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To delete an installed application 1 From the Home screen, drag upwards. 2 Find and tap Settings. 3 Tap Applications > Manage applications. 4 Tap the desired application. 5 Tap Uninstall. It is not possible to delete some preinstalled applications. Permissions Some applications need to access parts of your phone to be able to work properly. For example, a navigation application needs permissions to send and receive data traffic, and access your location. Some applications might misuse their permissions by stealing or deleting data, or reporting your location. Make sure you only install and give permissions to applications you trust. To view permissions of an application 1 From the Home screen, drag upwards. 2 Find and tap Settings. 3 Tap Applications > Manage applications. 4 Tap the desired application. 5 Scroll down to view Permissions. Installing applications from unknown sources Installing applications of unknown or unreliable origin can damage your phone. By default, your phone is set to block such installations. However, you can change this setting and allow installations from unknown sources. To allow the installation of applications from unknown sources 1 From the Home screen, drag upwards. 2 Find and tap Settings > Applications. 3 Mark the Unknown sources checkbox. Copyright-protected content Some listed items or content that you want to access, for example, applications, games or music albums, may be copyright-protected by DRM (Digital Rights Management). You need to buy or renew a license to be able to use copyright-protected content. You might not be able to copy, send or transfer copyright-protected items. DRM Settings From the DRM settings menu, you can change your DRM settings: • DRM Reset - Clear all DRM data, such as licenses and license consumption information. When DRM-protected files, applications or services have been deleted, or are no longer in use, you can select DRM Reset to free memory in the phone. To reset your DRM data 1 From the Home screen, drag upwards. 2 Find and tap Settings > DRM settings. 3 Tap DRM Reset. If you have bought DRM-protected content, for example, music, games or applications, you might not be able to use such content after you have reset your DRM data. 46 This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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To delete an installed application
1
From the Home screen, drag
upwards.
2
Find and tap
Settings
.
3
Tap
Applications
>
Manage applications
.
4
Tap the desired application.
5
Tap
Uninstall
.
It is not possible to delete some preinstalled applications.
Permissions
Some applications need to access parts of your phone to be able to work properly. For
example, a navigation application needs permissions to send and receive data traffic, and
access your location. Some applications might misuse their permissions by stealing or
deleting data, or reporting your location. Make sure you only install and give permissions
to applications you trust.
To view permissions of an application
1
From the Home screen, drag
upwards.
2
Find and tap
Settings
.
3
Tap
Applications
>
Manage applications
.
4
Tap the desired application.
5
Scroll down to view
Permissions
.
Installing applications from unknown sources
Installing applications of unknown or unreliable origin can damage your phone. By default,
your phone is set to block such installations. However, you can change this setting and
allow installations from unknown sources.
To allow the installation of applications from unknown sources
1
From the Home screen, drag
upwards.
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Applications
.
3
Mark the
Unknown sources
checkbox.
Copyright-protected content
Some listed items or content that you want to access, for example, applications, games or
music albums, may be copyright-protected by DRM (Digital Rights Management). You need
to buy or renew a license to be able to use copyright-protected content. You might not be
able to copy, send or transfer copyright-protected items.
DRM Settings
From the
DRM settings
menu, you can change your DRM settings:
•
DRM Reset
– Clear all DRM data, such as licenses and license consumption information.
When DRM-protected files, applications or services have been deleted, or are no longer in
use, you can select
DRM Reset
to free memory in the phone.
To reset your DRM data
1
From the Home screen, drag
upwards.
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
DRM settings
.
3
Tap
DRM Reset
.
If you have bought DRM-protected content, for example, music, games or applications, you
might not be able to use such content after you have reset your DRM data.
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This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.