Who has never given their smartphone to a friend, a relative or a colleague in the hope that the latter does not come across confidential photos or videos? While you are happy to show a certain amount of data, others are made to remain confidential in order to protect your personal life. Consequently, for this, you must guarantee the protection of your documents. The easiest solution turns out to be to create a private album. However, it is not always easy to understand how to use it. We will see today how to open a private album on a HUAWEI P20 Pro. First, find out why to use a private album. Secondly, discover the techniques to open a private folder on a HUAWEI P20 Pro.
Why use a private album on your HUAWEI P20 Pro?
What is the role of a private folder on its HUAWEI P20 Pro?
You do not share all of your personal information with just anyone and the same spirit of confidentiality should equally apply to the data that is on your Android smartphone, and in particular your images and videos. Especially since we are never safe from a phone theft or a malicious intrusion which can put our personal life at risk. And without even seeing the worst, there may be times when you lend your HUAWEI P20 Pro to a trusted individual with no assurance that they will not go to explore the contents of your device.
Therefore, it is your responsibility to keep your information confidential. And to do this, the best solution remains creating a private album on your HUAWEI P20 Pro which will give you the possibility to place your files, photos and videos out of prying eyes. 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 P20 Pro can only be done by yourself or by third parties whose access you have approved.
How to create a private album?
In order to hide documents, photos or videos, the best solution is therefore to create a private album on your HUAWEI P20 Pro. And to do this, we find a number of solutions.
You can use an app to install via Google Play Store or you just have to go through the settings menu from your android phone. Indeed, many Android phone manufacturers have heard the usefulness for customers to want to protect their data. That is why, on various versions of HUAWEI P20 Pro, they offer the possibility of creating a secure private album directly integrated.
If you want to find the option that best suits you to hide pictures or videos on your HUAWEI P20 Pro, see our article on this subject.
How to open a private album on your HUAWEI P20 Pro?
To open a private album on your HUAWEI P20 Pro, it all depends on the version that is installed on your Android mobile et the method you used to lock the album.
Open a confidential album on your HUAWEI P20 Pro using private mode
A number of Android smartphone versions feature a " Private mode". Thanks to it, you can create a folder through your HUAWEI P20 Pro to hide your images and videos. So whenever this private mode is not running on your phone, the album is hidden. So that this mode works, you must first set the private mode and set an access code.
To view and open the album you saved in private mode on your HUAWEI P20 Pro, here is the procedure:
- Activate private mode.
- To achieve this two methods are available to you. The first option 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 password.
- You will then have the authorization to access the images and videos placed in your private album.
Open a private album on a HUAWEI P20 Pro using a secret code
Whether it is to open a private album created by your smartphone or by a third-party app, you will necessarily be asked to type the access 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 P20 Pro, you simply have to go to the album and type in your pass.
Be careful to memorize the code, because to avoid any intrusion on your precious confidential media, there is generally no other means of recovering it. In some cases, you will be able to reset it if you have entered an email address or if you have linked it to a personal account. In this specific case, when entering your password, you may also have the choice of pressing " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to collect it.
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