Has it certainly happened to you to lend your mobile to an individual in the hope that the latter does not search the gallery and find secret pictures or videos? While you are happy to share some files, others are meant to be kept private in order to protect your personal life. To do this, you must guarantee the confidentiality of your documents. The easiest option turns out to be to create a private album. Despite everything, it is not always obvious how to use it. We will see today how to open a private album on a Sony Xperia Ace. First, we'll find out what to use a confidential album for. Then learn the techniques to open a private album on your Sony Xperia Ace.

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What is the purpose of using a private album on your Sony Xperia Ace?

What is a private album for on your Sony Xperia Ace?

You don't send all of your personal info to just anyone, and the same spirit of privacy should similarly apply to things on your mobile, especially your photos and videos. Especially that no individuals are ever safe from the theft of our personal belongings or malicious intrusion which are likely to endanger our personal lives. And without imagining the worst, it sometimes happens that you lend your Sony Xperia Ace to someone you trust without being sure that they will not go and take a look at the contents of your Android smartphone.

It is therefore your responsibility to defend the confidentiality of your information. And to do this, the best solution turns out to be creating a private album on your Sony Xperia Ace which will give you the possibility to transfer your files, photos and videos to a safe place. This private album can be secured by a certain number of processes (secure platform, hidden in your smartphone, by configuring a password or also by a biometric lock, etc.). In this way, opening a private album on your Sony Xperia Ace can only be done by yourself or by third parties to whom you have given access to the album.

How to create a private album?

If you want to hide folders, snapshots or videos, the best possibility is therefore to create a private album on your Sony Xperia Ace. And to achieve this, there are several ways to do it.

You can use an app third or you can go through Parameters option from your android device. Indeed, many phone manufacturers have heard the interest in users wanting to secure their data. Therefore, on various versions of Sony Xperia Ace, they offer the possibility of creating a secure private album directly integrated.

If you want to find the best solution for hiding pictures or videos on your Sony Xperia Ace, we recommend that you read our article about it.

How to open a private album on your Sony Xperia Ace?

To open a private album on your Sony Xperia Ace, everything will depend on the version that is installed on your Android device et how you proceeded to lock the album.

Open a confidential album on your Sony Xperia Ace using private mode

Some versions of Android phones offer a " Private mode". It allows you to create an album from your Sony Xperia Ace to hide your photos and videos. Consequently whenever this private mode is not switched on on your mobile phone, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you will first have to configure the private mode and determine a password.

To view and open the album you have inserted in private mode on your Sony Xperia Ace, here is the maneuver:

  • Activate private mode.
  • But there are two possibilities for this. The first option is to:
    • Open the notifications menu,
    • Unroll it notifications menu
    • Press the private mode icon 
  • Or the second method is to:
    • Meet in the Settings
    • Activate the button on the Private mode.
  • Enter your private mode access code.
  • You will now have permission to access the photos and videos that are in your private album.

Open a private album on a Sony Xperia Ace using a secret code

Whether it is to open a private album created by your device or by an app downloaded to your phone, you will need to fill in the code that you gave when you created it. It may be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a drawing, or a password. To open your private album on your Sony Xperia Ace, all you have to do is go to the album and enter your secret code.

Be careful to save the code in your memory, since to avoid any intrusion on your precious confidential media, there is in most cases no other means of recovering it. In certain situations, you can reset it if you have specified an email address or if you have attached it to a personal account. In these cases, when entering your secret code, you will also find the solution to press " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to find it.

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