Has it certainly happened to you to lend your smartphone to an individual in the hope that the latter does not search the gallery and find secret pictures or videos? Even though you are happy to show some data, others are made to remain private to protect your private life. Therefore, to do this, you must ensure the protection of your documents. The most common solution is to create a private album. Despite everything, it is not necessarily easy to understand how to use it. Learn now in this article how to open a private album on a Huawei Nova 5. To get started, find out why you should use a private album. Secondly, discover the different possibilities to open a private folder on your Huawei Nova 5.

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Why should you use a private album on your Huawei Nova 5?

What is the use of a private folder on your Huawei Nova 5?

You do not communicate all of your personal information to an individual you do not know and the same confidentiality reflex should equally apply to the data located on your Android, and especially your photos and videos. Especially since no one is ever safe from a phone theft or a malicious intrusion which can put our private life at risk. And without even imagining the most extreme situations, it sometimes happens that you lend your Huawei Nova 5 to a colleague, a friend or a trusted relative without the assurance that he will not explore the contents of your smartphone.

It is therefore up to you to ensure the confidentiality of your files. And to achieve this goal, the best solution turns out to be adding a private album on your Huawei Nova 5 which will give you the possibility of placing your documents, photos and videos in a place away from the curious. This private album can be secured by different means (secure platform, by hiding it in your mobile phone, by configuring a password or fingerprint, etc.). In this way, opening a private album on your Huawei Nova 5 can only be done by yourself or by third parties whose access code you have given.

How to create a private album?

To hide folders, snapshots or videos, the best solution is therefore to create a private album on your Huawei Nova 5. And to do this, there are several solutions.

You can use an app to install on your phone or it is possible to go through Parameters option from your Android. Indeed, the majority of smartphone brands have grasped the interest for customers to have to protect their files. As a result, on several versions of Huawei Nova 5, they offer the creation of a directly integrated secure private album.

If you want to find the best option for you to hide pictures or videos on your Huawei Nova 5, see our article on this subject.

How to open a private album on your Huawei Nova 5?

To open a private album on your Huawei Nova 5, everything depends on the version that is installed on your Android smartphone et how you proceeded to lock the album.

Open a confidential album on your Huawei Nova 5 using private mode

Some versions of Android smartphone have a " Private mode". It allows you to create a folder from your Huawei Nova 5 to hide your photos and videos. Therefore when this private mode is not activated on your mobile, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you will first have to configure the private mode and determine a password.

To view and open the album you have registered in private mode on your Huawei Nova 5, here is the procedure:

  • Activate private mode.
  • But for this two methods are available to you. The first way to do this is to:
    • Go to the notifications menu,
    • Unroll it notifications menu
    • Press the private mode icon 
  • Or the second option is to:
    • Go to Settings
    • Activate the button on the Private mode.
  • Enter your private mode access code.
  • You will then have access to the photos and videos put in your private album.

Open a private album on a Huawei Nova 5 using a secret code

Whether it is to open a private album created by your device or by an application downloaded on your phone, it will be essential for you to inform the access code that you indicated at the time of its creation. This access code can be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a drawing, or a password. To open your private album on your Huawei Nova 5, all you have to do is go to the album, and enter your right pass.

Be careful to memorize the secret code, since to thwart any intrusion on your precious private files, there is generally no other way to recover it. With a little luck, you can reset it if you have entered an e-mail address or if you have linked it to a specific account. In these cases, when entering your secret code, you will then have the option of clicking on " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to collect it.

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