Gizmodo has come up with a nice article on how to protect your android phone.
Your nephew wants to play Boom Beach, or your best friend needs to use Facebook, or a stranger in the street needs to make a phone call. How do you make sure your Android handset is going to come back in one piece?
Android Lollipop includes a couple of useful features to keep your device protected, and here’s how to use them.
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Guest mode
First up is guest mode, which works exactly as you might expect if you’ve ever used a similar feature on your desktop software of choice. It essentially creates a new user account for your friend or relative, kept separate from the apps you’ve installed and the settings you’ve customized on your own account.
Drag down from the top of the screen with two fingers, tap your avatar (top right), then choose Guest (or Add guest
if you haven’t yet set it up). Guest mode shows Lollipop in its factory
fresh state, from apps to keyboard tones, and internet access is
available if required. Apps like Gmail and the Play Store can be used,
if your guest enters his or her Google credentials.
The SMS app
is blocked and you can block calls too (via Settings, Users in your own
account). What’s more, there’s no access to the Backup & reset
menu. Guest mode is great for people you largely trust who want to
browse the web, play games, check social media and so on, without
interfering with any of the accounts or preferences you’ve set up on
your phone.
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Screen Pinning
Screen pinning keeps your friend, relative or random stranger stuck inside one app—there’s no way to escape it without the PIN code. So if your niece wants to play a game or your pal wants to check something on the web it’s the perfect solution, and quicker to set up than guest mode.
First, make
sure you do have a PIN or pattern protecting your device on the
Security page of Settings (screen pinning isn’t much use without it).
From the same menu tap Screen pinning, then toggle the switch to on and enable Ask for PIN before unpinning is enabled.
Launch the
app to pin, then head to the overview screen (via the square soft key).
Drag the front app up to the middle of the screen, tap the pin icon in
the lower right corner, and that’s it—your app is pinned. To quit it,
press the Back and Overview keys together, then enter your PIN. The
person with your phone can turn it off, but again they’ll be met with
the PIN prompt.
It means
some extra inconvenience before you pass your device over, but it’s
worth it for the extra peace of mind you get as a result.
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