Have you ever had to lend your phone to someone, hoping that they won't go through the gallery and find photos or personal videos? Even though you are ready to exchange a few files, others are meant to be kept private in order to protect your personal life. And to do this, you must pay attention to the protection of your documents. The most common solution happens to be the creation of a private album. However, it is not necessarily easy to understand how to use it. Learn today how to open a private album on an LG Q Stylus. Before anything else, learn the reasons for using a confidential album. In a second step we will see the techniques to open a private folder on your LG Q Stylus.

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Why use a private album on your LG Q Stylus?

What is the role of a private folder on your LG Q Stylus?

You don't share your personal data with just anyone, and the same spirit of privacy should equally apply to things on your smartphone, and especially your pictures and videos. Especially since no one is in any way immune to the theft of our personal belongings or a malicious attack that can put our personal life in danger. And without going to extreme cases, it may happen that you lend your LG Q Stylus to someone you trust without being sure that they will not browse the content of your device.

It is therefore your duty to guarantee the confidentiality of your files. And for that, the best possibility will be adding a private album on your LG Q Stylus which will allow you to transfer your files, snapshots and videos away from prying eyes. This private album can be secured by various means (secure platform, hidden in your mobile phone, by configuring an access code or a biometric lock, etc.). Thus, opening a private album on your LG Q Stylus can only be done by yourself or by third parties whose access code you have accepted.

How to create a private album?

So, if you want to hide documents, snapshots or videos, the best possibility will therefore be to create a private album on your LG Q Stylus. And to do this, there are various ways of doing it.

You can use an app To download or you just have to go through the settings menu from your Android smartphone. Indeed, many Android phone manufacturers have understood the benefit for users to want to protect their data. In this way, on various versions of LG Q Stylus, they offer the creation of a secure private album immediately integrated.

In order to find the solution that best suits you to hide pictures or videos on your LG Q Stylus, you can read our article on this subject.

How to open a private album on your LG Q Stylus?

To open a private album on your LG Q Stylus, everything will depend on your Android device version et how you proceeded to lock the album.

Open a private album on your LG Q Stylus using private mode

A number of Android mobile versions have a " Private mode". With it, you can create a folder through your LG Q Stylus to hide your images and videos. Like this whenever this private mode is not activated on your phone, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you will first have to set up private mode and define a secret code.

To view and open the album you saved in private mode on your LG Q Stylus, here is the maneuver:

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

Open a private album on an LG Q Stylus using a secret code

Whether you are opening a private album created by your smartphone or by a third-party app, you will need to type the 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 LG Q Stylus, all you have to do is go to the album, and enter your secret code.

Be careful to remember the secret code, since to avoid any intrusion on your precious confidential media, there is most of the time no other means of recovering it. In certain situations, you may be able to reset it if you have entered an e-mail address or if you have linked it to a personal account. In these cases, when entering your code, you will then find the solution to click on " Forgotten password". It's up to you to follow the instructions to find it.

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