Has it certainly happened to you to lend your mobile to a friend, relative or even a colleague and wish wholeheartedly that it does not fall on confidential images or videos? Although there is a certain amount of data that you would like to show, others are meant to be kept private in order to protect your personal life. Therefore, for this reason, you must ensure the confidentiality of your data. The most common option happens to be creating a private album. However, it's not always easy to figure out how to use it. Find out today how to open a private album on an ASUS Zenfone 4. First, find out why to use a private album. Secondly, learn the different combinations to open a private folder on an ASUS Zenfone 4.
What is the purpose of using a private album on your ASUS Zenfone 4?
What is the use of a private folder on your ASUS Zenfone 4?
You do not deliver all of your confidential information to an individual you do not know and the same confidentiality reflex should also apply to things on your Android smartphone, and especially your photos and videos. Especially since we are in no way immune to the theft of our personal belongings or a malicious intrusion which are capable of putting our personal life at risk. And without even imagining the most extreme situations, it sometimes happens that you lend your ASUS Zenfone 4 to a colleague, a friend or a relative in whom you place a great deal of confidence without being assured that he will not ramble on the content. from your phone.
Therefore, it is your responsibility to defend the confidentiality of your files. And to do this, the best option is undoubtedly adding a private album to your ASUS Zenfone 4 which will allow you to transfer your documents, images and videos away from prying eyes. This private album can be secured by different processes (secure platform, hidden in your smartphone, by adding a password or also by fingerprint, etc.). Thus, opening a private album on your ASUS Zenfone 4 can only be done by yourself or by third parties to whom you have granted access.
How to create a private album?
In order to hide files, images but also videos, the best solution is undoubtedly to create a private album on your ASUS Zenfone 4. There are various ways to do this.
You can use an app To download or it is possible to go through the settings from your android phone. Indeed, the majority of phone manufacturers have grasped the need for customers to want to secure their files. Therefore, on some versions of ASUS Zenfone 4, they offer the possibility of creating a secure private album directly integrated.
So, if you want to find the option that best suits you to hide pictures or videos on your ASUS Zenfone 4, we recommend that you read our article on this subject.
How to open a private album on your ASUS Zenfone 4?
To open a private album on your ASUS Zenfone 4, everything will depend on your Android device version et the method you used to lock the album.
Open a confidential album on your ASUS Zenfone 4 using private mode
Several versions of Android phone have a " Private mode". It allows you to create a folder from your ASUS Zenfone 4 to hide your photos and videos. Like this whenever this private mode is not turned on on your Android smartphone, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you will first need to set the private mode and define an access code.
To discover and open the album you have registered in private mode on your ASUS Zenfone 4, here is the procedure:
- Activated private mode.
- There are two methods available for this. The first option is to:
- Open the notifications menu,
- Unroll it notifications menu
- Tap on the private mode icon
- Or the second option is to:
- Go to Settings
- Press the button on the Private mode.
- Enter your private mode password.
- You will then have the authorization to access the photos and videos that are in your private album.
Open a private album on an ASUS Zenfone 4 using a secret code
Whether opening a private album created by your phone or by an app downloaded to your phone, you will always have to type the code that you saved 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 ASUS Zenfone 4, all you have to do is go to the album and enter your secret code.
Be careful to save the access code in your memory, because to prevent any intrusion on your precious confidential data, there is generally no other means of recovering it. Sometimes, you have the possibility to reset it if you have indicated an e-mail address or if you have linked it to a specific account. If this is the case, when entering your password, you will then be able to press " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to find it.
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