A progress indicator will appear within the Encryption settings screen so you can identify when the process is complete. If you don’t have one set already, you will be asked to set a device passwordĪfter you complete these steps, your device will begin to encrypt data stored on your media card.Set the Media Card Encryption switch to On.On the home screen, swipe down from the top of the screen.If you use BlackBerry OS and want to encrypt your media card, check out KB12999 – How to encrypt files on an installed media card in the BlackBerry smartphone. Tip: To learn more about expectations when using Media Card Encryption check out KB25484 – Expectations when encryption is enabled for a media card in a BlackBerry smartphone.
To use and access data stored on your media card in another device, turn off Media Card Encryption before you remove your media card. Since this is the case, you must use BlackBerry Link to view files stored on your device if Media Card Encryption is set to On, and avoid using USB Mass Storage mode. Trying to access data from an encrypted media card if you have USB Mass Storage mode set to On, or by removing the encrypted memory card from the device and inserting it into a card reader on a PC or another smartphone, results in the inability to successfully open the contents of the data. Media card encryption requires a device password. I use this feature personally and today I’d like to show you how to enable it on your device.īefore enabling Media Card Encryption, you must know three important things: The solution to this problem is Media Card Encryption, which prevents this scenario from occurring. While a device password prevents someone from accessing your device memory, what about your media card? What’s to stop someone from simply removing your media card and inserting it into their device or computer and viewing your media card content? If you haven’t done this already make sure you do because Media Card Encryption requires that you set one. 
The first step to prevent prying eyes from reviewing your data is to set a device password, which is something I cannot recommend enough. It’s a scenario no one wants to encounter, but losing your device and having someone you don’t know looking through your data is pretty scary.
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