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Jari Taskinen

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I have a Galaxy 5S. I created a folder with pass code to enter that but now I just cant find the folder i gallery over my pictures.
I have tried everything on my phone but it seems it´s gone. Need help to find my hidden pictures.
 
So what did you use to create this folder? What did you use to set a passcode? Is it "hidden" in the Linux sense, i.e. with a "." at the start of the filename so that it doesn't show in a file explorer (unless you set the option to show hidden files), or just in the sense that you've set a password?

And to avoid everyone repeating what you've already done, what things have you actually tried?
 
I only created a passcode with 4 numbers to the pic folder, nothing more. The strange thing are that I can put in pictures in to the folder but I cant find it to open it up. It´s just gone and I put it on show me the hidden filders but it´s gone.
I have search the web in information and I have tried almost anything I know on the phone with bad outcome. No folder on my private pictures shows up.
 
If I take a picture with the phone it goes to the gallery, there I can click on the picture and chose where I want to put it. So if I put it on my private folder it disapeers from the gallery. But the problem is that I cant find the private folder anywhere =( Even that i put in show me hidden stuff.
 
OK, so you have an address for this private folder? Because if the gallery app (whichever one you are using) offers it as a place to move things you must be able to get an address for it.

So back to the earlier question: what did you use to create this passcode? Remember that we only know what you type, anything you don't type here you should assume we don't know. Don't make assumptions or take things for granted, we are working with very limited information here and it's unlikely that any of us have the same apps you have on an old Samsung.
 
No, I dont have an adress for this folder. When I created the private folder I only used the phone to do that, dont remeber how I did it and thats the huge problem for me. And maby thats why I cant find it anymore.
Sorry for the lack of information but I dont have any more of it.
 
If I press on a picture so it show on the whole screen then I have 3 dots on the right uper corner there I can press. Then it show me suggetions where to move it. There I have my private folder but after I moved a picture there I cant find the folder so I can see the picture in it.
 
Check your apo drawer. It's called secure folder. To get to settings for secure folder go to settings>biometrics >secure folder

Also make sure that secure folder is not hidden or you will not find it.
 
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