Have you necessarily happened to lend your phone to someone hoping that the latter does not come across photos or personal videos? Even if you gladly want to exchange a certain number of files, others are made to remain confidential in order to protect your private life. To do this, you must ensure the confidentiality of your data. 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 a HUAWEI Mate Xs. To get started, learn why you should use a private album. Secondly, discover the different combinations to open a private folder on a HUAWEI Mate Xs.
Why use a private album on your HUAWEI Mate Xs?
What is the role of a private folder on his HUAWEI Mate Xs?
You do not give your personal information to someone you do not know and the same reflex of confidentiality should apply equally to the things on your device, and in particular your photos and videos. Especially since we are never safe from a phone theft or an ill-intentioned attack which risks putting our intimate life in danger. And without going to extreme cases, it sometimes happens that you lend your HUAWEI Mate Xs to a person in whom you have great confidence without guaranteeing that he will not explore the content of your smartphone.
Therefore, it is your duty to defend the confidentiality of your information. And to achieve this goal, the best option is create a private album on your HUAWEI Mate Xs which will give you the opportunity to put your documents, photos and videos in a place hidden from prying eyes. This private album can be secured by several means (secure platform, hiding it in your mobile phone, configuring an access code or fingerprint, etc.). In this way, opening a private album on your HUAWEI Mate Xs can only be done by yourself or by third parties whose album accessibility you have accepted.
How to create a private album?
If you want to hide folders, photos or videos, the best solution is therefore to create a private album on your HUAWEI Mate Xs. And for that, there are a number of solutions.
You can use an app to install via Google Play Store or it is possible to go through the settings menu of your Android smartphone. Indeed, many phone brands have seized the interest for users to want to put their data in a safe place. As a result, on several versions of HUAWEI Mate Xs, they offer the creation of an automatically integrated secure private album.
So, if you want to find the option that best suits you for hiding images or videos on your HUAWEI Mate Xs, see our article on this subject.
How to open a private album on your HUAWEI Mate Xs?
To open a private album on your HUAWEI Mate Xs, everything will depend on the version of your Android smartphone et how you proceeded to lock the album.
Open a private album on your HUAWEI Mate Xs using a private mode
Some versions of Android mobile have a " Private mode“. Thanks to it, you can create a folder from your HUAWEI Mate Xs to hide your photos and videos. This way when this private mode is not turned on on your phone, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you will first have to set the private mode and determine a password.
To discover and open the album you have inserted in private mode on your HUAWEI Mate Xs, here is the maneuver:
- Activate private mode.
- But there are two alternatives for this. The first option is to:
- Open the notifications menu,
- Unroll it notifications menu
- Click on private mode icon
- Or the second way is to:
- Open them Settings
- Activate the button on the Private mode.
- Enter your private mode password.
- You will now have access to the photos and videos put in your private album.
Open a private album on a HUAWEI Mate Xs with the help of a password
Whether opening a private album created by your device or by an app downloaded to your phone, you will need to type the code that you indicated at the time of its creation. This access code can be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a pattern, or a password. To open your private album on your HUAWEI Mate Xs, all you have to do is go to the album and type in your right password.
Be careful to save the code in your memory, since to avoid any intrusion on your precious confidential data, there is most of the time no other way to recover it. With a bit of luck, you can reset it if you provided an email address or attached it to a personal account. In this case, when entering your access code, you will find the solution to click on " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to find it.
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