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Do you keep yours online or no?
I do for this reason
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Pics or it didn't happen!
PM me when you are ready to upload pics and I will reopen the thread.
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I use it but I still think it's a botnet.

Amazon MP3 cloud storage. $20/yr UNLIMITED music storage.

Cloud storage is too new for me to invest too much into it (mobile data just isn't fast/reliable enough to rely on it for much) but Google Music made it possible for me to bring my whole collection on the go (for when I don't have my zune hd on hand).

I have minus for hosting most of my files from now on, as well as Dropbox and Cubby for easy access from my phone. The main thing that I don't like is not being able to batch download multiple files at once.

[Q] Need help deleting photos.

Does anyone know how to delete photos off of the Nexus 6. Everytime I try to delete a photo from the device a warning comes up and tells me it will be deleted from Google Drive as well. I just want it off the phone to save space.

I do want things synced so for local deletes I use Quick Pic https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alensw.PicFolder
The other thing I like about that program is all the photos snapshots videos in any directory are immediately available, regardless of whether it was synced or not. Also has better sorting options for looking at previews. I would probably delete photos app entirely if quick pics would sync to Google Drive.
I would definitely like more options or if somebody has a better solution I would like to hear it. It seems silly having to run two "gallery" programs.
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Is there a way to do it without having to add an app. Not being able to delete from the device seems quite ridiculous. If not possible through the photo app on Lollipop this seems like a MAJOR flaw that needs to be fixed.

Esantry78 said:
Is there a way to do it without having to add an app. Not being able to delete from the device seems quite ridiculous. If not possible through the photo app on Lollipop this seems like a MAJOR flaw that needs to be fixed.
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I might have a solution for you: open your stock camera app. Instead of taking a photo, just swipe toward the left. That'll give yourself access to photos without going into the Google Photos app. You can delete photos from there. It's not as efficient as it could be, but you won't lose your photos in the Google Photos app. Good luck.

GCam - lost pictures

So I took loads of pictures on holiday using a mixture of the stock camera app as well as GCam. Yesterday I uninstalled GCam to reinstall the latest version and it seems to have deleted all my GCam pics when I uninstalled it. Any ideas? :crying:

Actually, I'm beginning to think it might be Xiaomi's stock system cleaning app which wiped my pics :crying:

Two solutions actually, a quick-and-pray one, and a harsh one.
- Download "Diskdigger" and hope your photos are still there...
The second solution is to make a perfect copy (a dump) of your data partition and use a windows tool to read all the phone memory in read-only.
- Here's the dump partition guide
- The Mi 9 doesn't have a regular partition name, I made this a few weeks ago and still in progress

Thanks, I'll try them both. I'm pretty sure now it was the clean-up utility. Makes me wonder how many pictures it's deleted that I've not noticed.

jetsetwilly said:
Thanks, I'll try them both. I'm pretty sure now it was the clean-up utility. Makes me wonder how many pictures it's deleted that I've not noticed.
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It is possible to retrieve files that are deleted, but this is much less likely to succeed the longer time has passed since the system may already has begun using parts of the space that contain the pictures. So try to use the phone as little as possible until you do try to recover the files.

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It is possible to retrieve files that are deleted, but this is much less likely to succeed the longer time has passed since the system may already has begun using parts of the space that contain the pictures. So try to use the phone as little as possible until you do try to recover the files.
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Yeah, it's not looking good. I think it was a combination of updating GCam and using clean-up. The various recovery software I've used tends to get lower quality versions with lots still missing and pictures which I've never even had on this phone. Pretty gutted at this stage as it's looking like I've lost pictures of my 4 year old I'll never see again.

screen recorder S20 FE 5G

Hello guys
I want record my screen with samsung native application..
But all my vidéos are saved in my internal storage.
how to change folder of screen recordings from internel storage to sd card to save all my recordings there.. in s20 fe 5g ..one ui 3.1 ...pls
Thx in advance

I don't think there is a way, it doesn't seem to have been intended as a possibility. there's no screen recording or screenshot folders in the DCIM folder on the memory card.

3mel said:
I don't think there is a way, it doesn't seem to have been intended as a possibility. there's no screen recording or screenshot folders in the DCIM folder on the memory card.
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Hi thx for reply... There is a folder of screen recording in DCIM of internal storage.. All my screen recordings are saving there.... I want use native samsung app to save in my external storage... .. I have screenshot of that folder

3mel said:
I don't think there is a way, it doesn't seem to have been intended as a possibility. there's no screen recording or screenshot folders in the DCIM folder on the memory card.
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I have same folder in my samsung evo sd card 256 gb.. But i cant Save vidéos here

have switched your camera to save to external memory ? I have only the things I've put there myself in DCIM on external memory.

3mel said:
have switched your camera to save to external memory ? I have only the things I've put there myself in DCIM on external memory.
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yes all my photos and videos from camera app are there ....but only screen recorder application save in my DCIM internal storage ...i dont know how to change in external storage ..i have only 128 gb internal storage and a lot of apps

I don't think the data partition for app storage is dynamic. you'll just have to transfer your screen recording manually or look for an app that'll do it for you.

ok bro thx for ur help .

splendid31 said:
ok bro thx for ur help .
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Try this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.bukacek.filestosdcard&hl=en

_jis_ said:
Try this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.bukacek.filestosdcard&hl=en
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thx bro.. Yes it's good app.. I install it now

splendid31 said:
thx bro.. Yes it's good app.. I install it now
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Why would you use some random 3rd party app with spyware ads when you can use builtin file manager to do the same?

mxxcon said:
Why would you use some random 3rd party app with spyware ads when you can use builtin file manager to do the same?
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Why?
The same result can be achieved with other file managers, but with more work, more thinking, and more clicks.
In contrast, in this application you simply select files or directories and click on the big button and that's it. Everything quickly and easily. In addition, the app is positively received and praised by users.
Ads?
If advertising is a problem, use AdGuard.
PS: It's sad how much work users have to do to overcome the various built-in limitations and differences of Samsung One UI. Another example:
Samsung and Xiaomi can't ruin your Google Photos backups in Android 12
Say bye to compulsory screenshot and screen recording backups
www.androidpolice.com

3mel said:
I don't think there is a way, it doesn't seem to have been intended as a possibility. there's no screen recording or screenshot folders in the DCIM folder on the memory card.
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+1

@_jis_ not familiar with that google cloud bug but maybe something as simple as making a .nomedia file in screenshots and screenrecordings folders and wiping gallery data would solve it.

3mel said:
@_jis_ not familiar with that google cloud bug but maybe something as simple as making a .nomedia file in screenshots and screenrecordings folders and wiping gallery data would solve it.
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It's not Google Photos backup's fault.
The backup service is set up to automatically upload all files in the DCIM folder which is supposed to be reserved for "Digital Camera IMages" by name.
But some Android individualistic manufacturers (Samsung, Xiaomi, Oppo, and Realme) had chosen to store even screenshots inside it, that caused all of them to be backed up along with camera shots.
Using a .nomedia file is like using Beelzebub to cast out the Devil, because then, of course, the built-in gallery won't have access to those files too.

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It's not Google Photos backup's fault.
The backup service is set up to automatically upload all files in the DCIM folder which is supposed to be reserved for "Digital Camera IMages" by name.
But some Android individualistic manufacturers (Samsung, Xiaomi, Oppo, and Realme) had chosen to store even screenshots inside it, that caused all of them to be backed up along with camera shots.
Using a .nomedia file is like using Beelzebub to cast out the Devil, because then, of course, the built-in gallery won't have access to those files too.
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the built in gallery will be fine, I did say to put .nomedia in the screenshot and screenrecordings folders. that won't effect any other folders inside the parent or DCIM itself.
EDIT: oh you mean people wanting them in their gallery but not in their cloud storage. yeah in that case no easy fix. I don't use my phone like that so it's not something I've ever tackled. I don't use a gallery app or cloud storage.

_jis_ said:
Why?
The same result can be achieved with other file managers, but with more work, more thinking, and more clicks.
In contrast, in this application you simply select files or directories and click on the big button and that's it. Everything quickly and easily.
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Um, i don't think you ever used builtin file manager. It's exactly the same process.
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In addition, the app is positively received and praised by users.
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Becuase buying fake 5* reviews is not a thing.
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Ads?
If advertising is a problem, use AdGuard.
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Why would I want to install yet another app just to block ads of an extra app when I can use existing app or even google's file manager.
I'll trust those over some random 3rd party one.
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PS: It's sad how much work users have to do to overcome the various built-in limitations and differences of Samsung One UI. Another example:
Samsung and Xiaomi can't ruin your Google Photos backups in Android 12
Say bye to compulsory screenshot and screen recording backups
www.androidpolice.com
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0 work for me. I actually prefer for Google Photos to back up all my screenshots too. Makes it so much easier to work with them on my computer without have to explicitly transfer them.

that app does have some bad reviews from the slightly more tech savvy play store users.

I just pointed out an app that does my friends a good service.
I wish everyone would make their own opinion of the app based on their own experience.
https://www.appbrain.com/dev/Michal+Bukáček/
Michal Bukáček is an Android developer that has been active since 2011. The current app portfolio contains 11 apps. Overall, we estimate that Michal Bukáček's apps have collected about 20 million installs, 200 thousand of them in the last 30 days. An especially popular app is Files To SD Card, which is one of the most popular apps in Google Play with over 10 million installs.

A lot of photos disappeared, nothing is working to recover it

Hi, yesterday while looking at my gallery I noticed that a lot of photos are missing, for example, my Italy trip photos and videos are gone, not all of them though, there are some left, but videos are all gone. I didn't delete or move them, didn't touch them at all, it just disappeared. I've tried looking at my Onedrive, Google drive backups, but they are all showing current photos, that I can already see. I've also tried cleaning gallery and media storage data in settings or deleting .nomedia files (which cant be actually deleted), but no results. Booting on safe mode, using different recovery software also shows same photos that I already see on my phone. Tried to get help from Samsung Support, sadly they are as competent as I am, all the suggestions were already known. They did suggest to factory reset my phone while backuping everything using smart switch since there might be some malfunction and doing so all the supposedly hidden photos gonna be released. Not really trusting it though, because in backup I can clearly see that the photos that are being backed up are the photos I can already see, and no hidden files are being backed up. I've also restarted my phone like 6-7 times in different circumstances and noticed that everytime my phone boots it loads up 196 pictures in my camera roll, and then after some time the other part of it gets load up. So my question here today is: Is there anything I haven't tried and is it possible to recover the hidden/disappeared photos?
P.s. the photos that I'm concerned about is in my internal storage not in SD card.

After you lose data it's many times to late to do anything. Why aren't you using the SD card as a data drive to at least backup your critical data?
That in turn should be backed up redundantly to at least 2 hdds that are physically and electronically isolated from each other and the PC. Consider this a wake up call...
This isn't looking good. Backed up what's left, now. Try in safe mode.
It may be malware, in any case it sounds like it's factory reset time if you can't ID the root cause.
If you added any downloaded images* to the folders losing data it may be a malware jpeg, if so this jpeg must be deleted or it will continue to destroy and mutilated files in the folder it occupies. I've seen ones that do this in Android. Think. What was done, installed or downloaded?
*All downloaded jpegs should be kept in the download folder until vetted. This will help limit the damage hopefully to just the loose files in there. At least open the jpeg there and look for abnormal behaviors in that folder because you add that jpeg to your database! Antivirus may not detect these little buggers... WYSIWYG

blackhawk said:
After you lose data it's many times to late to do anything. Why aren't you using the SD card as a data drive to at least backup your critical data?
That in turn should be backed up redundantly to at least 2 hdds that are physically and electronically isolated from each other and the PC. Consider this a wake up call...
This isn't looking good. Backed up what's left, now. Try in safe mode.
It may be malware, in any case it sounds like it's factory reset time if you can't ID the root cause.
If you added any downloaded images* to the folders losing data it may be a malware jpeg, if so this jpeg must be deleted or it will continue to destroy and mutilated files in the folder it occupies. I've seen ones that do this in Android. Think. What was done, installed or downloaded?
*All downloaded jpegs should be kept in the download folder until vetted. This will help limit the damage hopefully to just the loose files in there. At least open the jpeg there and look for abnormal behaviors in that folder because you add that jpeg to your database! Antivirus may not detect these little buggers... WYSIWYG
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Okay first of all, One drive should be responsible for backing up my data, thats why its there, no? I do understand that data back up need to be taken more responsibly, but again why would I keep everything backed up from my phone since everything in there is just basic daily use things, nothing that much of importance, except of course memory photos in my camera roll (which again SHOULD be backed up in my one drive). Second, if I were that careless as an IT student to download malware into my device, why would I move it to my camera roll folder ? (thats the only folder that has photos and videos missing). Third, I did factory reset my phone with a back up from Smart Switch as suggested from so called Technical Support specialist from Samsung, sadly the results are same (All photos I had before factory reset are there, no actual recovery has been made).
Sorry if I might sound rude, but I'm really frustrated. Samsung really let me down big time for the first time in 12 years of using their products.

I feel your pain as I lost an irreplaceable database myself at one point that was 30 years old. It sucks.
The only backup I trust and use is copy/paste/verify for size and if readable.
SmartSwitch can fail you miserably, never use it for critical data... same with Google junk.
In unencrpted hdds I trust.
Maybe your Google account was hacked... again always suspect malware, viruses, rootkits if unexplained behaviors are observed.
If you had a previous SmartSwitch backup saved that probably would have worked. At the time what the Samsung rep told you in lieu of the former was your best shot probably. The data was already lost unless its backed somewhere you overlooked or forgot.
It's also possible you could have a hardware failure in progress, keep a close eye on the device.
The reason I back up they way I do is from hard lessons learned going back to XP Pro and other OS's. Also never clone (copy/paste only) or encrypt data drives. Always use a good SD card that's V30 rated like a Sandisk Extreme. All critical data goes here, and everything you need to do a full reload including installable app copies. App that allow settings to be saved like Poweramp, contacts all go on the data drive as do vid and music libraries. ColorNote will save it's backup directly to the SD card, it's a very useful that can used for bookmarks. Don't forget all passwords as well.
Keep the DCIM and download folders on internal memory. Only these and installed apps go on internal memory. Periodically backup the DCIM files to the SD card but DO NOT use the phrase dcim in the backup copy folder name... and then redundantly back up the SD card periodically. Best to time stagger these backup between 2 or more hdds. Develop a plan, put some thought into it. You have all the hardware you need for a robust dual drive device if you use it!
I have 2 N10+'s and this is how I run them. Zero issues.

@blackhawk. Agree... Never trust Google Photos. Somehow I also lost a lot of my photos. Mostly the ones that I shared (as file). Was that because I deleted them directly using Root Explorer? No. Because I downloaded them to Restored folder and deleted through Explorer? No. Because I deleted them from Sent folder of WhatsApp? No... I tried each one of these and couldn't consistently delete the items from Google photos... But how? Why? Just don't trust the application.

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@blackhawk. Agree... Never trust Google Photos. Somehow I also lost a lot of my photos. Mostly the ones that I shared (as file). Was that because I deleted them directly using Root Explorer? No. Because I downloaded them to Restored folder and deleted through Explorer? No. Because I deleted them from Sent folder of WhatsApp? No... I tried each one of these and couldn't consistently delete the items from Google photos... But how? Why? Just don't trust the application.
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Always redundantly backup critical data and verify it's size is correct, it's readable and complete. Copy/paste only, never clone media files ie music.
A drop, malware, hardware failure, a near lightning strike, a boot loop, a user mistake etc can destroy data instantly. Expect it will happen because eventually it probably will. No such thing as overkill with data backup. Multiple copies in different locations that are time staggered and not connected to a PC preferably on hdd. An earth grounded safe or metal box is ideal to store them in at 50-70F.

Great advice! I see these posts about lost data, and people don't realize, you have to backup this data somewhere. The FIRST step is something like Google Photos or Amazon even. But these are not enough (it's a start, at least).
General recommendation is a 3-2-1 backup, as detailed here: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/the-3-2-1-backup-strategy/
Bottom line, if it's something you don't want to lose, then have a REAL backup beyond just GPhotos or similar.
Especially in today's world of cellphones and flash-drives. Both are easily lost or damaged. At least in the old days you can sometimes recover data from spinny drives (I did a LOT of this work for people, using specialized software)... but flash drives don't work the same, and they likely fail to read completely, leaving ALL the data gone in a flash (pun intended).
Backup, BACKUP, BACKUP!!!
EDIT: Also note, if you use something like Gphotos, you can very-easily download ALL the photos from there. This makes it rather easy to backup those files by simply copying that ZIPped file as necessary. You'll have to do this manually every so often, but it's quite easy to do.

This same thing just happened to me. All of my folders including my camera pics were deleted, except my downloaded folders. All the photos are missing from my backups, all trash bins are empty, and Samsung Customer Service suggested that I do everything I had already done. I thought I'd be fancy and get the ZFold 4, which doesn't have an option to use an SD Card. I even downloaded a recovery program to my laptop and it couldn't find any photos. I'm currently waiting on an adaptor, so I can download photos from my last SD card in my previous phone. I've never been more angrier with a phone than I am right now.