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Hiding Pictures From Gallery?

Is there a way to hide pictures from the Gallery application? Should I put the files in a hidden folder? Or is there a certain way to do it?

lbsk8addict said:
Is there a way to hide pictures from the Gallery application? Should I put the files in a hidden folder? Or is there a certain way to do it?
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to hide pictures from being found in Gallery, add a "." in front of the name of the folder .. so if you want to hide 'hiddenpictures', rename the folder to '.hiddenpictures'

theres an app called HidenSeek it looks and acts like a flash light but when u press the menu 3 times prompts u with a password and bam hidden photo album...but be sure to exit out of the app or it stays open and its not so hidden anymore....i used it more as a flash light..lol

bladepbc said:
theres an app called HidenSeek it looks and acts like a flash light but when u press the menu 3 times prompts u with a password and bam hidden photo album...but be sure to exit out of the app or it stays open and its not so hidden anymore....i used it more as a flash light..lol
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That's hilarious haha

haha that's awesome. ok thanks from both of you

.hide
Every time I have something that I want to hide, I just add ".hide" to the file name.
For example
file_name.mp4.hide (the .hide doesn't show up)
or
file_name.jpg.hide
once again, the ".hide" does not show. just prevents someone from opening that file.

krazyconejo said:
Every time I have something that I want to hide, I just add ".hide" to the file name.
For example
file_name.mp4.hide (the .hide doesn't show up)
or
file_name.jpg.hide
once again, the ".hide" does not show. just prevents someone from opening that file.
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Can it still be accessed through astro using this method?

You can create a file called .nomedia in the folder with the pictures you want to hide from Gallery. A reboot may be required also.
http://androinica.com/2009/08/28/ho...iles-from-appearing-in-android-media-players/
It works for music, videos and images.

A reboot is not required. All you need to do is prompt it to rescan the sdcard for media, which can be done by issuing this command:
am broadcast -a android.intent.action.MEDIA_MOUNTED -d file:///sdcard
** note that there is no visual queue that it is doing anything, but it does trigger media scan.
If you have dev tools installed you can also run media scanner from there, which *does* give a visual indication.
I suggest using dot-folders to hide media. It is much cleaner than renaming all your media. The media will still work through a filebrowser that supports hidden files, like astro, and renaming a single directory rather than every file in it is much less effort.... "mv /sdcard/mediatohide /sdcard/.mediatohide; am broadcast -a and....." to hide, and "mv /sdcard/.mediatohide /sdcard/mediatohide; am broadcast -a and....." to unhide.

That .hide method is annoying.
A simple app that can password protect folders containing any file is needed.

timelyne said:
That .hide method is annoying.
A simple app that can password protect folders containing any file is needed.
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Annoying? It is annoying when some lazy slob asks for someone to do everything for them when they already have everything they need right in front of them.

lbcoder said:
Annoying? It is annoying when some lazy slob asks for someone to do everything for them when they already have everything they need right in front of them.
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No , whats annoying is something as simple as Gallery app being screwed up this bad.
The .hide method is a weak workaround.
Example: I have ASL lite app. When I go to gallery I have to scroll through dozens of pics of sign language to get to the pics I want to see. Using the .hide method also hides them from the ASL app.
You add Icons to this and its just one massive pain in the ass.
The camera shouldnt be defaulting to a Gallery that has "all pics/vids on SD card" as a unchangeable default setting.

lbcoder said:
Annoying? It is annoying when some lazy slob asks for someone to do everything for them when they already have everything they need right in front of them.
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wow, really? no. it is completely annoying to do this stuff manually. that is the reason we have apps. that's like telling someone "it's annoying when you lazy slobs drive your cars when you have feet". sorry, not going to fly.

I havent tested the .nomedia file method, but that sounds like the ticket.
The file explorer app developers should add functionality to long press on a folder and pick "add .nomedia" action.

I have done the .nomedia thing a number of times, it works flawlessly. It hides them from gallery, but keeps them useable with their original program.

Photo vault
There is an app called photo vault it use a pin to access your pics and hides them from all other apps.
There is also APP vault too

Can someone please explain pictures and storage on the Nexus 6?

Hi All,
I got the Nexus 6 a few weeks ago and I like it pretty well though I'm having a hard time figuring out how to work it lol. One major thing I'm not understanding - it seems to have no picture storage in the phone itself that I can find. Is this correct? There's no "Gallery" or anything - all I can get into is my google photos. Which would be okay I guess except that not everything saves to Google Photos. For example:
Last night I took a picture with the camera app I use (Camera 360) and edited it in another app (don't remember which one - it was an in memory pic so I just needed to add some text). Anyways, I saved it and it said it was saving to the phone, however, it's not anywhere in the google photos. I couldn't find it anywhere. But then when I went to Facebook it popped up in my options to upload a photo. So it has to be saving somewhere!
I also have a lot of issues with photos from Camera 360, Instagram, FB, and other apps doing the same thing - they'll show in my FB options or if I click within the Camera 360 app on the preview area but they don't show in Google Photos or anywhere else on the phone.
Can anyone explain this to me please?
Thanks!

Sunshine32 said:
Hi All,
I got the Nexus 6 a few weeks ago and I like it pretty well though I'm having a hard time figuring out how to work it lol. One major thing I'm not understanding - it seems to have no picture storage in the phone itself that I can find. Is this correct? There's no "Gallery" or anything - all I can get into is my google photos. Which would be okay I guess except that not everything saves to Google Photos. For example:
Last night I took a picture with the camera app I use (Camera 360) and edited it in another app (don't remember which one - it was an in memory pic so I just needed to add some text). Anyways, I saved it and it said it was saving to the phone, however, it's not anywhere in the google photos. I couldn't find it anywhere. But then when I went to Facebook it popped up in my options to upload a photo. So it has to be saving somewhere!
I also have a lot of issues with photos from Camera 360, Instagram, FB, and other apps doing the same thing - they'll show in my FB options or if I click within the Camera 360 app on the preview area but they don't show in Google Photos or anywhere else on the phone.
Can anyone explain this to me please?
Thanks!
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Did you set Google Photo`s to backup all pics and video`s in the cloud? Have you checked /sdcard/DCIM/Camera/?

gee2012 said:
Did you set Google Photo`s to backup all pics and video`s in the cloud? Have you checked /sdcard/DCIM/Camera/?
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No. I don't really use the cloud. I want to be able to access everything physically on the phone if possible but I'll look into that too.
I thought it didn't have an SD card slot so how to I check what you said at the end there? If there's no SD card then how would it be saving to an SD Card? Sorry... I'm not the brightest with this kind of thing.

Sunshine32 said:
No. I don't really use the cloud. I want to be able to access everything physically on the phone if possible but I'll look into that too.
I thought it didn't have an SD card slot so how to I check what you said at the end there? If there's no SD card then how would it be saving to an SD Card? Sorry... I'm not the brightest with this kind of thing.
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Get a file manager from Google Play and look for /sdcard/DCIM/Camera and your pics etc should be there.

gee2012 said:
Get a file manager from Google Play and look for /sdcard/DCIM/Camera and your pics etc should be there.
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Okay thanks! So what do I do then? Do I just use that file manager going forward every time I want to access my pictures? What I'm trying to figure out is how I can view/display/transfer my photos going forward. Should I download a gallery app?

Sunshine32 said:
Okay thanks! So what do I do then? Do I just use that file manager going forward every time I want to access my pictures? What I'm trying to figure out is how I can view/display/transfer my photos going forward. Should I download a gallery app?
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That should do the job too

gee2012 said:
That should do the job too
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Awesome thanks! Appreciate the help. I'm not good with phones in general sometimes but this one is completely different than I'm used to lol.

Sunshine32 said:
Awesome thanks! Appreciate the help. I'm not good with phones in general sometimes but this one is completely different than I'm used to lol.
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QuickPic is quite good.

gee2012 said:
QuickPic is quite good.
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I actually had that on my last phone and liked it but there was a weird glitch on my old phone where it wouldn't let me delete anything. Even if I deleted pics from the phone gallery they would still show in QuickPic. Then if I tried to delete them in there it gave me a weird error. I could probably try it on the new phone again here though!
I did download the file manager and that seems like it will work perfect.

Sunshine32 said:
I actually had that on my last phone and liked it but there was a weird glitch on my old phone where it wouldn't let me delete anything. Even if I deleted pics from the phone gallery they would still show in QuickPic. Then if I tried to delete them in there it gave me a weird error. I could probably try it on the new phone again here though!
I did download the file manager and that seems like it will work perfect.
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Well then the problem is solved

Isn't there is device folder at the left side of the menu in the google photo app. I usually find all the picture there, screenshoot and stuff like that.

Sunshine32 said:
No. I don't really use the cloud. I want to be able to access everything physically on the phone if possible but I'll look into that too.
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Do consider backing it up to the cloud. That way, if your phone dies or gets lost/damaged, you won't be stuck trying to figure out how to recover your pictures. Google Photos app gives you unlimited storage for your photos (just don't choose "original resolution"). The photo/video will still be there on your phone, but will have a backup on the cloud.

emptydream said:
Isn't there is device folder at the left side of the menu in the google photo app. I usually find all the picture there, screenshoot and stuff like that.
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Yes, I do the same. Tap the menu icon on the left side of Goole Photos App, and then tap "Device Folders",
This will show OP all the local camera photos in DCIM, as well as any screenshots/downloads, etc

jj14 said:
Do consider backing it up to the cloud. That way, if your phone dies or gets lost/damaged, you won't be stuck trying to figure out how to recover your pictures. Google Photos app gives you unlimited storage for your photos (just don't choose "original resolution"). The photo/video will still be there on your phone, but will have a backup on the cloud.
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Hmm. I'm confused. Maybe I do this and just didn't know it was called the cloud? Right now my photos from my last like 4 phones are in my "Google Photos" and I can access them all on any phone I've had, on the computer, etc. So they're already stored in Google Photos?
Yes, I do the same. Tap the menu icon on the left side of Goole Photos App, and then tap "Device Folders",
This will show OP all the local camera photos in DCIM, as well as any screenshots/downloads, etc
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AWESOME! Will have to look at that more thanks.

Sunshine32 said:
Hmm. I'm confused. Maybe I do this and just didn't know it was called the cloud? Right now my photos from my last like 4 phones are in my "Google Photos" and I can access them all on any phone I've had, on the computer, etc. So they're already stored in Google Photos?
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Go to photos.google.com and sign in with your google account. See if your photos are showing there. If yes, then you are good - they are being backed up. You can verify the settings in the photos app on your phone too - settings/backup and sync. Verify that it is on, and that upload size is high quality (or you can choose original - but that will not be unlimited)

[guide] TURN OFF THE MIUI ADS

for those on stock MIUI OS... are you sick and tired of seeing ads on your phone.
here's the 1st step in turning them off, i'm still exploring all the ads that will pop up and will be documenting on turning them off.
Go to; Setting - Additional Settings - Authorization & revocation - Uncheck msa
YMMV on the number of attempts you have to uncheck to successfully revoke

Aaagogo said:
for those on stock MIUI OS... are you sick and tired of seeing ads on your phone.
here's the 1st step in turning them off, i'm still exploring all the ads that will pop up and will be documenting on turning them off.
Go to; Setting - Additional Settings - Authorization & revocation - Uncheck msa
YMMV on the number of attempts you have to uncheck to successfully revoke
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Lol I debloated my device a hour ago. Also uninstalled MSA

!!!!!!!Root2!!!!!! said:
Lol I debloated my device a hour ago. Also uninstalled MSA
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dude, that's a much better route vs revoking authorization. I'm still new/returning back to ADB,
could you share that command line so i can add it to the 1st post.
Cheers.

Aaagogo said:
dude, that's a much better route vs revoking authorization. I'm still new/returning back to ADB,
could you share that command line so i can add it to the 1st post.
Cheers.
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I didn't do it the old way. I used saki's tool. Link
https://github.com/Saki-EU/XiaomiAD...wnload/6.3.1/XiaomiADBFastbootTools-6.3.1.jar
It's easy to use and let's us reinstall apps in case we delete the wrong ones.

!!!!!!!Root2!!!!!! said:
I didn't do it the old way. I used saki's tool. Link
https://github.com/Saki-EU/XiaomiAD...wnload/6.3.1/XiaomiADBFastbootTools-6.3.1.jar
It's easy to use and let's us reinstall apps in case we delete the wrong ones.
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Hi, I also debloated my device weeks ago. And I'm having an issue that some apps change their position on home screen randomly and I can't even move them back to their old place. Do you experience something like that? And Which apps did you removed?

ravindu666 said:
Hi, I also debloated my device weeks ago. And I'm having an issue that some apps change their position on home screen randomly and I can't even move them back to their old place. Do you experience something like that? And Which apps did you removed?
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I just removed Google apps and mi bloatware. I didn't go for system apps.
I too faced same kind of issue a month ago. Every time i open an app it's duplicate icon wad created and I couldn't delete it. I changed theme and it got fixed.

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!!!!!!!Root2!!!!!! said:
I just removed Google apps and mi bloatware. I didn't go for system apps.
I too faced same kind of issue a month ago. Every time i open an app it's duplicate icon wad created and I couldn't delete it. I changed theme and it got fixed.
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Maybe it's the theme then

thanks
Aaagogo said:
for those on stock MIUI OS... are you sick and tired of seeing ads on your phone.
here's the 1st step in turning them off, i'm still exploring all the ads that will pop up and will be documenting on turning them off.
Go to; Setting - Additional Settings - Authorization & revocation - Uncheck msa
YMMV on the number of attempts you have to uncheck to successfully revoke
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thanks for this post

!!!!!!!Root2!!!!!! said:
I didn't do it the old way. I used saki's tool. Link
https://github.com/Saki-EU/XiaomiAD...wnload/6.3.1/XiaomiADBFastbootTools-6.3.1.jar
It's easy to use and let's us reinstall apps in case we delete the wrong ones.
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Thanks for sharing bro :good:
By the way, how i can open it? (The format file is .jar)
Edit: i forget to download java runtime, now i can open the jar

Can you post which apps / packages are save to remove without facing any issues afterwards? I assume you use adb

i got rid of;
the 3 facebook apk's
notepad
mi browser
mi drop
mi music
google duo
google video
google photos
google music
google search bar
miui feedback
i also found it better to do it manually, by going into file explorer in twrp and manually delete the related apks, the software just uninstalls but doesn't delete and i have had experience that they randomly gets reinstalled again.
edwardenglish said:
Can you post which apps / packages are save to remove without facing any issues afterwards? I assume you use adb
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Google Photo Save Issue

Whenever I edit a photo in Google Photo it only allows me to "Save Copy" not just Save the changes (without making a copy) like I used to with my Galaxy S8. I've tried removing and installing the app and changing the default storage to SD but with no luck. Anyone else having this issue? I'm able to edit the photos without saving a copy when I make changes on my laptop. Any suggestions on how to fix this? Thanks in advance.

matrix23x said:
Whenever I edit a photo in Google Photo it only allows me to "Save Copy" not just Save the changes (without making a copy) like I used to with my Galaxy S8. I've tried removing and installing the app and changing the default storage to SD but with no luck. Anyone else having this issue? I'm able to edit the photos without saving a copy when I make changes on my laptop. Any suggestions on how to fix this? Thanks in advance.
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I just tried it on my S10e. So I tapped on one of the images, then edited it by making it brighter for example. Then on right top there was a button "Save", but if I go to 3 dots which are on top as well, there is save copy option as well.

Charkatak said:
I just tried it on my S10e. So I tapped on one of the images, then edited it by making it brighter for example. Then on right top there was a button "Save", but if I go to 3 dots which are on top as well, there is save copy option as well.
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That's my problem, I don't have any just save option. Only Save Copy

matrix23x said:
That's my problem, I don't have any just save option. Only Save Copy
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You probably didn't enable "back up and sync" in the settings of Google Photos app

Charkatak said:
You probably didn't enable "back up and sync" in the settings of Google Photos app
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I did. Everything is backing up correctly.

matrix23x said:
I did. Everything is backing up correctly.
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In my case, if I don't turn on backup and sync in the app, then I try to save the photo, there is no button, but once I enable backup and sync again, then the save option is there.

Automatically delete Trash contents?

Hey guys,
I know that OneUI 2.0 brought a Trash option to our phones but I want to know do files stored in Trash (aka deleted files) actually get deleted from Trash automatically after a set time period or not? In Gallery it says that after 30 days they will be permanently deleted but there is no such disclaimer in the Trash of the My Files app. I waited a month and the files weren't permanently deleted, maybe it's 2 months there?
Thanks for any info.

The files in the Trash/Recycle Bin is set to automatically be deleted within 15-30 days.

iceepyon said:
The files in the Trash/Recycle Bin is set to automatically be deleted within 15-30 days.
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In all places where Trash exists as an option? Like Contacts, My Files, Gallery?

koragg97 said:
In all places where Trash exists as an option? Like Contacts, My Files, Gallery?
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Not sure about the other places like Contacts, My Files, etc. But I do know that the Gallery will automatically delete files after 30 days.

iceepyon said:
Not sure about the other places like Contacts, My Files, etc. But I do know that the Gallery will automatically delete files after 30 days.
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I see, thanks for the info ?