Have you ever loaned your phone to someone hoping that they won't rummage through the gallery and find personal images or videos? Although you are happy to show some files, others are made to remain confidential in order to protect your private life. So for that, you need to ensure the protection of your files. The safest solution is to create a private album. However, it is not always easy to understand how to use it. Find out now in this article how to open a private album on an OPPO Reno 8. First, we'll find out what to use a private album for. In a second step we will see the different combinations to open a private album on your OPPO Reno 8.

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What is the purpose of using a private album on your OPPO Reno 8?

What is a private album for on his OPPO Reno 8?

You do not deliver all of your confidential information to just anyone and the same confidentiality reflex should also apply to the content on your mobile, and particularly your images and videos. Especially since none of us is ever safe from a phone theft or an ill-intentioned attack which risks putting our intimate life in danger. And without even seeing the worst, it may happen that you lend your OPPO Reno 8 to an individual in whom you have great confidence without guaranteeing that he will not take a look at the content of your Android smartphone.

It is therefore up to you to protect the confidentiality of your files. And for that, the best solution remains to create a private album on your OPPO Reno 8 which will give you the opportunity to put your files, images and videos in a safe place. This private album can be secured by different processes (secure platform, hiding it in your device, adding a password or fingerprint, etc.). Therefore, opening a private album on your OPPO Reno 8 can only be done by yourself or by close people whose access code you have accepted.

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 Reno 8. And for 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 menu from your android device. Indeed, many smartphone manufacturers have grasped the usefulness for customers of having to protect their data. That is why, on various versions of OPPO Reno 8, they offer the creation of a directly integrated secure private album.

In order to find the option that best suits you for hiding images or videos on your OPPO Reno 8, see our article on this subject.

What technique to use to open a private album on your OPPO Reno 8?

To open a private album on your OPPO Reno 8, it all depends on the version that is installed on your Android device et the method you used to lock the album.

Open a private album on your OPPO Reno 8 using private mode

Some versions of Android smartphones offer a " Private mode“. Thanks to it, you can create an album from your OPPO Reno 8 to hide your images and videos. Therefore, when this private mode is not running on your Android smartphone, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you must first set the private mode and determine a password.

To view and open the album you have saved in private mode on your OPPO Reno 8, here is the maneuver:

  • Activated private mode.
  • To achieve this, two ways of doing it are available to you. The first option is to:
    • Go to the notifications menu,
    • Unroll it notifications menu
    • Tap on the private mode icon 
  • Or the second procedure is to:
    • Open them Settings
    • Press the button on the Private mode.
  • Enter your private mode code.
  • You will now have the authorization to access the images and videos that are in your private album.

Open a private album on an OPPO Reno 8 from a secret code

Whether to open a private album created by your Android smartphone or by an application downloaded to your phone, you will necessarily be asked to type the code that you saved when you created it. It may be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a drawing, or a password. To open your private album on your OPPO Reno 8, all you have to do is go to the album, and type in your right password.

Be careful to memorize the code well, because to thwart any intrusion on your precious private files, there is generally no other way to recover it. Hopefully, you can reset it if you provided an email address or linked it to a personal account. In this situation, when entering your password, you will then have the choice of pressing " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to find it.

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