You have certainly already happened to lend your android smartphone to a friend, a relative or a colleague hoping that the latter does not fall on clichés or secret videos? While you may be happy to share some files, others are meant to be kept private to protect your personal life. This is why you need to ensure the protection of your media. The easiest option is to create a private album. However, it is not always easy to understand how to use it. We will find out today how to open a private album on an Honor X7. First, we will find out why use a confidential album. Secondly, discover the different combinations to open a private album on your Honor X7.

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What is the purpose of using a private album on your Honor X7?

What is a private album for on your Honor X7?

You do not communicate your personal information to anyone and the same spirit of confidentiality should also apply to the data on your phone, and in particular your images and videos. Especially since no individuals are ever safe from a theft of our personal belongings or a malicious attack that is capable of putting our personal life at risk. And without even seeing the worst, it may happen that you lend your Honor X7 to a trusted individual without being sure that he will not go for a walk on the content of your device.

Therefore, it is your responsibility to maintain the confidentiality of your information. And for that, the best option remains adding a private album to your Honor X7 which will offer you the possibility of putting your files, pictures and videos in a place away from the curious. This private album can be secured by different means (secure platform, hidden in your device, by configuring a password or fingerprint, etc.). Like this, opening a private album on your Honor X7 can only be done by yourself or by third parties to whom you have given access.

How to create a private album?

So, if you want to hide files, photos or videos, the best option is undoubtedly to create a private album on your Honor X7. And for that, there are a number of ways to do it.

You can use an app To download or you have the possibility to go through the settings from your android phone. Indeed, the majority of smartphone manufacturers have grasped the need for customers to want to put their media in a safe place. As a result, on some versions of Honor X7, they offer the creation of an automatically integrated secure private album.

So, if you want to choose the solution that suits you best for hiding images or videos on your Honor X7, see our article on this subject.

What is the method to open a private album on your Honor X7?

To open a private album on your Honor X7, it all depends on the version that is installed on your Android mobile et how you proceeded to lock the album.

Open a confidential album on your Honor X7 using private mode

Some versions of Android mobile offer a " Private mode“. It offers you the possibility of creating an album through your Honor X7 to hide your images and videos. Therefore when this private mode is not activated on your device, the album is hidden. For this mode to work, you must first set the private mode and determine an access code.

To view and open the album you have registered in private mode on your Honor X7, here is the maneuver:

  • Activated private mode.
  • There are two ways to do this. The first way is to:
    • Open the notifications menu,
    • Unroll it notifications menu
    • Press the private mode icon 
  • Or the second method is to:
    • Go to Settings
    • Press the button on the Private mode.
  • Enter your private mode access code.
  • You will now have access to the images and videos put in your private album.

Open a private album on an Honor X7 using a secret code

Whether to open a private album created by your phone or by an application downloaded to your phone, you will necessarily be asked to enter the code that you indicated at the time of its creation. It may be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a pattern, or a password. To open your private album on your Honor X7, all you have to do is go to the album, and enter your secret code.

Be careful to memorize the access code well, because to thwart any intrusion on your precious confidential media, there is often no other way to recover it. In some cases, you can reset it if you have indicated an e-mail address or you have linked it to a personal account. In this case, when entering your code, you may then have the option of pressing " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to recover it.

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