Gallery question, thumbnails - HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity

When I go to gallery and see the selections for all photos, camera shots, then the various picture folders on my vivid, what is the factor that chooses which picture is the cover thumbnail for that folder? I know for camera shots it's the most recent one, but I can't determine what it is for the others. I'd like to manipulate a dummy photo so that it's always the cover thumbnail in a few of my "other" folders!

I can't find an option to change the top picture. You may have to get another album from the play store.
Sent from my HTC PH39100 using XDA

Another album meaning replacement app for "gallery"?
There must be a method to the way the top picture is chosen, whether it be size, date taken, name? Ideally is like to be able to sequester certain folders from showing up at all in the gallery, accessible only by file explore r!

grafik2 said:
Ideally is like to be able to sequester certain folders from showing up at all in the gallery, accessible only by file explore r!
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Have you tried creating a blank '.nomedia' file in that dir? Just a thought...

I've changed the name of some pictures before however it doesn't affect which one is selected for thumbnail view. in root explore, the folder is listed alphabetically but in gallery view it seems to be by date created?..
Is there a way I can edit a jpg file so that it says it was created in say 2005 for example? Hopefully this will allow me to choose which file is the thumbnail

grafik2 said:
I've changed the name of some pictures before however it doesn't affect which one is selected for thumbnail view. in root explore, the folder is listed alphabetically but in gallery view it seems to be by date created?..
Is there a way I can edit a jpg file so that it says it was created in say 2005 for example? Hopefully this will allow me to choose which file is the thumbnail
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Can you go to the My Pictures/Pictures folder on your PC and find an old picture - one older than the ones in your album(s)? I know I have photos 8-9 years old on my PC.

Using Windows you can edit the "date taken" by right-clicking, properties, Details tab, edit Date Taken field. Apply. OK. See if that works

Every time I take an older picture and copy it into this folder, it changed the date modified field to todays date, which makes it no longer an older picture! I even created a new folder and copied all the pictures over, with the one I wanted as the cover first, but it reverted to the same order it was in before!
On my work laptop with windows seven I'm not able to edit the date fields, I can change some other info on the file but right clicking or double clicking the date doesn't do anything.
So this is not possible to change the picture that shows up as the cover of the folder album!

grafik2 said:
Every time I take an older picture and copy it into this folder, it changed the date modified field to todays date, which makes it no longer an older picture! I even created a new folder and copied all the pictures over, with the one I wanted as the cover first, but it reverted to the same order it was in before!
On my work laptop with windows seven I'm not able to edit the date fields, I can change some other info on the file but right clicking or double clicking the date doesn't do anything.
So this is not possible to change the picture that shows up as the cover of the folder album!
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Try the QuickPic app. It's free I believe. I got it because the HTC Gallery app was displaying my shots in random order, not in the order I took them. See if QuickPic works better.

Looks better! Thanks for the tip. Any way to set it to default over "gallery?"
Like when the camera is open and I click the pictures that have been taken it opens gallery

grafik2 said:
Looks better! Thanks for the tip. Any way to set it to default over "gallery?"
Like when the camera is open and I click the pictures that have been taken it opens gallery
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I don't see a way to change the association between the camera app and the gallery app, both from HTC. You can associate QuickPic with photos. Using a file explorer app (I use Astro), go to a folder containing photos. Long press on one file name. You will be prompted to select from Gallery or Quickpic. Check the default checkbox and then select Quickpic. This may, or may not, help some.
As for date changes on the files when you transfer them, try Dropbox or a similar app. I use it for moving files between my PC and phone. The file dates don't change.
I really miss my Resco Photo Manager from my old Windows Mobile phone. It is much better than any Android apps I have used.

Thanks, I have drop box I'll try that!

any way to enlarge the photos IN Gallery? before the ICS update the gallery was easier to see all the pictures.. but now its smaller and hard to make them out before opening it

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How to not show all folders in Album view!?

I have allot of program folders with grafix in them on my phone, and I don't want to scroll thrue all of them when I'm using Camera -> Album...
I know how to add folders to the Ignored list in registry...
HKLM\Software\HTC\HTCAlbum\Ignored\
but I cant get it to work with folders in the 'Storage card'...
Anyone that can help me?
'I just want to say BIG thanx to everybody in this forum!! Without you I would be completely lost!'
I have the same problem. Plus, I would like to open a picture in HTC album from file explorer, but it always just opens the default album, not the picture I want to open.
Any help is appreciated!
Yeah, I would be lost without the forum as well!
laser21 said:
I have the same problem. Plus, I would like to open a picture in HTC album from file explorer, but it always just opens the default album, not the picture I want to open.
Any help is appreciated!
Yeah, I would be lost without the forum as well!
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make a .lnk file with the following:
20#"Windows\htcalbum.exe" -directory:\my documents
if you want another folder just replace my documents with what ever you want
NisseDILLIGAF said:
I have allot of program folders with grafix in them on my phone, and I don't want to scroll thrue all of them when I'm using Camera -> Album...
I know how to add folders to the Ignored list in registry...
HKLM\Software\HTC\HTCAlbum\Ignored\
but I cant get it to work with folders in the 'Storage card'...
Anyone that can help me?
'I just want to say BIG thanx to everybody in this forum!! Without you I would be completely lost!'
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The ignore list doesnt work for me I put in \internal storage\blabla
but the folder is shown anyway...I tried a soft reset afterwards...
Hi Laser 21,
Did you ever find a solution to this problem?
Thanks,
Ross.
no. Anyone else?
laser21 said:
no. Anyone else?
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No, nothing here either
Can block all folders except in Internal Storage..
Hello,
the only solution I'm aware of is to set the 'hidden' attribute on the folders which should not be visible in the HTC-Album.
In my experience each individual image has to have the hidden attribute set, rather than the folders.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=424784
Hello Dave,
yes, you're right.
I used "Total Commander/CE", and tried to set the hidden-attribute on a folder called "Musik", and selected "Recurse subdirs". Then I checked some subfolders an saw that the folders were not marked "hidden" (that does work with "Total Commander 32" on my PCs). But after a reboot, HTC-Album didn't list any of the subfolders inside the "Musik"-folder. So I thought it was enough to mark the top-folder hidden to hide all subfolders, too.
I just checked the folder again and saw that Total-Commander/CE had marked all files 'hidden'.
So it's not as easy as I thought.
DeltaVictorLima said:
So it's not as easy as I thought.
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It's easy enough from a desktop computer in USB disk drive mode.
I don't generally use HTC Album but this is a fix I have to do with my music album art in order to keep the program actually usable. It's a really flawed bit of software IMO.

Album - folder creation

How do we create a folder within the Album destination storage folder?
When I take pictures they are going on my storage card and the only visible folder is "100media". I tried creating additionnal folders within to sort my pictures but it is not seen by Album function.
Any idea, otherwise all my pics are seen in sequence 1 by one.
i didnt really got what you want ...
i mean would plz explian more
When you use the camera option, all pics taken are saved on my storage card. So they end up in 1 folder; 100media. I am looking on how to create another folder within this one to sort my pictures in categories.
ex: -100media\home i would store my home pics
-100media\kids i would store my kids pic
and so on!
well ... im not sure about that really sorry
but you can take and then move them to another folder as you want
but im sure there is away to change that but i cant remember
I tried creating additionnal folders with Explorer but when looking them up with Album function, they are nowhere to be found. All I see is the folder "100media".....
It means that if i download 200 pics on storage card, i will have to scroll through all of them to get to last one since I can't categorize them....
Found how to created folders to sort my pics.....by using Explorer you have to create other folders BUT they don't appear in Album application until you actually do transfert a pic into it......
That is why I could not see the folder once created, they were still empty

Sense Bookmark Icons

Hi there,
i searched the forum for a while now for a problem that every now and then pops up for me after reflashing. I'm searching for an automatic way to assign my own thumbnail graphics on the sense internet tab.
I use the manual way sometimes after flashing, but it is not satisfying me, because it takes lot of time to copy the files, rename my original files to the newly created ones and copy them back. So most of the time i don't use the icons...
Yes, i know that the pics have to be 512x512px PNG Files, and i also know that they are stored under Windows\Thumbnails .
I'm searching for where the information for the lookup of these pics (for example {2B1EE4E4-651F-D4DC-708B-DB1319CA381E}.png) is stored. I neither found it in the registry, nor in the filesystem as plain text. I copied the whole file system to my pc and did a in-file-search.
For me there are now to last possibilities where to find them:
Theyre stored as hex values in registry or in filesystem, so that a normal textsearch is useless or
theyre stored in a database file.
If someone has an idea which file it is or if theres another possibility i would be glad to hear it. It makes me crazy that we can change EVERYTHING on our wm-devices since years, but something like the bookmark icons (whch is significant for me) is so hard to find
best regards, Puckmeister
Are you looking for "Custom icons" or just a snapshot of the webpage? I know that if you save the favorite in opera 9/10 and open the favorite from inside opera (from the favorites menu) you will then see the screenshot of said favorite in sense.

[Screensavers] COOL Screensavers

some of my collected screensavers for NST
2nd collection
2nd collection
You could have posted in the other thread.
brendan10211 said:
You could have posted in the other thread.
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Yeah, but that other thread is mostly discussion and not actual screen savers.
3rd collection
3rd collection
I could not watch... so I upload my SS pictures
can u tell me how to put it in unrooted nook ???
Connect via usb, there is a folder called screensavers in media, make a folder inside that and put the images there, then go to nook`s settings, screen and select your folder name..
I use this as a shutdown image and a screensaver.
another post about screensavers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1374641&page=3
Any favorite team screen savers?
Any fans of HP Lovecraft will probably like this guy's art.
http://mrzarono.deviantart.com/gallery/
They look good displayed in B&W on the nook screen so you just need to crop them down to 800 x 600 size.
It doesnt cycle among the pictures i stored .. What to do ?
naveen_reloaded said:
It doesnt cycle among the pictures i stored .. What to do ?
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Did you place them in the root of the wallpaper folder on your Nook? If so, create a folder in the wallpaper folder and move all the images you want to cycle through there. Then in the screen settings on the Nook choose the named folder containing the pics, when the screen saver activates now it will select a pic from group.
tj_f said:
Did you place them in the root of the wallpaper folder on your Nook? If so, create a folder in the wallpaper folder and move all the images you want to cycle through there. Then in the screen settings on the Nook choose the named folder containing the pics, when the screen saver activates now it will select a pic from group.
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I did create a new folder under wallpaper and stored them. But found that single picture was somehow stopping from cycling , or it could be due to the numbering of the files i did , like 1.jpg , 2.jpg etc , then randomized all names , now working fine.
http://i.imgur.com/vY6l6.jpg?1
Picture from : http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/y0mev/one_of_my_buddies_drew_bane_how_did_he_do/
Escher screensaver
Here are some for the Escher fans.
Flickr Group :
http://www.flickr.com/groups/nookwallpapers/
Few Quote images here , all 600x800 size
http://randommization.com/2012/05/26/good-old-words-of-wisdom-printed-on-posters/
Few Piranesi - Carceri d'Invenzione images here (Look for the Download link within the post)
http://twll.blogspot.in/2010/12/nook-wallpaper-set-piranesi-carceri.html
hi guys the ones I use

Photo Gallery Question - any help or suggestions on replacement app?

Hi... I've recently gone through most of the pictures I had on my SD card and placed them in folders that are appropriately named. I have a question with nested folders. As an example set up, I have created a folder called Animals. Inside the Dogs folder, there are several sub-folders named for the animals they represent - i.e. "Dogs", "Cats", "Birds", etc. In the file manager program they are arranged neatly with no problems. I open the stock gallery app that comes with the ROM I have on my Galaxy Note 4 and I have the option for FOLDER and TIME. When I choose FOLDER, it shows me all the folders I have created - all at one time. Is there a way to simply show the Animals folder, and then when I tap on that, I can then see the sub folders?? I placed pictures in sub folders for this reason so that I would not see a boat-load of folders on the initial screen, but I could narrow things down by folder, then sub-folder (and even, perhaps another layer of sub-folder?)? Am I missing a setting, or did I arrange things wrong, or is there another app that might show things this way, or is it just S.O.L. for what I'd like?
Thank you in advance for your answers and suggestions
Wingmann

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