BlackBerry® Curve™

[2121311berry]

Hi everybody,

My phone was recently stolen and returned (minus the sim card).

The experience has left me interested in knowing how to lock the Phone so that it can't be used without a password.

However, having read of the dangers of enabling "CONTENT PROTECTION" , it seems that protection agains the unsophisticated thief would involve:

1. Password protection enabled.

2. Wipe after 10 tries disabled.

3. Displaying my contact information on screen for return if stolen.

My phone is unlocked, and can use any sim card, so my prefferred setup is a password  without which it becomes a useless brick that won't let you past the start screen.

No resale value.

P.S.

I already have the first few steps

1. In the Home screen on your BlackBerry device, scroll to and click the OPTIONS icon.
2. The Device Options screen appears.
3. Scroll to and click  Security Options > General Settings > Enable Password.
4. Set Number of password attempts to 10.

5. Disable Content Protection.

But what next if I don't want the phone to erase everything after the 10 try?

Blessed Regards,

2121311berry

[kijanasmart]

The wiping of the phone after x number of incorrect password attempts is a in-built security feature...no way around it. This ensures that your personal information never gets into the wrong hands.

One thing you can do is report your PIN as stolen. This prevents the phone from being used for data services, although the regular phone calls and sms features would still work.

[2121311berry]

Thank you Kijanasmart,

 A less than exhaustive search revealed that apart from the IPhone, the Blackberry phones appear to be targeted towards the Enterprise market.

Hence the data on the phones is understandably more important than the phone itself.

Blackberry would be remiss if it designed & marketed a phone that didn't address the security hole created by device theft.

The natural counter to device theft is to be more aware of one's surroundings, and to take precautionary measures vs. depending on Blackberry to enable users to disable an in-built security feature that could result in the company getting sued.

Thanks for forcing me to remember the historical & primary Blackberry target group, & their key needs.

Blessed Regards,

2121311berry