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Protecting Your Tablet  19

Protecting Your Tablet

You can protect your tablet against unauthorized access by setting a pattern, a PIN,

or a password. After you configure any of these security options, your must enter the unlocking

information before you can use the tablet.

Screen-unlock pattern

This security method requires you to create a pattern that you need to draw every time to

unlock the tablet. If incorrect unlock patterns are drawn five consecutive times, the tablet

forces a 30-second delay before you can try again.

Creating a screen-unlock pattern

1. Tap → Settings → Security→ Screen lock→ Pattern.

2. Drag your ﬁnger to draw the unlock pattern by connecting at least four dots in a vertical,

horizontal and/or diagonal direction. Take your ﬁnger o the screen when a pattern is

drawn.

The tablet records the pattern if it is correctly drawn.

3. Tap Continue.

4. Draw the same pattern again and then tap Conﬁrm.

Disabling or changing the screen-unlock pattern

1. Tap → Settings → Security→ Screen lock→ Pattern.

2. Draw your existing pattern.

3. Select None to disable screen-unlock security or select Pattern to draw a new

unlock pattern.

This security method requires you to enter a PIN that you need to enter every time to unlock

the tablet.

If incorrect unlock PINs are entered five consecutive times, the tablet forces a 30-second delay

before you can try again.

Creating a PIN

1. Tap → Settings → Security→ Screen lock→ PIN.

2. On the Choose your PIN page, enter a PIN in the text box.

NOTE: Your PIN must be at least 4 characters.

3. Tap Continue to proceed.

4. Enter the same PIN again to conﬁrm and then tap OK.

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