Who has ever lent their phone to someone and sincerely hoped that they wouldn't rummage through the gallery and find personal photos or videos? Although you gladly want to show some data, others are made to remain confidential in order to protect your privacy. So for that, you need to ensure the confidentiality of your media. The easiest solution is to create a private album. However, it is not always easy to know how to use it. We will see today how to open a private album on an Honor X6. To get started, learn what to use a private album for. In a second step we will see the different combinations to open a private file on your Honor X6.
Why use a private album on your Honor X6?
What is a private folder for on your Honor X6?
You do not deliver all of your confidential information to anyone and the same reflex of confidentiality should in the same way concern the data which is located on your Android smartphone, and in particular your photos and videos. Especially since no individuals are ever safe from a theft of our personal belongings or a malicious attack that risks putting our private lives in danger. And without even imagining the most extreme situations, it sometimes happens that you lend your Honor X6 to someone in whom you place great trust without being certain that they will not explore the content of your smartphone.
Therefore, it is up to you to maintain the confidentiality of your data. And to achieve this objective, the best option remains creating a private album on your Honor X6 which will give you the opportunity to place your files, photos 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 phone, by adding an access code or also by a biometric lock, etc.). In this way, opening a private album on your Honor X6 can only be done by yourself or by close people to whom you have given access.
How to create a private album?
So, if you want to hide folders, photos or videos, the best option is undoubtedly the creation of a private album on your Honor X6. And to do this, there are a number of ways to do it.
You can use an app third or it is possible to go through Parameters option of your Android smartphone. Indeed, many phone manufacturers have heard the need for customers to want to keep their files safe. Therefore, on various versions of Honor X6, they offer the possibility of creating an automatically integrated secure private album.
Therefore, in order to choose the solution that best suits you to hide images or videos on your Honor X6, you can read our article on this subject.
How to open a private album on your Honor X6?
To open a private album on your Honor X6, it all depends on the version that is installed on your Android device et how you proceeded to lock the album.
Open a confidential album on your Honor X6 using private mode
Some versions of Android phone have a " Private mode“. It offers you the possibility of creating a folder from your Honor X6 to hide your photos and videos. Consequently, each time this private mode is not activated on your Android, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you will first have to set the private mode and choose a secret code.
To discover and open the album you have registered in private mode on your Honor X6, here is the process:
- Activated private mode.
- To achieve this two methods exist. The first way to do this is to:
- Go to the notifications menu,
- Unroll it notifications menu
- Click on private mode icon
- Or the second way is to:
- Open them Settings
- Press the button on the Private mode.
- Enter your private mode code.
- You will now have access to photos and videos placed in your private album.
Open a private album on an Honor X6 using a secret code
Whether to open a private album created by your smartphone or by a third-party application, you will always have to type the access code that you specified 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 Honor X6, all you have to do is go to the album and enter your secret code.
Be careful to memorize the code well, because to thwart any intrusion on your precious confidential media, there is often no other way to recover it. Sometimes you can reset it if you entered an email address or linked it to a specific account. In these cases, when entering your secret code, you will then find the option to click on " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to collect it.
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