Who has never lent their mobile to an acquaintance, wishing wholeheartedly that the latter does not fall on confidential photos or videos? While you are happy to exchange some data, others are meant to be kept private to protect your personal life. So for that, you must be vigilant in protecting your media. The most common option turns out to be the creation of a private album. However, it is not necessarily easy to understand how to use it. We will now see in this article how to open a private album on an Alcatel 3X. First, we'll find out why you should use a confidential album. Then discover the different combinations to open a private album on an Alcatel 3X.

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Why use a private album on your Alcatel 3X?

What is the role of a private album on your Alcatel 3X?

You are not passing all of your confidential data to an individual you do not know and the same spirit of confidentiality should also apply to the things on your device, and especially your pictures and videos. Especially since we are in no way immune to the theft of our personal belongings or a malicious attack that could put our personal life in danger. And without even seeing the worst, it may happen that you lend your Alcatel 3X to a trusted individual without being assured that they are not going to explore the contents of your phone.

Therefore, it is your duty to defend the confidentiality of your data. And to achieve this goal, the best possibility will be creating a private album on your Alcatel 3X which will give you the possibility to keep your files, photos and videos out of prying eyes. This private album can be secured by various processes (secure platform, hidden in your Android smartphone, by adding an access code or fingerprint, etc.). In this way, opening a private album on your Alcatel 3X can only be done by yourself or by third parties whose access code you have accepted.

How to create a private album?

If you want to hide files, photos or also videos, the best possibility will be to create a private album on your Alcatel 3X. And to achieve this, there are several ways to do it.

You can use an app To download or you just have to go through the settings menu from your Android smartphone. Indeed, the majority of phone brands have heard the obligation for customers to protect their files. As a result, on various versions of Alcatel 3X, they offer the possibility to create a secure private album immediately integrated.

To find the best option for you to hide pictures or videos on your Alcatel 3X, see our article on this subject.

How to open a private album on your Alcatel 3X?

To open a private album on your Alcatel 3X, everything depends on the version that is installed on your Android phone et how you went about locking the album.

Open a private album on your Alcatel 3X using private mode

Several versions of Android smartphones have a " Private mode". It allows you to create an album through your Alcatel 3X to hide your images and videos. In this way, whenever this private mode is not activated on your Android smartphone, the album is hidden. For this mode to work, you must first set up private mode and set a password.

To view and open the album you have registered in private mode on your Alcatel 3X, here is the procedure:

  • Activate private mode.
  • There are two methods available to you for this. The first procedure consists of:
    • Open the notifications menu,
    • Unroll it notifications menu
    • Click on private mode icon 
  • Or the second way is to:
    • Go to Settings
    • Activate the button on the Private mode.
  • Enter your private mode access 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 3X using a secret code

Whether it is to open a private album created by your Android smartphone or by an app downloaded to your phone, you will inevitably have to type the code that you gave when you created it. This access code can be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a pattern, or a password. To open your private album on your Alcatel 3X, you simply have to go to the album and enter your secret code.

Be careful to save the access code in your memory, because to avoid any intrusion on your precious confidential data, there is often no other way to recover it. Sometimes, you have the possibility to reset it if you have entered an e-mail address or if you have attached it to a specific account. If this is the case, when entering your password, you will also have the choice to click on " Forgotten password". It's up to you to follow the directions to find it.

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