Have you inevitably happened to give your android smartphone to a friend, relative or even a colleague wishing with all my heart that the latter does not rummage through the gallery and find photos or personal videos? Even if you gladly want to share a certain number of files, others are made to remain private in order to protect your privacy. And for this reason, you must ensure the confidentiality of your documents. The most accessible solution happens to be the creation of a private album. However, it is not necessarily easy to know how to use it. We will discover now in this article how to open a private album on a Huawei Nova 9. First, learn why to use a private album. In a second step we will see the techniques to open a private album on your Huawei Nova 9.

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Why use a private album on your Huawei Nova 9?

What is the role of a private album on your Huawei Nova 9?

You do not transmit all of your confidential data to a person you do not know and the same reflex of confidentiality should equally concern the data located on your Android smartphone, and particularly your photos and videos. Especially since no one is in any way safe from a theft of our personal belongings or a malicious attack that is capable of putting our intimate life in danger. And without even seeing the worst, it sometimes happens that you lend your Huawei Nova 9 to a colleague, a friend or a trusted relative without being sure that he will not explore the content of your device.

It is therefore your responsibility to defend the confidentiality of your data. And for this the best option will be create a private album on your Huawei Nova 9 which will give you the opportunity to transfer your files, photos and videos to a safe place. This private album can be secured by a certain number of processes (secure platform, by hiding it in your device, by configuring a password or also by a biometric lock, etc.). Like this, opening a private album on your Huawei Nova 9 can only be done by yourself or by third parties to whom you have given access.

How to create a private album?

In order to hide documents, photos or also videos, the best possibility is therefore undoubtedly the creation of a private album on your Huawei Nova 9. And to achieve this, there are various solutions.

You can use an app to install via Google Play Store or you can go through the settings from your android device. Indeed, many Android phone brands have understood the interest for users of having to protect their media. Therefore, on some versions of Huawei Nova 9, they offer the creation of a directly integrated secure private album.

If you want to find the option that best suits you to hide images or videos on your Huawei Nova 9, you can read our article on this subject.

How to open a private album on your Huawei Nova 9?

To open a private album on your Huawei Nova 9, everything will depend on the version that is installed on your Android phone et how you used to lock the album.

Open a confidential album on your Huawei Nova 9 using private mode

Some versions of Android smartphones have a " Private mode“. It allows you to create an album from your Huawei Nova 9 to hide your photos and videos. In this way, each time this private mode is not activated on your mobile phone, the album is hidden. For this mode to work, you must first set the private mode and determine a secret code.

To discover and open the album that you have saved in private mode on your Huawei Nova 9, here is the maneuver:

  • Activated private mode.
  • To achieve this, two manipulations exist. The first procedure consists of:
    • Open the notifications menu,
    • Unroll it notifications menu
    • Tap on the private mode icon 
  • Or the second solution is to:
    • Meet in the Settings
    • Press the button on the Private mode.
  • Enter your private mode password.
  • You will now have the authorization to access the photos and videos put in your private album.

Open a private album on a Huawei Nova 9 using a password

Whether to open a private album created by your Android smartphone or by a third-party application, it will be essential to type 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 Nova 9, all you have to do is go to the album, and type in your right password.

Be careful to memorize the access code well, since to prevent any intrusion on your precious confidential data, there is generally no other way to recover it. With a little luck, you will be able to reset it if you have provided an email address or if you have attached it to a specific account. In this case, when entering your secret code, you will then find the possibility of pressing " Forgotten password". It's up to you to follow the directions to find it.

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