Has it certainly happened to you to lend your android smartphone to an acquaintance in the hope that the latter does not come across secret photos or videos? While you are happy to show some data, others are meant to be kept confidential in order to protect your privacy. Consequently, to do this, you must be vigilant about the confidentiality of your documents. The most obvious option is to create a private album. However, it is not necessarily easy to know how to use it. We will see today how to open a private album on HTC Desire 19s. First, learn what to use a private album for. In a second step we will see the various methods to open a private folder on your HTC Desire 19s.

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Why use a private album on HTC Desire 19s?

What is the use of a private folder on HTC Desire 19s?

You do not give all of your confidential information to someone you do not know and the same confidentiality reflex should in the same way apply to the content that is on your mobile, and especially your images and videos. Especially that no individuals are ever safe from a phone theft or a malicious attack which can put our privacy at risk. And without even seeing the worst, it may happen that you lend your HTC Desire 19s to someone you trust without being sure that they are not going to explore the contents of your mobile.

Therefore, it is up to you to maintain the confidentiality of your information. And to achieve this, the best option is adding a private album to your HTC Desire 19s which will offer you the possibility of putting your files, photos and videos in a place away from the curious. This private album can be secured by several processes (secure platform, hidden in your smartphone, by configuring a password or also by fingerprint, etc.). As a result, opening a private album on your HTC Desire 19s can only be done by yourself or by third parties whose access code you have accepted.

How to create a private album?

If you want to hide folders, photos or also videos, the best possibility will be creating a private album on HTC Desire 19s. And for that, there are a number of ways to do it.

You can use an app to install via Google Play Store or you just have to go through the settings menu from your android phone. Indeed, many smartphone brands have heard the need for users to have to protect their data. This is why, on some versions of HTC Desire 19s, they offer the creation of a directly integrated secure private album.

To find the best option for you to hide pictures or videos on HTC Desire 19s, see our article on that topic.

How to open a private album on your HTC Desire 19s?

To open a private album on your HTC Desire 19s, everything will depend on your Android device version et how you proceeded to lock the album.

Opening a confidential album on HTC Desire 19s using a private mode

A number of Android phone versions feature a " Private mode". It gives you the option to create a folder from your HTC Desire 19s to hide your pictures and videos. Like this whenever this private mode is not activated on your Android smartphone, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you must first set the private mode and set a password.

To view and open the album you've inserted in private mode on your HTC Desire 19s, here's the procedure:

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

Open a private album on HTC Desire 19s with a password

Whether you want to open a private album created by your Android smartphone or by an app downloaded to your phone, you must fill in the access 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 HTC Desire 19s, you just have to go to the album and enter your right pass.

Be careful to save the code in your memory, because to thwart any intrusion on your precious private files, there is generally no other means of recovering it. In some cases, you can reset it if you have entered an email address or linked it to a specific account. In these cases, when entering your code, you will also find the possibility of pressing " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to find it.

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