MY XZ keeps pulling pics from whatsapp into the ALBUM app on XZ..how to stop that?
There'll be a bunch of folders on the storage area, you need to put a blank file called " .nomedia " in there to stop it from looking in that folder.
Gemdog said:
There'll be a bunch of folders on the storage area, you need to put a blank file called " .nomedia " in there to stop it from looking in that folder.
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Does not work.
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**** man..i really need this..some random 'adult' pics turn up in my albums
Download quickpic from the playstore and use that to place the nomedia file as suggested by gemdog. It works.
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kchino said:
Download quickpic from the playstore and use that to place the nomedia file as suggested by gemdog. It works.
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It only work if you using quickpic to view picture, stock album apps still showing the content from whatapps.
This is a big security bug from SONY..Why does no one complain about it?
No one is complaining because it's not the fault of Sony. Whatsapp is the problem here not Sony or the lack of complaints.
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is there any other solution to this up to date???
its really annoying...
I wish there was some way to exclude folders from view in the stock album viewer also.
You can download a hacked version of whatsapp and it has an option to disable that. On top of that, the photos you upload are not compressed, so it's the full hd photo when others download it.
I think it's called whatsapp plus or +
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Just for the record the problem also happens on Galaxy phones, this isn't a sony problem it's a whatapp problem.
Bless, did you clear media storage app data after creating .nomedia file and restart the phone and wait again to do the scan?? Obviously if you create the file and not reset the media storage index of filed I'll keep loading them.
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just copy the .nomedia file from whatsapp\video and try https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS51YmVydWxsdS5yZXNjYW5zZCJd
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I think he means that the phone auto download sended pics... Its a whatssapp issue and not a very cool one if you ask me, i downloaded whatsapp plus from androis hacking/apps threat and ticked auto download off!
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i recently downloaded a app called launcher icon and dock. i saved a lot of icon form it. and it all appear in the gallery. i can hardly find my camera folder.
how can i just hide all the icon in the gallery.(it make 1 icon 1 folder...)
i tried to use Linux file type with "." it works but all apps that is changed icon is affected, to back to original icon.
Are the files on your sd card?
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Did you try putting a file called .nomedia in the folder where the icons are stored. That will exclude the files from the gallery. It will also exclude sub folders.
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grkmano said:
Are the files on your sd card?
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yes!
quarlow said:
Did you try putting a file called .nomedia in the folder where the icons are stored. That will exclude the files from the gallery. It will also exclude sub folders.
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thanks for help, but it doesn't work...
You could switch to a different pic viewer, like Quickpic. It allows you to exclude folders from scanning. However, in the stock gallery, it still scans them. I also saw an app on the market that supposedly hides pics. I haven't tried it, so i couldn't tell you if it works.
Is there a way to keep some photos hidden but still keep them on the device? I will typically let people go through my pics especially my 3 year old but there are pics of other things that I don't want him or others to see.......
So, what is the best option?
Vaulty will hide them but it doesn't encrypt them. It just changes the file extension so the phone can't read it. But it would take a bit of a guru to look that far into finding your pics and will most likely be sufficient for you.
I personally use it.
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Unfortunately, Vaulty force closes every time I select multiple pics..
Trying to hide those Scarlett Johansson pics, are we?
No, much much filtier
You can put a .nomedia file in any folders you don't want scanned by the gallery app, most other apps will skip these folders too, though some have an option to allow you to see them when you want. It won't encrypt them and they'll still be visible to file explorers though.
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Hide it pro works great. And its free. Once you hide it, delete the pix out of your gallery. You can even hide apps.
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look up "photovault" in the market.
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Anything out there for video hide?
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I settled for "Hide it pro" and it has video hide
Any that censors my wifey when she flashes me on skype when I am in a public place
As ind3p3nd3ntsaid, Should be able to drop a file named ".nomedia" into the folder you want hidden from media players and galleries. Has always worked fine for me.
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How are you supposed to create this file without linux? Windows wouldn't let me do it.
I did it on my phone, just find a random text file, make a copy of it to desired location and rename it to .nomedia
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ind3p3nd3nt said:
You can put a .nomedia file in any folders you don't want scanned by the gallery app, most other apps will skip these folders too, though some have an option to allow you to see them when you want. It won't encrypt them and they'll still be visible to file explorers though.
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I like this method, definitely going to try it out. I'm pretty sure none of my friends like to go rummaging around in my file browser... and if they do they will perish!
Hi all, I am from Mauritius and is a happy owner of the Note 1. Friday while trying to review the pictures and video I took few hours ago, my phone says media scanning, like 4 times. I switched it off and on again.
All pictures and video in my gallery were gone!! only received files were here, like downloaded pics, viber or whats app pics.
I am so desperate as I did videos of my daughter's 1st school show on it...I didn't sleep for 2 days trying to find a solution.
Anyone can PLEASE help me:crying: And I have no external memory on the phone I have only been using the internal one.
Do you use any application to stop media scan?, or maybe you have some corrupted media file on your sd.. Download app from play store to restart media scanner service.. Try this one https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dcd.scanmedia
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Or try wipe cache and data of gallery and media scan using its own application manager. Restart phone and let it scan again.
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devll said:
Or try wipe cache and data of gallery and media scan using its own application manager. Restart phone and let it scan again.
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Thanks How do i do that please?
Connect to pc and check if the picture/video are there in DCIM folder.
If they have gone then download free windows file recovery like Recuva.
Enable usb utilities in setting
Scan your phone(which is now removeable storage) for deleted file
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Thanks How do i do that please?
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Theres a place to see all apps. Use that and scroll to gallery and media app. Clear the cache and data.
Application manager is the one.
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Rosli59564 said:
Connect to pc and check if the picture/video are there in DCIM folder.
If they have gone then download free windows file recovery like Recuva.
Enable usb utilities in setting
Scan your phone(which is now removeable storage) for deleted file
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Thank you, recuva found a thousand jpg, i saved them but I cannot open them.
devll said:
Theres a place to see all apps. Use that and scroll to gallery and media app. Clear the cache and data.
Application manager is the one.
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Thanks. but no... still nothing
Mildred2103 said:
Thank you, recuva found a thousand jpg, i saved them but I cannot open them.
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U mean they're just black? Possibly they have been overwritten by something but can't b all.
HI
Just got this phone.
Trying to understand how the My Albums work.
How do I add a new album?
How can I organize pics in folders?
Thanks
thegios said:
HI
Just got this phone.
Trying to understand how the My Albums work.
How do I add a new album?
How can I organize pics in folders?
Thanks
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It doesnt allow you to create folders like that, you have your default photo folder and a sd card folder, but it wont let you create seperate folders. if you want this function, you would have to get an alternative such as quickpic from playstore
thegios said:
HI
Just got this phone.
Trying to understand how the My Albums work.
How do I add a new album?
How can I organize pics in folders?
Thanks
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Simply Connect it to laptop Create a folder on Windows transfer files disconnect phone n reboot
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sandeeppathak007 said:
Simply Connect it to laptop Create a folder on Windows transfer files disconnect phone n reboot
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Thanks everyone I found the solution :-S After update if app the album tab was empty, all back to good after clearing cache
For anybody wanting more options than the stock camera, Open Camera works with all the bells and whistles. Happy shutterbuggin.
thanks for sharing!
Didn't save properly to the external SD card.
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Thank you for your infomation ,I ll try it later. .
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sorta
shoman94 said:
Didn't save properly to the external SD card.
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Well, true, it doesn't work properly,
however,
if you select under settings:
Settings/More camera controls/"Use Storage Access Framework"
and afterwards pick your sdcard location,
the pictures you take are stored to the sdcard....
unfortunately....the gallery won't display them until after the phone is rebooted.
Strange stuff.
You can look at the pics right away inside a file manager though... (annoying..yes)
Do any of the Camera2.api type settings work?
JohnMcW said:
Well, true, it doesn't work properly,
however,
if you select under settings:
Settings/More camera controls/"Use Storage Access Framework"
and afterwards pick your sdcard location,
the pictures you take are stored to the sdcard....
unfortunately....the gallery won't display them until after the phone is rebooted.
Strange stuff.
You can look at the pics right away inside a file manager though... (annoying..yes)
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I just came in here to see if anybody else was having this problem with Open Camera. Seems to be a problem with the media scanner. Using a media scanning app is a temporary workaround but not ideal.
With open camera de can save pictures in raw format???
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Th3DaRk_Vampire said:
With open camera de can save pictures in raw format???
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I don't see any settings for that