Vodafone Guardian app

Once you have downloaded the app, enter a parent contact number so that you receive a text whenever Vodafone Guardian is deactivated for any reason. Click ‘Save’.

You will also receive a text when an emergency call is made from the handset. Calls to ChildLine numbers are always allowed, you are not notified, and Vodafone Guardian removes the log entries for such calls.

 

You can set a password so that you control the app. No changes can be made to the Vodafone Guardian settings without this password.

Simply enter your password twice and click ‘Save’.

If you enable Message Helper, Vodafone Guardian will show an ‘I Do Not Accept This’ button next to incoming messages. Pressing that button will make the message vanish from your child’s in-box and it’s there to help them if they get an unwanted message.

Go to Message Helper and choose ‘Always enabled’, ‘Never enabled’ or‘Enabled between’ (and enter your chosen hours and days).

You can customise the settings for calls, text messages and phone features, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Camera, Browser and Adding and Removing Apps.

For example:

• If you want to set a time schedule for when your child can receive or make calls or receive texts, click on ‘Calls & Messages’ then ‘Active Hours’ and choose the time limits. This is useful for limiting how your child uses their mobile during school hours or after bedtime, for example
• If you decide that you’d prefer your son or daughter to not have access to the internet at all from their mobile, go to ‘Phone Features’ then ‘Browser’ and choose ‘Never allowed’
• To prevent use of the camera while they’re at school, go to ‘Phone Features’ then ‘Camera’ and set the timer underneath ‘Allowed between’