Who has never lent their phone to an acquaintance hoping that the latter does not come across clichés or secret videos? While you are prepared to exchange some files, others are meant to be kept private to protect your privacy. For this reason, you need to ensure that your files are protected. The safest solution is to create a private album. However, knowing how to use it is not always easy. We will now see in this article how to open a private album on an LG Q70. First of all, we will find out why to use a confidential album. Secondly learn the various procedures to open a private file on your LG Q70.

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Why use a private album on an LG Q70?

What is a private folder for on an LG Q70?

You do not transmit your confidential data to an individual you do not know and the same spirit of confidentiality should equally apply to the data that is on your device, and in particular your images and videos. Especially that no individuals are ever safe from phone theft or malicious intrusion which can put our privacy at risk. And without going to extreme cases, it may happen that you lend your LG Q70 to a person you trust without being sure that they will not explore the content of your smartphone.

It is therefore your responsibility to ensure the confidentiality of your data. And to achieve this, the best option turns out to be adding a private album on your LG Q70 which will give you the opportunity to transfer your documents, photos and videos to a place away from the curious. This private album can be secured by various means (secure platform, by hiding it in your smartphone, by adding a password or a biometric lock, etc.). Thus, opening a private album on your LG Q70 can only be done by yourself or by third parties whose access code you have granted.

How to create a private album?

If you want to hide documents, snapshots or also videos, the best option is to create a private album on your LG Q70. And to do this, there are several ways to do it.

You can use an app third or it is possible to go through the settings from your Android. Indeed, many phone manufacturers have understood the need for customers to have their data secure. In this way, on various versions of LG Q70, they offer the possibility of creating a secure private album directly integrated.

If you want to find the option that best suits you to hide pictures or videos on your LG Q70, see our article about it.

How to open a private album on your LG Q70?

To open a private album on your LG Q70, everything will depend on the version of your Android mobile et how you proceeded to lock the album.

Open a confidential album on your LG Q70 using a private mode

A number of Android smartphone versions have a " Private mode". It offers you the possibility to create a folder on your LG Q70 to hide your images and videos. In this way, whenever this private mode is not turned on on your mobile, the album is hidden. For this mode to work, you must first set the private mode and determine a secret code.

To view and open the album you have registered in private mode on your LG Q70, here is the maneuver:

  • Activated private mode.
  • There are two methods for this. The first option is to:
    • Go to the notifications menu,
    • Unroll it notifications menu
    • Press the private mode icon 
  • Or the second option is to:
    • Open them Settings
    • Press the button on the Private mode.
  • Enter your private mode password.
  • You will then have access to the images and videos placed in your private album.

Open a private album on an LG Q70 with a password

Whether you want to open a private album created by your phone or by a third-party application, you will inevitably have to type the code that you specified 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 Q70, all you have to do is go to the album, and enter your secret code.

Be careful to save the access code in your memory, since to thwart any intrusion on your precious private files, there is usually no other way to recover it. In some cases, you can reset it if you have entered an e-mail address or if you have linked it to a particular account. In this case, when entering your password, you may then be able to press " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to collect it.

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