Blackberry 9630 User Guide - Page 253

Lock the keyboard, Set a limit for device password attempts, Delete device data - security wipe

Page 253 highlights

User Guide Security 3. Change the Lock Handheld Upon Holstering field to Yes. 4. Press the Menu key. 5. Click Save. Lock the keyboard If you are not on a call, you can lock the keyboard to avoid pressing keys accidentally when you are not using your BlackBerry® device. If your email account uses a BlackBerry® Enterprise Server, depending on the options that your administrator sets, you might not be able to perform this task. For more information, contact your administrator. Press the Lock key on the top of your device. To unlock the keyboard, press the Lock key again. Set a limit for device password attempts 1. On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon. 2. Click Password. 3. Set the Number of Password Attempts field. 4. Press the Menu key. 5. Click Save. Delete device data, third-party applications, or media card files Before you delete your BlackBerry® device data or media card files, consider backing up these items so that you have a copy on your computer. CAUTION: If you have turned on encryption, the process for deleting all device data can take up to an hour to complete. You cannot stop the process after you start it. If you reset your device, the process restarts after the device restarts. 1. On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon. 2. Click Security Options. 3. Click Security Wipe. 4. Perform any of the following actions: • To delete data from the messages application, contacts application, and other applications, select the Emails, Contacts, Etc check box. • To delete all third-party applications that you have added, select the User Installed Applications check box. • To delete all files from your media card, select the Media Card check box. 5. Type blackberry. 6. Click Wipe. If you are preparing your device for resale and you have an email account that uses the BlackBerry® Internet Service, to prevent messages from this account from being sent to your device, contact your wireless service provider to disassociate the account from your device. 251

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
  • 101
  • 102
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105
  • 106
  • 107
  • 108
  • 109
  • 110
  • 111
  • 112
  • 113
  • 114
  • 115
  • 116
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • 120
  • 121
  • 122
  • 123
  • 124
  • 125
  • 126
  • 127
  • 128
  • 129
  • 130
  • 131
  • 132
  • 133
  • 134
  • 135
  • 136
  • 137
  • 138
  • 139
  • 140
  • 141
  • 142
  • 143
  • 144
  • 145
  • 146
  • 147
  • 148
  • 149
  • 150
  • 151
  • 152
  • 153
  • 154
  • 155
  • 156
  • 157
  • 158
  • 159
  • 160
  • 161
  • 162
  • 163
  • 164
  • 165
  • 166
  • 167
  • 168
  • 169
  • 170
  • 171
  • 172
  • 173
  • 174
  • 175
  • 176
  • 177
  • 178
  • 179
  • 180
  • 181
  • 182
  • 183
  • 184
  • 185
  • 186
  • 187
  • 188
  • 189
  • 190
  • 191
  • 192
  • 193
  • 194
  • 195
  • 196
  • 197
  • 198
  • 199
  • 200
  • 201
  • 202
  • 203
  • 204
  • 205
  • 206
  • 207
  • 208
  • 209
  • 210
  • 211
  • 212
  • 213
  • 214
  • 215
  • 216
  • 217
  • 218
  • 219
  • 220
  • 221
  • 222
  • 223
  • 224
  • 225
  • 226
  • 227
  • 228
  • 229
  • 230
  • 231
  • 232
  • 233
  • 234
  • 235
  • 236
  • 237
  • 238
  • 239
  • 240
  • 241
  • 242
  • 243
  • 244
  • 245
  • 246
  • 247
  • 248
  • 249
  • 250
  • 251
  • 252
  • 253
  • 254
  • 255
  • 256
  • 257
  • 258
  • 259
  • 260
  • 261
  • 262
  • 263
  • 264
  • 265
  • 266
  • 267
  • 268
  • 269
  • 270
  • 271
  • 272
  • 273
  • 274
  • 275
  • 276
  • 277
  • 278
  • 279
  • 280
  • 281
  • 282
  • 283
  • 284
  • 285
  • 286
  • 287
  • 288
  • 289
  • 290
  • 291
  • 292
  • 293
  • 294
  • 295
  • 296
  • 297
  • 298
  • 299
  • 300
  • 301
  • 302
  • 303
  • 304
  • 305
  • 306
  • 307
  • 308
  • 309
  • 310
  • 311
  • 312
  • 313
  • 314

3.
Change the
Lock Handheld Upon Holstering
field to
Yes
.
4.
Press the
Menu
key.
5.
Click
Save
.
Lock the keyboard
If you are not on a call, you can lock the keyboard to avoid pressing keys accidentally when you are not using your BlackBerry® device. If your
email account uses a BlackBerry® Enterprise Server, depending on the options that your administrator sets, you might not be able to perform
this task. For more information, contact your administrator.
Press the
Lock
key on the top of your device.
To unlock the keyboard, press the
Lock
key again.
Set a limit for device password attempts
1.
On the Home screen or in a folder, click the
Options
icon.
2.
Click
Password
.
3.
Set the
Number of Password Attempts
field.
4.
Press the
Menu
key.
5.
Click
Save
.
Delete device data, third-party applications, or media card files
Before you delete your BlackBerry® device data or media card files, consider backing up these items so that you have a copy on your computer.
CAUTION:
If you have turned on encryption, the process for deleting all device data can take up to an hour to complete. You cannot stop the
process after you start it. If you reset your device, the process restarts after the device restarts.
1.
On the Home screen or in a folder, click the
Options
icon.
2.
Click
Security Options
.
3.
Click
Security Wipe
.
4.
Perform any of the following actions:
To delete data from the messages application, contacts application, and other applications, select the
Emails, Contacts, Etc
check
box.
To delete all third-party applications that you have added, select the
User Installed Applications
check box.
To delete all files from your media card, select the
Media Card
check box.
5.
Type
blackberry
.
6.
Click
Wipe
.
If you are preparing your device for resale and you have an email account that uses the BlackBerry® Internet Service, to prevent messages from
this account from being sent to your device, contact your wireless service provider to disassociate the account from your device.
User Guide
Security
251