I didn't start having this problem until i loaded an app called "CLEAN SWEEP, and " Whats APP".. does any one of these apps change some properties that are hard to find that now makes any of my pictures i download from my messaging app, or camera go straight to "MY FILES" instead of showing in MY GALLERY like they used to do. I have deleted the old download folder to see if it wold start a new one , and it did, but still is not showing up in my gallery, just my files. the only pics showing up in my gallery are the ones on my sd card. can some one please help us out here.. galaxy s5 owner
BigBoi2U said:
I didn't start having this problem until i loaded an app called "CLEAN SWEEP, and " Whats APP".. does any one of these apps change some properties that are hard to find that now makes any of my pictures i download from my messaging app, or camera go straight to "MY FILES" instead of showing in MY GALLERY like they used to do. I have deleted the old download folder to see if it wold start a new one , and it did, but still is not showing up in my gallery, just my files. the only pics showing up in my gallery are the ones on my sd card. can some one please help us out here.. galaxy s5 owner
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Check the folder where you stored your pics...
For a file called "no media" if u found that delete it...
If this doesn't work delete the . thumbnail folder in DCIM folder.....this should work...
But to see that file or folder.. Hidden files must be shown via file manager...
If you not found that connect ur device to pc or laptop then delete that folder....
Hope this helps
DastanShaikh said:
Check the folder where you stored your pics...
For a file called "no media" if u found that delete it...
If this doesn't work delete the . thumbnail folder in DCIM folder.....this should work...
But to see that file or folder.. Hidden files must be shown via file manager...
If you not found that connect ur device to pc or laptop then delete that folder....
Hope this helps
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Ok I just want to make sure of no catastrophic failures, lol.. I opened "my files" clicked device storage, and scrolled all the way to last files listed without opening any folder, and I see a file called .nomedia, is this the file? You did say open a folder to find this file, but in this case its not in a folder. 2, I clicked on .thumbnails in the DCIM folder and I see images, when I delete this file, will I now loose these images? I am awaiting further instructions before I do anything, because I have moved to quickly before and lost a lot of images before.. Please and thank you for your assistance.
BigBoi2U said:
Ok I just want to make sure of no catastrophic failures, lol.. I opened "my files" clicked device storage, and scrolled all the way to last files listed without opening any folder, and I see a file called .nomedia, is this the file? You did say open a folder to find this file, but in this case its not in a folder. 2, I clicked on .thumbnails in the DCIM folder and I see images, when I delete this file, will I now loose these images? I am awaiting further instructions before I do anything, because I have moved to quickly before and lost a lot of images before.. Please and thank you for your assistance.
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If u delete images in . thumbnail folder.... Your images will be fine....its just a cache folder which is generated to show images on gallery... Dont worry u can delete it and delete the. Nomedia file....
And u will get your images...
DastanShaikh said:
If u delete images in . thumbnail folder.... Your images will be fine....its just a cache folder which is generated to show images on gallery... Dont worry u can delete it and delete the. Nomedia file....
And u will get your images...
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OK… I JUST HAD TO DELETE THE .nomedia file, and I'm back to normal! Thanks a WHOOOOOOOOOLE BUNCH!
BigBoi2U said:
OK… I JUST HAD TO DELETE THE .nomedia file, and I'm back to normal! Thanks a WHOOOOOOOOOLE BUNCH!
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No need to say thanks just press the thanks button
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Hey guys,
Any idea? I have tried the method that putting the .nomedia file in the folder. But it's still not working because I can see the texture of the game in the gallery. You know, it's so annoying.
Is there any way for me to choose the folder of gallery using the official one?
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I've checked the file and the file surely is named ".nomedia". But the problem is still right here. So...any idea?
Side question: Will this method be applied to other sub folders automatically?
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After putting the .nomedia, you have to clear the data of both gallery and media storage. Then, reboot it and...the problem is solved.
Isn't the file supposed to be named .nomedia?
I'm sure Android will try to read a .txt file, so it wont work to exclude that folder.
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it supposed to be .nomedia
s6261 said:
I've checked the file and the file surely is named ".nomedia". But the problem is still right here. So...any idea?
Side question: Will this method be applied to other sub folders automatically?
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I've tried in my SGS2 and it didn't work till I rebooted the phone (maybe the images are cached on boot/init). Could you try rebooting to see if it works?
It should ignore all files and subfolders where .nomedia is placed.
Is this Monopoly youre playing? this also happened to me and I also got the answer here on XDA.
After you put the .nomedia file in the main folder do not reboot yet. clear the cache of both the "gallery" AND "media storage", now you can reboot and see the effects that nomedia has on your gallery.
obi1visionary said:
Is this Monopoly youre playing? this also happened to me and I also got the answer here on XDA.
After you put the .nomedia file in the main folder do not reboot yet. clear the cache of both the "gallery" AND "media storage", now you can reboot and see the effects that nomedia has on your gallery.
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Hey, you are the man! I have clear the date of both gallery and media storage. After rebooting, the annoying pictures are gone! It's just awesome to keep my gallery "clean". Thank you guys.
So i thought I should share this piece of knowledge with you all [For Noobs only]
"To how to hide a picture/video Folder From Gallery "
I am sure most of you will be knowing this.....but if someone dont know how to... then this is for you ..!
It is quite easy and works without any application...that might eat up your precious internal memory !!
Make sure you put all your pictures, videos, pdf files and important documents in a folder, and name it whatever you want....
Now when you name it make sure to put a "Dot" [.] in front of the folder name ... that's it ..!
Now during scanning Gallery and other application will skip this folder.......this is the same method that is widely used in Linux Operation System !
Cheers....now store whatever you want to store in your phone..
you could also create an empty file named .nomedia inside that folder...
File name does't matter.... Dot [.] is the only thing which matters..!!
you can use keep safe app u can hide vids and picture with it, the app even change the format of the pic/vid so even if u open your memory on pc it shows "name of picture.jpg.hid" and u cant see it
Hey hey Dide !! Just cut/or copy the folder and paste it to Android/data !! The gallery can't recognise the folder and if u want more privacy the download the file locker app...it's the best light , fast , great app for security
If i helped u don't shy to press thanks !
Or download secret box
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.nomedia file
Aspire said:
you could also create an empty file named .nomedia inside that folder...
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For those of you who do not know how to make a .nomedia file, just download the attached rar file, extract it. Then copy and paste the .nomedia file into the folder you want to exclude from the gallery.
good thinking
Hello,
I rooted my TF 700 and upgraded to JB, delete loads of rubbish, now the tablet flies. However I got a problem with gallery app:
It dose not show any of the images I copied to tablet, the pictures I took from camera shows up the gallery but other images I copied do no show up.
I tried different galley apps all got the same problem, I tried media rescan app as well did not solve the problem.
Just wandering anyone got any ideas?
You help is much appreciated.
How did you copy the images, and into which folder? Do the files show up in the file manager at the expected location (/sdcard/Pictures usually)?
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How did you copy the images, and into which folder? Do the files show up in the file manager at the expected location (/sdcard/Pictures usually)?
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I copy the files into the same folder as where camera images stores, yes the files show up in file manager and I can open it.
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I copy the files into the same folder as where camera images stores, yes the files show up in file manager and I can open it.
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You need to copy to your picture folder (/sdcard/Pictures).
Try rebooting the device. Android does a media scan when booting up, and it should pick up the new pictures at that point.
I have a note 4 on sprint. And i have a problem. my downloaded album dissapeared. Whenever i try to download a picture ffrom online it goes nowhere. I go to my gallery app and i cant find the "downloads" album. Pls help
yessnoyess said:
I have a note 4 on sprint. And i have a problem. my downloaded album dissapeared. Whenever i try to download a picture ffrom online it goes nowhere. I go to my gallery app and i cant find the "downloads" album. Pls help
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It might be possible that there is a ".nomedia" file is created in your downloads folder which is stopping the pictures to appear in gallery.
I would suggest you to manually navigate to /downloads folder and look out for a file named .nomedia and delete it.
Also if you look into that folder further, you will find that all your downloaded files would be present there so you can access them via there.
Hope that helps,
Cheers.
I have Lenovo K4 note , having Marshmellow installed. Now the problem is what happened, one folder having some files around 2 GB, I cant delete that folder neither the files, nor I cant CUT or Move . But yes I can rename that folder. I cant add or change the permissions too. The dafault permissions is given same as other folder and files. The phone is not rooted. CAn you please help on that. .
Joydeep212008 said:
I have Lenovo K4 note , having Marshmellow installed. Now the problem is what happened, one folder having some files around 2 GB, I cant delete that folder neither the files, nor I cant CUT or Move . But yes I can rename that folder. I cant add or change the permissions too. The dafault permissions is given same as other folder and files. The phone is not rooted. CAn you please help on that. .
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Someone please help me on this
Joydeep212008 said:
I have Lenovo K4 note , having Marshmellow installed. Now the problem is what happened, one folder having some files around 2 GB, I cant delete that folder neither the files, nor I cant CUT or Move . But yes I can rename that folder. I cant add or change the permissions too. The dafault permissions is given same as other folder and files. The phone is not rooted. CAn you please help on that. .
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You'd need to post more info. Like:
1. Name of folder
2. Location of folder (SD card/system partition/data partition/etc)
3. Contents of the folder.
4. Anything else that might be helpful. Like the creation date of the folder etc.
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You'd need to post more info. Like:
1. Name of folder
2. Location of folder (SD card/system partition/data partition/etc)
3. Contents of the folder.
4. Anything else that might be helpful. Like the creation date of the folder etc.
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Thanks for the reply.
1. The name of the folder is ADM. It created when I install the apps. ADM holo
2. It is in the SD card partion.
3. small video files.
It seems to be permission issue, which dont allowing me to delete the folder neither I can move, but yes I can rename the folder.
Joydeep212008 said:
Thanks for the reply.
1. The name of the folder is ADM. It created when I install the apps. ADM holo
2. It is in the SD card partion.
3. small video files.
It seems to be permission issue, which dont allowing me to delete the folder neither I can move, but yes I can rename the folder.
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Have you tried using different file managers? (including stock)
Or connecting it to your computer and try deleting it from there. Or.....If its a removable SD card, insert it in another device and try deleting the folder.
What version of android are you on btw?
Freewander10 said:
Have you tried using different file managers? (including stock)
Or connecting it to your computer and try deleting it from there. Or.....If its a removable SD card, insert it in another device and try deleting the folder.
What version of android are you on btw?
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Yes I have tried 2 to 3 explorer other than the stock one. but same. As version is Marshmellow so memory will not be detect in my PC. when I connect the phone with my PC, I tried to delete it, It gets delete, but again when I check from my mobile it show the folder and files as it is. that means it don't gets deleted. I don't know why it happens like that.
Joydeep212008 said:
Yes I have tried 2 to 3 explorer other than the stock one. but same. As version is Marshmellow so memory will not be detect in my PC. when I connect the phone with my PC, I tried to delete it, It gets delete, but again when I check from my mobile it show the folder and files as it is. that means it don't gets deleted. I don't know why it happens like that.
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Try another phone then.
Assuming its a removable SD card.