Nokia 3588i - Setting Your Phone’s Security

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Accessing the Security Settings

You must know your lock code to view the Security settings menu.

To access the Security menu:

1. Press Menu, scroll to Settings, and press Select.

2. Scroll to Security settings and press Select.

3. Enter your lock code and press OK.

Tip:

If you can’t recall your lock code, try using the last four digits of either

your Social Security number, the PCS Phone Number, or try 1234. If none of
these work, call PCS Customer Solutions at 1-888-211-4PCS (4727).

Locking and Unlocking Your Phone

When your phone is locked, you can only receive incoming
calls or make outgoing calls to 911, PCS Customer Solutions, or
numbers that you have designated.

To lock your phone:

1. Press Menu, scroll to Settings, and press Select.

2. Scroll to Security settings and press Select.

3. Enter your lock code and press OK.

4. Scroll to Phone lock and press Select.

5. Scroll to your preferred setting (Lock now, or On power-up)

and press Select. (A momentary message is displayed
confirming your selection.)

To unlock your phone:

1. Press Menu, scroll to Settings, and press Select.

2. Scroll to Security settings and press Select.

3. Enter your lock code and press OK.

4. Scroll to Phone lock and press Select.

5. Scroll to Off and press Select.

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Changing the Lock Code

To change your lock code (recommended):

1. Press Menu, scroll to Settings, and press Select.

2. Scroll to Security settings and press Select.

3. Enter your lock code and press OK.

4. Scroll to Change lock code and press Select.

5. Enter your new lock code and press OK. (You will be asked

to verify your new lock code.)

6. Re-enter your new lock code and press OK. (A message is

displayed confirming the lock code is changed.)

Calling in Locked Mode

You can call 911, PCS Customer Solutions, and designated
numbers when in lock mode.

To place these types of outgoing calls in lock mode:

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Enter the number and press

.

Note:

When a call to other numbers is attempted, the message

Only special or emergency dialing allowed

is displayed.

Managing Allowed Numbers

You can assign numbers, either entered manually or from your
Contacts list, that you can call and receive even when your
phone is locked.

Note:

A maximum of three allowed numbers can be assigned.

To assign a number:

1. Press Menu, scroll to Settings, and press Select.

2. Scroll to Security settings and press Select.

3. Enter your lock code and press OK.

4. Scroll to Allowed numbers when phone locked and press Select.

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5. Scroll to (empty), press Assign, enter the number you wish to

allow, and press OK.

– or –

Scroll to (empty), press Assign, press Find to access your
Contacts list, scroll to find the number you wish to allow, press
OK, and press OK again to confirm.

To delete a number:

1. From the Allowed numbers when phone locked menu

selection, press Select.

2. Scroll to an allowed number and press Options.

3. Scroll to Delete and press Select. (Press OK to confirm that

you want to delete the number.)

Restricting and Unrestricting Calls

You can restrict the phone numbers that you can dial or from
which you can receive calls. (The Call Restrictions setting does
not apply to 911 or PCS Customer Solutions.)

Restricting Calls

If a call is restricted, a Call not allowed message is displayed
when a call is attempted.

To restrict calls:

1. Press Menu, scroll to Settings, and press Select.

2. Scroll to Security settings and press Select.

3. Enter your lock code and press OK.

4. Scroll to Call restrictions and press Select.

5. Scroll to Restrict incoming calls or Restrict outgoing calls and

press Select.

6. To restrict all calls, scroll to Select, press Select, confirm by

pressing Mark, press Done, and press Yes to save changes.

- or -

To restrict particular calls, scroll to Add restriction, press
Select, and either enter the number you wish to restrict or
press Search to scroll through your Contacts list and select
the number.

7. Press OK.

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Note:

Restricted incoming calls are forwarded to voicemail. When calls

are restricted, calls still may be possible to the official emergency number
programmed into your phone.

Removing Call Restrictions

To remove all call restrictions:

1. Press Menu, scroll to Settings, and press Select.

2. Scroll to Security settings and press Select.

3. Enter your lock code and press OK.

4. Scroll to Call restrictions and press Select.

5. Scroll to Restrict incoming calls or Restrict outgoing calls and

press Select.

6. Scroll to Select, press Select, scroll to All calls, (or an

individual call restriction), press Unmark, press Done, and
press Yes to save changes.

Locking and Unlocking Your Keypad

To prevent pressing keys inadvertently, you can easily lock and
unlock the keypad. This, however, is not a security feature. You
do not need a lock code to lock and unlock your keypad.

To lock and unlock your keypad:

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Press

. (

You can also lock your phone by scrolling

to the Keyguard screen and pressing Select.

)

If the keypad is locked, Unlock appears over the left selection key.

Restoring Factory Settings

Restoring all the factory defaults includes the standard ringer
tones and display settings. The Contacts list, Call Logs,
Organizer, and Messaging settings are not affected.

To restore your phone’s factory settings:

1. Press Menu, scroll to Settings, and press Select.

2. Scroll to Restore factory settings and press Select.

3. Enter your lock code and press OK.