear,
enter your password. If no screen appears, you may have already set a
password for another application, (Password Keeper etc.) that is your
default password.
- Set your number of
password attempts. This is how many times you can guess your password
before your phone is wiped/blanked of all it is memory. Use with caution.
- Security Timeout means
if you are not active on your phone for a certain period of time, it will
automatically "Keyboard Lock" and you will have to enter your
password.
- Select yes or no for
"Prompt on Application Install".
- Finish up. You have now set
your password!
Warnings
- Make the password easy to
remember, if you forget it, everything in your phone will be wiped,
including addresses!
- Just because your phone gets
wiped, does not mean it can not get stolen.
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