Samsung Galaxy S6 - Manual (Page 110)

Settings
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Privacy and safety
Options
Change the settings for maintaining your privacy and safety.
On the Settings screen, tap
Privacy and safety.
• Location: Change settings for location information permissions.
• Private mode: Activate private mode to prevent others from accessing your personal
content. Refer to Private mode for more information.
• Report diagnostic info: Set the device to automatically send the device’s diagnostic and
usage information to Samsung.
• Send SOS messages: Set the device to send help messages by pressing the Power
key three times. You can also send sound recordings along with the message to the
recipients. Refer to
Send SOS messages for more information.
Private mode
Hide personal content in your device to prevent others from accessing it.
In private mode, you can hide items in
Gallery, Video, Music, Voice Recorder, My Files, and
Internet.
Activating private mode
1
On the Settings screen, tap Privacy and safety → Private mode, and then tap the switch
to activate it.
If you are activating private mode for the first time, follow the on-screen instructions to
set up a private mode access code.
2
Follow the on-screen instructions to enter the preset private mode access code.
Private mode is activated and the icon appears on the status bar.
You can view and access the hidden items only when private mode is activated. To
hide items stored in the private folder, deactivate private mode.