Have you ever had to lend your mobile to a friend, relative or even a colleague in the hope 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 show, others are meant to be kept confidential to protect your private life. Consequently, for this, you must ensure the protection of your media. The most common solution remains the creation of a private album. However, it is not always easy to understand how to use it. We will find out today how to open a private album on a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. First of all, let's see why to use a private album. In a second step we will see the various procedures to open a private folder on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge.
What is the purpose of using a private album on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge?
What is the use of a private folder on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge?
You do not deliver all of your confidential information to just any individual and the same spirit of confidentiality should apply equally to the data on your Android, and in particular your images and videos. Especially since no individuals are ever safe from a phone theft or a malicious intrusion which can put our intimate life at risk. And without imagining the worst, sometimes it happens that you lend your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge to someone you trust a lot without a guarantee that they will not take a peek at the contents of your device.
It is therefore up to you to maintain the confidentiality of your files. And to achieve this goal, the best solution turns out to be the creation of a private album on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge which will allow you to put your files, snapshots and videos in a place hidden from prying eyes. This private album can be secured by several means (secure platform, hidden in your Android smartphone, by adding an access code or fingerprint, etc.). In this way, opening a private album on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge can only be done by yourself or by third parties to which you have accepted access.
How to create a private album?
If you want to hide files, snapshots but also videos, the best solution is undoubtedly to create a private album on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. And for that, there are various ways of doing things.
You can use an app To download or you just have to go through Parameters option from your android phone. Indeed, the majority of smartphone manufacturers have grasped the interest for customers to have to protect their data. This is why, on some versions of Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, they offer the possibility of creating an automatically integrated secure private album.
If you want to choose the option that best suits you to hide pictures or videos on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, you can read our article about it.
What technique should you use to open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge?
To open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, everything will depend on your Android phone version et how you proceeded to lock the album.
Open a confidential album on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge using private mode
Several versions of Android smartphones offer a " Private mode". It allows you to create a folder from your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge to hide your images and videos. Like this whenever this private mode is not turned on on your smartphone, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you must first set the private mode and choose a password.
To discover and open the album you have inserted in private mode on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, here is the process:
- Activated private mode.
- To achieve this two possibilities are available to you. The first way is to:
- Open the notifications menu,
- Unroll it notifications menu
- Tap on the private mode icon
- Or the second method is to:
- Go to Settings
- Press the button on the Private mode.
- Enter your private mode code.
- You will then have the authorization to access the images and videos placed in your private album.
Open a private album on a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge using a secret code
Whether opening a private album created by your device or by a third-party app, you must type the access code that you indicated at the time of its creation. It may be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a drawing, or a password. To open your private album on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, 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 media, there is in most cases no other way 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 specific account. In these cases, when entering your password, you can then have the solution to click on " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to find it.
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