Have you ever loaned your android smartphone to a friend, relative or colleague hoping that the latter does not fall on personal images or videos? Although you are ready to show a certain number of files, others are made to remain private in order to protect your privacy. This is why you need to pay attention to the confidentiality of your data. The most common option turns out to be to create a private album. However, it is not necessarily easy to know how to use it. Discover today how to open a private album on a fairphone 4. First, we'll find out why to use a private album. Second, learn the various methods to open a private file on your Fairphone 4.
Why use a private album on your Fairphone 4?
What is the use of a private folder on your Fairphone 4?
You do not share your personal data with anyone you do not know and the same spirit of confidentiality should similarly apply to the data on your mobile, and particularly your photos and videos. Especially since we are in no way immune to the theft of our personal belongings or an ill-intentioned intrusion which is able to put our privacy at risk. And without imagining the worst, it sometimes happens that you lend your Fairphone 4 to someone in whom you have great confidence without being sure that he will not wander on the content of your Android smartphone.
Therefore, it is your responsibility to maintain the confidentiality of your files. And to achieve this, the best possibility remains creating a private album on your Fairphone 4 which will offer you the possibility of placing your files, images and videos in a place hidden from prying eyes. This private album can be secured by a certain number of processes (secure platform, hidden in your Android smartphone, by configuring a password or also by a biometric lock, etc.). Like this, opening a private album on your Fairphone 4 can only be done by yourself or by third parties whose access you have accepted.
How to create a private album?
In order to hide folders, images or also videos, the best solution will therefore be to create a private album on your Fairphone 4. And to achieve this, there are several ways to do it.
You can use an app to install on your phone or you have the possibility to go through Parameters option of your Android smartphone. Indeed, many smartphone brands have understood the interest for users of having to put their media in a safe place. In this way, on various versions of Fairphone 4, they offer the possibility of creating a secure private album directly integrated.
To choose the option that best suits you for hiding images or videos on your Fairphone 4, we recommend that you read our article on this subject.
How to open a private album on your Fairphone 4?
To open a private album on your Fairphone 4, it all depends on the version that is installed on your Android device et how you proceeded to lock the album.
Open a private album on your Fairphone 4 using private mode
Several versions of Android mobile offer a " Private mode“. It offers you the possibility to create a folder from your Fairphone 4 to hide your photos and videos. In 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 need to set up private mode and set a password.
To discover and open the album you have inserted in private mode on your Fairphone 4, here is the process:
- Activate private mode.
- For this, two manipulations are available to you. The first procedure consists of:
- Open the notifications menu,
- Unroll it notifications menu
- Click on private mode icon
- Or the second option is to:
- Go to Settings
- Activate the button on the Private mode.
- Enter your private mode code.
- You will now have the authorization to access the photos and videos put in your private album.
Open a private album on a Fairphone 4 from a secret code
Whether you want to open a private album created by your Android smartphone or by an app downloaded to your phone, you will necessarily be asked to enter the code that you saved when you created it. It may be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a drawing, or a password. To open your private album on your Fairphone 4, all you have to do is go to the album, and enter your pass.
Be careful to remember the secret code, because to avoid any intrusion on your precious confidential data, there is generally no other way to recover it. With a bit of luck, you will be able to reset it if you have indicated an email address or you have attached it to a personal account. In this specific case, when entering your password, you may then have the option of pressing " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to collect it.
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