Usually a mobile phone is a
“personal” belonging that only you should have access to. You won’t want others
to read your mail, messages, notes and other personal stuff. That is why most
mobile phones have an option to restrict your phone with a passcode or as it is
called “Passcode (Password) Protection”. There is such an option in
iPhones too. To do it go to
Settings on your main screen.
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| iPhone main screen |
Than tap on General next.
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| Tap on General |
So now, scroll down until you see
Passcode Lock. It is probably off. Tap
on Passcode Lock.
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| Tap on Passcode Lock to set it ON |
After you tap on Passcode Lock, you will be
directed to the screen where you turn on your Passcode. There is an
option saying Simple passcode. If it is ON than your passcode will be a simple
4 digit number, but on the other hand if it is OFF; you can write anything you
want in the passcode. Tap on Turn
Passcode On.
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| Tap Turn Passcode On to get started |
Now you will be asked for a
passcode 2 times. And as usual the second time is for confirmation. If you make
a mistake in the first one or second one, meaning the passcodes did not match,
you will get the screen to write your passcode again saying:
“Passcodes did not match. Try Again.”.
And when you do it right it is done. Now you can lock your iPhone, and when
trying to unlock it will ask you for a passcode.
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| Enter Passcode |
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| Repeat Password |