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How to Password Protect Files in Nokia E71

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23 Mar 2010

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Nowadays, mobile phones are used for many reasons other then just for making calls and sending text messages. We can watch videos, hear music, play games and store documents using a cellphone. And when you store documents that contain confidential information like passwords and stuff, you might want to password protect them. Since I’m using the Nokia E71, I’ll tell you how to password protect any file you wish using the handy Zip application.

Nokia Zip Manager application

The Nokia E71 comes with a Zip application. This application can be used to zip and unzip files and folders and also do something else that most people do not know, which is password protect them. The best thing is that this application is already installed in your phone so you don’t need to worry about downloading any third party applications for password protecting files.
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How to password protect a file using Zip Manager

1. Navigate to the Zip Manager application (should be in the Applications folder) and open it.
2. Navigate to the desired folder in your phone memory or memory card where you want to store your zip file.
3. Press the Options key and select New archive.
4. Enter a name for your zip file, e.g. abc.zip
5. Press the Options key and select Password > Set.
6. Type your password and press OK.
7. Now go to Options again select Add to archive to add files to the zip folder.
8. Navigate to your desired files and use the Options > Add to archive command. You can add multiple files at once by using the Mark feature.
9. Once done, exit the application, open File manager and navigate to the zip folder you just created.
10. Open the file(s) in the zip folder and you’ll get a password prompt. Sweet!

So that’s it. You can password protect your secret files now! ;-D