Have you ever had to lend your android smartphone to an individual and wish wholeheartedly that the latter does not search the gallery and find secret images or videos? Even though you are prepared to share a certain amount of data, others are made to remain confidential in order to protect your privacy. This is why you must be vigilant about the confidentiality of your media. The most accessible option is to create a private album. However, it is not always easy to understand how to use it. We will now see in this article how to open a private album on a Samsung Galaxy A30s. First, we will see for what purpose to use a confidential album. Secondly, learn the various procedures to open a private folder on your Samsung Galaxy A30s.
Why use a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A30s?
What is the role of a private folder on your Samsung Galaxy A30s?
You do not give all of your personal data to just any individual and the same confidentiality reflex should equally apply to the data located on your mobile, and particularly 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 even seeing the worst, it may happen that you lend your Samsung Galaxy A30s to someone you trust a lot without being assured that they will not go and take a look at the contents of your device.
It is therefore your responsibility to maintain the confidentiality of your information. And to achieve this goal, the best solution remains create a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A30s which will give you the possibility to place your files, images and videos out of prying eyes. This private album can be secured by several means (secure platform, hidden in your device, by adding a password or also by a biometric lock, etc.). Thus, opening a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A30s 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 documents, images or videos, the best option will be the creation of a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A30s. And to achieve this, there are various solutions.
You can use an app to install via Google Play Store or you can go through the settings menu from your android phone. Indeed, many smartphone brands have understood the need for users to want to secure their data. This is why, on some versions of Samsung Galaxy A30s, they offer the possibility of creating a secure private album immediately integrated.
In order to choose the solution that best suits you to hide pictures or videos on your Samsung Galaxy A30s, see our article on this subject.
How to open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A30s?
To open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A30s, everything depends on your Android phone version et how you went about locking the album.
Open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A30s using private mode
Several versions of Android mobile have a " Private mode". It offers you the possibility to create a folder through your Samsung Galaxy A30s to hide your images and videos. This way whenever this private mode is not activated on your phone, the album is hidden. For this mode to work, you must first configure private mode and add a password.
To view and open the album you have registered in private mode on your Samsung Galaxy A30s, here is the maneuver:
- Activate private mode.
- To do this two methods are available to you. The first way to do this is to:
- Go to the notifications menu,
- Unroll it notifications menu
- Press the private mode icon
- Or the second way is to:
- Open them Settings
- Activate the button on the Private mode.
- Enter your private mode access code.
- You will now have access to the images and videos placed in your private album.
Open a private album on a Samsung Galaxy A30s using a password
Whether it is to open a private album created by your phone or by a third-party app, you will need to type the code that you specified 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 Samsung Galaxy A30s, all you have to do is go to the album and type your pass.
Be careful to save the access code in your memory, since to avoid any intrusion on your precious confidential data, there are generally no other ways to recover it. In certain situations, you can reset it if you have entered an email address or if you have linked it to a particular account. In this specific case, when entering your access code, you will then find the solution to press " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to recover it.
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