Put your key details on the outside of your phone
Put your key details where somebody can read them without unlocking your phone.
Your medicines list, your record, your family’s numbers: all on the phone, all behind a passcode only you can type. On the day it matters most, that is the wrong arrangement.
So phones carry a small card on the outside of the lock. It needs no passcode and holds only what you choose. Look in a safety or health part of Settings, under Medical ID or Emergency information.
Key points
- Find the emergency card in your phone’s safety or health settings
- Fill in what you are content for a stranger to read, and leave the rest blank
- Name somebody to call, and tell them you have done it
- Reach the card yourself from a locked screen in about six seconds
What to remember
- Every box is optional. Fill in what you are content for a stranger to read and leave the rest blank.
- Readable by anyone, filled in by you alone. Both halves of that are worth remembering.
- Practice it once yourself. A card nobody can find is the same as no card.
Try this
Fill in the card on your own phone tonight, then lock it and find the card from the outside. The second half is the part almost nobody does.
Practice: Put your key details on the outside of your phone. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.