Who has never lent their android smartphone to someone hoping that the latter does not search the gallery and find photos or personal videos? Although there are a number of files that you are happy to exchange, others are meant to be kept private in order to protect your privacy. To do this, you must guarantee the confidentiality of your documents. The safest solution turns out to be the creation of 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 Oppo F15. To get started, find out why to use a private album. Secondly, discover the different possibilities to open a private folder on an Oppo F15.

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Why use a private album on an Oppo F15?

What is the role of a private folder on an Oppo F15?

You do not communicate all of your confidential information to just anyone and the same confidentiality reflex should apply just as much to the data on your phone, and in particular your images and videos. Especially since we are in no way immune to the theft of our personal belongings or a malicious attack which could put our privacy at risk. And without even seeing the worst, it may happen that you lend your Oppo F15 to a colleague, a friend or a trusted relative without being sure that he is not going to take a look at the contents of your Android smartphone.

It is therefore your duty to maintain the confidentiality of your information. And to achieve this, the best option is adding a private album on your Oppo F15 which will give you the opportunity to place your files, snapshots and videos in a safe place. This private album can be secured by different processes (secure platform, hidden in your device, by adding a password or fingerprint, etc.). In this way, opening a private album on your Oppo F15 can only be done by yourself or by close people whose accessibility of the album you have approved.

How to create a private album?

If you want to hide folders, snapshots or even videos, the best possibility is to create a private album on your Oppo F15. And to achieve this, there are a number of ways to go about it.

You can use an app to install via Google Play Store or it is possible to go through the settings menu from your Android smartphone. Indeed, many smartphone manufacturers have grasped the need for customers to want to protect their data. Therefore, on various versions of Oppo F15, they offer the creation of a directly integrated secure private album.

If you want to find the option that best suits you to hide pictures or videos on your Oppo F15, see our article about it.

How to open a private album on your Oppo F15?

To open a private album on your Oppo F15, everything will depend on the version of your Android mobile et the method you used to lock the album.

Open a confidential album on your Oppo F15 using private mode

Some versions of Android phones have a " Private mode". With it, you can create a folder through your Oppo F15 to hide your images and videos. Like this whenever this private mode is not activated on your mobile, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you will first have to set up private mode and set up an access code.

To view and open the album you have registered in private mode on your Oppo F15, here is the procedure:

  • Activated private mode.
  • But there are two ways of doing this. The first way to do this is to:
    • Open the notifications menu,
    • Unroll it notifications menu
    • Click on private mode icon 
  • Or the second method is to:
    • Open them Settings
    • Press the button on the Private mode.
  • Enter your secret code for private mode.
  • You will now have permission to access the images and videos placed in your private album.

Open a private album on an Oppo F15 using a secret code

Whether it is to open a private album created by your Android smartphone or by a third-party application, it will be essential to type the access 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 Oppo F15, all you have to do is go to the album, and enter your secret code.

Be careful to save the secret code in your memory, since to avoid any intrusion on your precious private files, there is generally no other means of recovering it. In some cases, you can reset it if you entered an email address or linked it to a particular account. In this specific case, when entering your password, you may also have the solution to press " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to recover it.

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