Your phone contains a lot of data and information about you, it contains both public and
private information that requires good security measures to protect them from being
accessed by your friends, family members, colleagues, boo, bae etc. Hence the reason for this
article on how to secure your Android Smartphone
Some people are so careless with their phones to the extent of allowing other people handle
their phone anyhow without any type of security on the phone. No wonder a lot of people's
social media accounts are hacked, information compromised and so on. As a reasonable
someone, you shouldn't give out your phone without locking places where you have sensitive
materials, Úles or documents. Having said that, let's look at the best ways to secure your
smartphone appropriately.
5 WAYS SECURE ANDROID PHONE
1. Encrypt your android Phone
Data Encryption enables you to protect the important data on your Android phone. As long as
your Android phone is running on Android 4.1 or upper version, you can encrypt the data on
your phone. To do this, go to phone _Settings > Choose Security option > then tap on the
Encrypt phone option_ . Meanwhile, in phones like Gionee M6 that comes with higher security
measures like hardware inscription, it is more easier and secured. Gionee claimed that the M6
is worlds most secured phone as at the time of launch.
2. Lock your Android Apps
Locking your phone applications is another safety tip to secure your Android Phone. All Android
phone support several type of password, screen or Úngerprint feature on your phone. You have
to apply and unique password, PIN, pattern, smartlock for your important Android apps. You
can apply password protection on your apps, contacts, messages and other important apps.
All un-authorised users does not permit to open your locked apps without your permission.
3. Enable Two-Step Authentication
When applying password, PIN number, Úngerprints and other things to lock your phone. You
have to use two step authentication also on your phone for even more security. It restricts
other users to open your Email, Facebook, Twitter and other sensitive apps easily. You have to
enable 2-Step veriÚcation on your all Google Accounts. When you or any other person try to
open your account you must need to Úll the 2-Step veriÚcation password. Without Úlling this
code you are not able to open your account.
4. Use Third party App Lock
There are lots of third party app locks on google Playstore that can lock your selected phone
apps but i prefer "Du Private Vault" and "App lock for Android". These apps allows you to select
and lock any application on your phone. These apps also allow you to lock Úles, photos as well
as other multimedia contents like videos and audio.
5. Use Android Device Manager
Finally, you need to use Android Device Manager on your Android phone to build strong
security on your phone. Android Device Manager is used to locate, remotely lock your phone
and erase all important things from your phone. If you lost your phone then you can remotely
erase all the data from your phone. You can change the screen lock or immediately lock the
screen of your Android phone with the help of Android Device Manager. It is that important.
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