In the event that you have just recovered a Samsung XCover 4 that was owned by a relative, or that you have doubts about someone around you trying to hide things from you, know that there is a function on Android which offers the possibility of simply hiding files or folders on a phone. Today we will precisely show you how to find hidden files or folders on Samsung XCover 4?
For this, to begin with, we are going to find out why it might be a good idea to hide or hide files or folders on a Samsung XCover 4, and then, thanks to file manager applications, first of all the native application, then Es File Explorer, which in our opinion is the best application for show hidden files on a Samsung XCover 4 .
For what reasons to hide files or folders on your Samsung XCover 4?
First of the parts of this article, in this last, we will try to find out with you why it can be useful for some people to want to prevent access to certain documents on their Samsung XCover 4. It is a technique more and more widespread which is essentially linked to the fact that we accumulate more and more data on our smartphones and, among other things, sensitive data. Whether it's identity documents, bank documents or personal photos, there can be many reasons for wanting to hide files on your Samsung XCover 4.
How to show hidden files or folders on Samsung XCover 4 using an app?
Now is the time to learn how you can recover those documents which are hidden from sight, you will find that hidden files are not that much hidden and are only hidden from sight by simple settings. In the event that you really want to recover camouflaged data, you may need to disable the encryption of your Samsung XCover 4.
Find hidden files or folders on Samsung XCover 4 using native file manager
We therefore start the practical part of our tutorial by showing you the procedure to learn all the hidden files or folders on your Samsung XCover 4 using the file manager of your phone. This is the easiest solution that you can resort to, however, you may not be able to view all of the hidden files or folders on your Samsung XCover 4 using this procedure.
We therefore recommend that, if you are not sure that you have discovered all the files, go through the second part of this article to complete the process. Find out the following how to do it:
- Open the native file manager of your Samsung XCover 4
- Go to the "Settings" of your application
- Access the "Advanced" menu of the latter
- Check the option "Show hidden files"
- You will now be able, by browsing in your file manager, to see all the files that are originally hidden, this also includes the hidden system files of your Samsung XCover 4
Show hidden files or folders on Samsung XCover 4 using Es File Explorer
Second solution, even if the native file managers of smartphones are capable of a lot of things, they are generally less complete than applications dedicated to this functionality, this is among others the case of Es File Explorer, one of the managers in our opinion. most complete and which will simply allow you to have access to hidden files on your Samsung XCover 4. Apply the following instructions to use it:
- Download and install Es File Explorer on your Samsung XCover 4
- Open the application
- Drag the menu bar down
- Go to the "Settings" of the application
- Check the “Show Hidden Files” option to display all of the hidden files on your Samsung XCover 4
In the event that you are looking for as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the Samsung XCover 4, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Samsung X Cover 4.
