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How to exclude picture cache file from showing up in defaulted album?

Hi, Just wondering how do I exclude particular folder like cache folder or whatsapp picture folder from showing up in defaulted album? Before ice cream sandwich I can just put a .nomedia file to the folder that I don't want to show up but this doesn't seem working on ice cream sandwich. Please help. Thanks.

Download nomedia app from the market. Then you put a .nomedia file in each folder you do not want the media scanner to scan
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Or skip the nomedia app and just create a file with the filename .nomedia (with the preceding full stop) in whichever folders you want to skip indexing.
You might need to reboot your phone or reset and re-index the media database by going to Settings, Apps (All), Media Storage and clearing the existing data. (The phone will need to be rebooted after clearing the database.)

emuX said:
Or skip the nomedia app and just create a file with the filename .nomedia (with the preceding full stop) in whichever folders you want to skip indexing.
You might need to reboot your phone or reset and re-index the media database by going to Settings, Apps (All), Media Storage and clearing the existing data. (The phone will need to be rebooted after clearing the database.)
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Works Perfect
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Are there any apps available to run the media storage clearing and rescan? At the moment I am regularly clearing this data and using the rescan root app from market but would like this all in one process without the need to hunt through the settings. It's annoying that as new files are added to these folders with .nomedia the still appear in album unless I clear the data and rescan media.
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Wobba-Lee said:
Are there any apps available to run the media storage clearing and rescan? At the moment I am regularly clearing this data and using the rescan root app from market but would like this all in one process without the need to hunt through the settings. It's annoying that as new files are added to these folders with .nomedia the still appear in album unless I clear the data and rescan media.
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Not that I know of. There are media rescan apps but they are largely hit and miss in my experience.
As I said above, you can do it by wiping your existing media database and then rebooting your phone. Not ideal but gets the job done.

How about this app...
hXtps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.theronrogers.vaultyfree&hl=nl&referrer=utm_source%3Dgoogle%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_term%3Dvaulty
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Duvel999 said:
How about this app...
hXtps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.theronrogers.vaultyfree&hl=nl&referrer=utm_source%3Dgoogle%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_term%3Dvaulty
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Good for hiding p0rn from your girlfriend, not any good for getting your phone to rescan your media.
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Oh, and that's not an endorsement by the way - just based on reading the app description.
I haven't used the app so couldn't comment!

Tried it..lol
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".nomedia" also prevents audio files from being scanned... any solution to prevent only images from certain locations to be shown? I have a lot of album artwork stored with in my music collection and it keeps showing up in the gallery...
thank you in advance for any suggestion

mrmel said:
".nomedia" also prevents audio files from being scanned... any solution to prevent only images from certain locations to be shown? I have a lot of album artwork stored with in my music collection and it keeps showing up in the gallery...
thank you in advance for any suggestion
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lol, Use mp3tag to embedd the albu art inside the mp3 file and then delete the extra files. I had a similar problem a long time ago and with this program it took me about 15 minutes to embedd them all (Dead easy to do) then you can delete the album art...

gregbradley said:
lol, Use mp3tag to embedd the albu art inside the mp3 file and then delete the extra files. I had a similar problem a long time ago and with this program it took me about 15 minutes to embedd them all (Dead easy to do) then you can delete the album art...
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Yep... right... I already have embedded album art in mp3 files... but at the same time I have same files (and some extra ones) in the folder... sometimes it's more convenient to have them handy...
I think I will delete all graphics files from my music folder after copying the music to my phone... that's probably easiest solution...
Thank you anyway...

mrmel said:
Yep... right... I already have embedded album art in mp3 files... but at the same time I have same files (and some extra ones) in the folder... sometimes it's more convenient to have them handy...
I think I will delete all graphics files from my music folder after copying the music to my phone... that's probably easiest solution...
Thank you anyway...
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i delete them straight away, you can always redownload very easily via album art downloader software
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/album-art/index.php?title=Main_Page

I just want to hide picture from sony album, and i want it appear as nomal to use other app( for exp i use multipicture livewalpaper app to set walpaper)
Is it possible

[TUT] How to hide pics and videos without using any app

This idea came to when i found nfs shift music tracks inside its data folder but not showing up in music app.
So you just have to move any media file inside
Android/data/ any folder with name like com.dailymotion......
thats it now check you gallery the file wont be their any more.
Note-Make sure the media scanner runs after moving the file so that it doesnt show up in gallery or music.so use Stock My Files app.
Note 2-dont delete the app in whose folder you have moved your files or else they will get deleted as well

UTK18 said:
This idea came to when i found nfs shift music tracks inside its data folder but not showing up in music app.
So you just have to move any media file inside
Android/data/ any folder with name like com.dailymotion......
thats it now check you gallery the file wont be their any more.
Note-Make sure the media scanner runs after moving the file so that it doesnt show up in gallery or music.so use Stock My Files app.
Note 2-dont delete the app in whose folder you have moved your files or else they will get deleted as well
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yup it works......its confirmed.........dont forget to run media scan after you copy the file.......
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.nomedia is the correct way to do it.

.nomedia folder can be easily opened by anyone if you have enabled show hidden files.but with this method only u know where are the files.no one can randomly reach deep down there

UTK18 said:
.nomedia folder can be easily opened by anyone if you have enabled show hidden files.but with this method only u know where are the files.no one can randomly reach deep down there
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He is not saying about the .nomedia folder
He is saying that you can do that in any folder by pasting a file named .nomedia

UTK18 said:
.nomedia folder can be easily opened by anyone if you have enabled show hidden files.but with this method only u know where are the files.no one can randomly reach deep down there
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didnt know abt that

change the album type?

the stock xperia z album shows all the pictures at the same place instead of folders etc. i have come from S3 with a custom rom in which the album showed folders instead of pictures scattered all over! so im wondering if there is a way to port another album type into my xperia z? or anyway i can change the album type?

phantom4u said:
the stock xperia z album shows all the pictures at the same place instead of folders etc. i have come from S3 with a custom rom in which the album showed folders instead of pictures scattered all over! so im wondering if there is a way to port another album type into my xperia z? or anyway i can change the album type?
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same with me .. yes i think u can't change the album type in xperia z album likes some folder as usual , it automatically sorting by month and year ...
at my opinion, you must try "QuickPic" app try it . you can change the type images in there anytime you want it :good:
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Your main folder with its sub folder for pictures is not allowed to be named DCIM. Give it another name and the album app will show you folders

ccab said:
Your main folder with its sub folder for pictures is not allowed to be named DCIM. Give it another name and the album app will show you folders
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Thanks for the tip - helped me a lot! My pictures were all over the place! Wish I could get rid of the facebook, maps & globe folders too!

I worried about the same issue until I had the idea to rename the folder on my external sd, where are my archived pictures were stored

ccab said:
Your main folder with its sub folder for pictures is not allowed to be named DCIM. Give it another name and the album app will show you folders
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I'll try that again. I wasn't getting that in the sony one, and I'm sure I had everything in folders (folder per year, subfolder per day), and I was just seeing a inaccessible unarranged lump of pictures

ccab said:
Your main folder with its sub folder for pictures is not allowed to be named DCIM. Give it another name and the album app will show you folders
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so should i rename the PICTURES folder or the DCIM folder?

I had my picture folders in a second DCIM folder on the external sd. This DCIM folder is the one to rename.
If you have your picture folders in the DCIM folder where the camera stores its pictures, you need to put them in another folder.
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ok so my DCIM folder only contains the camera pictures. My all other pictures are in another separate folder named Pictures on ext. sd. But still all these pictures and the ones in DCIM show as one lump of pictures...

You need to go to the second tab and choose "my sd card"
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You need to go to the second tab and choose "my sd card"
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I think doesnt want all his pictures in plaon sight when you open album app,hell i dont want that either,cant drop
A. Nomedia file in there cause then it will never show,and be2 only workes in album app right?
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The Album - Pictures sort by Date do kind of dumb, I dislike it also. For view by folder, the only way is go to 2nd tab - My albums.
The BE2 for picture only work under Album, but it work in any apps for video. At least I try out MX Player Pro and it work with BE2 engine.
I was hoping got options set BE2 always on everywhere. Sony did BE2 for certain apps only is dumb also.

Hope that sony updates some feautures like be2 everywere all the time,album app to show only maps no big f#cking list of all the pics thqt is soooo annoying hahaha,
,camera compression and lag ect.ect.
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Is thera a gallery app that even works with be2 like mx for video?
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Want To Hide All The WhatsApp Images From The Gelarry

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

solid0snake said:
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
undisputedpro said:
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.

rexxxxx said:
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

Where do I drag and drop my music?

Just got my Nexus 6 yesterday.
Got it all set up. I usually keep all my music on a micro SD card.
So I was trying to figure out where to pull it but cant seem to find a music folder. I have google searched this and havent come up with anything.
Thanks in advance.

I use explorer by speed software from the play store.... shows you root and storage.. Music folder should be under storage

Gage_Hero said:
I use explorer by speed software from the play store.... shows you root and storage.. Music folder should be under storage
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There are many folders in the storage folder, but all are appear to be empty, and none are labled music.
Can I create a new folder named music and drop the mp3's in it?

CalvinMC said:
There are many folders in the storage folder, but all are appear to be empty, and none are labled music.
Can I create a new folder named music and drop the mp3's in it?
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That's exactly what you do. It doesn't matter what folder it's under. As long as it's on your phone it'll find the files.
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zephiK said:
That's exactly what you do. It doesn't matter what folder it's under. As long as it's on your phone it'll find the files.
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Excellent!
Thanks!