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Content: use HTML Edit Content <h1 style="text-align: center;">Blackberry APP - Protect</h1> <h2>[WHAT]</h2> <ol> <li>] An app and online services to secure your blackberry phone or phones and the data on them</li> <li>] Use it to find your lost BlackBerry smartphone, and keep the information on it secure. It can also offer peace of mind for small businesses and families, with the ability to protect multiple smartphones.</li> <li>] COMPARE - bbos 7 version - find your lost BlackBerry smartphone, and keep the information on it secure. It can also offer peace of mind for small businesses and families, with the ability to protect multiple smartphones. Backup Your contacts, text messages, calendar and bookmarks can be backed up wirelessly. It&rsquo;s done automatically, and as often as you choose (daily, weekly or monthly).</li> <ol> <li>] blackberry 10 - uses combination of Link app to backup and the Protect app to locate, lock or remotely wipe your device,</li> </ol></ol> <h2>[WHY]</h2> <ol> <li><span style="text-decoration: line-through;"><strong>] Backup - your data<br /></strong></span></li> <ol> <li><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">] Your contacts, text messages, calendar and bookmarks can be backed up wirelessly.</span></li> <li><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">] It&rsquo;s done automatically, and as often as you choose (daily, weekly or monthly).</span></li> <li>] bb 10 -&gt; link<span style="text-decoration: line-through;"><br /></span></li> </ol> <li><strong>] Lock - your phone, remotely<br /></strong></li> <ol> <li>] Use the Blackberry Protect website to remotely lock or wipe your device and the SD card</li> <li>] If you've misplaced your phone - Simply log in to the BlackBerry Protect website and lock your device.</li> </ol> <li><strong>] Display a message </strong></li> <ol> <li>] on your smartphone Home screen for whoever may find it.</li> </ol> <li><strong>] Locate - your phone<br /></strong></li> <ol> <li>] locate your phone on a map and go get it.</li> <li>] Or if you think your smartphone is nearby, simply force it to ring at full volume.</li> <li>] If you've lost your phone and dont think you will be getting it back -</li> </ol> <li><strong>] Wipe - your data from the phone<br /></strong></li> <ol> <li>] You can delete the information on your smartphone and microSD card from the BlackBerry Protect website</li> </ol> <li><strong>] Restore - your data</strong><span style="text-decoration: line-through;"><strong><br /></strong></span></li> <ol> <li><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">] easy to restore the device settings, contacts and calendar items you had backed up.</span></li> <li>] can restore backups created from another blackberry os 7 device ( when switching devices/phone upgrade)</li> <li>] for bb 10 devices use link</li> </ol></ol> <h2>[WHERE]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>] protect.blackberry.com</strong></li> <ol> <li>]</li> </ol> <li><strong>] blackberry app world</strong></li> <ol> <li>] bb os-7 - free app - http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/20844/?lang=en&amp;countrycode=CA</li> </ol></ol> <h2>[WHEN]</h2> <ol> <li>] 2013-01-31 - bb 10.0&nbsp;</li> <li>] bb 7.x</li> </ol> <h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2> <ol> <li>[01:30] VIDEO - <a href="http://demos.blackberry.com/blackberry-z10/na/us/gen/how-to/your-blackberry-10-smartphone/security/blackberry-protect/index.html" target="_blank">finding and protecting your blackberry using blackberry protect</a></li> </ol> <h2>[HOW-TO]</h2> <ol> <li><span style="background-color: #ffff00;"><strong>[IMPORTANT] in ORDER for these features to work, YOU MUST&nbsp; </strong></span></li> <ol> <li>] turn on blackberry protect ("location services") in your device settings menu</li> </ol> <li><span style="background-color: #ffff00;"><strong>[IMPORTANT] in ORDER TO access the blackbery protect website </strong></span></li> <ol> <li>] you must know what your blackberry id is </li> </ol></ol> <h2>[REFERENCE]</h2> <ol> <li>] <a href="http://worldwide.blackberry.com/ap/protect/" target="_blank">http://worldwide.blackberry.com/ap/protect/</a></li> </ol> <h1 style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</h1>