Who has never given their android smartphone to a friend, a relative or a colleague, wishing wholeheartedly that the latter does not come across snapshots or personal videos? Although you are happy to share some data, others are made to remain private in order to protect your private life. Therefore, for this reason, you must ensure the protection of your data. The most obvious solution is to create a private album. However, knowing how to use it is not always easy. We will see today how to open a private album on a HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite. First, we'll find out what to use a confidential album for. Secondly, learn the various procedures to open a private album on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite.

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Why use a private album on a HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite?

What is the use of a private album on a HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite?

You don't give all of your confidential data to just anyone, and the same spirit of privacy should apply to the content on your phone as well, especially your photos and videos. Especially since we are in no way immune to the theft of our personal belongings or a malicious attack which can put our private life in danger. And without going to extreme cases, it sometimes happens that you lend your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite to a colleague, a friend or a trusted relative without being assured that it will not wander the contents of your phone.

Therefore, it is your responsibility to ensure the confidentiality of your data. And to achieve this goal, the best option is undoubtedly creating a private album on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite which will allow you to place your documents, photos and videos in a place hidden from prying eyes. This private album can be secured by a certain number of processes (secure platform, by hiding it in your Android smartphone, by configuring an access code or fingerprint, etc.). In this way, opening a private album on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite can only be done by yourself or by close people whose accessibility of the album you have approved.

How to create a private album?

In order to hide folders, snapshots but also videos, the best solution is to create a private album on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite. And to achieve this, there are a number of solutions.

You can use an app third or it is possible to go through Parameters option from your android phone. Indeed, many Android phone brands have understood the need for users to have their data safe. This is why, on several versions of HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite, they offer the possibility of creating an automatically integrated secure private album.

If you want to choose the solution that best suits you to hide pictures or videos on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite, you can read our article about it.

How to open a private album on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite?

To open a private album on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite, everything depends on the version that is installed on your Android mobile et the method you used to lock the album.

Open a private album on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite using private mode

A number of Android mobile versions have a " Private mode". It allows you to create an album through your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite to hide your photos and videos. So whenever this private mode is not activated on your device, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you will first need to configure the private mode and set a password.

To discover and open the album you have registered in private mode on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite, here is the maneuver:

  • Activate private mode.
  • There are two ways to do this. The first option is to:
    • Go to the notifications menu,
    • Unroll it notifications menu
    • Click on private mode icon 
  • Or the second option is to:
    • Go to Settings
    • Activate the button on the Private mode.
  • Enter your secret code for private mode.
  • You will now have access to the photos and videos that are in your private album.

Open a private album on a HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite using a password

Whether you want to open a private album created by your phone or by a third-party app, it will be essential to inform the 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 HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite, all you have to do is go to the album and enter your right pass.

Be careful to memorize the code, since to prevent any intrusion on your precious confidential data, there is in most cases no other means of recovering it. Sometimes you can reset it if you have entered an email address or linked it to a specific account. In this situation, when entering your password, you will also have the solution to click on " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to recover it.

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