Have you necessarily happened to lend your mobile to someone hoping that the latter does not rummage through the gallery and find pictures or personal videos? Even if you are ready to share some data, others are made to remain confidential in order to protect your privacy. And to do this, you must be vigilant about the confidentiality of your media. The most accessible option happens to be the creation of a private album. Nevertheless, it is not always easy to know how to use it. Discover today how to open a private album on an ASUS Zenfone 8. First, learn why you should use a private album. Secondly we will see the various methods to open a private album on an ASUS Zenfone 8.
Why use a private album on an ASUS Zenfone 8?
What is the use of a private album on an ASUS Zenfone 8?
You do not give your confidential information to a person you do not know and the same reflex of confidentiality should in the same way concern the data which is located on your Android, and in particular your photos and videos. Especially since no one is in any way safe from phone theft or malicious intrusion which can put our privacy at risk. And without going to extreme cases, it sometimes happens that you lend your ASUS Zenfone 8 to a colleague, a friend or a relative in whom you have great confidence without being certain that he will not explore the content of your smartphones.
Therefore, it is your responsibility to ensure the confidentiality of your data. And for that, the best solution is undoubtedly creating a private album on your ASUS Zenfone 8 which will give you the opportunity to put your documents, photos and videos away from prying eyes. This private album can be secured by different processes (secure platform, hiding it in your smartphone, configuring a password or fingerprint, etc.). In this way, opening a private album on your ASUS Zenfone 8 can only be done by yourself or by third parties whose access code you have approved.
How to create a private album?
To be able to hide folders, photos but also videos, the best possibility will therefore be the creation of a private album on your ASUS Zenfone 8. And to achieve this, there are a number of solutions.
You can use an app To download or you have the possibility to go through Parameters option from your android device. Indeed, many Android phone brands have heard the interest for users to want to put their media in a safe place. This is why, on several versions of ASUS Zenfone 8, they offer the possibility of creating a secure private album directly integrated.
If you want to find the option that best suits you for hiding images or videos on your ASUS Zenfone 8, see our article on this subject.
What technique to use to open a private album on your ASUS Zenfone 8?
To open a private album on your ASUS Zenfone 8, everything will depend on the version that is installed on your Android phone et how you proceeded to lock the album.
Open a private album on your ASUS Zenfone 8 using private mode
Some versions of Android mobile have a " Private mode“. It allows you to create an album through your ASUS Zenfone 8 to hide your photos and videos. This way when this private mode is not activated on your device, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you will first have to configure private mode and determine a password.
To discover and open the album that you have saved in private mode on your ASUS Zenfone 8, here is the operation:
- Activate private mode.
- But there are two ways to do this. The first method consists of:
- Go to the notifications menu,
- Unroll it notifications menu
- Press the private mode icon
- Or the second way is to:
- Go to Settings
- Activate the button on the Private mode.
- Enter your private mode password.
- You will then have access to the photos and videos put in your private album.
Open a private album on an ASUS Zenfone 8 using a password
Whether you want to open a private album created by your smartphone or by an app downloaded to your phone, you will need to type the access 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 ASUS Zenfone 8, simply go to the album and enter your secret code.
Be careful to save the code in your memory, since to prevent any intrusion on your precious confidential media, there is most of the time no other way to recover it. With a bit of luck, you will be able to reset it if you have entered an e-mail address or have linked it to a personal account. In these cases, when entering your secret code, you will also find the option to click on " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to find it.
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