SafePhone · Get organized

Start a timer

Learn to start a timer, in 3 short steps.

3 steps · about 2 minutes · practice it with SafePhone Pro

Step by step

  1. Open "Clock" (2nd page of the Home screen: slide to the left).
  2. Tap the "Timer" tab at the bottom.
  3. Type 1, 0, 0 (1 minute), then the ▶ button.

These steps are written for SafePhone, a pretend Android-style smartphone in your web browser. On your own smartphone, the buttons and menus may look a little different, but the idea is the same.

Practice it where nothing can break

SafePhone works like a real smartphone, but nothing you do goes anywhere. Try every button, make mistakes and start again.

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