You have certainly already happened to lend your smartphone to an acquaintance hoping that the latter does not come across personal images or videos? Even if you gladly want to share some data, others are made to remain confidential to protect your personal life. It is for this reason that you need to be careful about the protection of your data. The most common solution turns out to be the creation of a private album. That said, it's not always easy to know how to use it. We will find out today how to open a private album on a Samsung Galaxy A52. First, find out why you should use a private album. Secondly we will see the various methods to open a private file on your Samsung Galaxy A52.
Why use a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A52?
What is the role of a private folder on your Samsung Galaxy A52?
You do not deliver all of your confidential data to an individual you do not know and the same spirit of confidentiality should in a similar way concern the data which is located on your device, and in particular your photos and videos. Especially since no individuals are ever safe from a theft of our personal belongings or a malicious attack that is capable of putting our personal lives at risk. And without even imagining the most extreme situations, it may happen that you lend your Samsung Galaxy A52 to a person in whom you have great confidence without assurance that he will not take a look at the contents of your phone.
Therefore, it is your responsibility to defend the confidentiality of your files. And to achieve this, the best solution is undoubtedly create a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A52 which will give you the opportunity to transfer your files, images and videos away from prying eyes. This private album can be secured by a number of processes (secure platform, hiding it in your phone, adding an access code or a biometric lock, etc.). In this way, opening a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A52 can only be done by yourself or by third parties whose accessibility to the album you have approved.
How to create a private album?
To be able to hide folders, images but also videos, the best solution is to create a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A52. And to achieve this, there are a number of ways to do it.
You can use an app to install via Google Play Store or you just have to go through the settings from your android phone. Indeed, many smartphone manufacturers have understood the usefulness for users to want to protect their media. Therefore, on several versions of Samsung Galaxy A52, they offer the possibility of creating an automatically integrated secure private album.
If you want to find the solution that best satisfies you for hiding images or videos on your Samsung Galaxy A52, you can read our article on this subject.
What is the method to open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A52?
To open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A52, everything depends on the version that is installed on your Android mobile et how you proceeded to lock the album.
Open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy A52 using private mode
Several versions of Android mobile have a " Private mode“. Thanks to it, you can create a folder from your Samsung Galaxy A52 to hide your photos and videos. As a result whenever this private mode is not enabled on your Android, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you will first need to set private mode and add a password.
To view and open the album you have inserted in private mode on your Samsung Galaxy A52, here is the process:
- Activate private mode.
- There are two ways of doing this. The first procedure consists of:
- Go to the notifications menu,
- Unroll it notifications menu
- Click on private mode icon
- Or the second solution is to:
- Open them Settings
- Activate the button on the Private mode.
- Enter your private mode code.
- You will now have the authorization to access the photos and videos put in your private album.
Open a private album on a Samsung Galaxy A52 using a secret code
Whether to open a private album created by your smartphone or by an app downloaded to your phone, you will always need to fill in the code that you specified when you created it. This access code can be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a pattern, or a password. To open your private album on your Samsung Galaxy A52, all you have to do is go to the album, and enter your right password.
Be careful to save the code in your memory, since to avoid any intrusion on your precious private files, there is usually no other way to recover it. In some situations, you have the possibility to reset it if you have indicated an email address or if you have linked it to a personal account. In this situation, when entering your access code, you will then have the solution of clicking on " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to recover it.
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