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Turning Your Device On and Off, Turning Off the Screen When Not in Use - unlock

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Turning Your Device On and Off Turning Your Device On ᮣ Press . Turning Your Device Off 1. Press and hold for about two seconds. Note When the screen is locked and you press , it will only turn off the screen and not the device. You will need to unlock the screen first before you press and hold . See To unlock the screen: for details. 2. On the Phone options menu, tap Power off. 3. On the Power off confirmation box, tap OK. Turning Off the Screen When Not in Use To save battery power, the device automatically turns off the screen when you leave it idle after a certain period of time. You will still be able to receive messages and calls while the device's screen is off. Tip For information on how to adjust the time before the screen turns off, see "Display Settings" on page 27. You can also turn off and lock the screen by pressing . Pressing your device screen and show the lock screen. again or incoming calls will turn on To unlock the screen: Press and hold the lock screen bar and then slide your finger down to unlock the screen or answer an incoming call. Lock screen bar Tip You can also press while on the lock screen to unlock the screen. Note If you have set up a screen unlock pattern, you will be prompted to draw the pattern on the screen before it unlocks. For more information on how to create and enable the screen unlock pattern, see "Protecting Your Device with a Screen Lock" on page 31. 10 2A. Device Basics

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2A. Device Basics
Turning Your Device On and Off
Turning Your Device On
´
Press
.
Turning Your Device Off
1.
Press and hold
for about two seconds.
2.
On the
Phone options
menu, tap
Power off
.
3.
On the
Power off
confirmation box, tap
OK
.
Turning Off the Screen When Not in Use
To save battery power, the device automatically turns off the screen when you leave it idle after a certain
period of time. You will still be able to receive messages and calls while the device’s screen is off.
You can also turn off and lock the screen by pressing
. Pressing
again or incoming calls will turn on
your device screen and show the lock screen.
To unlock the screen:
Note
When the screen is locked and you press
it will only turn off the screen and not the device. You will need to
unlock the screen first before you press and hold
. See To unlock the screen: for details.
Tip
For information on how to adjust the time before the screen turns off, see “Display Settings” on page 27.
Tip
You can also press
while on the lock screen to unlock the screen.
Note
If you have set up a screen unlock pattern, you will be prompted to draw the pattern on the screen before it
unlocks. For more information on how to create and enable the screen unlock pattern, see “Protecting Your
Device with a Screen Lock” on page 31.
Press and hold the lock
screen bar and then slide
your finger down to
unlock the screen or
answer an incoming call.
Lock screen bar