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This all started when I noticed that my images with hash tags posted on Instagram (IG) were no longer receiving a short influx of "likes" after posted. It seemed that my hash tags were no longer working. After testing many images, uninstalling and reinstalling IG, creating a new account, using only 1 hash tag, etc my tags seemed to no longer be working. I even searched for the tags I used in images and found that my pictures did not show up on the search results.
Soon I stumbled upon what I believe is the issue that most are having when their hash tags do not seem to work anymore. I have sent many trouble tickets to IG, from within the app, via email, facebook, twitter etc. and have not even received an acknowledgement that they reviewed my email. I am hoping that posting here may:
1. Confirm that what I am seeing is also happening to others.
2. Find it's way to IG for them to investigate and fix.
OK enough background, lets get to it. If you are having the same issue of hash tags not working, I would like for you to do the following and let me know if you have the same results.
1. Upload a image to IG
2. Add 1 hash tag to the image (you can add more than one to continue to test this issue)
3. Post the image with the hash tag
4. click on the explore button and do a search for the hash tag you posted with your image.
5. If you are having the "hash tags are not working issue" more than likely you will not see your image at the top of the results
6. Start clicking on the search results images in order (top right to left) but I want you to take note of how long ago each picture was posted when you click on it (this is located in the top right when you click on the image. If you are having the same issue as I am, you will see that the images within the search results are no longer in order from new to old.
So in reality our hash tags are still working, but because there is no order to the search results, you could be a thousand images down even if you posted 2 seconds ago.
Please confirm if anyone realizes they found to have the same issue that I do. Also if there is anyone that has a way of bringing this to the attention of Instagram I would greatly appreciate it. I have offered to send IG screen shots and anything else they need but have not heard back from them. I have also tested this on the Galaxy S2 and my new Galaxy Note 3, as well as on three different accounts with the same results.
Thank you all for your time.
straight to the point; (or question, rather):
every now and then i tend to doodle a bit in photoshop, just for fun.
my note edge is brand new, so i haven't really gotten to test it that much as of yet.
i have tried out the s-pen applications included by samsung, but i'm currently looking
for any application that can open a photo or image on my phone, so i could either edit it
(or in this particular case add my signature).
for me it's great to have the s-pen at hand, as i could easily transfer any artwork or photos to my phone
and add my signature there. question is, what's the easiest way to do this?
and one second question:
if i find myself in need of adding my signature quite often, instead of making a new unique signature each time i need it,
would it be possible to create a signature with the s-pen on a transparent background, so it could easily be pasted into
any given photo or picture? i hope i'm making sense here.
would adobe photoshop touch be winner here?
any reply would be highly appreciated
I use facetune for editing pics. Your finger or pen will do.
steve austin said:
I use facetune for editing pics. Your finger or pen will do.
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well facetune is probably a great app don't get me wrong, but i highly doubt it's what i'm looking for.
as stated above i'd really love to know if there is any possible way of creating my own signature with the s-pen in
any given application that could support a transparent background.
i've been testing the s-note application, but this oddly enough does not seem to support transparency.
kind of dumb, as it would open up a vast amount of possibilites, and in my particular case the ability
to create my own signature, and then save it in a image file with transparency. this way i would
be able to paste my signature into documents, photos etc with only a few clicks.
i guess i'll just save my signature with a blank background, and cut it out in photoshop :silly:
niqen said:
well facetune is probably a great app don't get me wrong, but i highly doubt it's what i'm looking for.
as stated above i'd really love to know if there is any possible way of creating my own signature with the s-pen in
any given application that could support a transparent background.
i've been testing the s-note application, but this oddly enough does not seem to support transparency.
kind of dumb, as it would open up a vast amount of possibilites, and in my particular case the ability
to create my own signature, and then save it in a image file with transparency. this way i would
be able to paste my signature into documents, photos etc with only a few clicks.
i guess i'll just save my signature with a blank background, and cut it out in photoshop :silly:
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The closest app I have found to Photoshop for android is Autodesks Sketchbook Pro. It came free with the Note 3. I also bought the name version, but ended up installing the version from my Note 3 to my Edge because the name version wouldn't open the pdf I created with the Note 3 version. I 'think' you can create images with blank backgrounds.
Anyway, Sketchbook is a must have for image editing/creation in the Android environment.
Photoshop touch works well too,check out the Samsung galaxy note 10.1 forum as you might find the app floating around...
Photoshop Touch
I would have to say Photoshop Touch is your answer here, i got it for free when i bought my galaxy note 10.1 and after rooting the tab i extracted the .apk from it and installed it on every android device i have. if you do not have access to a rooted stock note 10.1 then i am sure someone can hook you up. i have it in my dropbox but i am unable to post links so... perhaps you can torrent it or something though if no one else can help. I havent tried to find it this way since i have it already though..
Hi aĺl. Imma Note5 newbie. I am testing the scroll capture feature after watching the youtube demo. I tried on my contact lists which is awesome but while doing the capturing a message came in and when i got back to the captured scroll it is no longer there. So i decided to do it again but it said that "screen captured. No more content to capture".
I have restarted my note5 and do the cleaning at "smart manager" but it does not do anything. When i wanted to scroll capture the contact lists it says the same thing. I tried on my whatsapp lists and it is the same case that it would not allow second time scroll capture. It will only do static capture which is like screenshot but not svroll capture after it is done once.
Is there anyway to clear anything so that i can scroll capture the contact lists again?
Really appreciate your expertise. Salute.
Have you ever handed over your phone to someone just so they can see the latest meme or the cool picture you took? I have made a way to do this without being concerned what they will do on your phone. With this app, they will only be able to see what you select.
Get it on the Play Store
Get it on Labs
How to use:
1) Make sure that you have some kind of lock screen. Pin, Password, Fingerprint, whatever
2) Go to your gallery, select some photos or videos and tap share.
3) Select the Secure Photo Viewer
And you are done! As soon as you press your lock button, the photos will pop up. Your friends won't be able to get into your phone until you unlock it again.
If you have any questions of feedback feel free to contact me in any way!
XDA:DevDB Information
Secure Photo Viewer, App for the Apps & Games
Contributors
GreeTech
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 1.0
Stable Release Date: 2017-10-30
Created 2017-11-07
Last Updated 2017-11-07
Tested it briefly yesterday and it does exactly what it says it does. No complaints here!
Nice.
GreeTech said:
Have you ever handed over your phone to someone just so they can see the latest meme or the cool picture you took? I have made a way to do this without being concerned what they will do on your phone. With this app, they will only be able to see what you select.
Get it on the Play Store
Get it on Labs
How to use:
1) Make sure that you have some kind of lock screen. Pin, Password, Fingerprint, whatever
2) Go to your gallery, select some photos or videos and tap share.
3) Select the Secure Photo Viewer
And you are done! As soon as you press your lock button, the photos will pop up. Your friends won't be able to get into your phone until you unlock it again.
If you have any questions of feedback feel free to contact me in any way!
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Great app! It's quite a nifty feature for the occasional need for it. Nice work!
awesome idea! love it
Such an awesome idea. Well executed.
nice app and does its job.. :good:
This is..... The bomb ?
I've been looking for an app like this for years!! Thank you. Google's pinning idea isn't wrong but you're still able to use the complete app like close picture and browse through all folders of the gallery.
Maybe it is possible to integrate this into gallery so it is possible to choose to lock the chosen picture or the folder it is in.
This is what I've been looking for forever. Thanks a lotttttttt
I will try it.
I love the icon.
Can I share a folder?
truemagic said:
Can I share a folder?
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Interesting question. As far as I can tell you cannot share a folder in android. Still, the app will accept multiple pictures. I think that your gallery might support sharing all photos in an album. If not, you can still go into a folder/album in your gallery or file manager app and select all files there and share them. Most apps offer a way to select all files in the current folder. It should work as long only pictures/Videos are selected. Good luck and I would love to hear if it worked out.
appsogreat said:
I love the icon.
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Thanks! As an artistically really ungifted person it often takes me hours to make one. Luckily there are a lot of great free assets.
truemagic said:
Can I share a folder?
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I have taken a better look at this. Some file managers indeed allow you to share a folder, but they first create a zip file, which you can share with others. But as it isn't a picture, it won't work. Simply opening the folder and pressing select all will allow you to share all the pictures with the app and it will work.
For example Google Photos on the other hand indeed doesn't allow this as far as I know. You can use the multi-select feature to quickly select images, but there is no option to share a whole album, so you have to multi-select each photo. Even though you just have to hold down your thumb on the bottom of the screen and it will continue scrolling on it's own, this might take quite some time.
So the answer really depends on what you are using. If you let me know, I can try to find a better way.
Also, thanks to all of you my app skyrocketed to over 2 000 installs within 4 days! This is amazing!
I've tried the app on 3 different devices (Samsung, THL and Asus; 2x 4.4.2, 1x 5.0). On all 3 the "folder sharing" worked fine when using each device's respective stock gallery app. I could even select multiple folders to share. (The only limitation seemed that the folder must not contain too many files. Folders with 300/500 (iirc) pictures could not be shared.)
When using Simple Gallery or QuickPic (old version) on the other hand, I could not find a way to share a folder.
Being able to quickly share a folder is really nice, I have to say. This would probably be my favorite usage scenario for this app.
One problem I do have tho, is that I find the app to be a bit too easy to dismiss. As soon as the home or back button is touched, it's back to the lockscreen. This could get a bit impractical, especially with not so tech-savvy people. If I hand the device to somebody who's not used to smartphones (yes, people like that still exist ) (or a kid) to view, let's say, 30 vacation pictures, it's almost guaranteed that at some point they'll accidentally touch home/return and thereby end SPV. Then they would have to hand the phone back to me, I'd have to unlock the phone, reselect pictures/folder, relock, and hand it back to them so they can view the rest of the pictures...
Imo it either should be a bit harder to leave SVP (like maybe having to double tap/long press home/return) or it needs an easier way back into the SVP-selected pics (without having to unlock).
Also I don't really get why there's an "or pin this app" option. Granted, I'm still mostly using Kitkat, so I'm not really that familiar with the pinning feature. But I was under the impression that your app is supposed to be a better alternative to pinning, so why include it??
(hope I didn't sound too negative here really no offense meant)
I can't even open mine
Fuxiz said:
I can't even open mine
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You need to go to your gallery and share a picture from there (or any other place that can share pictures). Besides facebook, whatsapp and so on there will be secure photo viewer.
GreeTech said:
You need to go to your gallery and share a picture from there (or any other place that can share pictures). Besides facebook, whatsapp and so on there will be secure photo viewer.
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Ah. Thanks
Krete said:
I've tried the app on 3 different devices (Samsung, THL and Asus; 2x 4.4.2, 1x 5.0). On all 3 the "folder sharing" worked fine when using each device's respective stock gallery app. I could even select multiple folders to share. (The only limitation seemed that the folder must not contain too many files. Folders with 300/500 (iirc) pictures could not be shared.)
When using Simple Gallery or QuickPic (old version) on the other hand, I could not find a way to share a folder.
Being able to quickly share a folder is really nice, I have to say. This would probably be my favorite usage scenario for this app.
One problem I do have tho, is that I find the app to be a bit too easy to dismiss. As soon as the home or back button is touched, it's back to the lockscreen. This could get a bit impractical, especially with not so tech-savvy people. If I hand the device to somebody who's not used to smartphones (yes, people like that still exist ) (or a kid) to view, let's say, 30 vacation pictures, it's almost guaranteed that at some point they'll accidentally touch home/return and thereby end SPV. Then they would have to hand the phone back to me, I'd have to unlock the phone, reselect pictures/folder, relock, and hand it back to them so they can view the rest of the pictures...
Imo it either should be a bit harder to leave SVP (like maybe having to double tap/long press home/return) or it needs an easier way back into the SVP-selected pics (without having to unlock).
Also I don't really get why there's an "or pin this app" option. Granted, I'm still mostly using Kitkat, so I'm not really that familiar with the pinning feature. But I was under the impression that your app is supposed to be a better alternative to pinning, so why include it??
(hope I didn't sound too negative here really no offense meant)
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I was away for a long time and also needed some time to look into the folder sharing, but I couldn't find a solution that works on newer versions on android. The home button also can't be overridden for security reasons, but there is definitely something I can do to make it relaunch after closing, or at least offer the user an option to do so.
App pinning solves this too, as a pinned app can't be closed by the home or back button. So if you pin an app, you basically can use only this app unless you unpin it and unlock the device. If you pin your gallery, others can still go back and look at other pictures because it's the same app (gallery). If you pin the SPV instead, they won't be able to see anything else as they can only access the SPV and it only shows the selected photos.
So, I just noticed something REALLY weird today and I don't know what to make of it...
I installed a new app on my phone (Lyft) and it asked me to setup a profile photo. Okay, no problem. I click the option to select photos from my existing collection and it takes me to the gallery to select a photo. I'm scrolling down, looking for a good photo when I suddenly come across photos that I did not take. There's about 30 of them and they look like they were taken at a Energy Conference in Beddington, UK on November 26th. I live in Washington State, USA and have not been anywhere near the UK and my phone has not gone missing or been out of my sight for the last few weeks. This is strange and creepy. How are someone else's photos on my phone?
I start doing a bit of investigation. I close the Lyft app and open my gallery app on my S9+. I scroll through all my photos, but these stranger's photos are not showing up no matter how I sort the display settings. I open up another app (Uber) and go to change my profile photo. I opt to choose from my gallery and there's the stranger's photos again. I notice that the file name, file size and date of the photo is provided in this view, so I connected my phone to the PC and ran a search for some of those file names and came up with nothing. I searched my phone using my file manager app and also found nothing.
Someone on Reddit recommended I try using my email app to send myself the image so I can investigate the details. This worked, but only deepens the mystery! It seems like the photos were taken with an Olympus Digital Camera (not even a smartphone!) and the date taken was from way back in 2006!?
At this point I'm out of ideas. I have no clue why these mystery photos are on my phone and can't find out how to find/delete them or how they got on my phone in the first place.
It's so freakin' weird! I'm sharing a few screenshots here in case it helps anyone else identify my issue. If anyone has thoughts, please share them.
P.S. My phone was purchased new over a year ago. If anyone cares, I posted this on Reddit before coming here seeking additional help. You can see the Reddit thread here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS9/comments/e5okh4/really_weird_gallery_issue_with_a_strangers/
wonder if they're embedded in the apps?
One possible reason is that it's just downloaded by some other app, e.g. Facebook downloading photos from a post that you came across. If you don't remember anything related, did you ever have anyone else using your phone?
The Samsung gallery is written by Samsung while the system file picker (called DocumentsUI) is mainly written by Google, so they might be having different strategies on what photos to hide, e.g. Samsung thinks Facebook photo download directory shouldn't be shown, while DocumentsUI doesn't, so it's entirely possible that you can only find the photo via picker.