Who has never given their android smartphone to someone in the hope that the latter does not come across secret images or videos? While there is a certain amount of data you are prepared to share, there is still some data that can be kept private in order to protect your personal life. Therefore to do this, you need to be careful about protecting your media. The most obvious option turns out to be to create a private album. However, it is not always obvious how to use it. We will find out today how to open a private album on an Honor 9N. First, we'll find out why to use a confidential album. Secondly, discover the various procedures to open a private album on your Honor 9N.

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Why use a private album on your Honor 9N?

What is the use of a private album on your Honor 9N?

You do not pass your confidential information on to just any individual, and the same spirit of confidentiality should apply equally to things on your smartphone, including your images and videos. Especially since no individuals are ever safe from phone theft or malicious intrusion which can put our personal lives at risk. And without going to extreme cases, it may happen that you lend your Honor 9N to an individual in whom you have great trust without being assured that they will not be exploring the contents of your Android smartphone.

It is therefore up to you to ensure the confidentiality of your data. And to do this, the best possibility turns out to be creating a private album on your Honor 9N which will give you the possibility to place your files, images and videos in a safe place. This private album can be secured by several means (secure platform, hidden in your Android smartphone, by adding an access code or fingerprint, etc.). Consequently, opening a private album on your Honor 9N can only be done by yourself or by close people to whom you have accepted the accessibility of the album.

How to create a private album?

To be able to hide files, images or also videos, the best option will therefore be to create a private album on your Honor 9N. And to do this, there are several ways to do it.

You can use an app third or it is possible to go through the settings from your Android smartphone. Indeed, the majority of phone manufacturers have heard the need for users to have their media safe. Therefore, on some versions of Honor 9N, they offer the possibility of creating a secure private album immediately integrated.

To find the option that best suits you to hide pictures or videos on your Honor 9N, we recommend that you read our article on this subject.

What is the method to open a private album on your Honor 9N?

To open a private album on your Honor 9N, everything will depend on the version that is installed on your Android mobile et how you used to lock the album.

Open a confidential album on your Honor 9N using a private mode

Some versions of Android mobile have a " Private mode". It offers you the possibility of creating an album through your Honor 9N to hide your images and videos. Like this whenever this private mode is not activated on your mobile phone, the album is hidden. For this mode to work, you must first configure private mode and define an access code.

To discover and open the album you have registered in private mode on your Honor 9N, here is the process:

  • Activated private mode.
  • There are two possibilities for this. The first method consists of:
    • Go to the notifications menu,
    • Unroll it notifications menu
    • Press the private mode icon 
  • Or the second solution is to:
    • Open them Settings
    • Press the button on the Private mode.
  • Enter your private mode access code.
  • You will now have permission to access the images and videos that are in your private album.

Open a private album on an Honor 9N using a password

Whether it is to open a private album created by your phone or by a third-party app, you will necessarily be asked to type the code that you administered when you created it. It may be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a pattern, or a password. To open your private album on your Honor 9N, you simply have to go to the album and type in your pass.

Be careful to memorize the code, since to avoid any intrusion on your precious private files, there is generally no other way to recover it. With a little luck, you can reset it if you have entered an email address or if you have linked it to a particular account. In these cases, when entering your code, you may also be able to click on " Forgotten password". It's up to you to follow the instructions to find it.

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