Who has ever lent their phone to an acquaintance hoping that the latter does not search the gallery and find pictures or personal videos? Although you are happy to exchange certain data, others are made to remain confidential to protect your personal life. And for that, you need to be vigilant about the confidentiality of your data. The safest option is to create a private album. However, it is not always easy to know how to use it. We will discover now in this article how to open a private album on a Xiaomi Poco M5. First of all, we will see why use a confidential album. Then we will see the different possibilities to open a private folder on your Xiaomi Poco M5.
Why use a private album on your Xiaomi Poco M5?
What is the role of a private folder on your Xiaomi Poco M5?
You do not transmit all of your confidential information to an individual you do not know and the same reflex of confidentiality should in the same way concern the data which is located on your device, and in particular your photos and videos. Especially since we are in no way immune to theft of our personal belongings or malicious intrusion which are capable of putting our personal lives in danger. And without going to extreme cases, it may happen that you lend your Xiaomi Poco M5 to a person in whom you have great confidence without being sure that he will not take a look at the content of your mobile.
It is therefore up to you to ensure the confidentiality of your files. And to do this, the best solution turns out to be to create a private album on your Xiaomi Poco M5 which will give you the opportunity to put your documents, pictures and videos in a safe place. This private album can be secured by different processes (secure platform, hidden in your mobile phone, adding a password or fingerprint etc). In this way, opening a private album on your Xiaomi Poco M5 can only be done by yourself or by third-party individuals to whom you have given access.
How to create a private album?
If you want to hide folders, photos or even videos, the best option is to create a private album on your Xiaomi Poco M5. And to do this, there are several ways to do it.
You can use an app to install via Google Play Store or it is possible to go through the settings menu of your Android. Indeed, many smartphone brands have understood the obligation for customers to want to put their data in a safe place. Therefore, on some versions of Xiaomi Poco M5, they offer the creation of an immediately integrated secure private album.
So, if you want to find the solution that best suits you for hiding images or videos on your Xiaomi Poco M5, see our article on this subject.
How to open a private album on your Xiaomi Poco M5?
To open a private album on your Xiaomi Poco M5, everything will depend on the version that is installed on your Android phone et how you proceeded to lock the album.
Open a private album on your Xiaomi Poco M5 using private mode
Several versions of Android smartphone have a " Private mode“. Thanks to it, you can create a folder from your Xiaomi Poco M5 to hide your photos and videos. This way whenever this private mode is not turned on on your android smartphone, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you will first have to set the private mode and define a secret code.
To view and open the album you have registered in private mode on your Xiaomi Poco M5, here is the process:
- Activated private mode.
- There are two ways to do this. The first way to do this is to:
- Go to the notifications menu,
- Unroll it notifications menu
- Click on private mode icon
- Or the second method is to:
- Go to Settings
- Press the button on the Private mode.
- Enter your private mode password.
- You will now have access to photos and videos placed in your private album.
Open a private album on a Xiaomi Poco M5 using a password
Whether you want to open a private album created by your Android smartphone or by a third-party app, it will be essential to fill in the access code that you gave when you created it. It may be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a pattern, or a password. To open your private album on your Xiaomi Poco M5, all you have to do is go to the album, and enter your pass.
Be careful to memorize the secret code well, since to prevent any intrusion on your precious confidential data, there is often no other way to recover it. With a bit of luck, you can reset it if you provided an email address or linked it to a personal account. In these cases, when entering your password, you may also have the option of clicking on " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to find it.
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