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Is there such an app that exists that will allow you to password lock your gallery everytime you want to access it? This includes photos and videos.
ie: a girl im on a date with likes my phone and wants to play around with it, i dont want her going thru my gallery and seeing pics of me and other girls.
there is an app called lokpix or lokpixlite that you can set up to password protect pictures you don't want people to see. It takes them out of your gallery and puts them in it's own gallery inside the app. Then anyone can look at your gallery minus the hidden pics.
Gonesingle said:
Is there such an app that exists that will allow you to password lock your gallery everytime you want to access it? This includes photos and videos.
ie: a girl im on a date with likes my phone and wants to play around with it, i dont want her going thru my gallery and seeing pics of me and other girls.
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Ok fair enough, Photovault is one of the better ones.
it's not free, but its a small price to pay for not getting busted
I use file cover, it also locks videos.
Stea1thmode said:
Ok fair enough, Photovault is one of the better ones.
it's not free, but its a small price to pay for not getting busted
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I DL'd file cover (free) and it doesnt do videos? is that only available for pro. any other suggestions for free
Gonesingle said:
I DL'd file cover (free) and it doesnt do videos? is that only available for pro. any other suggestions for free
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yeah the video is only pro
- use Astro File Manager.
- creat a new folder, put stuff you dont want anyone to see in there.
- put a . in front of the folder. ie: .Private
- that folder can't be view in the Gallery, only Astro can.
xxlikquidxx said:
- use Astro File Manager.
- creat a new folder, put stuff you dont want anyone to see in there.
- put a . in front of the folder. ie: .Private
- that folder can't be view in the Gallery, only Astro can.
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good to know thanks!
xxlikquidxx said:
- use Astro File Manager.
- creat a new folder, put stuff you dont want anyone to see in there.
- put a . in front of the folder. ie: .Private
- that folder can't be view in the Gallery, only Astro can.
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Nice, thanks.
You can also put a blank file named ".nomedia" (no quotes) in any folder you dont want to show up in gallery/music/etc (but will show up in astro or similar)
i tried to create a folder named .Private , but it seems that Windows doesnt like this. It keeps telling me to type a folder name. Any1 else having problems creating a folder with a "." infront of their filename
Gonesingle said:
i tried to create a folder named .Private , but it seems that Windows doesnt like this. It keeps telling me to type a folder name. Any1 else having problems creating a folder with a "." infront of their filename
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Right because that's not a valid folder name in windows. You need to do it on your device (using a file manager program such as astro, or terminal emulator by typing something like mkdir /sdcard/images/.pron/). You could also use ADB from your computer and shell in and use mkdir that way.
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i tried to create a folder named .Private , but it seems that Windows doesnt like this. It keeps telling me to type a folder name. Any1 else having problems creating a folder with a "." infront of their filename
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You have to create a file inside the folder you wanna hide named .Private (or .nomedia).
I'm using a .nomedia file inside my 'files' folder. My wife doesn't see the need for porn on my phone, but what does she know?
Besides, I don't need my 3 year old finding such things. That would be awkward to explain...
I have a folder on my SD card that I don't want images to appear from. Is there a means to exclude certain directories?
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Put an empty file called .nomedia in the directory.
This one works well for me - makes the process easier:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.studiokuma.nomedia
What kind of images don't you want to show up in your gallery?
The .nomedia method should work for you, if not you can always rename the folder with a "." at the beginning to make it hidden
Folder name examples:
.pr0n / .dontlookhere / .ignore
kyouko said:
What kind of images don't you want to show up in your gallery?
The .nomedia method should work for you, if not you can always rename the folder with a "." at the beginning to make it hidden
Folder name examples:
.pr0n / .dontlookhere / .ignore
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.nomedia works for me, as far as keeping stuff out of the gallery. Being all grown up in my computer usage, I choose to not let my computing devices hide stuff from me, so that .folder thingy doesn't work for me (and pictures in those .folders without a .nomedia file still seem to make their way into my gallery).
I do have a .stuff folder for my .porn though... Keeps it up near the top of the list...
how about the hideitpro app from the market? it's actually pretty cool. opens up as an audio manager, then you put in a password and there you have all the hidden files you want. not just pics...just an fyi
Install the app Just Pictures and ignore the folders you don't want to see.
The .nomedia "solution" prevents the album art to display in the media players.
I use the app QuickPic from the Market, and in the app you can choose which folders you want include and exclude. Pretty useful. You don't have the pretty 3-D effects from the default Gallery app but it's so much faster.
You can do the same thing with Fishbowl Gallery. You can set default albums, as well as hide albums. However, this still doesn't prevent someone from stumbling upon the default gallery app. The best solutions are either .nomedia, or do not have media on your phone that you do not want prying eyes to see. Alternatively, while cumbersome, you can use androzip or unrar pro to zip the material in question. Of course, by zipping your files, you can add the additional layer of security by encrypting it, if you're the paranoid sort.
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I remember this method. Any one know if the older file deletion ever got fixed with 2.2.1 or later?
If you don't know what I'm talking about here's a quick rundown.
You put the .nomedia file in a folder with pictures, upon reboot all those pictures are deleted. This had something to do with them already being scanned once and them being older than the .nomedia file so instead of ignoring them it deletes them. Something along those lines (anyone have the link to the original bug report from back in '08 or '09?).
Anyway, if it hasn't been fixed you've been warned, you stand a good chance of losing all media in those folders. So backup those files - but you knew that already
The easiest remedy to this is to remove the files, rename the folder to .whatever or insert the .nomedia file. Reboot. Then throw the files back onto the sdcard. That should eliminate any issues.
I've used the .nomedia solution awhile back to get icons, cover art, etc out of my gallery and it worked just fine... nothing was deleted (Droid X).
IIRC, I did have to clear the gallery app's cache to get it to "forget" about media that it had already found; on first lauch after clearing it's cache, expect it to be slow as it re-scans your device / sd card (..rebooting didn't work to clear the cach on my device... had to clear it via settings > application > manage apps..)
.nomedia file solution works
KCRic said:
I remember this method. Any one know if the older file deletion ever got fixed with 2.2.1 or later?
If you don't know what I'm talking about here's a quick rundown.
You put the .nomedia file in a folder with pictures, upon reboot all those pictures are deleted. This had something to do with them already being scanned once and them being older than the .nomedia file so instead of ignoring them it deletes them. Something along those lines (anyone have the link to the original bug report from back in '08 or '09?).
Anyway, if it hasn't been fixed you've been warned, you stand a good chance of losing all media in those folders. So backup those files - but you knew that already
The easiest remedy to this is to remove the files, rename the folder to .whatever or insert the file. Reboot. Then throw the files back onto the sdcard. That should eliminate any issues.
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The .nomedia file solution works fine for me on Android 2.3.3.
The issue you mentioned is therefore fixed (nothing file was deleted unexpectedly).
Reboot was also necessary so that the native photo gallery app does not display the icons/pics any longer for the folders where I added the .nomedia file.
Furthermore, this works also for the music files.
(I use also TapeMachine app, and wanted to avoid that the sounds I recorded are listed in the Music Player).
If I place a .nomedia file in a directory, does that exclude all of its subdirectories from the gallery, as well?
Yes, it does. I just placed a .nomedia file in my /Music folder on my extsdcard and all the pictures in my albums are gone after a reboot.
UPDATE: I just tied this on my tablet (running 4.4.2) and it did not need a reboot. Gallery adjusted automatically. It was a folder on the extsdcard - and since 4.4.x restricts access to the sdcard, it stands to reason it saw the file placed and adjust the library automatically.
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If I place a .nomedia file in a directory, does that exclude all of its subdirectories from the gallery, as well?
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Hey guys:
I've got tons of comicbooks on my storage card that keeps showing up as individual folders in my picture gallery. I know I could drop a "no media" file in the main folder to stop it, but then my other apps wont read anything in that folder as well correct? Is their any way to exclude the comicbook folder from the gallery?
thanks
shaun0207 said:
Hey guys:
I've got tons of comicbooks on my storage card that keeps showing up as individual folders in my picture gallery. I know I could drop a "no media" file in the main folder to stop it, but then my other apps wont read anything in that folder as well correct? Is their any way to exclude the comicbook folder from the gallery?
thanks
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+1 ................
call me crazy, but I have a feeling the easiest solution is to create a .nomedia file and put it in the folder you want to hide.... ooooor I could be 100% wrong.
MitchRapp said:
call me crazy, but I have a feeling the easiest solution is to create a .nomedia file and put it in the folder you want to hide.... ooooor I could be 100% wrong.
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You are crazy ;-) does not work here.
This does not solve your problem, but may be an alternate solution. I use a gallery replacement called QuickPic. Inside of QuickPic you can choose which folders are hidden so you only see the ones you want.
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This does not solve your problem, but may be an alternate solution. I use a gallery replacement called QuickPic. Inside of QuickPic you can choose which folders are hidden so you only see the ones you want.
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I've heard of QuickPic. But I really like the stock Gallery. And if I put a no media file in that folder,, my comicbook reader apps wont see the files either right?
Actually, all you have to do is rename the folder or file and put a "." at the start of the name. So a folder called "my_pron" renamed ".my_pron" won't show up
It's probably worth noting that you should do the rename on your tab and not from your PC, I had problems with it not working when I did it via my PC, that's why I mention it. I used Astro File manager and it works just fine.
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".my_pron"
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Giggity...
Kii Safe!
It's a program designed to be more along the lines of hiding naughty things, but it would allow you to move all your comics into a side gallery type section, plus once their there you can subdivide them into their own folders AGAIN so that you have individual comics in mini-galleries, with sorting by name or date possible to make for easy ordering.
https://market.android.com/details?...esult#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5raWkuc2FmZSJd
Noteworthy item is that with the EI22 update yesterday, my app got wiped with the rest of my phone, but upon re-installing it and going through new-startup steps it found the SD card data from my previous installation - yay SD card!
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It's a program designed to be more along the lines of hiding naughty things, but it would allow you to move all your comics into a side gallery type section, plus once their there you can subdivide them into their own folders AGAIN so that you have individual comics in mini-galleries, with sorting by name or date possible to make for easy ordering.
https://market.android.com/details?...esult#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5raWkuc2FmZSJd
Noteworthy item is that with the EI22 update yesterday, my app got wiped with the rest of my phone, but upon re-installing it and going through new-startup steps it found the SD card data from my previous installation - yay SD card!
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I have a app similar to this called Hide & Sneek. But I have to unhide pics everytime I need to use it. Will Keep safe allow me to hide the comics just from the Gallery , but let them be used in the Combook reader?
Quit trying to hide the pron from her and you won't have issues! Or just if ya get caught freak out and claim you must have a virus!
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hammer4203 said:
Quit trying to hide the pron from her and you won't have issues! Or just if ya get caught freak out and claim you must have a virus!
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lol. Not worried bout the porn pics. But when I have to scroll through the gallery to find the folders my real pics are in, its kinda annoying. See the attached.
Ok i have some movies and lots of albums on my SD card.
When i open my gallery it loads all pictures even screen shots of the videos and the album art as pictures.
And there are many.. i have dozens and dozens of albums on the phone.
How can i get all those hidden from gallery?
For the folders on your phone that require "ahem" discretion. You can rename the folder to start with a period. e.g. "/.pictures/" and wipe the stored data for the gallery app to remove the cache of thumbnails it has created. This does mean a lot but not all apps won't look in the folder. However, if other apps need to look in the folder for music etc. they will also ignore folders starting with a period.
There's also a couple of apps on the android market that will remove items from the gallery without deleting them.
I know your problem.
Some phones also allow you to choose which folders you want to be shown in the gallery.
When in the main screen of the gallery, press the menu button and see what comes up. Hopefully you can hide your dirty habits that way.
Dallasalien's method should work on any phone.
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For the folders on your phone that require "ahem" discretion. You can rename the folder to start with a period. e.g. "/.pictures/" and wipe the stored data for the gallery app to remove the cache of thumbnails it has created. This does mean a lot but not all apps won't look in the folder. However, if other apps need to look in the folder for music etc. they will also ignore folders starting with a period.
There's also a couple of apps on the android market that will remove items from the gallery without deleting them.
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woohoo.. the .pron worked..thanks... http://media.xda-developers.com/images/icons/icon10.gif
wife doesn't mind.. but my 3 yr old daughter doesn't need to see when she wants to view pictures..hehehe
Download Quickpic from the market let's you hide, exclude any folders you like
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Are you drag n dropping folders from a windows machine? If so it's even copying the folder with the art work for your media player which the gallery will see. You could always just drag over the wanted video into a folder instead, or hide with a app or name the folder with a period like mentioned
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woohoo.. the .pron worked..thanks... http://media.xda-developers.com/images/icons/icon10.gif
wife doesn't mind.. but my 3 yr old daughter doesn't need to see when she wants to view pictures..hehehe
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*I do like that post*
If you make a new file named .nomedia in any folder of your sd card it will stop the gallery from loading the pictures in that folder.
I use astro file manager to create an empty zip and just rename it to .nomedia without the .zip at the end. You can also copy and paste the file into any other folders. It hides the pictures in subfolders as well so just 1 in your music folder will hide album art for all folders inside.
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john94si said:
woohoo.. the .pron worked..thanks... http://media.xda-developers.com/images/icons/icon10.gif
wife doesn't mind.. but my 3 yr old daughter doesn't need to see when she wants to view pictures..hehehe
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Your kid needs her own skyrocket!
My .thumbnail file in .DCIM keeps expanding to fill all available space, preventing me from taking pictures and causing the system to become unstable. Today, ".thumbdata3--1967290299" was up to 3.5 gb. I delete it every time, but it grows back after the next reboot. Whether I delete the folder, the files itself, doesn't matter. I do have a lot of large pictures on the external SD card (not taken with the camera on the phone), which is perhaps the reason thumbnail is growing so large.
I used titanium backup pro to freeze gallery, but then I can't take pictures with the camera.
Judging from google search and a search across all XDA forums, this is not specific to the skyrocket, or the rom I'm running (cyanogenmod 10). I'm not coming across any specific solutions though other than delete them. There was one suggestion to setup a program to automatically delete the file, however that seems... inelegant.
I've also switched to using quickpic instead of the stock gallery option, but again that does nothing.
I tried naming a notepad document to .thumbnails to prevent android from making a .thumbnails file, but windows wouldn't let me.
Mediascanner seems to go nuts every time I turn on my phone after deleting the old file, the phone is warm to the touch, and BetterBatteryStats indicates it's running the cpu at 1.51 GHz for 15 to 20 minutes after boot. I'm going to try disabling media scanner to see if that prevents thumbnail from being built up, but I was wondering if anyone had any other fixes or suggestions. Like if there was any way to set a maximum file size on the thumbnail file, or if there was a way to disable the stock gallery without compromising camera functionality.
The solution I suggest will help with your media scanner issues but your photos will no longer be visible in the gallery.
Go to the folder you keep your photos in and use a file explorer app like root explorer to create an empty file named .nomedia
This tells the android media scanner to skip that folder. If you have folders inside folders, place a .nomedia file in each folder.
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rushi.1986 said:
The solution I suggest will help with your media scanner issues but your photos will no longer be visible in the gallery.
Go to the folder you keep your photos in and use a file explorer app like root explorer to create an empty file named .nomedia
This tells the android media scanner to skip that folder. If you have folders inside folders, place a .nomedia file in each folder.
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If media scanner has already detected said files, will it still show up in either Gallery or Quickpik? And will new pictures I take be added to either without media scanner?
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If media scanner has already detected said files, will it still show up in either Gallery or Quickpik? And will new pictures I take be added to either without media scanner?
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I am pretty sure already scanned pics will be gone. As for new pics, I don't know. You just have to try it yourself.
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Update: rescan media root, preventing media scanner from going every time the phone reboots, seems to have fixed it. Camera function is not compromised, nor are pictures hidden from quickpik.
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I was just going to recommend that. It seems to have helped me keep boot times down and help with battery life.