Have you ever loaned your mobile to a friend, relative or colleague hoping that the latter does not search through the gallery and find personal images or videos? Although you are ready to show some data, others are made to remain private in order to protect your intimate life. So for this reason, you must be vigilant in protecting your data. The most common solution turns out to be the creation of a private album. However, it is not always easy to know how to use it. We will find out today how to open a private album on a HUAWEI P smart 2021. To begin with, we will see the reasons for using a confidential album. Then learn the different combinations to open a private album on your HUAWEI P smart 2021.
Why use a private album on a HUAWEI P smart 2021?
What is the role of a private album on a HUAWEI P smart 2021?
You do not give all of your personal information to just anyone and the same reflex of confidentiality should in the same way concern the things that are on your mobile, and in particular your photos and videos. Especially since we are in no way immune to a theft of our personal belongings or a malicious intrusion which are capable of putting our intimate life at risk. And without imagining the worst, it sometimes happens that you lend your HUAWEI P smart 2021 to an individual in whom you have great confidence without being certain that he will not take a look at the content of your mobile.
It is therefore your responsibility to protect the confidentiality of your files. And to do this, the best possibility turns out to be adding a private album to your HUAWEI P smart 2021 which will give you the opportunity to put your files, images 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 device, by configuring an access code or also by a biometric lock, etc.). Consequently, opening a private album on your HUAWEI P smart 2021 can only be done by yourself or by third parties whose accessibility to the album you have approved.
How to create a private album?
If you want to hide folders, images but also videos, the best solution is to create a private album on your HUAWEI P smart 2021. And for that, there are various ways to do it.
You can use an app third or you have the possibility to go through the settings from your android device. Indeed, many Android phone manufacturers have understood the need for customers to want to protect their files. In this way, on several versions of HUAWEI P smart 2021, they offer the possibility of creating a secure private album directly integrated.
If you want to choose the solution that best suits you to hide images or videos on your HUAWEI P smart 2021, you can read our article about it.
How to open a private album on your HUAWEI P smart 2021?
To open a private album on your HUAWEI P smart 2021, everything will depend on your Android phone version et how you went about locking the album.
Open a confidential album on your HUAWEI P smart 2021 using private mode
Some versions of Android mobile have a " Private mode“. Thanks to it, you can create an album through your HUAWEI P smart 2021 to hide your photos and videos. As a result, when this private mode is not running on your phone, the album is hidden. For this mode to work, you will first need to configure private mode and set a passcode.
To view and open the album you have registered in private mode on your HUAWEI P smart 2021, here is the maneuver:
- Activated private mode.
- There are two ways to do this. The first procedure consists of:
- Open the notifications menu,
- Unroll it notifications menu
- Click on private mode icon
- Or the second option is to:
- Open them Settings
- Press the button on the Private mode.
- Enter your private mode access code.
- You will now have the authorization to access the photos and videos that are in your private album.
Open a private album on a HUAWEI P smart 2021 using a password
Whether you want to open a private album created by your phone or by an application downloaded to your phone, you will need to type the code that you administered 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 P smart 2021, all you have to do is go to the album and enter your secret code.
Be careful to save the code in your memory, since to prevent any intrusion on your precious confidential media, there is generally no other way to recover it. In certain situations, you have the option of resetting it if you have provided an email address or linked it to a particular account. In these cases, when entering your password, you will then be able to click on " Forgotten password". It's up to you to follow the instructions to find it.
If you ever want a lot of tutorials to become the king of the HUAWEI P smart 2021, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: HUAWEI P smart 2021.