How to secure your Blackberry 10 smartphone

Here I’m posting a few tips and necessary method to secure your Blackberry 10 smartphones from theft and misuse by others.

Create a message to be displayed on the Home screen

You can create custom message that has name and contact details, so you can set a message to appear on your home screen whenever your phone is locked. To set a custom message:

>while viewing the HOME screen, swipe down from the top > Go to Settings followed by Blackberry Protect > set blackberry protect to On > Tap Back to save your settings

Secure your Blackberry 10 by Media Card Encryption

By performing media card encryption, you can secure your contents stored in your media card, this technique provides additional security. But one should be careful, that you will not be able to view the content unless Media card is decrypted to use on any other smartphone.

While viewing the HOME screen, swipe down from the top>Tap settings followed by choosing Encryption> Set Media Card encryption to on

Activate blackberry Protect on you smartphone

With blackberry Protect you will be able to remotely lock, beep or locate your phone if it’s missing or have been flicked by someone

> While viewing the HOME screen, swipe down from the top> Go to settings followed by Blackberry Protect> set Blackberry protect to On> Tap Back to save your settings

How to set Device password

This is the most common method and very secure way to protect your phone from leakage or misuse of contents.

> While viewing the HOME screen, swipe down from the top> Go to settings followed by Security and Privacy and finally device password> set Device password to on and enter your desired password