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Can't change lock screen...

...and few more problems
Got my S3 mini yesterday...was on HTC Desire over 2 years
1) I can't change Lock Screen wall...everything's gone fine 'till finishing..press Save and nothin' gonna happen. Through Quick Pic and through Gallery
2) When I turn off Google Voice Typing and restart device, GVT is turn on again...and is the same after every restart. Always running after restart even turn it off in the settings...
3) Can't access files on SD card with ES file explorer. I just took SD from Desire and put it in Mini...Is Ext4 on SD card...maybe it's wrong...should I back to Ext2 or something else?
So..can access images and sounds, but through gallery or when I need to change some sound, but can't access any files and folders through ES file explorer
4) Alarm is on for whole week mornings, and there's no any icon in taskbar...strangely. On Desire it was there all the times and it was on lock screen too, but on Mini it's not even on lock screen
Sorry if my english is not perfect but I think that you understand what I wanted to say

chillout23 said:
...and few more problems
Got my S3 mini yesterday...was on HTC Desire over 2 years
1) I can't change Lock Screen wall...everything's gone fine 'till finishing..press Save and nothin' gonna happen. Through Quick Pic and through Gallery
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Havn't been able to do that either in gallery, but it works fine if you choose edit and bring up photo editor. From there you can "set as.." and it works.

Ok thanks I'll try and post after that

Does not work

I did it when I removed QuickPic i tried again and it was ok
Now please, somebody answer on questions 2, 3, and 4 if know answers

AW: Can't change lock screen...
U cant Access to sdcard with exexplorer. Just use the Standard app.
Are you using the Standard Alarm app?
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TheCorax said:
U cant Access to sdcard with exexplorer. Just use the Standard app.
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It's not true I did it :laugh: found it under ES file explorer/settings/home directory - storage/extSdCard and everything is fine now
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Are you using the Standard Alarm app?
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Nope...Alarm clock plus. Because I can change melodies. In stock alarm app I can't change melodies. Can use only stock melody..

I called customer service and they said that something's going wrong with firmware, and I have to take the phone to the service...
All my mysteries gone :laugh:

[Q] Sony Album App/Gallery

Evening all..
So I've had a quick look through the forums, and not really seeing much about this...
I'm finding that the stock album/gallery app, although brilliant, is really annoying me! When you load the app, it shows the "Pictures" tab.. which appears to be ALL images it finds on the device (regardless of '.nomedia' files exising) The thing I'm finding the most annoying about this, is if I send someone a photo on whatsapp, or they send me one, it shows in this pictures tab. So If I take a picture, then send it to someone, it shows up as a duplicate image. A bit frustrating because I like the app!
Has anyone found a way of making it respect .nomedia files? Coming from CM10.1 on my old phone, so used to seeing it all in different folders.. can't remember if they were hidden before or not..
Thanks!

+1
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+1 , or someone can mod it? ;D

Bump!
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+1 there should be an option to select which foldes are displayed in the album.
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maverick1103 said:
+1 there should be an option to select which foldes are displayed in the album.
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Yeah, I was thinking about where I would store white/blacklists for media if I would be ignoring the tools that have been given to me by Android OS (given the fact that they are ignoring the .nomedia files). As my phone is not rooted I am not able to explore the sqlite databases, but maybe someone with a rooted phone could have a look? It's a long shot, but it's worth trying . I'll be rooting my phone as soon as it's possible without unlocking the BL (and I know I might be waiting for a loooooong while, but it happened with the Motorola RAZR, so I figured as this device is officially unlockable developers might be able to find an exploit sooner?).

adzjwarner said:
Evening all..
So I've had a quick look through the forums, and not really seeing much about this...
I'm finding that the stock album/gallery app, although brilliant, is really annoying me! When you load the app, it shows the "Pictures" tab.. which appears to be ALL images it finds on the device (regardless of '.nomedia' files exising) The thing I'm finding the most annoying about this, is if I send someone a photo on whatsapp, or they send me one, it shows in this pictures tab. So If I take a picture, then send it to someone, it shows up as a duplicate image. A bit frustrating because I like the app!
Has anyone found a way of making it respect .nomedia files? Coming from CM10.1 on my old phone, so used to seeing it all in different folders.. can't remember if they were hidden before or not..
Thanks!
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There is. Nomedia file in demo video folder try that file out.
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TechGuru_x10 said:
There is. Nomedia file in demo video folder try that file out.
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First thing I tried, thought maybe I was making the .nomedia file incorrectly. No dice i'm afraid!

.nomedia should work, but it might take a while before the media library does a full rescan. Reboot the phone, connect it to PC and move a file to it, ... Those things could trigger it.

Ambroos said:
.nomedia should work, but it might take a while before the media library does a full rescan. Reboot the phone, connect it to PC and move a file to it, ... Those things could trigger it.
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Nomedia works until you add another photo to that folder
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the same thing is annoying me!! i came from s3 and i was using a custom rom with i don't know which album type... i've been looking all over the place for a solution or a way of porting the album from another rom or the phone!! is there any?

I also like the Album application and wish it gets "fixed"
Sony disregarding the ".nomedia" files is weird, since its android's standard way of dealing with media, although the ".nomedia" files are a really bad solution in itself since they provide no configuration options: Either you have media scanned or not (I hate having album covers appearing mixed up with my photos in the gallery, but cannot add a ".nomedia" file since that would make the system not find my music). Adding files with a specific key name in a folder manually is not a user friendly way of managing what folders to scan.
I always wondered why Android does not provide a system level interface to define what media to scan and where.
PS: The N900 provided a file where the scan paths and supported file types could be configured. I feel like android gave a step back in this regard comparing to maemo/meego.

Have you guys find out any way to hide images from Sony album app..?

hijagdeep said:
Have you guys find out any way to hide images from Sony album app..?
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If you have a folder with pics which you don't wanna see in album app:
create a text file on PC with name .nomedia without content (nothing before the point!). Then move the text file in to this folder.
Hmm or is this only for songs??!^^ you have to try
You can also use apps to hide pics or videos like keepsafe or something.

gripfly said:
If you have a folder with pics which you don't wanna see in album app:
create a text file on PC with name .nomedia without content (nothing before the point!). Then move the text file in to this folder.
Hmm or is this only for songs??!^^ you have to try
You can also use apps to hide pics or videos like keepsafe or something.
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This .nomedia method works till we add new picture to that folder..
After that , new image copied to that folder, shows in album app..
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hijagdeep said:
This .nomedia method works till we add new picture to that folder..
After that , new image copied to that folder, shows in album app..
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Aha, ok.
And then you have to delete .nomedia and take it again in? Or doesn't will hide again?
And when you restart?

We have to clear cache of album and media storage everytime to hide images in album app

Ok.. Thx for trying. Then the only thing which we can use is an app..
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Yr, someone pls get the solution of this....
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This super annoys me to. In fact a couple of things annoy me with the app.
Here is my wish list for the Sony Album app.
1. That upon opening, it should start with the "My Albums" tab
2. That there be an option to sort photos other than date.
3. That when I want to select a wallpaper form my album app right from the home screen, I am not bombarded with the whole long list of 5000 photos. It should present me with folders to choose from.
4. If it wants to stick to displaying the "Pictures" tab as default upon opening, it should at least start with displaying only the camera album. Then a small shortcuts to enter all folders at once.
5. If it wants to stick to sorting only by date, it should at least follow the exif data of pictures. Sometimes after flashing a new ROM, I find my taken pictures in wrong orders. Most recent at the bottom and old ones at the top.
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Stop highlighting my photos!!!!

I cant get the phone to stop automatically selecting photos it deems highlights from any album on my phone.
I uncheck the highlight from custome albun it was moved to, delete it from highlights album... Within the hour the phone has added it back in.
Please God someone help... This is a GIANT PRIVACY ISSUE
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If I'm correct it highlights the pictures you click on (view) the most it's not a privacy issue since it doesn't even transmit the data to HTC or anyone else. It happens to me too from time to time.

So a highly connected device moving files from a protected location to a shared location by itself is not a privacy issue?
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It doesn't move the location of the picture, it just links it to a folder in the gallery for quick viewing access. That's all.

-Cupper- said:
It doesn't move the location of the picture, it just links it to a folder in the gallery for quick viewing access. That's all.
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I see what big is talking about though. If someone is looking at his phone, someone might see pictures they weren't intended to see that would otherwise be hidden from view.

land2634 said:
I see what big is talking about though. If someone is looking at his phone, someone might see pictures they weren't intended to see that would otherwise be hidden from view.
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Then un highlight them? If you say it keeps highlighting photos you don't want to be highlighted then it'd probably be a good idea to go into settings>apps>all>media storage and clear the data from it, as well as the gallery app. Then do a reboot and let the gallery settle

This also drives me crazy. I'm constantly un-highlighting my photos and there's no way to turn that feature off

magnumtripod said:
This also drives me crazy. I'm constantly un-highlighting my photos and there's no way to turn that feature off
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Then hide the highlighted album?
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BTW I completely deleted the highlights album. 2 days later it had rebuilt itself, and pulled photos on my phone again from wherever it liked.
WHAT IDIOT DEVELOPER wrote this code?
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Then hide the highlighted album?
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This.
I did this on my first day. In the settings of the gallery app, go to hide albums, and check the albums you want to hide.
This is actually a cool feature and it's even cooler that you can opt out of it. I see no privacy concerns at all. If someone is looking at your pics, your entire gallery is there for them to flick through.... unless you are seriously concerned with someone knowing which pictures you look at most frequently... in that case, don't let people get to your phone.
EDIT: I just realized how angry my post sounded... that was not intentional. I hope I didn't come off as a jerk!

Does the highlight album take up storage space?

This is a privacy issue...My highlighted photos go up on Twitter. I don't even post any personal pics on Twitter, or face book.
I'm very pissed with this auto feature. If I wanted someone to see them I'd post them.
How do u permanently turn it off. ????

[Q] I restsrt the device every time i add tone to notifition folder to be visible

My rom is slimbean, and i need to restsrt the device every time i add tones to notification folser to be visible in the ring tone selecter, is ther any way beter than this ?

subrban said:
My rom is slimbean, and i need to restsrt the device every time i add tones to notification folser to be visible in the ring tone selecter, is ther any way beter than this ?
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May be media is not being scanned added. Check if this app named Rescan Media ROOT if of any use to you. It will do as its name says..

nokiamodeln91 said:
May be media is not being scanned added. Check if this app named Rescan Media ROOT if of any use to you. It will do as its name says..
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I already installed it, but it seems useless , I operate as it says , did this app worked with you before ?

subrban said:
I already installed it, but it seems useless , I operate as it says , did this app worked with you before ?
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Yes.. it has worked for me in the past when new photos added were not shown in the gallery and after running this, it used to get displayed.

nokiamodeln91 said:
Yes.. it has worked for me in the past when new photos added were not shown in the gallery and after running this, it used to get displayed.
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It could be working on photos only, really I am suffering with this issue

I can't see my users card pic.

here it is what i am talking about.look at ss..

assasin34 said:
here it is what i am talking about.look at ss..
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crop using goggle photos app......or try changing user and get back to ur user.......

Open google+. Go to the the settings under the hamburger menu on the top right. Select your account. Click on contact and check mark the 1st one.
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The Google+ settings that xFuGiToiDx mention worked for me

assasin34 said:
here it is what i am talking about.look at ss..
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If you are trying to use an image from your gallery it will disappear. This seems to be a bug. This might be why you can't see your picture. Only the G+ pic works.

Settings > Users and click on the profile, from there you can choose to change it to whatever you want. I just noticed that I don't have my Keep contacts up to date option checked.
I'm sorry if you already did this and it doesn't work for you.

xFuGiToiDx said:
Open google+. Go to the the settings under the hamburger menu on the top right. Select your account. Click on contact and check mark the 1st one.
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that worked..i really appreciate.

In the contacts app, "Me" is the first contact. Set your photo there, and you don't have to mess with Google+ contacts syncing.