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[Q] Problems with the stock gallery and music player

I just recently started having issues with my gallery and music player.
For the Gallery, I now only see one folder (whereas previously I used to see a bunch of folders) and that folder is full of the same 1 or 2 pictures repeated many times.
For the Music player, I can't see any of my songs anymore.
Not sure when it started, but the first time I noticed it was when I installed FunnyWarp from the market. I've have no idea if the problem is related to FunnyWarp at all... just speculation.
For both the Music Player and Gallery:
I've tried clearing the cache => doesn't work.
I've tried deleting all the files in /sdcard/android/data/com.cooliris.media/cache => doesn't work.
I've tried using sdrescan from the market => doesn't work.
Any ideas before I restore an older back-up (which I don't really feel like doing)...
Thanks.

I've had some success doing this before:
1 - place a period in front of all your media folder names ie: DCIM => .DCIM
2 - open gallery and delete all files, open media player and delete all files
3 - remove period from folder names, and reboot
You may want to back up your media first...
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danger-rat said:
I've had some success doing this before:
1 - place a period in front of all your media folder names ie: DCIM => .DCIM
2 - open gallery and delete all files, open media player and delete all files
3 - remove period from folder names, and reboot
You may want to back up your media first...
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I'll give it a shot in a couple of hours when I get a chance to back up my photos, thanks. Sounds good for the gallery, but for the music player, I don't see any songs in it, so what am I supposed to delete?

Thats a good question - I thought there was an option to clear the database, but it looks like I may be wrong... Maybe see if a different media player will let you reset the db?
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danger-rat said:
I've had some success doing this before:
1 - place a period in front of all your media folder names ie: DCIM => .DCIM
2 - open gallery and delete all files, open media player and delete all files
3 - remove period from folder names, and reboot
You may want to back up your media first...
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Doesn't work.
Any other suggestions?
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Nothing comes to mind, other than a wipe and reflash...
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Where are downloaded Sound Sets stored?

You can download additional sound sets from HTC, but where are they stored once you do? I'm unable to find the folder they're stored in.

System/media/audio
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How to turn Off Camera Shutter sound in stock Camera.apk?

There is no option to turn off camera shutter sound in stock Camera.apk included in Rocket ROM v22 Galaxy Note...
Has any one been able to turn it off without putting phone in Silent mode????

Remove or rename shutter_01.ogg found here
System/media/audio/ui

How do I do this?
I'm using Root Explorer, and it says that the file is a read-only file. So how do I do?

shubham.12 said:
There is no option to turn off camera shutter sound in stock Camera.apk included in Rocket ROM v22 Galaxy Note...
Has any one been able to turn it off without putting phone in Silent mode????
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Ok here we go. I know it is very annoying sound
Follow these:
1. Run the ES File Explorer app
2. Go to ES File Explorer settings and check on 'Upto The Root'. Also make sure check is on for 'Root Explorer', 'Mount File System' under Root settings.
3. Tap UP.
4. Scroll down and tap SYSTEM.
5. Tap MEDIA.
6. Tap AUDIO.
7. Tap UI.
8. Long tap on camera_click.ogg until Operations pop-up appears, and then tap rename.
9. Rename it into camera_click.ogg.off
That’s it. Congo Man!! So now you should have disabled the camera sounds. Well for letting you know the procedure I switched mine too
Now lets see the fruits of labor. Open your camera app (whichever you use) and click a pic and even if you’re not in silent mode, your camera shutter will not make any sound .
If one fine day you miss that irritating shutter sound and decided to enable it again, just perform the steps above and rename the camera_click.ogg.off into camera_click.ogg.
Hope you would have got the steps. Damn, my fingies hurt typing long
Anyways, good luck !

How about the focus sound?
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Thanks all for the info...
Working great for me

MinnesotaVikings1961 said:
How do I do this?
I'm using Root Explorer, and it says that the file is a read-only file. So how do I do?
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haven't used root explorer but in es file explorer there's an option to mount everything as read/write. by default you can only view the files not on your sd card, i expect root explorer may have the same setting somewhere.
just a warning, i wasn't able to find the "focus" sound anywhere. i was able to mute everything, except the little double beep that you hear when the camera focuses, which was a bit of a pain so i just put everything back as it was.

badjaguar007 said:
Ok here we go. I know it is very annoying sound
Follow these:
1. Run the ES File Explorer app
2. Go to ES File Explorer settings and check on 'Upto The Root'. Also make sure check is on for 'Root Explorer', 'Mount File System' under Root settings.
3. Tap UP.
4. Scroll down and tap SYSTEM.
5. Tap MEDIA.
6. Tap AUDIO.
7. Tap UI.
8. Long tap on camera_click.ogg until Operations pop-up appears, and then tap rename.
9. Rename it into camera_click.ogg.off
That’s it. Congo Man!! So now you should have disabled the camera sounds. Well for letting you know the procedure I switched mine too
Now lets see the fruits of labor. Open your camera app (whichever you use) and click a pic and even if you’re not in silent mode, your camera shutter will not make any sound .
If one fine day you miss that irritating shutter sound and decided to enable it again, just perform the steps above and rename the camera_click.ogg.off into camera_click.ogg.
Hope you would have got the steps. Damn, my fingies hurt typing long
Anyways, good luck !
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Your method isn't working for me. I've also deleted the file, but the sound is still played. Where is the wrong? Some cach somewheare?

Download Blade Buddy from the play store.
There's no camera sound option, not sure if it works on ICS.
You need to be rooted.

emprize said:
How about the focus sound?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1371755

You'll be taking up skirt photos in no time!

lol. bit hard to be too sneaky with a phone the size of the note

I'm currently running the CM9 nightlies and just thought I'd add that both the camera shutter and focus sounds can be found as ogg files in the system/media/audio/ui folder. I renamed them both and it works fine.
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anonymous572 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1371755
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not work for my hk stock rom

MinnesotaVikings1961 said:
Your method isn't working for me. I've also deleted the file, but the sound is still played. Where is the wrong? Some cach somewheare?
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Deleted the file?
Ok, there might be some glitch. Do a wipe cache (only if you are on stable ICS) and try to do it again (the steps i gave).
If nothing works use this: CAMERA ICS from Moblynx
Here is a read about features (if you like to go through, then you can)
Color effects (mono,sepia,negative,...)
Silent mode (no shutter sound, might not work on some devices)
Picture quality setting (low/medium/high/ultra)
Video bitrate selection (normal/2x)
Video stabilization on/off (only 4.0)
720p face effects (only 4.0)
Panorama mode and time-lapse video on Honeycomb tablets
Ok, click here for the play link.

emprize said:
How about the focus sound?
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+1
need help on that too..

Sdcard issue

I can browse sd card using explorer apps no problem. Shoes in system settings too. But won't show music or pictures when I go to those apps, music and gallery. Ideas?
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holeshot77 said:
I can browse sd card using explorer apps no problem. Shoes in system settings too. But won't show music or pictures when I go to those apps, music and gallery. Ideas?
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Go to settings, apps, music, clear data. Same thing for gallery. If that doesn't work you might just have a bad flash going. Reflash the ROM and go from there.
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Also...make sure there ate no ".nomedia" files, if you see this file it will cancel media scanner for the folder its located in as well as its sub-derectories...spook...if its in root, you will never see anything.
Do you or did you have Rom manager installed? There was a version of Rom manager released a few days ago that created a .nomedia in the root of the phone...
To see the .nomedia file you may have to enable the "view hidden files" under settings...
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[Q] Hiding photos

Hi folks
How do you hide photos on the Z? I have tried moving the photos with file commander but this is still showing in the gallery and shortcut on my main screen? are they any apps or ways of deselecting folders on the gallery or album app?

LT nicles said:
Hi folks
How do you hide photos on the Z? I have tried moving the photos with file commander but this is still showing in the gallery and shortcut on my main screen? are they any apps or ways of deselecting folders on the gallery or album app?
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Try hide it pro from the market

try create a folder starting with a dot, like: .photos.
and put the pictures there...

In the folder where you want to store and hide photos create a file called .nomedia then move the photos into the folder.
If you add the .nomedia file to an existing folder you may need to wipe Gallery data before it takes effect. Works on Sammy and HTC, haven't tried it myself on Sony.
OR, if rooted, get LUKS Manager from the market. Works like Windows Truecrypt.
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ericjennings said:
If you add the .nomedia file to an existing folder you may need to wipe Gallery data before it takes effect.
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I think media storage is more important. You also better reboot your phone.
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ericjennings said:
In the folder where you want to store and hide photos create a file called .nomedia then move the photos into the folder.
If you add the .nomedia file to an existing folder you may need to wipe Gallery data before it takes effect. Works on Sammy and HTC, haven't tried it myself on Sony.
OR, if rooted, get LUKS Manager from the market. Works like Windows Truecrypt.
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Or you can download quickpic app to hid the folders for you..
it actually only create .nomedia file for you..

Install 'hide it pro' app downloading via Google play store, its free and after installation it will be renamed as audio manager, and tapping at 'audio manger' you will be able to install your password and you can view your hidden photos, videos. You can encrypt your data also.
And if you have root acess, you can hide your app downloading its plugin, located at advanced settings. Then you can launch your app calling @ ##yourpassword .
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To hide your porn, clear data in media storage and album apps after renaming the .folder.
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pracas said:
Install 'hide it pro' app downloading via Google play store, its free and after installation it will be renamed as audio manager, and tapping at 'audio manger' you will be able to install your password and you can view your hidden photos, videos. You can encrypt your data also.
And if you have root acess, you can hide your app downloading its plugin, located at advanced settings. Then you can launch your app calling @ ##yourpassword .
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I tried Hide It Pro but prefer LUKS. Hide It just seems to change the name of your file and copy it to an obscure location, but you can still find it with a file explorer. I didn't try the encryption but it looked to me like it would only encrypt individual file(s)?
With LUKS, you create a password-protected encrypted volume (can take a while) and then you mount it. Once the volume is mounted it looks like a regular folder. You can create whatever folders you want and just cut/paste any filetype into it. Encryption is on the fly so you don't need to encrypt/decrypt files. In any file explorer, browse to a file in the volume, double-click and the file opens....pictures, music, videos, spreadsheets, text files etc, all open transparently out of the mounted volume. When you dismount the volume you cannot see inside it.

Tried changing a name of an existing folder to .saved and the folder disappear completely ?? any reason why this happened?
And tried creating a new one with .pvt ,sadly this not work, ast the folder created cant be seen?anyone experienced this problem before?
Just to clear the matter, lady friend sent me a bikini photo, not porn or any sort but since the album shows all on the Z, had a lot people want to check my phone out scanning through my photos etc which made me wonder if there is an app to ensure privacy.
Hide It Pro works well Thanks guys!! :good: