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Is there a way to have the browser automatically put .mp3s in the music folder instead of downloads? I would also like to do this with saved pictures, to where they would automatically go to a picture folder, as opposed to just sitting in the downloads folder.
Thanks
Cuulcars

Anybody?
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Astro File Manager.
Move files to any folder you want.

Well I know that you can move them manually, but I was wondering if you could set a preference or something where it automatically puts it in the music folder. I like to be organized
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[Q] Anyway to Hide pictures from the Gallery

I have a user who uses a golf gps program for his Droid X and the program downloads the holes to his phone. Afterwards he sees them in the gallery and it pisses him off.
Is there anyway to hide folders of pictures so that the app can use them, but will not show up in the gallery?

Place a file called ".nomedia" without quotes in the directory
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I have the same issue but its pulling folders from my picassa account, has pics I want to keep but with past ex's. I want to keep them in Picassa but not on my phone. Anyone know if there is a way to stop Picassa syncing? It doesn't pull the files off the web till you open the folder but the folder thumbnails are bad enough...

I use an app called hideitpro, but that won't do anything about the picassa. If you want to stop picassa from syncing, go to settings from the homescreen, accounts and sync, google, and uncheck picassa syncing

sdotbrucato said:
Place a file called ".nomedia" without quotes in the directory
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Awesome. This stuff works. I had to create a nomedia file from XP and move it over to the folder via USB Mount. I couldn't create a .nomedia in XP. Later I just renamed it to .nomedia in the device. It worked! Thanks.

That picassa setting did it thank you! I was wondering were the setting was, I never went far enough!

Interesting. I don't have the picasa option.... Any reason why?
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While on the topic f Picasa, anyone know if there is a way for two people to sahre one account? Of course, Picasa uses your Google login, and so for example, I'm thinking that two different Google users wouldn't be able to share one account. For example a husband and wife...family account.
I should add, I'm thinking for both of us to be able to upload from our phone to the same account.

I know you can share albums with different accounts just been a while since I've done out, I'll look when I get home
As far as not having that setting, is it syncing your picassa pics?
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journeyman82 said:
I know you can share albums with different accounts just been a while since I've done out, I'll look when I get home
As far as not having that setting, is it syncing your picassa pics?
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nope. It's never really been a big deal until recently. Don't know if I'm missing something or what...

easy fix
This is easy to fix. Download a file explore that you can rename files with, and simply put a "." In front of the file or folder you trying to hide or not show up in gaollery. Pic would be .pic hope this Is helpful

sdotbrucato said:
Place a file called ".nomedia" without quotes in the directory
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Is this for just the directory you place the file in or will it stop media scanning for all subdirectories also?
Thanks

the only problem with .nomedia is that it hides your music too, so if you were using .nomedia to hide album art that's in your gallery, your music won't show up. Anyone know of a work around?

sdotbrucato said:
Place a file called ".nomedia" without quotes in the directory
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where exactly do you put that .nomedia folder. In the root directory or in my picture directory. thanks

jadsru1 said:
where exactly do you put that .nomedia folder. In the root directory or in my picture directory. thanks
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The no media should be a file not a folder, and you should but it in the folder you want to stay hidden

I hope I'm not screwing something up but I've noticed that putting a "." (dot/period) in front of any folder's name its contents won't show up in either the stock gallery or 3rd party image viewers/galleries (QuickPic is one example).
It's handy for me since I keep a boatload of icon folders on the external SD and was tired of seeing them load when I opened the gallery. I don't want to bury them too far since they aren't considered "private" to me. For private pics/movies I just use Vaulty app so they're PW "protected".
So this brings a question for the brains- Am I hurting anything by just using a dot in front of the folder or is the "nomedia" part of the equation a necessary part?

No you are not hurting anything. The files are all still there, putting a . in front of them hides them from the OS.
This is a basic Linux command. And is an easy way to hide files. You will still be able to see them on windows machines.
Workaround to show them is use a pic viewer that you can manually configure your pic files and include the .xxxxx folder in the search. That being said, I dont know of a program to do this on Android. Anyone else?

Ok, cool. I dunno enough about the inner workings of the OS (or any OS, really) to know if that affected how the software reacts to/reads the folders (killing battery by constant scanning, etc).
I read somewhere (here on XDA) that placing the dot worked fine (but I didn't remember the "nomedia" part being mentioned).

photo viewer

hi everyone, for those familiar with resco photo viewer on windows, I'm after something similar with android but I just can't find it.
i basically want a photo viewer allows you to search in folders like a PC opposed to loading every image on the sd card which takes ages if you have alot. tried just pictures,3d gallery, dual file manager etc but none perform even close to what resco was like.
anyone using a good photo viewer like what I have described?
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QuickPic (Picture Folder)
search "picture folder" in appbrain.

cheers for the quick reply, I've tried it & its not bad, simple to use etc, just wish you could search via folders instead of it displaying every single folder. I've got near100 albums ranging from birthdays etc & it even displays operating system folders like icons etc which most don't want to see, wish it could exclude those ones. this would make browsing between folders much faster opposed to scrolling through every folder.
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you can select "Hide folder" by long press on the folder

cheers for that, used exclude as well, works a treat
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[Q] How to move files to homescreen

I have some auto repair manuals in my download folder that i would like to place in a folder on the homescreen. Im sure this will be stupid obvious once this question is answered, but how can i put icons for these pdf's on the homescreen?

You can download Adobe Reader from the Market and keep all your PDF's stored in the app and just put the app icon on your Home screen.
Also if you download PDF's to your phone in the future they will be stored in the app.
**EDIT**
The PDF's aren't stored in the app itself. There is a list you can access your PDF's from and the Adobe App will also scan your phone for PDF's.. I only occasionally use the app for accessing racing rules manuals in email attachments so I wasn't very familiar with it's method of operation. It does work very well.
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You can create a folder for recent documents
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You know now that i tried the suggestion of just using a shortcut of the adobe reader to access them from the first screen of the app, I think i might just go with that solution. Thanks!
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Random folders in gallery

I have two folders in my gallery called profile photo and instant uploads, I don't know what they are for and I don't know how to delete them. How do you delete them?
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same here, will give a try with root explorer..

I tried looking for them in root explorer but I couldn't find them.
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These are likely directories created by an application you have installed or that came installed by default. Find this directory using root explorer or any other file browser then create a file in this directory named ".nomedia".
By doing this, you'll stop android from treating this directory as a directory containing media files (audio/video/photos) and after a reboot you shouldn't see this directory and it's content in your gallery.

It looks like its for Google plus but I don't have a Google plus account.
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frankie51 said:
It looks like its for Google plus but I don't have a Google plus account.
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That doesn't really matter, it's just a folder created by an application. If you do a search for the directory and find it, do as I said and you won't see it anymore in your gallery.

The Instand Upload is an album that your photos are uploaded to in G+ photos / Picasa Web. The Profile Photo one is also for G+. It sounds like you have your photo sync on. If you don't have a G+ account, they may just be artifacts of having the photo-sync turned on.
Polobunny's suggestion is interesting. I've never tried it but I'll definitely keep it in mind.

jvanlew said:
The Instand Upload is an album that your photos are uploaded to in G+ photos / Picasa Web. The Profile Photo one is also for G+. It sounds like you have your photo sync on. If you don't have a G+ account, they may just be artifacts of having the photo-sync turned on.
Polobunny's suggestion is interesting. I've never tried it but I'll definitely keep it in mind.
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Works wonderfully, I use it "often" for programs that have image files that get picked up by the gallery. Just make sure the file is named .nomedia without any extension and with the period before the nomedia.

I had photos in my picasa account so I deleted them and it fixed it.
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solved... got account sync on with picasa album, unflagged from settings>account> tap account and deflag google photo sinc and reboot

Doesn't really work for me, that's one of the main reasons I disabled the gallery completely. Even when I clear the data and lose the web albums, I uncheck photo sync it still syncs them as soon as I click refresh in the gallery.