You have certainly already happened to lend your android smartphone to an individual hoping that the latter does not come across confidential images or videos? Although you are ready to exchange a certain amount of data, others are made to remain confidential in order to protect your personal life. So for this reason, you must ensure the confidentiality of your documents. The most obvious option is to create a private album. That said, it is not always easy to know how to use it. We will find out today how to open a private album on a Xiaomi Poco M5S. First of all, find out why you should use a private album. Secondly we will see the techniques for opening a private folder on a Xiaomi Poco M5S.
Why use a private album on your Xiaomi Poco M5S?
What is the role of a private folder on your Xiaomi Poco M5S?
You do not transmit all of your personal information to a person you do not know and the same spirit of confidentiality should in the same way concern the data which is located on your mobile, and in particular your images and videos. Especially since no individuals are ever safe from a phone theft or an ill-intentioned intrusion which is likely to put our personal life in danger. And without imagining the worst, it may happen that you lend your Xiaomi Poco M5S to a colleague, friend or trusted relative without being sure that he will not take a look at the contents of your phone.
It is therefore your responsibility to control the confidentiality of your data. And to achieve this, the best solution will be creating a private album on your Xiaomi Poco M5S which will give you the opportunity to transfer your documents, images and videos to a safe place. This private album can be secured by a number of means (secure platform, hidden in your Android smartphone, by adding an access code or also by fingerprint etc). Thus, opening a private album on your Xiaomi Poco M5S 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 folders, images but also videos, the best possibility will therefore be to create a private album on your Xiaomi Poco M5S. And for that, there are various ways to do it.
You can use an app third or it is possible to go through Parameters option of your Android smartphone. Indeed, many smartphone brands have grasped the need for users to want to put their data in a safe place. Therefore, on various versions of Xiaomi Poco M5S, they offer the creation of an immediately integrated secure private album.
To choose the solution that best suits you for hiding images or videos on your Xiaomi Poco M5S, you can read our article on this subject.
What is the method to open a private album on your Xiaomi Poco M5S?
To open a private album on your Xiaomi Poco M5S, everything will depend on the version of your Android smartphone et how you proceeded to lock the album.
Open a confidential album on your Xiaomi Poco M5S using private mode
Several versions of Android smartphones have a " Private mode“. It allows you to create a folder through your Xiaomi Poco M5S to hide your images and videos. Consequently when this private mode is not activated on your phone, 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 M5S, here is the process:
- Activate private mode.
- To do this, two manipulations are available to you. The first method consists of:
- Open the notifications menu,
- Unroll it notifications menu
- Tap on the private mode icon
- Or the second solution is to:
- Open them Settings
- Activate the button on the Private mode.
- Enter your secret code for private mode.
- You will now have access to the images and videos put in your private album.
Open a private album on a Xiaomi Poco M5S using a password
Whether you want to open a private album created by your smartphone or by a third-party app, you will have to fill in the code that you saved when you created it. This access code can be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a drawing, or a password. To open your private album on your Xiaomi Poco M5S, simply go to the album and enter your pass.
Be careful to save the access code in your memory, since to avoid any intrusion on your precious confidential media, there are generally no other means of recovering it. In some situations, you can reset it if you have provided an email address or linked it to a particular account. If this is the case, when entering your access code, you will also be able to press " Forgotten password". It's up to you to follow the instructions to find it.
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