Huawei Mate Xs User Manual page 143

Use Your Fingerprint to Access a Locked App
1
Go to Settings > Biometrics & password > Fingerprint ID and enter your lock screen
password.
2
Turn on the switch for Access App Lock and follow the onscreen instructions to link your
fingerprint with App Lock.
You can now touch a locked app on your home screen and use your fingerprint to access it.
Enable and Use Fingerprint Payment
You can use your fingerprint to verify your payments in a payment app.
Go to the payment app and follow the onscreen instructions to enable this feature.
Enable Lockdown
There are many ways your phone can be unlocked. In some cases (such as if you are asleep
while taking public transport), password unlock is more secure than other unlock methods.
When Lockdown mode is enabled, you will only be able to unlock your phone using your lock
screen password. Other unlock methods will be temporarily disabled.
You must set a lock screen password to use this feature.
1
Go to Settings > Biometrics & password > Secure lock settings, and enable Show
Lockdown option.
2
Press and hold the Power button until the Lockdown option is displayed on the screen.
3
Touch Lockdown and follow the onscreen instructions to enable Lockdown mode. Once
Lockdown mode is enabled, your phone can only be unlocked using the lock screen
password.
4
Lockdown mode is automatically disabled when you unlock your phone. You can use other
unlock methods as usual the next time you unlock your phone.
If you need to re-enable Lockdown mode, press and hold the Power button and touch the
Lockdown option again.
Lock Screen Password
You can set a numeric, pattern, or hybrid password as your lock screen password.
Set the Lock Screen Password
You can set a numeric, pattern, or hybrid password.
1
Go to Settings > Biometrics & password and touch Lock screen password.
2
Enter a password containing 6 digits.
3
Alternatively, touch Change unlock method and select a password type, then follow the
onscreen instructions to input a new password.
Change the Lock Screen Password
1
On the Biometrics & password screen, go to Change lock screen password.
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