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Hide media folders

Looking for an app, mod, commandline, something, that can make a folder on my SD card, not be read by the gallery.
Id like some stuff to not show up in the gallery by default. The same would be nice for music as well, something that will allow you to select a folder on the SD card to not include music files in the music app.
Anyone know of anything like this, whether it be an ADB command line, something i can do in terminal with su, an app, a mod, etc etc?

Create a file named ".nomedia" and put it in the folder you are trying to omit

Another tip to stop a folders contents showing in Gallery is to simply put a "." (a fullstop/period) infront of the folder name.

Also, to refresh the galleries once you've done the above, go into Dev Tools and run 'Media Scanner'

Thanks for the replies... seems simple enough. Thank you for all the suggestions.

Just to give you a little more breakdown, the easiest way to do this (from a Windows PC) is to create a blank text file on your PC and copy it to the folder on your SD Card, then use an explorer app like Astro File Manager to rename it to .nomedia (since Windows won't let you name a file .nomedia).

Just to give you a little more breakdown, the easiest way to do this (from a Windows PC) is to create a blank text file on your PC and copy it to the folder on your SD Card, then use an explorer app like Astro File Manager to rename it to .nomedia (since Windows won't let you name a file .nomedia).
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That's exactly what I did. Once on my SD card, I used astro to copy paste it to the other directories I wanted to exclude.
Again, thanks for the help.

stshannon said:
That's exactly what I did. Once on my SD card, I used astro to copy paste it to the other directories I wanted to exclude.
Again, thanks for the help.
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would that be a working work-around solution for such badly written apps such as Asphalt 5 (which makes its music & sounds appear in the Music playlist)?

Answer and suggestions provided; thread closed.

[Q] copy & paste

Can i copy and paste ringtones from outside folder to system\media\audio\ringtones folder?

norbarb said:
Can i copy and paste ringtones from outside folder to system\media\audio\ringtones folder?
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sure, assuming you have:
A. some kind of root level file explorer (ES File explorer, root explorer, etc)
B. once in said root level file explorer, you set the /system partition to be read/write (in root explorer, just tap the r/w at the top of the screen when in /system)

Thanks for answer.. Yes i have root explorer just was wondering if this files are not connected to some other settings..

If Im not mistaken you can just make a folder in the root of your internal SDcard and name it ringtones. Put all the files in that folder and reboot your phone. The tones should them be selectable in the ringtones menus
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[Q] Can't delete folder in internal storage

hi, im having problems deleting a folder in my internal storage.
my phone is Lenovo A328, stock rom, rooted, and running on kitkat.
i didn't do any tweaking on my phone besides rooting.
i noticed while browsing my internal folders, in Android/data there is a folder named "com.com2us.soulcollector.normal...." 16.74mb in size.
it's from the game soul seeker, and i've already uninstalled the game, i tried to delete it but cant be deleted.
here's what ive done so far:
-i used other browsing apps like root explorer and root browser
-renamed the folder and delete, but can't
-moved the folder to other location in internal (cant move to external), still cant delete
-downloaded the game again and made sure the folder name and location is the same. then uninstalled the game, still the folder is there.
-edit the permission but cant.
-reboot device
-clean junk files using clean master
i dont want to restore or reformat my device. its a pain trying to download and reinstall again all my apps.
please help!

jemzbenz said:
hi, im having problems deleting a folder in my internal storage.
my phone is Lenovo A328, stock rom, rooted, and running on kitkat.
i didn't do any tweaking on my phone besides rooting.
i noticed while browsing my internal folders, in Android/data there is a folder named "com.com2us.soulcollector.normal...." 16.74mb in size.
it's from the game soul seeker, and i've already uninstalled the game, i tried to delete it but cant be deleted.
here's what ive done so far:
-i used other browsing apps like root explorer and root browser
-renamed the folder and delete, but can't
-moved the folder to other location in internal (cant move to external), still cant delete
-downloaded the game again and made sure the folder name and location is the same. then uninstalled the game, still the folder is there.
-edit the permission but cant.
-reboot device
-clean junk files using clean master
i dont want to restore or reformat my device. its a pain trying to download and reinstall again all my apps.
please help!
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Try remounting /data as RW.
So, if you're using ES Explorer, open menu, inside Tools, click on Root Explorer.
Then click Mount R/W. And mount all partitions as RW.
This may help

GokulNC said:
Try remounting /data as RW.
So, if you're using ES Explorer, open menu, inside Tools, click on Root Explorer.
Then click Mount R/W. And mount all partitions as RW.
This may help
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tried it but still no good. im really not liking this kitkat.

Titanium Backup Missing Files

Hi Everyone. I updated my ROM on my S7 Edge as I do frequently. This time Titanium Backup would not restore my files. I'm not sure what happened, but it seems like my backup folder was deleted.
When using Root Explorer, I found a folder called "SD Card Restored" that has a folder inside called "Titanium Backup" containing 440 files which look like what I'm missing. But they are only viewable in Root Explorer. I can't see or access them from anywhere else. I tried ES File Explorer. I plugged the phone into my mac, and it shows an empty folder. I zipped the files and sent them to my mac and the zip is empty. I also uploaded all the files to Dropbox and they do appear online when viewing in my browser, but the desktop Dropbox folder appears empty.
Is it possible to somehow recover these files? Thanks.
Here's a screenshot of some of the filenames: https://www.dropbox.com/s/y4q52r2maxaesiz/Screenshot%202017-02-10%2010.16.48.png?dl=0

How to move old game to new phone

Could someone point me in a direction to find out how to move my favorite (no longer available) game from my old phone to my new phone (not rooted)? Thanks!!

Apk Export makes an installable copy. I have a 6+ yo office app that was installable to my Android 10, N10+ with it. Works perfectly.

tmorrgold said:
Could someone point me in a direction to find out how to move my favorite (no longer available) game from my old phone to my new phone (not rooted)? Thanks!!
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Make a backup of the apk file for the app(there are many easy ways to do this if you do some Google searching) then go to the Android/data folder in your internal storage and then find the folder for your game(it will be labeled) and make a copy of that folder, this folder is the app data for your game. Then transfer the copy of the apk file and the copy of the app data folder to your new device's internal storage. Place the apk file in your download folder and then install the app from there then place the app data folder in the Android/data folder, then reboot the device and everything should work like you want it.

Thanks!!!! It worked!

tmorrgold said:
Thanks!!!! It worked!
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I forgot to mention that you may or may not also need go to the Android/obb folder on the old device then find the obb folder/file for your game and copy that folder/file then transfer that folder to the Android/obb folder on the new device.