Who has never lent their android smartphone to an acquaintance wishing with all their heart that the latter does not come across secret images or videos? Although you are happy to show some data, others are made to remain confidential to protect your privacy. Therefore for this, you must pay attention to the confidentiality of your documents. The safest option is to create a private album. However, it is not always obvious how to use it. We will find out today how to open a private album on a OnePlus 10T. To begin, we will see why use a confidential album. Secondly, learn the various processes to open a private album on your OnePlus 10T.
Why use a private album on your OnePlus 10T?
What is the use of a private album on your OnePlus 10T?
You do not share all of your confidential information with someone you do not know and the same confidentiality reflex should apply just as much to the content on your mobile, and particularly your images and videos. Especially since no one is ever safe from a theft of our personal belongings or a malicious attack that can put our privacy at risk. And without even seeing the worst, it sometimes happens that you lend your OnePlus 10T to an individual in whom you place great trust without guaranteeing that he will not take a look at the content of your mobile.
It is therefore up to you to protect the confidentiality of your data. And to do this, the best option turns out to be adding a private album to your OnePlus 10T which will offer you the possibility of transferring your files, images and videos away from prying eyes. This private album can be secured by a number of means (secure platform, hidden in your device, by adding a password or also by fingerprint etc). Like this, opening a private album on your OnePlus 10T can only be done by yourself or by close people whose access you have approved.
How to create a private album?
If you want to hide folders, images or videos, the best possibility is therefore to create a private album on your OnePlus 10T. And to achieve this, there are several ways to do it.
You can use an app to install via Google Play Store or you can go through the settings from your android phone. Indeed, the majority of smartphone manufacturers have grasped the obligation for customers to have to put their media in a safe place. This is why, on several versions of OnePlus 10T, they offer the possibility of creating an immediately integrated secure private album.
If you want to choose the option that best suits you for hiding images or videos on your OnePlus 10T, we recommend that you read our article on this subject.
How to open a private album on your OnePlus 10T?
To open a private album on your OnePlus 10T, it all depends on the version that is installed on your Android device et how you proceeded to lock the album.
Open a confidential album on your OnePlus 10T using a private mode
Some versions of Android phones offer a " Private mode“. It allows you to create an album from your OnePlus 10T to hide your images and videos. So when this private mode is not activated on your phone, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you will first need to configure private mode and set a password.
To discover and open the album you have registered in private mode on your OnePlus 10T, here is the process:
- Activated private mode.
- There are two ways to achieve this. The first option is to:
- Go to the notifications menu,
- Unroll it notifications menu
- Click on private mode icon
- Or the second option 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 put in your private album.
Open a private album on a OnePlus 10T using a password
Whether you want to open a private album created by your smartphone or by an application downloaded to your phone, you will necessarily be asked to fill in the code that you gave when you created it. This access code can be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a drawing, or a password. To open your private album on your OnePlus 10T, all you have to do is go to the album, and enter your pass.
Be careful to save the code in your memory, because to avoid any intrusion on your precious private files, there is generally no other way to recover it. In some cases, you can reset it if you provided an email address or linked it to a specific account. In this situation, when entering your password, you will then have the choice of clicking on " Forgotten password". It's up to you to follow the directions to find it.
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