So it might really spell out a troublesome experience in case your device gets lost or stolen. While the hacker wouldn’t be able to gain access to your device since a PIN/password would already be in place, however, there might be no such protection on the SIM card. So they just need to remove the SIM from your device and place it into their phone. Once they do so, they could then easily get hold of all your contacts and carry out tasks of malicious intent using those contact details. So to prevent that from happening, your best bet is to enable SIM Lock on your Android device. And in this guide, we will show you how to do just that. Follow along.
How to Enable SIM Lock on Android
Before starting, you need to get hold of your current SIM PIN, which could be accessed from the SIM card packaging. However, if you don’t have one, then please contact your carrier operator and get hold of that number. NOTE: If you Incorrectly enter your SIM PIN 3 times, then you’ll be locked out of your SIM. In that case, your only way out is to either get the Personal Unlock Key (PUK) from the SIM card packaging or contact the carrier operator. That’s it. These were the steps to enable the SIM Lock on your Android device. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.
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