How to keep your Blackberry Smartphone Safe

Setting password on your Blackberry is the best way to keep your Blackberry Smartphone Safe.

Always set up a password on your BlackBerry. If your BlackBerry hasn't prompted you to set up a password, you should immediately do so. Here’s how it’s done:

1. From the BlackBerry Home screen, select the Options (wrench) icon.

2. Select the Password option.

3. Select the Password field and choose Enabled.

All this does for now is enable the Password feature. You won’t be prompted to type a password until you save the changes you just made.

4. Choose the Set Password button.

At this time, you’re prompted to enter a new password. Note that if you have set a password before, the button will be called Change Password.

5. Type a password, and then type it again for verification.

From this point on, whenever you lock your BlackBerry and want to use it again, you have to type the password.

Setting up your password is a good first step, but just having a password won’t help much if you don’t take the further step of locking your BlackBerry when you’re not using it. (You don’t want people at the office, or those sitting at the next table at the coffee shop, checking out your e-mails or phone history when you take a bathroom break, do you

Your BlackBerry can lock automatically after timeout (also known as security

timeout) by following these steps:

1. From the BlackBerry Home screen, select the Options icon.

2. Select the Password option.

The Password screen appears.

3. Select the Security Timeout field and then choose the desired timeout option.

The preset times range from 1 minute to 1 hour.

4. Press the Menu key and select Save.

You can also check this video to get more information and details.