Have you ever had to lend your smartphone to an individual and wish wholeheartedly that the latter does not search the gallery and find personal images or videos? Even if you are prepared to exchange certain data, others are made to remain private in order to protect your privacy. To do this, you need to pay attention to the confidentiality of your files. The most common solution turns out to be the creation of 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 ZenFone Max Pro M2. First of all, learn what to use a private album for. Secondly, discover the different possibilities to open a private album on your ZenFone Max Pro M2.
What are the reasons for using a private album on a ZenFone Max Pro M2?
What is the use of a private album on a ZenFone Max Pro M2?
You don't give all of your personal data to someone you don't know, and the same privacy reflex should similarly apply to the content on your device, especially your photos and videos. Especially since we are in no way immune to a phone theft or a malicious intrusion which is likely to put our privacy at risk. And without even seeing the worst, it sometimes happens that you lend your ZenFone Max Pro M2 to someone you trust without being sure that they are not going to take a look at the content of your mobile.
It is therefore up to you to control the confidentiality of your data. And to do this, the best option turns out to be adding a private album to your ZenFone Max Pro M2 which will offer you the possibility to transfer your documents, images and videos to a place hidden from prying eyes. This private album can be secured by different means (secure platform, hidden in your mobile phone, by configuring an access code or also by a biometric lock, etc.). In this way, opening a private album on your ZenFone Max Pro M2 can only be done by yourself or by close people whose access code you have accepted.
How to create a private album?
To be able to hide files, images and also videos, the best solution will be to create a private album on your ZenFone Max Pro M2. And for that, there are various ways of doing things.
You can use an app third or you have the possibility to go through the settings from your Android smartphone. Indeed, many smartphone brands have grasped the need for customers to want to secure their data. In this way, on some versions of ZenFone Max Pro M2, they offer the creation of a directly integrated secure private album.
If you want to find the solution that best suits you to hide pictures or videos on your ZenFone Max Pro M2, you can read our article about it.
How to open a private album on your ZenFone Max Pro M2?
To open a private album on your ZenFone Max Pro M2, everything will depend on the version of your Android smartphone et how you used to lock the album.
Open a private album on your ZenFone Max Pro M2 using private mode
Several versions of Android smartphones have a " Private mode". With it, you can create an album through your ZenFone Max Pro M2 to hide your photos and videos. So whenever this private mode is not activated on your Android, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you must first set the private mode and choose a secret code.
To view and open the album you have inserted in private mode on your ZenFone Max Pro M2, here is the procedure:
- Activate private mode.
- To do this two methods exist. The first method consists of:
- Go to the notifications menu,
- Unroll it notifications menu
- Press the private mode icon
- Or the second solution is to:
- Open them 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 placed in your private album.
Open a private album on a ZenFone Max Pro M2 using a password
Whether it is to open a private album created by your device or by an application downloaded on your phone, it will be essential to type the code that you administered when you created it. It may be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a drawing, or a password. To open your private album on your ZenFone Max Pro M2, you simply have to go to the album and type your right pass.
Be careful to memorize the secret code, because to prevent any intrusion on your precious private files, there is most of the time no other way to recover it. In certain situations, you have the possibility of reinitializing it in the event that you indicated an e-mail address or that you have linked it to a specific account. In this case, when entering your password, you will then be able to click on " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to recover it.
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