Who has never given someone their phone and wished them wholeheartedly that they wouldn't go through the gallery and find secret pictures or videos? While you are happy to show some data, others are meant to be kept confidential to protect your privacy. Therefore, for this, you must be vigilant in protecting your data. The safest option happens to be creating a private album. However, it is not always easy to understand how to use it. We will find out today how to open a private album on a Lenovo Vibe C. First of all, we'll find out why to use a private album. Secondly, learn the different combinations to open a private album on your Lenovo Vibe C.

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Why should you use a private album on your Lenovo Vibe C?

What is the role of a private album on your Lenovo Vibe C?

You don't share all of your confidential data with just any individual, and the same privacy reflex should also apply to things on your phone, including your images and videos. Especially since none of us is in any way immune to the theft of our personal belongings or a malicious attack which may put our privacy at risk. And without imagining the worst, sometimes it happens that you lend your Lenovo Vibe C to someone you trust a lot without guaranteeing that they will not take a peek at the contents of your device.

It is therefore your responsibility to control the confidentiality of your data. And to do this, the best solution will be create a private album on your Lenovo Vibe C which will give you the opportunity to keep your files, photos and videos out of prying eyes. This private album can be secured by a certain number of processes (secure platform, by hiding it in your phone, by adding a password or a biometric lock, etc.). In this way, opening a private album on your Lenovo Vibe C can only be done by yourself or by third parties to which you have given access.

How to create a private album?

In order to hide documents, snapshots but also videos, the best option will therefore be to create a private album on your Lenovo Vibe C. And to do this, there are several solutions.

You can use an app third or you have the possibility to go through the settings from your Android smartphone. Indeed, many phone manufacturers have understood the obligation for users to want to secure their data. Therefore, on some versions of Lenovo Vibe C, they offer the creation of a secure private album directly integrated.

If you want to choose the option that best suits you to hide pictures or videos on your Lenovo Vibe C, you can read our article about it.

How to open a private album on your Lenovo Vibe C?

To open a private album on your Lenovo Vibe C, everything depends on your Android device version et how you proceeded to lock the album.

Open a confidential album on your Lenovo Vibe C using private mode

Some versions of Android mobile have a " Private mode". With it, you can create an album through your Lenovo Vibe C to hide your images and videos. Therefore, when this private mode is not activated on your Android, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you must first set the private mode and choose an access code.

To view and open the album you saved in private mode on your Lenovo Vibe C, here is the maneuver:

  • Activated private mode.
  • But there are two possibilities for this. The first method consists of:
    • Go to the notifications menu,
    • Unroll it notifications menu
    • Press the private mode icon 
  • Or the second method is to:
    • Go to Settings
    • Press the button on the Private mode.
  • Enter your private mode password.
  • You will now have access to the images and videos that are in your private album.

Open a private album on a Lenovo Vibe C using a secret code

Whether you want to open a private album created by your smartphone or by an app downloaded to your phone, you must type the code that you gave at the time of its creation. It may be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a drawing, or a password. To open your private album on your Lenovo Vibe C, all you have to do is go to the album, and enter your secret code.

Be careful to memorize the secret code, because to avoid any intrusion on your precious confidential media, there is usually no other means of recovering it. Sometimes you can reset it in case you provided an email address or attached it to a personal account. In these cases, when entering your secret code, you will also find the solution to press " Forgotten password". It's up to you to follow the directions to find it.

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