We continue our series of articles on the security of a Pocophone F4. You will probably have understood this if you are used to our content, we want to provide you with all the solutions to secure your device. Indeed, the personal data it records are sometimes sensitive and we do not want them to be accessible by anyone. As a result, today we have prepared a small tutorial for you to explain how to lock applications on your Pocophone F4?
With this in mind, we will find out first, why is it interesting to block access to applications on your Pocophone F4, then two specific applications that will allow you to lock access to all the applications you want. This way you will be calm, even if you leave your smartphone unattended.
What is the use of app lock on Pocophone F4?
Although the majority of people set up a password, a pattern, or a fingerprint to lock the screen of their Pocophone F4, unfortunately this is not necessarily sufficient. And, whether at work or at home, it may happen that you leave your smartphone unlocked and that someone around you picks it up and takes advantage of a moment of inattention to rummage through your smartphone and access 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 Pocophone F4 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 Pocophone F4?
We now move on to the practical part of this tutorial, and we will show you two distinct techniques for block access to applications on your Pocophone F4. Unfortunately, this functionality is not natively integrated, except on certain specific apps. But in general, you will need to install a specific application that will optimize the security of your mobile phone. We will show you the two that we prefer.
Block access to certain applications through SoftWego
First technique, you can use the application of a software suite which is very practical because its applications are very compact, no need to bother with the memory of your smartphone, even if it is very easy toinsert a memory card into a Pocophone F4. If we summarize, this is the application Protect your applications , they made it easy yet effective, as its name suggests, its only interest is to lock access to the applications of your Pocophone F4 using a password. Now all you need to do is:
- Download and install the app
- Open it and grant it the required rights
- Choose from the list of applications all those you want to block
- Define a password for accessing the applications of your Pocophone F4
Lock access to one or more applications on your Pocophone F4 using AppLock
Finally, second alternative, 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 optimal security and ensure that no one will be able to harm you by wanting to use your Pocophone F4.
Although it is a little more cumbersome for the memory of your device, it remains an application that will not interfere with the operation of your smartphone. We recommend it if you want to have a more user-friendly, customizable, more complete application AppLock is made for you:
- Download and install AppLock on your Pocophone F4
- Grant the essential rights to the application so that it can function properly
- Choose password or fingerprint as an access key to your locked content
- Define all the content you want to block access in the different categories of the application
In the event that you want a maximum of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Pocophone F4, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Pocophone F4.
