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Change Lock Screen Security to Password on Lenovo A7000

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You're watching VisiHow. This is a tutorial on how to change the lock-screen security type to "Password" on the Lenovo A7000-series smartphone.

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In order to change the lock-screen security type, we are going to need to tap the Settings icon once
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The icon is gear-shaped, and it features prominently on the home screen of the phone.

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If we don't have the Settings icon, we need to simply swipe down from the top
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It may happen in the event we customized our phone. Swiping down will open the notification panel.

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We swipe down from the top once more
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We will have the Settings icon. It is also gear-shaped.
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We tap the Settings icon once
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We will be taken to the main "Settings" panel.

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We tap the "Lock screen" icon all the way at the bottom
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The icon is green and has a white padlock inside. It is labelled "Lock screen". One tap on "Lock screen" will take us to the "Lock screen" area.
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Under the very first section, "SCREEN SECURITY", we tap "Screen lock" once
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Once we've tapped on "Screen lock", we tap "Password" at the bottom
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It is the fifth option on the list. One tap on "Password" will give us the option to create a password. A very simple password is going to be created for the purpose of this tutorial. However, we may wish to have a more complex password for your own phone.
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We type the password
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In this video, it is "asdf".

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Then, we can either tap the "Continue" option or the cyan button at the bottom
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Let's tap on "Continue".
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10
We enter the password once more
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It is "asdf" in this video. Now, both our passwords have been entered. They match.
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We can tap "OK" or press the cyan arrow
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We will set "Screen lock" to "Password".
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In order to confirm that the password has been successfully set, we press the power button one time on the side of our phone
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A single press on the power button will lock the phone.
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We press the power button once more
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We will unlock the phone.
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We tap the padlock at the bottom and swipe it up
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After we swipe it up, the phone will be unlocked. It will prompt us for a password.
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We enter our password
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In this video, we enter "asdf".
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Now that we've entered our password, we need to tap the checkbox
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We will enter our phone.
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This concludes our tutorial on changing the lock-screen security type to "Password" on your Lenovo A7000-series smartphone. If you have additional questions, comments, or suggestions, please leave them in the area below. Thanks for choosing VisiHow! Have a great day!

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