Have you ever had to lend your mobile to an acquaintance and wish wholeheartedly that the latter does not search the gallery and find confidential images or videos? Even though you are happy to exchange certain files, others are meant to be kept private in order to protect your privacy. And for that, you have to pay attention to the confidentiality of your documents. The most accessible solution is to create a private album. However, it is not always easy to understand how to use it. We will find out today how to open a private album on an ASUS Zenfone 2. First, find out why to use a private album. Secondly, we will see the various procedures to open a private album on your ASUS Zenfone 2.
For what reasons to use a private album on your ASUS Zenfone 2?
What is the use of a private album on your ASUS Zenfone 2?
You do not share your confidential information with someone you do not know and the same confidentiality reflex should also apply to the content on your mobile, and in particular your images and videos. Especially since none of us are ever safe from phone theft or malicious intrusion which can put our privacy at risk. And without even seeing the worst, it may happen that you lend your ASUS Zenfone 2 to someone you trust a lot without the assurance that they will not take a look at the contents of your smartphone.
It is therefore your responsibility to ensure the confidentiality of your information. And to achieve this, the best solution is creating a private album on your ASUS Zenfone 2 which will give you the opportunity to place your documents, images and videos in a place hidden from prying eyes. This private album can be secured by various means (secure platform, hidden in your phone, by configuring a password or a biometric lock, etc.). In this way, opening a private album on your ASUS Zenfone 2 can only be done by yourself or by close people to whom you have made the album accessible.
How to create a private album?
To hide folders, images or even videos, the best solution will therefore be to create a private album on your ASUS Zenfone 2. There are various ways to do this.
You can use an app third or you just have to go through Parameters option from your Android smartphone. Indeed, the majority of phone manufacturers have heard the interest in users having to protect their data. Therefore, on various versions of ASUS Zenfone 2, they provide the option to create a secure private album immediately integrated.
In order to find the solution that best suits you to hide pictures or videos on your ASUS Zenfone 2, you can read our article on this subject.
How to open a private album on your ASUS Zenfone 2?
To open a private album on your ASUS Zenfone 2, everything depends on the version that is installed on your Android phone et the method you used to lock the album.
Open a confidential album on your ASUS Zenfone 2 using private mode
Some versions of Android mobile have a " Private mode". It offers you the possibility to create an album through your ASUS Zenfone 2 to hide your images and videos. Therefore when this private mode is not activated on your smartphone, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you will first have to set the private mode and choose a password.
To discover and open the album you have inserted in private mode on your ASUS Zenfone 2, here is the maneuver:
- Activated private mode.
- There are two ways to do this. The first procedure consists of:
- Open the notifications menu,
- Unroll it notifications menu
- Press the private mode icon
- Or the second option is to:
- Open them Settings
- Press the button on the Private mode.
- Write your secret code for private mode.
- You will then have access to the images and videos placed in your private album.
Open a private album on an ASUS Zenfone 2 using a secret code
Whether you want to open a private album created by your phone or by an application downloaded to your phone, you will need to fill in the access code that you indicated at the time of its creation. This access code can be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a drawing, or a password. To open your private album on your ASUS Zenfone 2, you simply have to go to the album and enter your secret code.
Be careful to save the access code in your memory, since to prevent any intrusion on your precious confidential media, there is most of the time no other means of recovering it. In certain situations, you can reset it if you have indicated an email address or if you have joined it to a specific account. In this specific case, when entering your secret code, you will then have the solution to click on " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to recover it.
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