The camera in Vault9 saves each photo and video only into your vault. The app never writes a capture to the Photos app, so there is no original to delete there. Nothing waits in Recently Deleted either.
If you shoot with the iPhone Camera app and import later, the photo sits in Photos until you delete it. Then it sits in Recently Deleted. For photos you already have, see how to move photos to a vault app.
Using the camera
Tap Camera on the Gallery or on an album screen. A capture from one of your own albums joins that album. Vault9 encrypts the capture on your iPhone before it stores it, as it does with an import.
You choose Photo or Video, the front or back camera, and the flash for photos. A thumbnail in the corner shows that the new item is saved.
The app asks for the camera the first time you open it. It asks for the microphone the first time you choose Video, and without it your videos have no sound.
We left some things out. The camera has no filters and no Live Photos. A capture holds no location, and the app never asks for yours.
A lock cuts a recording short
Vault9 locks when it goes to the background. If you record a video at that moment, the recording stops and the app deletes its file. After the next unlock, the app tells you that the video was not saved. So finish a long recording before you switch apps.
The automatic lock after a time without a touch does not run while the camera is on screen.
Check the backup
A capture exists only in the vault. Photos holds no copy, so the iCloud backup is the only copy outside your iPhone. Vault9 has no Recently Deleted album either. A deleted item is gone for good.
