hello my friends
U knows that :
every folder that contain pic o video file , shows in album menu (list of folders that have media files)
is there a way to not showing some filders in this list ???
No matter which android phone i use my gallery always shows a dropbox folder with some photos on it. I want to remove it but i can't seem to find a way how. I logged in to my dropbox account and checked out my folders, i have nothing in there. Kinda frustrating. Any ideas?
Insert a text file named ".nomedia" in the dropbox folder
That's the thing, i don't have a dropbox folder on my phone.
Greenarcher707 said:
That's the thing, i don't have a dropbox folder on my phone.
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New version of dropbox stores data on external SD, if u have one. Check for the folder named dropbox on ur external sd.
I too have this problem, but I never knowingly did anything with dropbox
I use sugarsync for that functionality
Something I did in the past (I install and uninstall a lot of apps to test them) must have created the single picture in my folde called dropbox.
The dropbox folder seems to be related to Picasa (it has a small picasa logo bottom left)
I cannot find the image folder or anything on my device or sd card and I can't delete it - even deleting the cace and rebooting it rediscovers the file
and it turns out it was a picasa web album associated with my google account
So I could delete in picasa hooray
how do I remove pics from my dropbox folder on my samsung phone?
I have some jpg photos in this Gallery folder.
Presumably they loaded into the folder Via Google when I was online..
( All the photos were from my blog )
When I try to delete them, these messages appears.
" File type not supported "
" Cannot delete online album files "
File Manager / File Explorer apps do not display this Gallery folder.
Any suggestions how I can solve this problem other than a factory reset ?
Many thanks.
Does anyone know what the hidden folder .metadata is in the DCIM folder and why it can't be deleted
I would assume that it holds the metadata for the images stored in the DCIM folder. Could also be where android stores the thumbnails for videos under teh DCIM folder.
The DCIM structure is a standard that most companies follow (but this article doesn't specifically mention a .metadata folder):
http://www.howtogeek.com/204228/why-does-every-camera-put-photos-in-a-dcim-folder/
Hey! Is there a way to change the default location of the screenshot? I can't use Google photos properly like this, it keeps on sync my screenshot folder.
Tnx.
Screenshot location can vary. For me it's Pictures/Screenshots. I can (and have) disallowed Google Photos from syncing that folder. Where do your screenshots go?
It's going to DCIM/screenshot.
And Google automatically backup this entire folder so, it's a problem for me.
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It's going to DCIM/screenshot.
And Google automatically backup this entire folder so, it's a problem for me.
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Make a file called .nomedia in the Screenshot folder and sync will ignore it. It will also mean it won't show up in gallery apps.
gavin19 said:
Make a file called .nomedia in the Screenshot folder and sync will ignore it. It will also mean it won't show up in gallery apps.
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Did not work, I have created a new folder named .nomedia and the gallery is still showing it.
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Did not work, I have created a new folder named .nomedia and the gallery is still showing it.
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A file, not a folder. Inside the screenshots folder make a file called .nomedia.
It's a built in method in Android to exclude folder contents from certain apps.
gavin19 said:
Make a file called .nomedia in the Screenshot folder and sync will ignore it. It will also mean it won't show up in gallery apps.
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gavin19 said:
A file, not a folder. Inside the screenshots folder make a file called .nomedia.
It's a built in method in Android to exclude folder contents from certain apps.
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Yeah had to download a new file manager to craft a file, but unfortunately the Google photos is still showing and backup my screenshot, even tho the gallery isn't showing them.
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Yeah had to download a new file manager to craft a file, but unfortunately the Google photos is still showing and backup my screenshot, even tho the gallery isn't showing them.
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Works fine for me. I made a new folder in DCIM, created the .nomedia file, then copy/pasted in some random pics. Google Photos doesn't see the folder at all.
gavin19 said:
Works fine for me. I made a new folder in DCIM, created the .nomedia file, then copy/pasted in some random pics. Google Photos doesn't see the folder at all.
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So you have root? Maybe it's connected to it, this is so weird
You can try pinsyncScreenshot app from play store
Did you resolve this? I have the same issue with my POCO F1 and it's driving me nuts
ranzzit said:
Did you resolve this? I have the same issue with my POCO F1 and it's driving me nuts
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Sad to say, but I solved it using "Auto File transfer Lite" (Search at google play)
It's not the best solution, but at least is an acceptable workaround IMHO.
Just hope some day Google allows to select DCIM subfolders to sync or Xiaomi to change screenshot folder destination.
Screenshots not showing in gallery
I faced an issue of , screenshots not saving in screenshot folder.but after deleting ' .nomedia ' file from the file manager i could now see the screenshots in my gallery
Guys! U can do one thing. I am also a xiomi user. Move the screenshot folder from DCIM and transfer it to another place. Then u can back up on google photos. It will only contain CAMERA folder images
H.A.(har****) said:
Guys! U can do one thing. I am also a xiomi user. Move the screenshot folder from DCIM and transfer it to another place. Then u can back up on google photos. It will only contain CAMERA folder images
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What will happen, if you make another screenshot after that?