Who has never lent their mobile to someone and wished wholeheartedly that the latter does not search the gallery and find confidential images or videos? While you are happy to share some data, others are meant to be kept confidential in order to protect your privacy. To do this, you must be vigilant in protecting your data. The safest option is to create a private album. However, it is not always easy to understand how to use it. Learn now in this article how to open a private album on a Samsung Galaxy J5 2017. First, we'll find out why to use a confidential album. Secondly, learn the different combinations to open a private folder on your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017.
Why use a private album on your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017?
What is the use of a private folder on your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017?
You do not transmit your confidential information to an individual you do not know and the same confidentiality reflex should equally apply to the content that is on your mobile, and in particular your images and videos. Especially since no one is ever safe from the theft of our personal belongings or from a malicious attack that could put our privacy at risk. And without imagining the worst, it sometimes happens that you lend your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017 to someone you trust without a guarantee that they will not take a look at the contents of your Android smartphone.
It is therefore your responsibility to defend the confidentiality of your files. And for that, the best possibility will be creating a private album on your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017 which will allow you to transfer your files, images and videos to a place hidden from prying eyes. This private album can be secured by a number of means (secure platform, by hiding it in your smartphone, by configuring an access code or fingerprint, etc.). Consequently, opening a private album on your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017 can only be done by yourself or by third parties whose access code you have approved.
How to create a private album?
To be able to hide files, images or videos, the best solution will therefore be to create a private album on your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017. And to achieve this, there are several ways to do this.
You can use an app to install via Google Play Store or you have the possibility to go through Parameters option from your android device. Indeed, many Android phone manufacturers have heard the need for customers to want to secure their data. This is why, on various versions of Samsung Galaxy J5 2017, they offer the creation of an automatically integrated secure private album.
To find the solution that best suits you to hide pictures or videos on your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017, you can read our article on this subject.
How to open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017?
To open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017, it all depends on the version that is installed on your Android smartphone et how you proceeded to lock the album.
Open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017 using private mode
Several versions of Android phones offer a " Private mode". It allows you to create a folder from your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017 to hide your images and videos. Therefore when this private mode is not activated on your mobile, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you must first set up private mode and add a password.
To discover and open the album you have registered in private mode on your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017, here is the process:
- Activated private mode.
- There are two ways to achieve this. The first way to do this is to:
- Open the notifications menu,
- Unroll it notifications menu
- Tap on the private mode icon
- Or the second method is to:
- Open them Settings
- Press the button on the Private mode.
- Enter your private mode password.
- You will now have access to the images and videos that are in your private album.
Open a private album on a Samsung Galaxy J5 2017 using a secret code
Whether you want to open a private album created by your Android smartphone or by a third-party app, you will necessarily be asked to fill in the code that you saved 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 J5 2017, you simply have to go to the album and enter your secret code.
Be careful to memorize the secret code, since to avoid any intrusion on your precious confidential data, there are often no other ways to retrieve it. In some cases, you will be able to reset it if you have entered an e-mail address or if you have linked it to a personal account. In this situation, when entering your password, you will then have the solution to press " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to recover it.
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