Who has never given their phone to a friend, relative or even a colleague, wishing wholeheartedly that the latter does not search the gallery and find secret images or videos? Even if you are happy to share a certain amount of data, others are made to remain private to protect your private life. To do this, you must ensure the confidentiality of your data. The safest option is to create a private album. However, knowing how to use it is not always easy. We will find out today how to open a private album on a Huawei Y6s. To get started, we'll find out why to use a confidential album. Secondly, discover the different possibilities to open a private folder on your Huawei Y6s.
Why use a private album on your Huawei Y6s?
What is the use of a private folder on your Huawei Y6s?
You do not give all of your personal data to just any individual and the same spirit of confidentiality should similarly apply to the content on your smartphone, and in particular your images and videos. Especially since we are in no way immune to the theft of our personal belongings or a malicious attack which can put our private life in danger. And without imagining the worst, it sometimes happens that you lend your Huawei Y6s to a trusted individual without guaranteeing that they will not explore the contents of your mobile.
Therefore, it is your responsibility to protect the privacy of your files. And for that, the best solution is creating a private album on your Huawei Y6s which will offer you the possibility to transfer your files, images and videos to a place hidden from prying eyes. This private album can be secured by a number of means (secure platform, hidden in your mobile phone, by adding a password or a biometric lock, etc.). Thus, opening a private album on your Huawei Y6s can only be done by yourself or by close people to whom you have granted access.
How to create a private album?
If you want to hide folders, images or also videos, the best solution will be to create a private album on your Huawei Y6s. And there are a number of ways to do this.
You can use an app third or you have the possibility to go through the settings menu from your Android smartphone. Indeed, many smartphone manufacturers have understood the obligation for customers to want to protect their media. This is why, on some versions of Huawei Y6s, they offer the possibility of creating a secure private album immediately integrated.
So, if you want to find the solution that best suits you to hide pictures or videos on your Huawei Y6s, you can read our article on this subject.
How to open a private album on your Huawei Y6s?
To open a private album on your Huawei Y6s, everything will depend on the version that is installed on your Android mobile et the method you used to lock the album.
Open a private album on your Huawei Y6s using private mode
Several versions of Android smartphones have a " Private mode". It allows you to create a folder through your Huawei Y6s to hide your images and videos. Consequently whenever this private mode is not running on your Android, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you will first have to set up private mode and add a password.
To view and open the album you have inserted in private mode on your Huawei Y6s, here is the procedure:
- Activate private mode.
- But there are two possibilities for this. 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 procedure is to:
- Open them Settings
- Activate the button on the Private mode.
- Enter your private mode access code.
- You will now have the authorization to access the images and videos put in your private album.
Open a private album on a Huawei Y6s from a password
Whether you want to open a private album created by your device or by a third-party application, you will need to fill in the access code that you gave 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 Y6s, all you have to do is go to the album and enter your secret code.
Be careful to memorize the secret code, since to avoid any intrusion on your precious private files, there is generally no other means of recovering it. In some cases, you have the option of resetting it if you have entered an email address or if you have linked it to a particular account. In this case, when entering your password, you will then have the solution to press " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to collect it.
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