When you move files from the Google Photos Cloud to Private Folder (it is a feature of Google Photos), they are removed from the cloud and stored locally on phone
So where exactly? That path can be reached through root?
And files are encrypted or not?
Maybe someone investigate this before?
I would like to know as well.
I had to factory reset my phone, and Swift Backup got my secure folder from Google Photos back, so it must be saved anywhere in local.
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Does anyone know where android stores the contact icon pictures? Since I use mybackup pro to backup my contacts, I can no longer sync my G1 with Gmail so I wanted to update the contact icons manually in Gmail contacts. I know that even though you delete the picture that you originally used for the icon, the picture obviously still stays so there must be a folder that it stores them to, I just can't find it and a search turned up nothing.
Also, is it possible to pull these files to my PC from ADB and have Windows XP recognize the file type?
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I never found where they were, but I found an old backup I made of my SD card so there were a lot of the pics I used to make contact icons so I just used those.
DirectMatrix said:
Does anyone know where android stores the contact icon pictures? Since I use mybackup pro to backup my contacts, I can no longer sync my G1 with Gmail so I wanted to update the contact icons manually in Gmail contacts. I know that even though you delete the picture that you originally used for the icon, the picture obviously still stays so there must be a folder that it stores them to, I just can't find it and a search turned up nothing.
Also, is it possible to pull these files to my PC from ADB and have Windows XP recognize the file type?
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Actually I think it is stored with google because I got a replacement phone and all my contact pictures was still there even tho it was a different phone.
Hmm, that would be a problem but I still think the images have to be stored locally somewhere on the phone. When I use mybackup pro to restore my contacts, it includes my contact icons which means that the program is getting them from "somewhere" when I do the initial backup. That somewhere cannot be Google because I haven't synced with Google since the beginning of the year.
The only reason I said that was because of having a brand new phone without my sd card in it and nothing done to it. As soon as I logged into the brand new phone before leaving the t mobile store my contact pictures were there.
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Hmmmm... try backing up your contacts with Backup for Root Users, then go to your sdcard, open the BackupRoot folder and look inside the folder for contacts and see if you can see your images in there... If you can, try searching for the same folder/filename within root.
Why not uninstall mybackup pro and sync with gmail? Or, is there another reason you're not choosing to sync?
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Hmmmm... try backing up your contacts with Backup for Root Users, then go to your sdcard, open the BackupRoot folder and look inside the folder for contacts and see if you can see your images in there... If you can, try searching for the same folder/filename within root.
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The problem is that the images are on the non rooted phone. I was hoping that there was a folder I could gain access to from Linda or Astro file manager and pull them off that way. But I'm not sure if this is even possible.
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Why not uninstall mybackup pro and sync with gmail? Or, is there another reason you're not choosing to sync?
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I was one of the original users of mybackup pro (before everyone fully understood the syncing with gmail problem). There is an inherent glitch in mybackup pro that makes contacts syncing impossible once you perform the first restore of your backups. Now the problem is know and well documented, then it wasn't. I spent the better part of four hours today restoring my contacts from my rooted spare G1's SIM card in order to partial restore my gmail contacts because those contacts were untouched by the glitch in mybackup pro. Now everything is just the way I want it in gmail contacts with the exception of the contact icons so I was figuring that I could push them from the phone to gmail contacts with a PC as the go between. Then everything will be perfect and I will make sure NEVER to backup my contacts with mybackup pro!
People are fooled by the numerous videos on Youtube on how to remove those annoying Picasa photos from being seen on your device. But all those videos show the exact same instructions which only remove the photos from syncing to that device. It does not delete them. Once you buy a new phone, those photos will show up again.
I would like to know where they are coming from. and delete them permanently.
All photos backed up from your phone are in Google+ Photos. If you delete them there it will ask you if you want to delete the photo everywhere.
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People are fooled by the numerous videos on Youtube on how to remove those annoying Picasa photos from being seen on your device. But all those videos show the exact same instructions which only remove the photos from syncing to that device. It does not delete them. Once you buy a new phone, those photos will show up again.
I would like to know where they are coming from. and delete them permanently.
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Use an app called Picasa Tools. From there you can change the albums to Hangouts. Select and delete the pictures you want.
I'm guessing that any Picasa gallery app would work?
There are a few ways to delete from Picasa.
1) open google photos. delete from there. It will warn you that it will delete pictures even off of your device, however.
also remember to open the side menu and empty the trash, they don't get deleted immediately.
2)go to your google + photos on an actual computer. you can delete them through there without worrying about them being deleted from your phone. However, if you have auto backup on, it'll just reup them again anyways.
to change what gets uploaded, open the side menu in google photos, go down to "on device" and uncheck(disable the cloud icon) the folders you don't want backed up. if you don't want any backing up, make sure you turn off the photo syncing in your google account settings on your phone. (settings - accounts - google - *your account* - uncheck Sync Google + Photos) Then clear the cache on your gallery app and reload the app, it'll all be gone.
If they keep reappearing try this: Get on a desktop computer > sign into google account > go to picasaweb.google.com/lh/myphotos?noredirect=1 and delete the actual photos at the source.
It will give a huge list of the places that the photo is being deleted from! Caution: this deletes the photos from EVERYWHERE including blogger posts, etc
Try this
I'm using a text file in my sd card that contains my google play password
Up until now I've been able to copy my text and then paste it into my google play 'enter your password' here field with no problems
However since the marshmallow update (6.01 23.5.A.0.575) I can no longer 'paste' the text into google play, although I can copy the text ok, and paste it into another text to prove it's copied ok.
In case anyone thinks its because its going over from sd card into internal spaces that's the problem, I tried using the same text saved in the internal part of storage with the same problem.
Is this a new bug or some wonderful new google play 'feature' to stop you from copy/pasting.
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I'm using a text file in my sd card that contains my google play password
Up until now I've been able to copy my text and then paste it into my google play 'enter your password' here field with no problems
However since the marshmallow update (6.01 23.5.A.0.575) I can no longer 'paste' the text into google play, although I can copy the text ok, and paste it into another text to prove it's copied ok.
In case anyone thinks its because its going over from sd card into internal spaces that's the problem, I tried using the same text saved in the internal part of storage with the same problem.
Is this a new bug or some wonderful new google play 'feature' to stop you from copy/pasting.
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I suspect google would see the ability to paste something into a password box as a bug that could be exploited. I get the same with several banking websites when I try and paste my password.
How do you make sure pics from secure folder don’t appear in google photos? Is there a way to not make them aware on google photos?
Uninstall Google photos from inside the secure folder, or log out of your Google account inside the SF
I am using Secure Folder function on S10+.
I installed bank apps within the secure folder.
I linked my account (same account as outside secure folder) in Google play store for apps update.
I setup 2FA for google account, so when I login Gmail, my phone will pop up for login approvals.
Now the 2FA actually pop up at the same time, but with the Secure Folder one on the top, which show I need to enter password to go to Secure Folder. This is annoying.
Any method that I can switch off the secure folder google notifications?
I tried disabled Google Play Service notification in secure folder but the 2FA in secure folder still showing.
Anyone could help?
Many Thanks.
anybody could help please?