Who has never lent their mobile to an individual hoping that the latter does not come across secret images or videos? Even though you are prepared to show some data, others are meant to be kept private to protect your personal life. This is why you need to be careful about protecting your files. The most common option turns out to be to create a private album. However, it is not always easy to know how to use it. We will now see in this article how to open a private album on a Samsung Galaxy S9. First of all, find out why to use a confidential album. In a second step we will see the different possibilities to open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy S9.
For what reasons to use a private album on your Samsung Galaxy S9?
What is a private album on your Samsung Galaxy S9 for?
You do not transmit all of your confidential information to just any individual and the same confidentiality reflex should also apply to the things that are on your smartphone, and in particular your photos and videos. Especially since no one is ever safe from a phone theft or a malicious intrusion which can put our personal life at risk. And without imagining the worst, it may happen that you lend your Samsung Galaxy S9 to someone you trust a lot without being assured that they are not going to take a look at the contents of your Android smartphone.
It is therefore your duty to guarantee the confidentiality of your files. And to do this, the best possibility is undoubtedly adding a private album to your Samsung Galaxy S9 which will offer you the possibility of keeping your files, images and videos out of prying eyes. This private album can be secured by several means (secure platform, by hiding it in your Android smartphone, by adding a password or a biometric lock, etc.). Like this, opening a private album on your Samsung Galaxy S9 can only be done by yourself or by third parties whose access code you have approved.
How to create a private album?
In order to hide files, images or videos, the best solution will therefore be to create a private album on your Samsung Galaxy S9. And there are several ways to do this.
You can use an app third or you can go through the settings menu from your Android smartphone. Indeed, the majority of phone manufacturers have understood the need for customers to want to protect their media. In this way, on several versions of Samsung Galaxy S9, they offer the creation of a directly integrated secure private album.
So, if you want to choose the solution that best suits you to hide pictures or videos on your Samsung Galaxy S9, we recommend that you read our article about it.
How to open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy S9?
To open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy S9, it all depends on your Android phone version et how you used to lock the album.
Open a private album on your Samsung Galaxy S9 using private mode
Some versions of Android smartphone have a " Private mode". Thanks to it, you can create an album from your Samsung Galaxy S9 to hide your photos and videos. So when this private mode is not turned on on your mobile phone, the album is hidden. So that this mode works, you will have to first set the private mode and add an access code.
To discover and open the album you have registered in private mode on your Samsung Galaxy S9, here is the maneuver:
- Activated private mode.
- There are two possibilities for doing this. The first procedure consists of:
- 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 code.
- You will now have permission to access the photos and videos that are in your private album.
Open a private album on a Samsung Galaxy S9 using a secret code
Whether it is to open a private album created by your phone or by a third-party app, you must 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 Samsung Galaxy S9, you simply have to go to the album and type in your pass.
Be careful to memorize the access code, since to thwart any intrusion on your precious private files, there is in most cases no other means of recovering it. In some cases, you can reset it if you provided an email address or linked it to a particular account. If this is the case, when entering your code, you may then have the option of pressing " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to recover it.
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