Our constantly Android device is used to store our personal or business data. When installing an app, capture photographs, download a song, a document or read a book, all required to keep enough information on our Android phone or tablet.
Depending on how important are the files that we are saved on the device or through the cloud. In the latter case mentioned, as a rule apply their own encryption algorithm, for example the use of passwords, pins and more, despite all local data not usually encrypt your information, are the settings of the own Google platform which allows you to encrypt everything on your terminal, as well as information and thus present below how to encrypt your device.
If you fear that the data contained in your mobile phone from falling into the wrong hands if you lose or stolen, encryption is the best option, with it, the chances of that extract information from your devices will be almost nil.
The encryption are the steps which encode the information, so the data can not be read by anyone easily, only those who know the method by which it was encrypted. The only way to decrypt the data without knowing how encryption key is using the same to those documents.
Procedures to encrypt our device Android
To do this, we must access the settings of your smartphone, for this we headed to Settings> Security> encrypt phone. But before doing this procedure must ensure that the phone is fully charged to 100%, also during the process must be connected to the mains. And the encryption takes about an hour and if the device runs out of battery may cause loss of data that will be difficult to recover.
If we try to encrypt the Android device without charge, this will inform us and not allow us to begin the process until we have enough battery. When you press the button Encrypt the phone we asked for a password or PIN, it is very important that we not forget the password that we introduce, as to decrypt the device must enter the PIN or password.
Encrypt your device and make a backup, is one of the most recommended and basic safety methods and few users make laziness or lack of time.
And you, what method you use to secure your device and the data it contains?
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