Have you ever had to lend your mobile to someone in the hope that the latter does not search the gallery and find personal images or videos? While you may be willing to show some data, others are meant to be kept private to protect your personal life. To do this, you must ensure the protection of your data. The most accessible solution happens 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 Lenovo K10 Note. First, we'll find out what to use a private album for. Secondly, learn the different possibilities to open a private folder on a Lenovo K10 Note.

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Why use a private album on a Lenovo K10 Note?

What is the use of a private folder on a Lenovo K10 Note?

You don't share all of your personal info with someone you don't know, and the same spirit of privacy should equally apply to things on your phone, especially your pictures and videos. Especially since we are never safe from the theft of our personal belongings or an ill-intentioned intrusion which risks putting our personal life in danger. And without imagining the worst, it may happen that you lend your Lenovo K10 Note to someone you trust without being sure that they are not going to take a look at the content of your smartphone.

It is therefore your responsibility to defend the confidentiality of your files. And to do this, the best option is undoubtedly to create a private album on your Lenovo K10 Note which will give you the possibility to transfer your documents, images and videos to a place away from the curious. This private album can be secured by various processes (secure platform, by hiding it in your device, by configuring a password or also by fingerprint, etc.). Thus, opening a private album on your Lenovo K10 Note can only be done by yourself or by third parties to whom you have given access to the album.

How to create a private album?

If you want to hide folders, images or even videos, the best solution will be to create a private album on your Lenovo K10 Note. And for that, there are various ways to do it.

You can use an app third or you can go through the settings menu from your Android smartphone. Indeed, many Android phone manufacturers have grasped the need for users to want to protect their files. This is why, on several versions of Lenovo K10 Note, they offer the creation of an automatically integrated secure private album.

To choose the option that best suits you to hide pictures or videos on your Lenovo K10 Note, see our article on this topic.

How to open a private album on your Lenovo K10 Note?

To open a private album on your Lenovo K10 Note, everything will depend on your Android phone version et the method you used to lock the album.

Open a confidential album on your Lenovo K10 Note using private mode

Several versions of Android mobile offer a " Private mode". It allows you to create a folder from your Lenovo K10 Note to hide your images and videos. In this way, when this private mode is not activated on your device, the album is hidden. For this mode to work, you will first have to configure private mode and define a password.

To view and open the album you saved in private mode on your Lenovo K10 Note, here is the procedure:

  • Activated private mode.
  • To do this two alternatives are available to you. The first way to do this is to:
    • Open the notifications menu,
    • Unroll it notifications menu
    • Press the private mode icon 
  • Or the second method is to:
    • Open them Settings
    • Press the button on the Private mode.
  • Enter your private mode access code.
  • You will then have access to the images and videos that are in your private album.

Open a private album on a Lenovo K10 Note using a password

Whether it is to open a private album created by your smartphone or by an app downloaded to your phone, you will need to inform the access code that you gave when you created it. It may be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a pattern, or a password. To open your private album on your Lenovo K10 Note, all you have to do is go to the album, and enter your pass.

Be careful to save the access code in your memory, since to prevent any intrusion on your precious confidential media, there is usually no other way to recover it. In some cases, you can reset it if you have entered an email address or if you have attached it to a personal account. In this situation, when entering your secret code, you may also have the option of pressing " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to collect it.

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