If you have got kids or any young one at home, you know very well that sometimes they are going to want to play with your smartphone. In other situations, you might also want to hand over the device to your child as a distraction. If you do not childproof your phone, your obviously curious kid may exhaust your data or accidentally drop your phone which may damage its screen. So, before you hand over your smartphone, Jumia Travel, shares ways to help keep your device safe.
1. Get a Durable Phone Cases & Pouches
One of the first things you should do is to invest in a durable case to keep your phone safe from accidental drops. Look for a case that is water resistant, in case your phone falls in water and make sure it covers all part of the phone’s body.
2. Lock Your Screen
The easiest way to help protect your child accessing anything on your phone is to lock your screen with a passcode, touch ID, or swipe ID. As an additional security measure it’s worth changing your passcode every few months.
To set a passcode on an iPhone
Go to Settings > Touch ID & Passcode. You will see an option to “Add a Fingerprint” for a touch ID, and options to add or change a four-digit numerical code that can also be used to unlock your screen.
To set a passcode on an Android
Go to Settings > Lock Screen. You will have the option to choose either a code or pattern passcode. For the pattern option, you have to connect at least four dots for it to be approved.
To Set a Passcode on a Windows Phone
Go to Settings > Lock Screen > Password. Slide the Password bar to “on,” and enter your password in the “New password” field. Reenter it in the “Confirm password” field, and click “done.”
3. Password-Protect Google Play
In order to ensure you are not charged for apps, games, movies and books your child wants or mistakenly buys, you should password-protect access to the Google Play store. To protect yourself, go to settings in the Google Play app. Check the box next to the password option in order to use a password to restrict purchases.
4. Set Android/iPhone Parental Controls
Android tablets running 4.2, 4.3, or 4.4 allow you to create separate user accounts for each member of your family. In Android 4.3, you can create a “restricted” profile, which allows you to control permissions.
Settings – Scroll down to and select Users. Tap “Add user or profile” to create either a normal User profile, or a Restricted profile. Tap on Restricted profile when setting up an account for your child. You’ll see a list of apps installed on your device, with on/off toggles to the side. By default, the restricted profile is unable to access any apps installed on your phone. Go through the list and turn on the apps and browsers you are comfortable with your child accessing.
To set parental controls for purchasing apps on your Android:
Go to Google Play – tap the Play store icon in the top left corner to open the menu.
Settings – Content Filtering (under User Controls). You can choose the maturity rating you’d like to set for your child, and add a passcode to prevent your child from changing it. Next, go to Settings – require password for purchases, and click on “For all purchases.” This will prevent your child from downloading any apps without your knowledge.
iPhone Parental Controls
iPhones have parental controls that enable you to restrict any built-in apps (including YouTube, camera, and iTunes), disable app downloads and deletions, block content such as third-party apps and websites, and disable functions such as location services and account settings. Parental controls are passcode protected, so your child cannot change them.
To Set Parental Controls on your iPhone
Settings > General > Restrictions. You’ll find a list of all the apps and functions on your phone, so you can decide which you’d like to block.
Windows Phones Parental Controls
Windows Phones have a feature called “Kid’s Corner” that allows you to create a separate user profile for your child, and decide what games, apps, videos, and music he has access to.
To Set up Kid’s Corner
Go to Settings and click on Kid’s Corner. From there, you can add kid-friendly content to your child’s profile and block any apps or websites that are inappropriate.
5. Pin the screen
The latest Android running Android 5.0 “Lollipop” or better make it easy to lock—or as Google puts it, “pin”—an app onto the screen, disabling the Home, Back and multitasking controls until you unpin.
First, launch the app, then tap the multitasking button (i. e the “Overview” button) in the bottom-right corner of the screen, when the multitasking screen appears, scroll down to the app’s floating card, then tap the green button with the pin.
When you’re ready to “unpin” the app, tap and hold the Back and Overview buttons at the same time.
You can set your Android device to require an unlock code to unpin an app.
Tap Settings > Security > Screen pinning, then enable the Ask for unlock pattern before unpinning setting.
6. Disable Mobile Data
Does your child really need mobile data? If he/she don’t need mobile data, you should simply switch off. This is will help save your data and prevent any downloads.
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