Who has never given his smartphone to an acquaintance hoping that the latter does not come across secret images or videos? While you are happy to show some files, others are meant to be kept private in order to protect your privacy. This is why you must guarantee the confidentiality of your files. The easiest option is to create a private album. However, it is not always obvious how to use it. Learn now in this article how to open a private album on an Alcatel 1. First, we'll see the reasons for using a private album. Secondly, we will see the different combinations to open a private album on your Alcatel 1.
Why use a private album on your Alcatel 1?
What is the use of a private album on your Alcatel 1?
You do not transmit all of your confidential information to just any individual and the same confidentiality reflex should in a similar way apply to the data located on your device, and in particular your images and videos. Especially since none of us is ever safe from a phone theft or a malicious attack that could put our private life in danger. And without imagining the worst, it may happen that you lend your Alcatel 1 to someone you have great trust without guaranteeing that they will not explore the contents of your phone.
Therefore, it is your responsibility to ensure the confidentiality of your data. And to do this, the best solution remains creating a private album on your Alcatel 1 which will give you the option to transfer your files, images and videos to a safe place. This private album can be secured by different means (secure platform, by hiding it in your smartphone, by adding a password or even a fingerprint, etc.). In this way, opening a private album on your Alcatel 1 can only be done by yourself or by third parties to which you have given access.
How to create a private album?
To hide files, images or even videos, the best option will therefore be to create a private album on your Alcatel 1. There are a number of ways to do this.
You can use an app to install via Google Play Store or you have the possibility to go through Parameters option from your android phone. Indeed, many smartphone manufacturers have heard the usefulness for users to want to protect their data. Therefore, on several versions of Alcatel 1, they offer the possibility of creating a directly integrated secure private album.
If you want to find the solution that best suits you to hide pictures or videos on your Alcatel 1, we recommend that you read our article on this subject.
How to open a private album on your Alcatel 1?
To open a private album on your Alcatel 1, everything will depend on the version that is installed on your Android phone et how you used to lock the album.
Open a confidential album on your Alcatel 1 using private mode
Some versions of Android smartphone have a " Private mode". It allows you to create an album from your Alcatel 1 to hide your images and videos. So whenever this private mode is not activated on your phone, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you will first have to set up private mode and add an access code.
To discover and open the album that you have registered in private mode on your Alcatel 1, here is the maneuver:
- Activate private mode.
- There are two ways of doing this. The first way is to:
- Go to the notifications menu,
- Unroll it notifications menu
- Press the private mode icon
- Or the second option is to:
- Meet in the Settings
- Activate the button on the Private mode.
- Enter your private mode code.
- You will now have permission to access the images and videos that are in your private album.
Open a private album on an Alcatel 1 using a secret code
Whether you want to open a private album created by your device or by a third-party application, you will always need to enter the code that you saved when you created it. This access code can be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a drawing, or a password. To open your private album on your Alcatel 1, all you have to do is go to the album, and enter your secret code.
Be careful to remember the code, because to avoid any intrusion on your precious private files, there is often no other way to recover it. With a little luck, you can reset it in case you've entered an email address or linked it to a personal account. In this specific case, when entering your access code, you will then have the solution to click on " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to find it.
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