Samsung Galaxy A15 How to Lock Your Phone

let's go over how to set up a pin for your phone so you can have a lock if someone ever picked up your phone and tried to get into it they'd have to put in your code so we'll set that up and then we'll go over how to set up a fingerprint so you can unlock the phone simply using your fingerprint you won't have to use that code all the time so to do this we're going to swipe down from the home screen and tap on the settings wheel in the upper right corner from here we're going to go up to the security and privacy section from here tap on lock screen and then tap on screen lock now this is where you'll have an option to select what method you would like to use to lock your phone there are a few popular methods one being a pin which is a four-digit number a password is a higher level of security because it can be numbers and letters and then a pattern is simply drawing a pattern that um you'll have to remember to unlock the phone so I'm going to pick for the sake of this video the pin because I think the pin tends to be the easiest option but know that you have three other options in the password and in the the um uh gesture uh password as well so I'm going to make the pin 000000 now um this is actually new they've changed it where you have to make the pin six digits it used to be four now it's six so keep that in mind when you're making your code think of a six-digit number that you're going to be able to remember all the time don't make it too hard or you may lock yourself out of your phone so let's make it 00000000 0 I'm going to hit next now it's giving me a popup saying that that pen is too easy so I wouldn't recommend that you use that pen I'm more so using it for the sake of this video so I just want to make that clear I'm going to hit use anyway enter it again and guess what now we have a pen set up on the phone now what does this mean if I put the phone asleep and then I wake it up if I want to unlock it and I drag my finger across the screen it's going to ask me to put in a pen here we go 6 zeros and now we're back in the phone so just that easy you can set a PIN to protect yourself in the event someone tries to take your phone when you're sleeping or maybe you put it down for a minute you come back and it's gone you always want to have a pin or password on your phone because it protects your private information if you found that video helpful and you want to learn more cool tips like this check out the video right here thanks again for watching take care and as always have a good one