[HaileyJane19]

I have the BB 8100. I set a password on it yesterday because I just got a job and I don't want anyone to be able to get on my phone if they find it. The problem is, I thought the password screen only came up when you manually locked the phone yourself. But it's been popping up by itself if I don't touch my phone for a couple minutes. Is there anyway to make it so it only asks for a password when I manually lock it myself?

[penguin3107]

No, it will automatically lock after a period of inactivity. You can set the maximum timeout to 60 minutes.

[HaileyJane19]

Originally Posted by penguin3107

No, it will automatically lock after a period of inactivity. You can set the maximum timeout to 60 minutes.

I thought the maximum timeout meant how long it permanently locks itself when it runs out of password attempts?

[penguin3107]

Nope. The timeout is how long the device remains idle before it locks.

If you run out of unlock attempts, then the device simply wipes itself.