Who has ever lent their mobile to a friend, relative or colleague hoping that the latter does not fall on personal images or videos? Even if you gladly want to exchange some files, others are made to remain confidential in order to protect your privacy. To do this, you must guarantee the protection of your documents. The most obvious solution is to create a private album. That said, it is not always easy to understand how to use it. We will see today how to open a private album on an OPPO A74. First, learn why you should use a private album. Then we will see the different possibilities for opening a private album on an OPPO A74.

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Why use a private album on an OPPO A74?

What is the use of a private album on an OPPO A74?

You do not communicate all of your personal information to just any individual and the same reflex of confidentiality should in a similar way concern the content on your mobile, and particularly your photos and videos. Especially since we are in no way immune to phone theft or a malicious attack that could put our privacy at risk. And without imagining the worst, it sometimes happens that you lend your OPPO A74 to a person in whom you place great trust without being sure that he will not explore the content of your device.

It is therefore up to you to preserve the confidentiality of your files. And to achieve this goal, the best solution turns out to be to create a private album on your OPPO A74 which will give you the possibility to transfer your files, images and videos to a safe place. This private album can be secured by various processes (secure platform, hiding it in your device, configuring an access code or fingerprint etc). Consequently, opening a private album on your OPPO A74 can only be done by yourself or by close people whose accessibility to the album you have approved.

How to create a private album?

To be able to hide files, images or even videos, the best solution will therefore be to create a private album on your OPPO A74. And for that, there are several ways to do it.

You can use an app To download or you have the possibility to go through the settings menu from your android device. Indeed, many Android phone brands have heard the value for customers of having to put their media in a safe place. That is why, on various versions of OPPO A74, they offer the possibility of creating an immediately integrated secure private album.

If you want to find the option that best suits you for hiding images or videos on your OPPO A74, you can read our article about it.

How to open a private album on your OPPO A74?

To open a private album on your OPPO A74, everything will depend on the version that is installed on your Android smartphone et how you used to lock the album.

Open a private album on your OPPO A74 using private mode

Several versions of Android smartphone have a " Private mode“. It allows you to create an album from your OPPO A74 to hide your photos and videos. So whenever this private mode is not activated on your Android, the album is hidden. For this mode to work, you will first have to set the private mode and add a secret code.

To discover and open the album you have saved in private mode on your OPPO A74, here is the maneuver:

  • Activated private mode.
  • There are two ways to do this. The first method is to:
    • Go to the notifications menu,
    • Unroll it notifications menu
    • Tap on the private mode icon 
  • Or the second way is to:
    • Go to Settings
    • Press the button on the Private mode.
  • Enter your private mode access code.
  • You will now have the authorization to access the photos and videos put in your private album.

Open a private album on an OPPO A74 from a password

Whether to open a private album created by your smartphone or by a third-party app, you will always need to fill in the access code that you saved when you created it. It may be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a pattern, or a password. To open your private album on your OPPO A74, all you have to do is go to the album, and enter your pass.

Be careful to save the code in your memory, since to prevent 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. If this is the case, when entering your code, you will also have the solution of pressing " Forgotten password". It's up to you to follow the directions to find it.

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