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Hiding Pics from the Gallery??

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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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.

HuckFinn said:
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.

t.d.k said:
".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!

tigerknight said:
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.

infuse wont show the dcim or music folder

hi for some reason my dcim or music folders wont show up on my pc when i put my infuse into storage mode and i just got back from a trip so i wanna show my pictures but i cant =/ any help will be appreciated !

tavito05 said:
hi for some reason my dcim or music folders wont show up on my pc when i put my infuse into storage mode and i just got back from a trip so i wanna show my pictures but i cant =/ any help will be appreciated !
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Can you see them in on your phone at all
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Is it only those two folders not showing?
Are both the internal and external SD card showing?
Are they, by some chance, marked as hidden?
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in my phone i can in both gallery and quicpic
Smokestack360 said:
Can you see them in on your phone at all
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i really dont know how to check if is hidden and yeah both cards are showing
Ryo Misaki said:
Is it only those two folders not showing?
Are both the internal and external SD card showing?
Are they, by some chance, marked as hidden?
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tavito05 said:
i really dont know how to check if is hidden and yeah both cards are showing
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In your Windows Explorer folder settings / options, there is an option to "show hidden files".
Also, you can view the info of a file or folder on your Android from a file browser.
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do you have a file manager type app? can you see /sdcard/DCIM from that?
there isn't nessesarily a "sdcard/music" folder unless you created one, the media scanner will find music and photos no matter where they are stored. the files would be stored in /sdcard/download if you used the browser to download them, they may also be in folders that are created by apps if you use some mp3 downloader app.
the lack of */DCIM would be odd though. unless you use a 3rd party camera app.

Yeah I use root explorer and I can access it with no problem and on windows I already tried to show hidden files too.
Already tried going to stock.
reinstalling drivers on PC
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If all else fails, try uploading the to Google drive then pulling them down to your PC.
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Yeah I will do that! Thanks for your help!
QUOTE=Goneeuro;30370472]If all else fails, try uploading the to Google drive then pulling them down to your PC.
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If they're not hidden, I wonder why they don't show in Windows when the phone is plugged through USB...
Do you have a USB micro SD card reader dongle?
If so, try taking the card out of the phone and plug it directly into your computer.
If the files show, something on the phone (somehow) is messing something up.
If they don't show, there's some sort of issue with the card.

Here he is having your same problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1837023
They suggested deleting a .nomedia file somewhere in your sdcard and removing rom manager
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The problem is that I don't use rom manager and the files don't show in my computer. In my phone I have no problems
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You don't have to use it for the problem to show up. If it is installed it may be affecting it. Also, the .nomedia file is a hidden file so make sure show hidden files is turned on in your file explorer.
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andros11 said:
You don't have to use it for the problem to show up. If it is installed it may be affecting it. Also, the .nomedia file is a hidden file so make sure show hidden files is turned on in your file explorer.
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.nomedia isn't his problem.
He said everything shows fine when viewed on his phone.
He wants to view the files on his COMPUTER (pc) when the phone is linked with usb and storage mounted.
But those two folders won't show in WINDOWS.
The problem is entirely different from that thread.
Tavitos, have you tried plugging the SD Card directly to the computer with a dongle like I asked?
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Oh I see, sorry. I misunderstood his situation.
That's quite strange though.. something similar has happened to me with my tablet before. Could somehow your usb connection be malfunctioning?
Maybe the cable or the ports?
What rom are you currently running? If the problem persists consider reflashing.
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I'm running Aeon.
and the only issue is my internal. Not the external. You think it can be a driver issue?
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If the computer is popping up a folder at all when you plug it in, it wouldn't be the driver...
So they're on the internal SD?
Hmm... On a whim, take out the External card, boot up your phone, then hook it up to the computer and see if those folders show.
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I fixed it guys. Thanks for all yur help. I formatted both the external and internal and boom! It was fixed! Thanks guys!
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I fixed it guys. Thanks for all yur help. I formatted both the external and internal and boom! It was fixed! Thanks guys!
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But formatting makes you lose everything! xD
Kidding, glad that fixed things. Still wonder what caused it in the first place...
Good to know you won't be having this problem any more, though!

Copying pictures changes dates on them

Hi guys,
I am having this issue with my Nexus that everytime I copy pictures on device date of the pictures is changed to the time when its being copying.
Is there any chance to copy the pictures but without changing the date on them, I would like to keep original date on them.
Tried with normal copying when phone is mounted as MTP, and tried with OTG but result is the same.
Any ideas?

DelBoy said:
Hi guys,
I am having this issue with my Nexus that everytime I copy pictures on device date of the pictures is changed to the time when its being copying.
Is there any chance to copy the pictures but without changing the date on them, I would like to keep original date on them.
Tried with normal copying when phone is mounted as MTP, and tried with OTG but result is the same.
Any ideas?
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Rather than copy and paste, how about using a program to import the photos?

PhilipTD said:
Rather than copy and paste, how about using a program to import the photos?
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This could do te trick, but which one to use?
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DelBoy said:
This could do te trick, but which one to use?
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If you're on Windows, it has a built in photo gallery, I think. Otherwise, do a search on download.com.

Editing game save files

Afternoon guys,
I am trying to find the game save files on my tablet but am having no luck. It's rooted and unlocked. Where would they be and what are they saved under? .dat? .dex?
I am looking to edit them if possible to mess about with the game stats.
Thanks

Ronnie715 said:
I am trying to find the game save files on my tablet but am having no luck. It's rooted and unlocked. Where would they be and what are they saved under? .dat? .dex?
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App-specific data is stored in /data/data/name.of.the.app.

_that said:
App-specific data is stored in /data/data/name.of.the.app.
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Thanks for the reply. I am aware of that but there are folders and files within that directory and i don't know which is the game save.

Anyone?

Ronnie715 said:
Anyone?
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Might help us if you told us which game it was you were trying to find.
One you know the app, look up the android name, find the /data/data/com.appname (example) folder (as _that already said) and look inside - no guarantees that you can edit the save games though.
Another place might be on the sdcard /android/data and yes again some apps just plonk it in /data on the sdcard
It all depends what you are looking for - which we don't know ....

Use a file explorer like ES File Explorer and do a search for the app
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Its clash of clans.
Guys, I know how to access the folder where the info is. Thats not the problem I'm having. The problem is which file INSIDE the folder is the game save. It's not like it's labeled .gamesave...

Ronnie715 said:
Its clash of clans.
Guys, I know how to access the folder where the info is. Thats not the problem I'm having. The problem is which file INSIDE the folder is the game save. It's not like it's labeled .gamesave...
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There is no one file it different for every game only real way is to play around with the data folder or see if the developer will tell you. In some games it's a whole folder.

One of the files is all weird characters and letters. Anyway to decipher it?

[Q] A music app that woun't play my recorded calls?

Either I'm doing something wrong, of almost every single music app just let's me choose either a specific album/band/whatever, or play every single audio file I have.
Is there a simple music app that used folders (or allows me to exclude files from the playlist)?
All I found is shuffle+, which is great except that is sometimes crashes, and after that I have to restart the phone until I can play audio (even with other apps).

You should use Poweramp. Its possible to choose specific folders which contain your music files and exclude all the folders that only contain whatsapp audio files etc
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Thanks.
Sorry, though, I forgot to add - I'd rather use a free app.

Have you tried adding a .nomedia file to the folder with your recordings? That might work, thats how I hide certain folders from the Gallery app...

marclaniohan said:
Have you tried adding a .nomedia file to the folder with your recordings?
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So that's what I've been missing! Thanks!

@marclaniohan can you tell me in detail how to add .nomedia?
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thahim said:
@marclaniohan can you tell me in detail how to add .nomedia?
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Use a file explorer, go to the directory you would like to exclude from being shown, create a file and name it .nomedia :good:

orville87 said:
Use a file explorer, go to the directory you would like to exclude from being shown, create a file and name it .nomedia :good:
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You can also copy the one already there in the Android/Data folder, assuming it exists...