Hi ALL, Since NOTE 5 do not have memory card slot, the phone internal memory is getting full due to DCIM images and videos. Hence I need to transfer all DCIM images and videos to an external hard drive. On doing so it seems that all images which are sent/received in whatsapp conversation will also change or if the same image is not available in DCIM folder then it shows MEDIA FILE DOES NOT EXIST ON SD CARD or the actual image sent/received is replaced by whatever image is available in DCIM folder. How can I keep whatsapp sent/received images the same in conversation list without having that image in DCIM folder?
Can someone suggest on the same?? In simple words the whatsapp sent/received images should not be deleted or replaced by another images even if the DCIM folder is empty.
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I noticed that the Gallery will scan the whole sdcard and internal memory.
How to prevent that?
Also, what is the best free app to manage pictures, videos, sounds, and all other media, in one place (app).
Thanks!
No way to prevent it. This is how it works by design.
If you want to prevent showing specific folders - put .nomedia empty file into them. You might need to reboot for this to take effect, or to kill Gallery if it's running, or to unmount and mount SD card.
Any idea what other app should i use to reach my mentioned requirement (without having to put .nomedia empty file to each folder on my sdcard)?
When I got to pictures gallery, I see a lot of folders, including pictures and coverart from my music folders, how do I get rid of those and tell gallery only look into certain folders? I really don't want to see all my music coverart and pictures/notes from each mp3 album I have on my SD card.
Any ideas?
All media files got deleted on both internal and external sd card. Other files seems safe though.
If I open my gallery app no items are displayed. I can't really say that the phone got formatted I think its more like the phone's media scanner deleted all my media files. The only ones left are my manga images which was not deleted. My best guess is that it was inside a ".nomedia" folder. All the folders where my media deleted were, are retained.
Simply put, all files that were identified by the mediascanner were deleted. .jpg, gif, png, mkv, mp4. The only once save where the media files under ".nomedia" folders.
Any way to recover this files? Seached everywhere but no issue same as mine. Thanks!
Side question. Might be related to my problem:
What is the "storage" folder for? Can be found when plugged on pc under Internal Storage->"storage"
Hi,
I can see my photos on the phone but I am not able to view them when I connect to a PC. What could be the problem? The DCIM folder is not visible on the computer.
Since the Sony Album app got the last update cache and thumbnail pictures from Walkman and Album start to pop up in my Album app..
I never had that problem with the old app, but now they always pop up when Album generates them. Even if I delete them, half an hour later they are back.
The folders the thumbnails and cache pictures are comming from are /sdcard/Android/data/com.sonyericsson.album , com.sonyericsson.music and com.sonyericsson.movie.
What I tried was to make a new .nomedia file in all of these folders, but if I do so the folders are still in the Album app. When I click on them they are just empty, but the app shows "22 pictures" beneath the title of the folder.
I like the new Album app more then the old one.. Is there any way to get rid of these folders without using the old version? :/
edit: Also these goddamn facebook images or smileys or whatever they call them are now showing, never had that before too.
Find the folder where they are stored and add a file called
.nomedia
That file stops the mediascanner from scanning that folder.
gregbradley said:
Find the folder where they are stored and add a file called
.nomedia
That file stops the mediascanner from scanning that folder.
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I already did. If i put .nomedia files in the folder and in the folder above the folder itself still shows in the gallerie including the "22 pictures" beneath it. But when i open the folder it shows that there are no pictures in it (because oft .nomedia)
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I already did. If i put .nomedia files in the folder and in the folder above the folder itself still shows in the gallerie including the "22 pictures" beneath it. But when i open the folder it shows that there are no pictures in it (because oft .nomedia)
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Clear the cache of the gallery
The .nomedia file will not stop you seeing the files in a folder using an explorer app, it just stops the media scanner seeing them.
You will have have another folder somewhere with the cache of thumbnails in them. Goto settings apps and clear data for the gallery