If your phone is stolen, your personal details don’t have to be an open book
Over the page we’ll look at encryption, but simply locking apps and hiding stuff that you want to keep secret is enough to protect sensitive information from most people. Apps Lock and Gallery Hider enables you to choose what you want to lock or hide so that It's only available to you or to someone with the correct password or pattern signature. It also offers encryption for photos and videos. This handy app is useful for more than just protecting you from the aftermath of a theft. You don’t have to be obsessive to keep secrets from your colleagues, friends and family. On occasions you might let them use your phone so you can’t lock it entirely, but this way you decide what they have access to. And by hiding the Settings app, you can prevent your kids from playing with your phone and messing things up.
Steps:-
- Install and setup
Install Apps Lock and Gallery Hider. When it first runs, it’ll prompt you to create a lock profile. Choose a password, pattern or voice recognition, give the answer to a secret question and provide your email address for password recovery.
- Configure your options
Although the app will work with the default options, you might want to configure it according to your preferences. Using the Lock Manager and Lock Control tabs, change any of the settings, for example, hiding your password as you enter it.
- The main menu
Having setup your unlocking method and options, press back to go to the main menu. There are some additional options here that you might like to investigate later, but mostly you’ll be using the Apps Lock and Gallery Hider functions.
- Lock your apps
From the menu, select Apps Lock and agree to install Mig Central Server if asked. Some apps are locked; touch the padlock icon to lock others. When you try to run a locked app, enter your password, pattern or speak to continue.
- Hide images or videos
From the menu, select Gallery Hider. Click Photos or Videos; choose folders or items you want to conceal before selecting Hide. To reveal them later, select the Hidden tab, then choose what you want to uncover before selecting Unhide.
