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Chapter 13 Managing Your Phone 195 4. Enter the password in both the Password and Confirm boxes. 5. Tap OK. If your phone is idle for the timeout period that you set, you will need to enter your password to unlock your phone. If you used a simple PIN password, the Lock screen will be displayed before you enter your password. For information, see "Lock Screen" in Chapter 1. Notes • To ensure that you can always make emergency calls, do not begin your password with the digits of your local emergency number. • If you entered a hint, the hint will be displayed after the wrong password is entered five times. • If you forget your password, you can hard reset or clear the phone's memory. For more information about hard resetting the phone and clearing the memory, see "Resetting Your Phone". Encrypting files on your storage card You can set your phone to encrypt files as they are saved on the storage card. 1. Tap Start > Settings > System > Encryption. 2. Select Encrypt files when placed on a storage card. Notes • Encrypted files can only be read on the phone that encrypted them. • Encrypted files are opened just like other files, provided you are using the phone that encrypted them. There is no separate step for you to take to read these files. Important If Encrypt files when placed on a storage card is enabled, back up all files from the storage card before using Clear Storage, hard reset, or updating the operating system. Otherwise, you will no longer be able to access the encrypted files on the storage card. Use ActiveSync or Windows Mobile Device Center to transfer files between your storage card and computer. After the procedure, copy your files back to the storage card.

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Chapter 1²  Managing Your Phone  195
4.
Enter the password in both the 
Password
and 
Confirm
boxes.
5.
Tap 
OK
. 
If your phone is idle for the timeout period that you set, you will need to enter your 
password to unlock your phone. If you used a simple PIN password, the Lock screen 
will be displayed before you enter your password. For information, see “Lock Screen” 
in Chapter 1.
Notes
To ensure that you can always make emergency calls, do not begin your password 
with the digits of your local emergency number.
If you entered a hint, the hint will be displayed after the wrong password is entered 
five times.
If you forget your password, you can hard reset or clear the phone’s memory. For 
more information about hard resetting the phone and clearing the memory, see 
“Resetting Your Phone”.
Encrypting files on your storage card
You can set your phone to encrypt files as they are saved on the storage card.
1.
Tap 
Start > Settings > System > Encryption
.
2.
Select 
Encrypt files when placed on a storage card
.
Notes
Encrypted files can only be read on the phone that encrypted them.
Encrypted files are opened just like other files, provided you are using the phone 
that encrypted them. There is no separate step for you to take to read these files.
Important
If 
Encrypt files when placed on a storage card
is enabled, back up all files from 
the storage card 
before
using Clear Storage, hard reset, or updating the operating  
system. Otherwise, you will no longer be able to access the encrypted files on the 
storage card. Use ActiveSync or Windows Mobile Device Center to transfer files 
between your storage card and computer. After the procedure, copy your files 
back to the storage card.