Who has never lent their android smartphone to an individual hoping that the latter does not search the gallery and find secret pictures or videos? Although there is a certain amount of data that you are willing to share, others are made to be kept private in order to protect your privacy. Therefore for this reason, you must ensure the confidentiality of your data. The most obvious solution remains the creation of a private album. However, it is not always easy to understand how to use it. We will now find out in this article how to open a private album on an Honor 8. First of all, we will see for what purpose to use a confidential album. Then discover the techniques to open a private folder on your Honor 8.
What is the purpose of using a private album on your Honor 8?
What is the use of a private folder on your Honor 8?
You do not transmit your personal information to just any individual and the same confidentiality reflex should in a similar way apply to the data located on your smartphone, and especially 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, sometimes it happens that you lend your Honor 8 to someone you trust a lot without guaranteeing that they won't go and take a look at the contents of your device.
Therefore, it is your responsibility to control the privacy of your files. And to achieve this goal, the best solution will be create a private album on your Honor 8 which will give you the possibility to put your files, snapshots and videos in a place away from the curious. This private album can be secured by various processes (secure platform, hidden in your smartphone, by configuring a password or a biometric lock, etc.). In this way, opening a private album on your Honor 8 can only be done by yourself or by third parties to whom you have granted access.
How to create a private album?
To hide folders, snapshots or also videos, the best solution is therefore to create a private album on your Honor 8. There are several ways to achieve this.
You can use an app to install on your phone or it is possible to go through Parameters option from your android phone. Indeed, many smartphone brands have understood the need for customers to have to protect their media. This is why, on several versions of Honor 8, they offer the possibility of creating a directly integrated secure private album.
If you want to find the option that best suits you to hide pictures or videos on your Honor 8, you can read our article about it.
How to open a private album on your Honor 8?
To open a private album on your Honor 8, everything will depend on the version that is installed on your Android mobile et how you proceeded to lock the album.
Open a private album on your Honor 8 using private mode
Some versions of Android phone have a " Private mode". Thanks to it, you can create a folder on your Honor 8 to hide your images and videos. This way whenever this private mode is not activated on your smartphone, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you must first configure private mode and set up a secret code.
To view and open the album you saved in private mode on your Honor 8, here is the procedure:
- Activated private mode.
- There are two possibilities for doing this. The first method consists of:
- Open the notifications menu,
- Unroll it notifications menu
- Tap on the private mode icon
- Or the second option is to:
- Open them Settings
- Press the button on the Private mode.
- Enter your private mode code.
- You will now have access to the images and videos that are in your private album.
Open a private album on an Honor 8 with a password
Whether it is to open a private album created by your Android smartphone or by a third-party application, you will always need to inform the access code that you gave when you created it. It may be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a drawing, or a password. To open your private album on your Honor 8, all you have to do is go to the album and enter your secret code.
Be careful to save the code in your memory, since to thwart any intrusion on your precious confidential media, there is usually no other way to recover it. In some cases, you will be able to reset it if you have indicated an email address or if you have linked it to a personal account. In this case, when entering your secret code, you will also have the solution to press " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to collect it.
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