We continue our series of articles on the security of a HUAWEI Mate X. You will certainly have understood it if you are used to our content, we would like to present you all the solutions to secure your mobile phone. Indeed, the personal data that it records are at times sensitive and we do not want them to fall into everyone's hands. As a result, today we have put together a guide to teach you how to lock applications on your HUAWEI Mate X?
To do this, we will first find out what is the point of blocking access to applications on your HUAWEI Mate X, and then, two third-party applications that can allow you to lock access to all the applications you want. . This will give you peace of mind, even if you leave your mobile phone unattended.
What is the point of locking an application on HUAWEI Mate X?
Even though most people configure a password, pattern, or fingerprint to lock the screen of their HUAWEI Mate X, unfortunately this is not necessarily enough. And, whether at work, or at home, it may happen that you let your mobile phone unlock and someone around you picks it up and takes a moment of inattention to dig into your mobile phone and access the content of certain applications.
In the event that you have decided to block access to certain apps that seem sensitive to you, you will add additional security and whether your HUAWEI Mate X is unlocked or not, it will be impossible for anyone other than you to access your applications and what they contain.
How to lock access to one or more applications on HUAWEI Mate X?
We now move on to the practical part of this tutorial, and we present you two distinct techniques to block access to applications on your HUAWEI Mate X. However, this functionality is not basic on Android, except on some specific apps. But in most cases, you will need to install a dedicated application that will increase the security of your smartphone. We are going to present you the two choices that we think are the most relevant.
Block access to certain applications using SoftWego
First solution, you can use the application of a software suite which is very useful because its applications are very compact, no need to bother with the memory of your mobile phone, even if it is very easy toinsert a memory card into a HUAWEI Mate X. 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 the applications of your HUAWEI Mate X using a password. You just need to:
- 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 for accessing the applications of your HUAWEI Mate X
Lock access to one or more applications on your HUAWEI Mate X using AppLock
Finally, a second alternative, which this time is a little more complete and will also give you the possibility to protect 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 make sure that no one will be able to harm you by wanting to use your HUAWEI Mate X.
Although it takes a little more space for the memory of your device, it remains an application that will not interfere with the operation of your mobile phone. We recommend it to you in the event that you want to have an application that is more pleasant to use, customizable, more complete AppLock is made for you:
- Download and install AppLock on your HUAWEI Mate X
- Give the necessary access to the application so that it can function correctly
- Define 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 want as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the HUAWEI Mate X, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: HUAWEI MateX.
