We continue our series of articles on the security of a Wiko Y82. You will probably have understood this if you are a regular on our blog, we would like to present you with all the solutions to secure your mobile phone. Indeed, the personal data it records are at times sensitive and we do not want them to be accessible by anyone. Therefore, today we have prepared a small tutorial to show you how to lock apps on your Wiko Y82?
To do this, we will first present to you, what is the benefit of blocking access to applications on your Wiko Y82, then two specific applications which will give you the possibility of locking access to all the apps you want. This way you will have peace of mind, even if you leave your mobile phone unattended.
What is the use of locking an application on Wiko Y82?
Even if the majority of people configure a password, a pattern, or a fingerprint to lock the screen of their Wiko Y82, it is however not necessarily sufficient. And, whether at work or at home, it may happen that you leave your mobile phone unlocked and that someone around you grabs it and takes advantage of a moment of inattention to rummage through your mobile phone and access the content of certain applications.
If you take the step of blocking access to certain apps that seem sensitive to you, you will add additional security and whether your Wiko Y82 is unlocked or not, it will be impossible for anyone other than you to have access to your apps and what they contain.
How to lock access to one or more applications on Wiko Y82?
We now move on to the practical part of this tutorial, and we will reveal two different methods to block access to applications on your Wiko Y82. However, this function is not available on Android, except on certain specific apps. But in most cases, you will need to install a dedicated application that will optimize the security of your smartphone. We are going to reveal to you the two that we prefer.
Block access to certain applications using SoftWego
First technique, you can use the application of a software suite which is very easy to use because its applications are very compact, no need to take your head with the memory of your mobile phone, even if it is very easy toinsert a memory card into a Wiko Y82. Basically, this is the app Protect your applications , they made it easy yet effective, as its name suggests, its only role is to lock access to applications on your Wiko Y82 with a password. Now all you need to do is:
- Download and install the app
- Open it and give it the required rights
- Choose from the list of applications all those you want to block
- Choose a password to access the applications of your Wiko Y82
Lock access to one or more applications on your Wiko Y82 using AppLock
Finally, a second solution, which this time is a little more global and will also allow you 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 optimal security and to be sure that no one will be able to harm you by wanting to use your Wiko Y82.
Although it is a little heavier, it remains an application that will not disturb the operation of your mobile phone. We recommend it if you want to have a more pleasant to use, customizable, more complete application AppLock is made for you:
- Download and install AppLock on your Wiko Y82
- Give essential access to the application so that it can function properly
- Define a 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
If you want as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the Wiko Y82, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Wiko Y82.
