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Daydream, Smart backlight control, Screen pinning

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Smart backlight control The smart backlight control keeps the screen on as long as the device is held in your hand. Once you put down the device, the screen turns off according to your sleep setting. To turn on the Smart backlight control function 1 From your Home screen, tap . 2 Find and tap Settings > Display > Smart backlight control. 3 Drag the slider to the right. Screen pinning Use screen pinning to set your device to display only the screen for a specific application. For example, if you are playing a game and you accidentally touch the Home navigation key, the screen pinning feature prevents the active game app screen from being minimised. You can also use this feature when you lend your device to another person to make it harder for them to access more than one application. For example, you can lend your device to somebody to take a photo and pin the screen to the Camera application so that the person can't easily use other apps such as Email. Screen pinning is not a security feature and does not fully prevent other users from unpinning a screen and accessing your device. To protect your data, you should set up your device to request a screen lock PIN, password or pattern before someone can unpin the screen. To activate screen pinning 1 From your Home screen, tap . 2 Find and tap Settings > Security > Screen pinning. 3 Drag the slider to the right. 4 If you have not set up a pattern, PIN or password screen lock on your device, drag the slider beside Lock device when unpinning to the right and then select an option. If you already have a screen lock enabled, then drag the slider to activate the relevant security option after you activate screen pinning. A pattern, PIN or password is not mandatory for screen pinning to work. To pin a screen 1 Make sure that screen pinning is activated on your device. 2 Open an app and go to the screen that you want to pin. 3 Tap . 4 To display the screen pinning icon , swipe upwards. 5 Tap . 6 In the popup window that appears, tap Got it. To unpin a screen 1 On the pinned screen, touch and hold and at the same time. 2 Release both buttons. If you selected a security option when you activated the screen pinning function, you have to enter your pattern, PIN or password to unlock the device before the screen can be unpinned. Daydream Daydream is an interactive screen saver that automatically displays colours, photos or a slideshow while your device is docked or charging and the screen is idle. On a device with multiple users, each user can have individual Daydream settings. 46 This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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Smart backlight control
The smart backlight control keeps the screen on as long as the device is held in your
hand. Once you put down the device, the screen turns off according to your sleep
setting.
To turn on the Smart backlight control function
1
From your Home screen, tap
.
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Display
>
Smart backlight control
.
3
Drag the slider to the right.
Screen pinning
Use screen pinning to set your device to display only the screen for a specific
application. For example, if you are playing a game and you accidentally touch the
Home navigation key, the screen pinning feature prevents the active game app
screen from being minimised. You can also use this feature when you lend your
device to another person to make it harder for them to access more than one
application. For example, you can lend your device to somebody to take a photo and
pin the screen to the Camera application so that the person can't easily use other
apps such as Email.
Screen pinning is not a security feature and does not fully prevent other users from unpinning
a screen and accessing your device. To protect your data, you should set up your device to
request a screen lock PIN, password or pattern before someone can unpin the screen.
To activate screen pinning
1
From your Home screen, tap
.
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Security
>
Screen pinning
.
3
Drag the slider to the right.
4
If you have not set up a pattern, PIN or password screen lock on your device,
drag the slider beside
Lock device when unpinning
to the right and then select
an option. If you already have a screen lock enabled, then drag the slider to
activate the relevant security option after you activate screen pinning.
A pattern, PIN or password is not mandatory for screen pinning to work.
To pin a screen
1
Make sure that screen pinning is activated on your device.
2
Open an app and go to the screen that you want to pin.
3
Tap
.
4
To display the screen pinning icon
, swipe upwards.
5
Tap
.
6
In the popup window that appears, tap
Got it
.
To unpin a screen
1
On the pinned screen, touch and hold
and
at the same time.
2
Release both buttons.
If you selected a security option when you activated the screen pinning function, you have to
enter your pattern, PIN or password to unlock the device before the screen can be unpinned.
Daydream
Daydream is an interactive screen saver that automatically displays colours, photos
or a slideshow while your device is docked or charging and the screen is idle.
On a device with multiple users, each user can have individual Daydream settings.
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This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.