U.S. Cellular® Privacy Protector User Guide

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Table of Contents

Install U.S. Cellular Privacy Protector ............................................................................................ 3

Activate U.S. Cellular Privacy Protector ........................................................................................ 3

Main Interface ........................................................................................................................................ 4

Basic Features ........................................................................................................................................ 4

Photos and Videos ........................................................................................................................................ 4

Import Photos/Videos ............................................................................................................................... 5

Restore Photos/Videos .............................................................................................................................. 5

Delete Photos/Videos ................................................................................................................................ 6

Private Contacts ............................................................................................................................................ 6

Add Private Contact .................................................................................................................................. 7

Restore Private Contact ............................................................................................................................ 8

Delete Private Contacts ............................................................................................................................. 8

SMS and Call Logs ......................................................................................................................................... 9

Facebook Messages ...................................................................................................................................... 9

Premium Protection ........................................................................................................................... 10

Cloud Backup (Premium) ............................................................................................................................ 10

Fake Vault (Premium) ................................................................................................................................. 11

Stealth Mode (Premium) ............................................................................................................................ 12

Break-in Attempts (Premium) ..................................................................................................................... 12

Feedback ................................................................................................................................................ 13

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Install U.S. Cellular Privacy Protector You can open Google Play on your Android device to download and install U.S. Cellular Privacy Protector. Step 1: Open Google Play; Step 2: Select Search, search for “U.S. Cellular Privacy Protector”, and select U.S. Cellular Privacy Protector; Step 3: Select “Install”; Step 4: Wait until the app is downloaded and automatically installed. You can also access the Privacy Protector Google Play download page from the Tools tab within U.S. Cellular Mobile Data Security app.

Activate U.S. Cellular Privacy Protector After the installation is complete, then open the app and you will be prompted to setup a master password for Privacy Protector. See the figures below:

Figure Master Password Setup Master password must be 6-15 numeric digits only and is not recoverable for your security. Please remember your master password or write it down and keep it in a safe place.

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Main Interface

U.S. Cellular Privacy Protector protects the personal data in your mobile phone. The main screen displays the main features of Privacy Protector.

Figure U.S. Cellular Privacy Protector Home Screen

Basic Features

Photos and Videos

Photos and Videos features work very similarly. If no photos or videos were loaded into

Privacy Protector previously, you asked to import photos and videos into Privacy

Protector.

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Figure U.S. Cellular Privacy Protector No Photos

Import Photos/Videos

To add photos or videos to Privacy Protector, click the + sign at the top right corner of

the Photos or Videos section. Select Photos or Videos you wish to store inside your

Privacy Protector and tap the Import button.

Figure U.S. Cellular Privacy Protector Adding Photos

Restore Photos/Videos

To restore photos and videos to your phone, tap the manage photos or videos icon at

the top right corner of the Photos or Videos section, select photos or videos to restore,

then tap the Restore button. You will be prompted to confirm the decryption and

restoration of the photos or videos you have selected. Restored photos and videos are

no longer protected by Privacy Protector and can be viewed in the phone’s Gallery >

Restore folder.

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Figure U.S. Cellular Privacy Protector Restoring Photos

Delete Photos/Videos

To delete photos and videos on your phone, tap the Manage Photos or Videos icon at

the top right corner of the Photos or Videos section, select photos or videos to restore,

and then tap the Delete button. You will be prompted to confirm the deletion of the

photos or videos you have selected. Deleted photos and videos are no longer stored

anywhere on the phone and cannot be recovered.

Figure U.S. Cellular Privacy Protector Deleting Photos

Private Contacts

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Private Contacts works as a contact list that can only be seen within Privacy Protector.

Any form of communication including calls and text messages with a Private Contact will

not be recorded in the phone’s system, and will only be seen within Privacy Protector.

Figure U.S. Cellular Privacy Protector Private Contacts

Add Private Contact

To create a Private Contact, click the + icon at the top right corner of the Private Contact

section. From there, you will be able to create a private contact by adding the number

from your contact list, call logs, SMS logs, or manually inputting his/her name and

phone number.

Figure U.S. Cellular Privacy Protector Adding Private Contacts

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Restore Private Contact

To restore a Private Contact to your phone, tap the manage Private Contacts icon at the

top right corner of the Private Contacts section, select the Private Contacts to restore,

then tap the Restore button. You will be prompted to confirm the decryption and

restoration of the Private Contacts you have selected. Once restored, calls and text

messages from the contact will be visible on the phone and will no longer be inside

Privacy Protector.

Figure U.S. Cellular Privacy Protector Restoring Private Contacts

Delete Private Contacts

To delete Private Contacts on your phone, tap Manage Private Contacts icon on the top

right corner of the Private Contacts section, select the Private Contacts to restore and

then tap the Delete button. You will be prompted to confirm the deletion of the Private

Contacts you have selected.

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Figure U.S. Cellular Privacy Protector Deleting Private Contacts

SMS and Call Logs

All SMS and Call logs between you and all your private contacts will be shown here.

This works very similarly to the SMS and Call logs within the phone. MMS picture

messaging is not supported in Privacy Protector.

Basic users can store up to 100 text messages in Privacy Protector, and Premium users

can store unlimited amount of text messages.

Figure U.S. Cellular Privacy Protector Private SMS and Call Logs

Facebook Messages

Privacy Protector lets you send and receive secure messages with your Facebook

friends. These messages are encrypted and can only be read by Facebook friends who

are also using Privacy Protector or have NQ Mobile’s Vault Facebook app installed on

their Facebook.

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Figure U.S. Cellular Privacy Protector Facebook Messages

Premium Protection

Cloud Backup (Premium)

Cloud Backup helps you backup and restore all the content you have stored within your

Privacy Protector. An online Protector account is required to establish your private cloud

for storing your data. As a premium member, you can store up to 5GB of content. There

is no online portal for users to view this content online.

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Figure U.S. Cellular Privacy Protector Cloud Backup

Fake Vault (Premium)

Your Privacy Protector behaves as a vault to keep all of your personal data from others.

Fake Vaults can be created as decoys to the real Vault in which private content is

hidden. A new password must be used each time a new Vault is created. To create a

new Vault, tap the Create a new Vault section within Privacy Protector’s Settings page

and follow the prompts.

Figure U.S. Cellular Privacy Protector Fake Vault

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Stealth Mode (Premium)

Stealth Mode hides the Privacy Protector icon from the app list on the phone. When in

Stealth Mode, you must call “##password” (password is your master password) from

your phone to enter Privacy Protector.

Figure U.S. Cellular Privacy Protector Stealth Mode

Break-in Attempts (Premium)

Break-in Attempts takes a snap shot of anyone who enters an incorrect password while attempting to enter Privacy Protector. This can be turned on and off in the Break-in Attempts section, in the top right of the Main Interface.

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Figure U.S. Cellular Privacy Protector Break-in Attempts

Feedback Please visit U.S. Cellular Privacy Protector page for comprehensive product support material, or contact us at http://www.uscellular.com/contactus. We appreciate your comments!