We continue our series of articles on the security of an Honor X8. You will probably have understood it in the event that you are a regular on our blog, we want to provide you with all the solutions to secure your phone. Indeed, the personal data it stores are sometimes sensitive and we do not want them to fall into everyone's hands. So, today we have prepared a little tutorial for you to explain how to lock apps on your Honor X8?
In this context, we will first see what is the benefit of blocking access to applications on your Honor X8, then two third-party applications that will allow you to lock access to all the applications you want. In this way you will have peace of mind, even if you leave your phone unattended.
What is the use of app lock on Honor X8?
Even though the vast majority of people set a password, a pattern, or a fingerprint to lock the screen of their Honor X8, this is not necessarily enough. And, whether at work or at home, you may leave your phone unlocked and someone around you will grab it and take advantage of a moment of inattention to rummage through your phone and access to the content of certain applications.
In the event that you take care to block access to certain apps that you consider sensitive, you will add additional security and whether your Honor X8 is unlocked or not, it will be impossible for anyone other than you to have access. to your personal data.
How to lock access to one or more applications on Honor X8?
We now move on to the tutorial part of this tutorial, and we present two different techniques to block access to applications on your Honor X8. That said, this function is not accessible on Android, except on certain very specific apps. But in general, you will need to install a specific application that will optimize the security of your smartphone. We will present to you the two that we prefer.
Block access to certain applications using SoftWego
First solution, you can use the application of a software suite which is very easy to use because its applications only weigh a few megabytes, no need to bother with your phone's memory, even if it is very easy toinsert a memory card in an Honor X8. Basically, this is the app Protect your applications , they made it easy yet effective, as the name suggests, its only goal is to lock access to applications on your Honor X8 with a password. You just need:
- Download and install the app
- Open it and grant it the necessary rights
- Choose from the list of applications all those you want to block
- Set a password to access the applications of your Honor X8
Lock access to one or more applications on your Honor X8 using AppLock
Finally, second solution, which this time is a little more complete and will also give you the possibility of protecting certain other elements such as functions of writing SMS, calls, uninstalling applications, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth … A really complete application to guarantee you maximum security and to be sure that no one can harm you by trying to use your Honor X8.
Although it is a little heavier, it remains an application that will not disturb the operation of your phone. We recommend it to you in the event that you need to have a more pleasant to use, customizable, more complete application AppLock is made for you:
- Download and install AppLock on your Honor X8
- Grant the necessary rights to the application so that it can function correctly
- Set a password or fingerprint as an access key to your locked content
- Select all the content you want to block access from the different categories of the application
If you ever want as many tutorials as possible to become a master of the Honor X8, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Honor X8.
