Hi all, I can't seem to find the thumbnails file to delete in the DCIM folder. I have looked in the folder and its not there. I have removed some pictures but they are still showing. Where does Android store these pictures thumbnails? It's very annoying. I tried refreshing and still no luck. I'm currently using ROM called CyanASOP 1.8 this is driving me crazy.
Clear the data for the gallery app.
I have
I have but it still doesn't clear the thumbnails. I have even deleted the a folder and nothing. The folder shows up in the thumbnails but then there are no pictures.
Thumbnails are stored in a hidden folder inside DCIM. The folder name is ".thumbnail" and the dot in front of the name makes it hidden. You need a file explorer that can show hidden files. Note that you do not need root. Look inside the settings of your file explorer and see if there is a setting to display hidden files.
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So I loaded Serendipity today. Master cleared and everything. So I was really surprised to find old pictures on my phone when I opened the gallery app. And strangely it wouldn't let me delete them. Hmm. So I looked in the sd folders, dcim etc. Cannot find these pics anywhere! The gallery app did tell me the file names So I loaded up root explorer and ran a search... NOTHING!
These pics show in my gallery but I can't find the files anywhere. Where are they hiding?
Carl
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Went into the stetting, manage applications, to the gallery app and hit clear data, and these strange photos vanished! Still don't know where they were. but they are gone now. Would loveto hear where they were stored if anyone knows...
Spoke too soon! So after a reboot, the folder of pics comes back! If I clear the gallery app's data, it vanishes again, but returns after every reboot. Can anyone help with this?
Is it a stack of thumbnails (separate folder path) or viewable image files? If you have external SD maybe browse it on a PC.
It still there with no external SD, and I can't find it from the PC or root explorer.
You, know, I have a blog, and these all seem to be photos on my blog. And blogger seems to be hooked to Picasa Web albums. So I'm thinking Gallery pulls pulls the contents of my Picasa Web album down to the phone... could this be? Can it be stopped?
vintagephone said:
It still there with no external SD, and I can't find it from the PC or root explorer.
You, know, I have a blog, and these all seem to be photos on my blog. And blogger seems to be hooked to Picasa Web albums. So I'm thinking Gallery pulls pulls the contents of my Picasa Web album down to the phone... could this be? Can it be stopped?
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If you have them linked then yes that is where they are comming from and why they keep comming back. The only way to stop it would be to but a no media file in the target folder, back draw is that the file will hide it from all Android apps that look for media
Hello,
Does anyone know where the folders come from?
I got lot's of folder with 'picturers' or let say icons in my gallery and I find them quite annoying.
See screenshot.
Does anyone know how to get rid of them ?
Already deleted them before but the keep on coming back.
Thanks
screen -> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5778397/download.jpg
decat said:
Hello,
Does anyone know where the folders come from?
I got lot's of folder with 'picturers' or let say icons in my gallery and I find them quite annoying.
See screenshot.
Does anyone know how to get rid of them ?
Already deleted them before but the keep on coming back.
Thanks
screen -> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5778397/download.jpg
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Have you got go launcher or any other third party launcher? Go sms? Any other custom sms clients? I installed go sms once and now I have those strange ghost smileys on my phone. And can't you simply delete them in the gallery (or any other image viewer)?
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This is what happens when third party apps store data on your sdcard, and don't include a nomedia file in the folder they are storing them in, youwill have to either delete the files or if they keep coming back find the folder they are in and create a file with the name .nomedia with no file extension
Just be aware that if you have other media in the folder (eg. mp 3, videos etc.), they will no longer show up in other media playing apps if you add the .nomedia file.
I have a lot of music folders that have album art in them. All of the album art shows up in Gallery, which is annoying. I can't add a .nomedia file, or my mp3's won't show in music players.
I use Just Pictures most of the time as it allows you to hide folders. I only use Gallery when I am selecting a picture from an app that doesn't play nice with Just Pictures.
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thanks, at the moment they didn't come back.
Let's hope it will stay this way.
Hi
Is there a way to set up the stock Album app so it only display Photos and Videos saved to the DCIM folder in the sdcard0? I looked everywhere in the device to see if there there was a setting to that end and did not see anything
I ask because the app shows every image/video format in the SD and is has become a little annoying especially in my case it end up showing album art for music in Walkman and movies I have save that I don't have interest in seeing in the Album...
Anybody with info will be greatly appreciated
Device: Xperia Z (c6603) frmwr 10.3.1.A.0.224 Album v5.1.A.0.4
No you can't,use another application from playstore.
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Use nomedia app from market.
Select any folder you dont want to seen in album/walkman etc. applications.
Nomedia will generate .nomedia file in every folder you select.
Clear data of Media Storage from Settings>Apps>All
That will erase all file index. Media storage will generate new file index in afew minutes, but this time will exclude your folders.
All generic album/player applications uses this index. So any of them will see your files.
Also you may rename any folder with single . dot.
For example. .mypics .myfiles
These folders will exclude from file index.
Dont forget, if you rename basic folders like .DCIM. system will generate new DCIM folder.
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I am a new user of Xperia SP and i don't want to show my whatsApp images in the gallery.
Is there anyone who are facing same problem and also please give me some tips.
nathanmiller said:
I am a new user of Xperia SP and i don't want to show my whatsApp images in the gallery.
Is there anyone who are facing same problem and also please give me some tips.
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Open file manager and goto the folder where whatsapp images r stored and just creat a file name ".nomedia"
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nathanmiller said:
I am a new user of Xperia SP and i don't want to show my whatsApp images in the gallery.
Is there anyone who are facing same problem and also please give me some tips.
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It's not possible, because Whatsapp triggers the internal media library. You could manually clean media storage and sony gallery data or use an alternative app.
I would recommend Quicpic for general pictures like DCIM and Sony Album for dirty Whatsapp Images
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It's not possible, because Whatsapp triggers the internal media library. You could manually clean media storage and sony gallery data or use an alternative app.
I would recommend Quicpic for general pictures like DCIM and Sony Album for dirty Whatsapp Images
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undisputedpro's method is better, creating a folder prevents media apps from scanning the contents with that folder present on same directory. I'm using this method since i always save pages with the UC Browser and its annoying to see that the images embedded on the page is being scanned by our phone, result is it is displayed on the Picture widget of our Home launchers and gallery apps.
Thanks for the tips.
I have this same problem with TomTom, despite all the folders have a nomedia file in them, the images still show up in album. However, the whatsapp sent folder, which also contains a nomedia file does not show up...
They broke my signature...
.nomedia file not supported by xperia sp
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Open file manager and goto the folder where whatsapp images r stored and just creat a file name ".nomedia"
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infect i am also facing same problem and xperia sp not supporting .nomedia file. Is there any other solution for same.
Pratiek Parker said:
infect i am also facing same problem and xperia sp not supporting .nomedia file. Is there any other solution for same.
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I use quickpic so .nomedia file works i dont use album for veiwing pics
The pictures, movies and sounds sent and recieved from whatsapp are stored in the internal SDcard in the folder Whatsapp. IF you place a .nomedia file do this in all the folders This helps for me
I second what @mrjraider had written.
The Xperia Album galery app does honor .nomedia files... but only if the .nomedia file is located on the same folder as the pictures. It will still scan subfolders underneath for pictures.
So, go to Whatsapp's Images folder (by default located in /storage/sdcard0/WhatsApp/Media/WhatsApp Images ), and create a file named ".nomedia" (dot nomedia, without quotes) there. Inside that folder, there's a Sent subfolder. You might also want to create the ".nomedia" file there.
Do likewise for ther folders inside /storage/sdcard0/WhatsApp/Media, if necessary.
Don't forget to 'close' the Album app (tap "Recent Apps" button [the rightmost one] and swipe the "Album" app to the side), before opening it again.
You'll see that the Album app honors the .nomedia files.
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so let me check if I got it right.
I have to create ".nomedia" FILE not FOLDER in the folder that contains the pictures I want Album app to not see.
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so let me check if I got it right.
I have to create ".nomedia" FILE not FOLDER in the folder that contains the pictures I want Album app to not see.
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Yes.
Also, clear cache on album and media scanner.
They broke my signature...
Use app published by me on Play Store
Forget the pain of manually doing it every time. Just use this app published by me on Play Store.
The app name is: Hide Whatsapp Media
Sorry, as i can't post a play store link as this is my first post on xda and xda doesn't allows posting url until you r done with 10 posts.
For reference, please check the attached screenshot and app icon image.
If you like it, please rate it 5 stars
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use Gallery Lock App .. its the best app with very little ram usage and great features
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.morrison.gallerylocklite&hl=en
Hey Guys,
Hiding folders from gallery with .nomedia
Whats the workaround for hiding folder with a .nomedia file from the MIUI Stock Gallery?
I used to omit my scanned documents folders by using this workaround in my previous phones. But those folders get picked up by MIUI stock gallery now.
Any clue ?
AFAIK there must be an option for that in settings,just untick it
I had the same problem, couldn't hide a lot of folders from Gallery, even .nomedia files I put in the folders are ignored and often even automatically deleted!.
So eventually I had to switch to another and better gallery app from the Play Store.