Who has never lent their mobile to someone in the hope that the latter does not search the gallery and find photos or personal videos? Even if you are ready to exchange a certain amount of data, others are made to remain confidential in order to protect your private life. And for this reason, you must be vigilant about the confidentiality of your data. The safest option remains the creation of a private album. However, knowing how to use it is not necessarily easy. We will now find out in this article how to open a private album on an LG K11. First, we'll see why to use a confidential album. Secondly, learn the techniques to open a private album on your LG K11.

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Why use a private album on your LG K11?

What is a private album for on your LG K11?

You do not share your confidential information with just anyone and the same confidentiality reflex should in a similar way apply to the data on your smartphone, and especially your images and videos. Especially since we are in no way immune to the theft of our personal belongings or an ill-intentioned intrusion which can put our private life in danger. And without imagining the worst, it may happen that you lend your LG K11 to someone you trust without being sure that they will not go and take a look at the content of your smartphone.

It is therefore your responsibility to protect the confidentiality of your data. And for that, the best option turns out to be to create a private album on your LG K11 which will give you the possibility to put your files, snapshots and videos in a place away from the curious. This private album can be secured by a certain number of processes (secure platform, by hiding it in your device, by adding an access code or also by a biometric lock, etc.). In this way, opening a private album on your LG K11 can only be done by yourself or by third parties whose access code you have approved.

How to create a private album?

In order to hide documents, snapshots but also videos, the best possibility is without a doubt the creation of a private album on your LG K11. And to achieve this, there are various ways of doing it.

You can use an app to install on your phone or you can go through the settings from your Android smartphone. Indeed, the majority of phone brands have grasped the need for users to want to secure their media. This is why, on some versions of LG K11, they offer the possibility of creating an automatically integrated secure private album.

In order to find the option that best suits you to hide pictures or videos on your LG K11, you can read our article on this topic.

How to open a private album on your LG K11?

To open a private album on your LG K11, everything will depend on the version that is installed on your Android device et the method you used to lock the album.

Open a private album on your LG K11 using private mode

A number of Android phone versions feature a " Private mode". It offers you the possibility to create an album from your LG K11 to hide your images and videos. Therefore, when this private mode is not activated on your smartphone, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you will first need to set the private mode and determine a secret code.

To discover and open the album you have registered in private mode on your LG K11, here is the procedure:

  • Activate private mode.
  • To do this two alternatives exist. The first option is to:
    • Open the notifications menu,
    • Unroll it notifications menu
    • Click on private mode icon 
  • Or the second procedure is to:
    • Meet in the Settings
    • Activate the button on the Private mode.
  • Enter your secret code for private mode.
  • You will now have access to the images and videos put in your private album.

Open a private album on an LG K11 with a password

Whether you are opening a private album created by your phone or by an app downloaded to your phone, you will need to type the 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 LG K11, all you have to do is go to the album, and type your pass.

Be careful to remember the access code, because to prevent any intrusion on your precious private files, there is usually no other way to recover it. In certain situations, you will be able to reset it if you have entered an e-mail address or if you have linked it to a specific account. In this situation, when entering your code, you will then have the option of pressing " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to collect it.

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