Who has never lent their android smartphone to someone hoping that the latter does not come across photos or confidential videos? Even if you are ready to exchange a certain number of files, others are made to remain private in order to protect your personal life. To do this, you must ensure the protection of your media. The most common solution is 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 Xiaomi 11. First, learn the reasons for using a confidential album. Secondly we will see the techniques for opening a private folder on a Xiaomi 11.
What is the purpose of using a private album on your Xiaomi 11?
What is the use of a private folder on his Xiaomi 11?
You do not transmit all of your confidential information to an individual you do not know and the same spirit of confidentiality should equally apply to the data on your Android smartphone, and particularly your photos and videos. Especially since no one is in any way safe from phone theft or malicious intrusion that can put our personal lives in danger. And without even seeing the worst, it sometimes happens that you lend your Xiaomi 11 to someone you trust without being sure that they will not take a look at the contents of your smartphone.
It is therefore your duty to control the confidentiality of your information. And for that, the best possibility turns out to be to create a private album on your Xiaomi 11 which will give you the opportunity to put your files, photos and videos away from prying eyes. This private album can be secured by a number of means (secure platform, by hiding it in your smartphone, by adding a password or also by a biometric lock, etc.). Thus, opening a private album on your Xiaomi 11 can only be done by yourself or by third-party individuals whose access you have accepted.
How to create a private album?
In order to hide documents, photos or also videos, the best possibility will therefore be to create a private album on your Xiaomi 11. And to do this, there are several ways to do it.
You can use an app third or you have the possibility to go through Parameters option of your Android smartphone. Indeed, the majority of telephone brands have understood the usefulness for users of having to put their media in a safe place. Therefore, on several versions of Xiaomi 11, they offer the creation of a directly integrated secure private album.
If you want to find the solution that best suits you to hide images or videos on your Xiaomi 11, you can read our article about it.
What is the method to open a private album on your Xiaomi 11?
To open a private album on your Xiaomi 11, it all depends on the version that is installed on your Android phone et how you used to lock the album.
Open a private album on your Xiaomi 11 using private mode
A number of Android smartphone versions have a " Private mode“. It allows you to create a folder from your Xiaomi 11 to hide your photos and videos. Consequently, whenever this private mode is not activated on your smartphone, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you will first have to set the private mode and define a password.
To discover and open the album you have registered in private mode on your Xiaomi 11, here is the maneuver:
- Activate private mode.
- There are two alternatives available to do this. The first way is to:
- Go to the notifications menu,
- Unroll it notifications menu
- Click on private mode icon
- Or the second procedure 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 Xiaomi 11 using a password
Whether opening a private album created by your smartphone or by a third-party application, you will necessarily be asked to enter the access code that you saved 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 Xiaomi 11, all you have to do is go to the album, and enter your pass.
Be careful to remember the access code, since to prevent any intrusion on your precious confidential media, 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 attached it to a particular account. In these cases, when entering your secret code, you will also have the choice of clicking on " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to find it.
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