Protecting your dell™ streak – Dell STREAK mobile User Manual

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Protecting Your Dell™ Streak

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Protecting Your Dell™ Streak

Protect Your Device Data With a Screen Unlock

Pattern

You can protect your device data against unauthorized access by locking the

touch screen with a screen unlock pattern. Once the unlock pattern is enabled

and the screen is locked, you need to draw the correct unlock pattern to

unlock the screen.
After you fail to draw the correct unlock pattern on the screen for five

consecutive times, you will be asked to wait for 30 seconds before you can try

again. If you no longer remember your screen unlock pattern, follow these

steps to unlock your screen:

1 Touch Forgot pattern.
2 When prompted, sign on to the Google website using your Google

account name and password.

3 Draw a new screen unlock pattern as described in To create a screen unlock

pattern.

4 If you fail to obtain a new unlock pattern following the above steps, visit

support.dell.com.

To create a screen unlock pattern

1 Touch the Home button

 Menu button  SettingsSecurity &

location Set unlock pattern, or 

touch the Application button  Settings icon

Security &

location Set unlock pattern.

2 Read the instructions on the screen and then touch Next.

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