[TIPS/TRICK] How to deleted .thumbnails in Dcim and never comeBack again

[TIPS/TRICK] How to deleted .thumbnails in Dcim and never comeBack again - Android General

hy xda
i just want to share a trick how to deleted .thimbnail folder in DCIM
what is thumbnails?
Thumbnails are reduced-size
versions of pictures, used to
help in recognizing and
organizing them, serving the
same role for images as a
normal text index does for
words. In the age of digital
images , visual search
engines and image-
organizing programs normally
use thumbnails, as do most
modern operating systems or
desktop environments, such
as Microsoft Windows , Mac
OS X , KDE ( Linux ) and
GNOME (Linux ).
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thumbnail
so.... if we look at the folder thumbnails
always bulky and uses a lot of
memory .... if they are removed
automatically returns
this a little trick
- DELETED .thumbnails folder using root explorer
- push menu button and make a new file
- make a new file n give a name .thumbnails
- move to DCIM folder
n look....youll never see .thumbnail again with a big size
i got this from my friend n i give credit to him
and some one has found this trick

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Is there any program to really sync folders with many subfolders and files?

I am looking for a program which syncs my a folder on my PC, including all files and subfolders, with a folder on my PDA's memory card.
I have searched the web and there are 2 programs .. MobSync (which doesn't work on Windows Mobile 5, or at least it doesn't work on my machine) and ACiD Sync which looks promising but lacks many features.
Bellow is what I have written in the ACiD Sync author's forum.
Do you know of any good program which syncs folders with lots of files between the PDA and the PC?
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Until 2006 I had a Windows Mobile 2003 SE PDA, and there was a free program called MobSync which worked perfectly for this.
I used to sync my "N:\Work Documents" (where N: is a network drive) folder with my Storage Card\Work Documents folder on the PDA.
The folder is my main document folder and contains over 1200 files. The total size of the folders is around 700 MB.
The fact that I could sync all my documents, images, etc has enhanced the usefulness of my PDA immensely.
Then my PDA broke and I purchased a Windows Mobile 5 PDA. Surprise! MobSync stopped working for some reason. Sad It seems that the new ActiveSync doesn't contain the necessary functions.
So.. I have no solution for synchronizing My Documents, and I just found ACiD Sync.
Unfortunately, altough document synchronization is immensely and tremendously useful, I can't use ACiD Sync.
Why is that? What features are a MUST HAVE for ACiD Sync?
1. The synched folders should be configurable, both on the PC and on the PDA.
This is extremely important. Without this features, I can't use the program - to me it is totally useless.
2. I should be able to define exceptions - for example:
- don't sync .RAR and .ZIP files
- don't sync .BMP files which are over 200 KB in size
- don't sync subfolder with a certain name
3. In case files are deleted on the PC or PDA, there should be safety features for preserving the files in case of a mistake.
Using my old PDA with MobSync, I came across this situation: somehow the SD card in the PDA came off for a bit, it was no longer connected because it was not inserted completely. MobSync has seen this as "Hey! The folder PDA\Storage Card\Work Documents is empty! This means the user has deleted the files! Let's mirror this action to the PC!" ... and then MobSync proceeded and ERASED ALL MY DOCUMENTS!
Good thing I had a backup! The lesson I learned is that synchronization can be dangerous if some safety features are missing.
Here are some safety features I suggest for ACiD Sync:
- When a file is deleted on one side (for example on the PC), then don't delete the file on the other side (for example on the PDA). Just move it to a "Deleted files" folder. Offer a way to manage this "Deleted files" folder - for example specify that it can't be over 200 MB in size.
For example:
On the PDA, I delete \Storage Card\Work Documents\Old Reports\1.doc
When syncing, ACiD Sync should detect this. So there's a document on the PC called
N:\Work Documents\Old Reports\1.doc
This should be moved to:
N:\Deleted files\Old Reports\1.doc
- If a large number of files on the PC or on the PDA have been deleted, then show the user the list of deleted files, and ask the user if it's ok to delete the files on the other side! Do nothing until the user responds!
- What happens if the card is removed from the PDA, and another card is inserted, and the sync performed? ACiD Sync should detect this situation and NOT interpret it as in "Hey! All the files have been deleted on the PDA ... so let's delete them on the PC, too!"
4. In case of conflict (file XYZ.DOC has been edited on both the PC and the PDA), there should be a better way to solve conflicts than "replace file on PC with the file on the PDA" or the reverse.
For example, ACiD Sync chould preserve both versions of the file, with names such as:
XYZ - modified on the PC.doc
XYZ - modified on the PDA.doc
5. Make sure you offer the option NOT to convert the synced files. This is important - I want my documents to be in .DOC format and not be converted to the PDA format.
Or perhaps I have some .MP3 files that I want to sync to the PDA without converting.
6. Many programs for PDAs make the assumption of running with very limited resources. Because of this, they don't offer options should as syncing big files, etc. I think this helps users with limited resources, but is a mistake because it hurts users with more resources, who want to do more.
I am a business user. My SD card is 2 GB in size, and I will soon replace it with a 4 GB card. Why? Because I can use the extra space, it's useful to me, and because I can afford it.
So.. please take into account the needs of users with limited resources.. but also the needs of users for whom the PDA is very important, and are willing to invest into a powerful PDA with lots of storage space, VGA screen, direct 3G connection, fast WiFi, etc.
Thank you for reading this far!

http://www.mydocsunlimited.com/html/mightysync.html - this may help

Mobsync, works great for me.

JeromeMorrow said:
Mobsync, works great for me.
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Jepp, same here, even the last pre-commercial version (0.97) did.

Yes, this version I have.

Expand or access contents of unix files in LOST.DIR?

I understand what this directory contains - It's a directory Mac OS X creates when it does a file system check and places any orphaned or corrupted files it finds in it - and I know why it is created - poor SD card unmounting on the mac - BUT the question I cannot find an answer to... how do you expand the unix file within it and get the lost data (images, photos, music, etc) back?
What's the point of creating this directory & files if nothing can actually access it or expand the orphaned files in the unix files and grab the content from within them and salvage it?
somehow while in Thailand, I lost a bunch of images and this LOST.DIR grew in content/size & has date stamps around that time and now has about 7-8 of these numbered Unix files. I transferred them to my phone but I want to access the contents.

[GUIDE] Stop Giant thumbnail files being saved on your sdcard by the Gallery

On Android 4 ICS (and possibly others), a giant thumbnail file may be created in your DCIM folder. This file can be several Gigabytes in size, depending on how many pictures you have. It is generated by the Android Gallery app.
Here's a list of different ways to prevent or reduce the size of that giant thumbnail file.
1.Quick and temporary solution- just delete any files/folders in your DCIM folder that start with .thumbnail
2.Create a file named .nomedia in certain folders to prevent the gallery from scanning those folders.
The standard trick under android to "hide" image files such as book cover artwork or cd artwork from the Gallery app was to place a .nomedia file in the folder concerned.
However, for some reason this process has been buggy in the extreme on tablets. Well, I believe I have found the solution. It would appear that under Honeycomb & the ICS we have on our tf devices, the media scanning process only gets done once - when the system is first started. This means that all the artwork for books etc gets presented in the Gallery app even if there is a .nomedia file in the relevant folders/s. On many android devices, there is a setting that enables you to rescan your media. Or if you unmount and then remount an external storage card, the system rescans - but not on HC or ICS!
SOLUTION
Place .nomedia files in all the folders you do not want displayed in Gallery
Go to settings - apps - gallery
Clear cache, clear data, force close
Go to settings - apps - media storage
Clear cache, clear data, force close
Hard reset (cold boot) this will not delete any data
Next time you open Gallery it may not contain anything, but give it a minute while the system is still scanning the device & you will find that only the folders you want to be visible, are visible.
Credit : [email protected]
3.Delete the .thumbnail and replace is with an empty folder or empty file. More Info
Thanks To hewillmakehell
4.A thumbnail deleter app developed by ppero196
Credits :
[email protected]
ppero196 For Thumbnail Deleter App
hewillmakehell

nice tutorial tested in ics works with the nomedia file just wnt to ask if can be applied in gb
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It doesn't work,after reboot it comeback with different filename.
I have 4.2GB thumbnail as I have hundreds of HQ photos

in my phone gb ics jb
just open rootex ... u can buy on Ps
push menu n make a new file...
give name .thumbnails
move to dcim n replace thumbails folder?
if rootex fc when u replace files .thumbnails
just delete thumbnails folder n replace with .thumbnails file
binggo...