Huawei Ascend G7 User Guide - Page 77

Setting the PIN of your SIM card, Setting up an account, Adding an account

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Setting the PIN of your SIM card Phone settings A personal identification number (PIN) is delivered with your SIM card to better protect your phone data. If you enable the SIM card lock, you must enter the PIN each time you turn your phone on. Before you perform the following operations, make sure you have obtained the PIN for your SIM card from your service provider. 1. On the home screen, touch Settings. 2. Under All, touch Security. 3. Touch Set up SIM card lock. If your phone supports dual cards, touch . 4. Select the Lock SIM card check box. If your phone has dual cards, you can set individual PINs for each card respectively. 5. Enter your PIN, and touch OK. 6. Touch Change SIM PIN to change the PIN. Generally, SIM cards only allow a limited number of consecutive retries if an incorrect PIN is entered. If this limit is exceeded, you must enter a PIN unblocking key (PUK), which you can obtain from your service provider. The number of consecutive attempts to enter the PUK incorrectly is also limited. If this limit is exceeded, your SIM card will be permanently disabled. For details about these limits, contact your service provider. Setting up an account Adding an account 1. On the home screen, touch Settings. 2. Under All, touch Add account. 3. Select an account type. 4. Follow the onscreen instructions and enter your account information. 73

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Phone settings
Setting the PIN of your SIM card
A personal identification number (PIN) is delivered with your SIM card to
better protect your phone data. If you enable the SIM card lock, you must
enter the PIN each time you turn your phone on.
Before you perform the following operations, make sure you have obtained
the PIN for your SIM card from your service provider.
1.
On the home screen, touch
Settings
.
2.
Under
All
, touch
Security
.
3.
Touch
Set up SIM card lock
. If your phone supports dual cards, touch .
4.
Select the
Lock SIM card
check box. If your phone has dual cards, you can
set individual PINs for each card respectively.
5.
Enter your PIN, and touch
OK
.
6.
Touch
Change SIM PIN
to change the PIN.
Generally, SIM cards only allow a limited number of consecutive retries
if an incorrect PIN is entered. If this limit is exceeded, you must enter a
PIN unblocking key (PUK), which you can obtain from your service
provider. The number of consecutive attempts to enter the PUK
incorrectly is also limited. If this limit is exceeded, your SIM card will be
permanently disabled. For details about these limits, contact your service
provider.
Setting up an account
Adding an account
1.
On the home screen, touch
Settings
.
2.
Under
All
, touch
Add account
.
3.
Select an account type.
4.
Follow the onscreen instructions and enter your account information.