Who has never lent their phone to an individual hoping that the latter does not search the gallery and find confidential photos or videos? Even if you are happy to exchange a few files, others are meant to be kept private in order to protect your privacy. And for that, you need to ensure the protection of your media. The safest solution turns out to be to create a private album. However, it is not necessarily obvious how to use it. We will now see in this article how to open a private album on a Xiaomi Redmi Y3. First, find out why to use a private album. Then learn the techniques to open a private folder on your Xiaomi Redmi Y3.
Why use a private album on your Xiaomi Redmi Y3?
What is the use of a private folder on your Xiaomi Redmi Y3?
You do not deliver all of your personal information to just any individual and the same confidentiality reflex should also apply to the data located on your smartphone, and in particular your images and videos. Especially since none of us is ever safe from the theft of our personal belongings or from a malicious attack which risks putting our privacy at risk. And without even imagining the most extreme situations, it may happen that you lend your Xiaomi Redmi Y3 to a colleague, a friend or a trusted relative without the assurance that it will not wander the content of your Android smartphone.
Therefore, it is your responsibility to control the privacy of your files. And to achieve this, the best solution turns out to be creating a private album on your Xiaomi Redmi Y3 which will offer you the possibility of putting your documents, photos and videos in a place away from the curious. This private album can be secured by a certain number of processes (secure platform, hidden in your phone, by configuring a password or even a fingerprint, etc.). In this way, opening a private album on your Xiaomi Redmi Y3 can only be done by yourself or by third parties whose access code you have granted.
How to create a private album?
In order to hide documents, photos or even videos, the best solution will be to create a private album on your Xiaomi Redmi Y3. And to achieve this, there are several solutions.
You can use an app third or you have the possibility to go through the settings menu from your android device. Indeed, many smartphone manufacturers have understood the interest for users to have to protect their data. As a result, on various versions of Xiaomi Redmi Y3, they provide the option to create an automatically integrated secure private album.
If you want to choose the option that best suits you to hide pictures or videos on your Xiaomi Redmi Y3, you can read our article about it.
What technique should you use to open a private album on your Xiaomi Redmi Y3?
To open a private album on your Xiaomi Redmi Y3, everything will depend on the version that is installed on your Android device et the method you used to lock the album.
Open a confidential album on your Xiaomi Redmi Y3 using private mode
Several versions of Android smartphones have a " Private mode". It offers you the possibility to create a folder from your Xiaomi Redmi Y3 to hide your images and videos. This way whenever this private mode is not running 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 an access code.
To view and open the album you saved in private mode on your Xiaomi Redmi Y3, here is the procedure:
- Activate private mode.
- But there are two ways of doing this. The first way is to:
- Go to the notifications menu,
- Unroll it notifications menu
- Press the private mode icon
- Or the second option is to:
- Open them Settings
- Activate the button on the Private mode.
- Enter your private mode code.
- You will then have access to the images and videos placed in your private album.
Open a private album on a Xiaomi Redmi Y3 with a password
Whether opening a private album created by your device or by an application downloaded to your phone, you will inevitably have to type the code that you gave at the time of its creation. This access code can be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a drawing, or a password. To open your private album on your Xiaomi Redmi Y3, all you have to do is go to the album, and type your pass.
Be careful to remember the access code, since to avoid any intrusion on your precious confidential data, there is usually no other way to retrieve it. With a little luck, you will be able to reset it in the event that you provided an email address or that you linked it to a particular account. In this case, when entering your password, you may then be able to press " Forgotten password". It's up to you to follow the instructions to find it.
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