Method for securing an electronic device having a signal output against removal from a carrying device, and carrying device

A carrying device for an electronic device comprising a signal output which is configured to provide a signal, the carrying device comprising:

• a locking apparatus comprising a signal input configured to be connectable to the signal output of the electronic device, the locking apparatus being configured to be put into an unlocked state if the signal matches a target signal;
• a receiving apparatus for the electronic device, the receiving apparatus being configured, in the unlocked state, to have the electronic device be inserted therein and to have the electronic device be removed therefrom, the receiving apparatus being provided as a tray comprising a narrow side having an opening, the opening being configured to have the electronic device be inserted therein and to be removed therefrom;
• and
• a housing,
• wherein,
• in the unlocked state, the tray is configured to protrude out of the housing so that the opening is open and, in a locked state, the tray is at least partially sunk into the housing so that the opening is at least partially inaccessible, and
• on a side opposite the opening, the tray is hingedly connected to the housing of the carrying device so as to be pivotable about a hinge axis.