Sorry if this is a re post. Is there a way to specify specific directories where the gallery app should read pictures from? The app is now looking through hundreds of music directories and loading album art which I want avoid.
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found this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063358
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minimump said:
found this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063358
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that's a handy app, placing .nomedia files manually can be a pain in the ass depending on how many folders you want to exclude (i have folders with comic books in jpg)
thanks!
did this work for anyone on the prime? I couldn't get it to work. even with folder checked off then update gallery, it still showed the unwanted pics in there. like I wanted to hide pics from download folder subdirectory miscellaneous. I tried by checking off download folder, didn't work. then tried by specifying the specific one /mnt/sdcard/Download/misc. still no luck
Yeah, didn't work for me either. It said I didn't have the permissions to access the directories (I was trying to do this on a directory in my external storage.)
Any alternative apps to the stock gallery?
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minimump said:
Yeah, didn't work for me either. It said I didn't have the permissions to access the directories (I was trying to do this on a directory in my external storage.)
Any alternative apps to the stock gallery?
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you have to longpress to open the directories that are at "/"
but so far it hasn't worked for me either
I think this wassaid already but just put. Nomedia
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Haro912 said:
I think this wassaid already but just put. Nomedia
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what do you mean exactly? I go into astro file explorer n do what? rename that folder to Nomedia?
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what do you mean exactly? I go into astro file explorer n do what? rename that folder to Nomedia?
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no, you place an empty file essentially that is names ".nomedia" in any folder you don't want the OS to scan for media related files and add them to things like the music player or the gallery.
that's what the app does for you, but for some reason it isn't working (i haven't checked to see if it's actually placing the files in the folder, but if it's not then that's the problem)
easiest way is to create a blank txt document in notepad or something, then save it and change the name (and extension) to ".nomedia" and then copy and paste that wereever you want on your tablet.
Exactly. and sorry for that spelling earlier wow... I didn't realize how terrible it was. lol
Thanks alot man
I use Quickpic (on all my Android devices). Lets you choose which folders to include and/or exclude (a must when you have N64oid high res texture packs for stuff like Mario 64 on your device - thousands of tiny image files!).
I use "Gallery Excluder" on my phone. Not sure if it works on TP prime or not, still waiting on mine.
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Quick question do these apps hide the files from the associated programs, meaning i don't want my cover art to show in my gallery but i want my audio player to still be able to find it , seems like these no media file work arounds wouldn't allow that to happen, why can't we have the options to pick media paths for all stock viewers....any suggestions on how to hide from some programs and not others ?thanks for helping me figure this stuff out ...
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gallery excluder just updated recently but still doesn't work on the prime. I uninstalled it as it seems useless if not working properly.
It's simple as renaming the folders with a . at the beginning of any file you don't want the gallery to read. (ex.- .icons)
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Just found this...comments say it works on Galaxy Nexus (ICS) so maybe it works on HC. I will let you know.
This is one thing that bugs the hell out of me,
Added the file .nomedia flag file but it still pulls data into the gallery, really anoying
Anyone else got any ideas on this one ?
Thanks
zorg2000k said:
This is one thing that bugs the hell out of me,
Added the file .nomedia flag file but it still pulls data into the gallery, really anoying
Anyone else got any ideas on this one ?
Thanks
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Same here....I will try out that quickpic app someone mentioned before. Galary excluder and renaming the files don't work. I think gallery app kinda bugged anyways. Like not all the time pics saved from websites show up there or something. Its weird. But they will all be there if you look in Astro. I think it depends on where its saved originally. If its saved someplace and you move it to the folder you want, it won't show up. If you save it to location you want first, then it'll more than likely show up. Opera mobile good at letting you save stuff where ever you want as it has a mini file explorer pop up once downloading about to begin. The others browsers don't n usually save to download folder.
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Does anyone know if there is a setting that will change which directories, or show certain folders, images, or anything?
seriously. I wanna text a pic to someone and i have to sift through EVERY damn image ive ever viewed on the device, whether it be in app or browser.
Sounds like Gallery might be reading your cache folder or something. You can try and locate it and make sure it has the ".nomedia" file in there or add it yourself. That will stop Gallery from reading the images within. Easy to do, just make a folder in any directory where you don't want the images to be shown and rename it to .nomedia
so, should i just make a random file named .nomedia? or a FOLDER named .nomedia? or rename the folders in question .nomedia?
either use notepad ++ to make a blank file with the name .nomedia
or if you want to exclude a folder put a "." with out the quotes at the front of the folder name. it will not be scanned by gallery. so you can hid your porn in a folder and not worry about it
...and that is what i am trying to hide lol...cause my boss at work was looking in my phone and she saw alot of pics....of me...and yeah...now she looks at me weird.
trololol, you can always say " hey im a guy, and im straight or its going to be gay porn in there instead "
Hahahahahaha yeah you need to fix that
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No it was pix of my junk. She made a comment about "whose is that!? It's really n... Wait...! " then she noticed the skin tone and clothes... Now she looks at me weird.
And i dunno what kinda weird look it is...
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probably she was giving you a ME GUSTA face
Ummmm ... if you're gonna store pics of your junk on your phone (which is a bad idea in the first place) and then let your boss play around with your phone (another really bad idea) then -- for the love of God -- go to the Android Market, download App Protector Pro (an app that every single Android phone user should have), and lock your gallery.
I use that app to lock my email and text messages . I don't lock my gallery, but then again I don't store incriminating photos on my own phone.
And please, please, please ... don't show your phone to your Mom.
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Sounds like you'll be able to afford an app to protect yer junk (pun intended) with the raise you'll be getting (pun intended)...
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Sounds like you'll be able to afford an app to protect yer junk (pun intended) with the raise you'll be getting (pun intended)...
\\Carved into this thread by my RAZR//
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hah yeah. someone earlier said she had a me gusta face...that kinda described it lol. I dunno man. Would be nice. lol. thanks all. Ill try doing this nomedia thing then report back if it works/dont work.
remember to reboot the phone. and download notepad ++ to make the file. using regular note pad may not work
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Old thread but here is a no Computer needed option:
Download ES File explorer (its free)
Install and open it
Navigate to the folder you want to exclude (remember it propagates down e.g. if you place it in the root of SD then the whole of SD is excluded including all the sub-folders)
Press Menu and select "new"
Select "File"
Call it .nomedia
Rescan your memory Cards
Sorted no PC required
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So someone named "superthrust" is worried about pics on the phone?
atleast the name was not analthrust...
I use QuickPic, and it gives you the ability (if you long press on a folder) to exclude it from the gallery view.
My gallery was showing up all sorts of junk from my kindle library and looked a mess.
Now all I see are the folders I want.
Ive been using Vaulty Free. It hides pics and videos you select in its own folder. It also encodes the images and videos so you arent able to open then using any other gallery or video playing app. What i like most is that fact that even if you put the sd card in your computer the images are still encoded and you arent able to view them. The only downside to it is that you have to wait for it to encode the image you want to hide (no more than 3 seconds).
OP you shouldnt use anything to hide your pics, if anything you should give your phone to your boss with more pics in it, then enjoy your promotion. LOL.
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OP you shouldnt use anything to hide your pics, if anything you should give your phone to your boss with more pics in it, then enjoy your promotion. LOL.
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the real funny part about what you just said, is that I just got promoted and she has been asking for my phone more... Epic win.
I just got sales manager the other day.
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Well I did the no media thing... And it didn't work.
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Didn't work for me either so I use quickpic instead
in my gallery it shows images from my g+ account, but no others. is there a way to make it read from the sdcard?
3D gallery does read from SDcard by default, try moving it to /system/app and giving proper permissions.
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nevermind. it is reading from the sdcard. i didnt realize things downloaded from dropbox were finding there way onto the system instead of sdcard! is this right? i thought dropbox would automatically move files downloaded from the cloud to sdcard
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nevermind. it is reading from the sdcard. i didnt realize things downloaded from dropbox were finding there way onto the system instead of sdcard! is this right? i thought dropbox would automatically move files downloaded from the cloud to sdcard
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Dropbox downloads go directly to the SDcard , it creates a folder named dropbox in the root of your sdcard.
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I agree, it should, but its not. I'm not near my device right now to tell you the exact path, but they are going to somewhere in /media in the root folder. I had to use root explorer to move an image from there to sdcard. I'll update this later with the path. I'm also going to look and see where the dropbox apk installed. I recently "8 restart" reset my device and ran the snowball mod root process. I may have geeked it up in the process. I may need to un-root and run the program fresh.
On a side note, I have never seen a device where so many people do the same thing and have so many different results. Even with snowball mod, I have some white on white menus. Such as adw ex settings menu and beautiful weather widget's settings menus.
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I agree, it should, but its not. I'm not near my device right now to tell you the exact path, but they are going to somewhere in /media in the root folder. I had to use root explorer to move an image from there to sdcard. I'll update this later with the path. I'm also going to look and see where the dropbox apk installed. I recently "8 restart" reset my device and ran the snowball mod root process. I may have geeked it up in the process. I may need to un-root and run the program fresh.
On a side note, I have never seen a device where so many people do the same thing and have so many different results. Even with snowball mod, I have some white on white menus. Such as adw ex settings menu and beautiful weather widget's settings menus.
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Oh that explain better you have snowballmod which it has 2 mods to use internal space so you need to find apps that can access all your media apart of your sdcard, quickpic gives you that option instead of gallery 3D.
Settings > browser > included folders
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in my gallery it shows images from my g+ account, but no others. is there a way to make it read from the sdcard?
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Im sure you got an answer to this already, I had this issue too, and my music wasn't showing in the music player either. I found a folder on my SDcard labled "my files" in this folder there are folders for pictures, music etc. I moved the pictures and music to the appropriate folders a BAM they all show up now.
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The .nomedia trick isn't working. I have the problem on the Prime, and my Nexus.
Anyone know?
Use, QuickPic... much better & faster IMO. You can exclude any folder you want from showing.
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Put a .nomedia file in said folder and then clear and regenerate your thumbnails.
.nomedia has always worked for me, using it now.
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Put a .nomedia file in said folder and then clear and regenerate your thumbnails.
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Ok, how do you clear the thumbs?
Ok, Seeing as how the first 10 pages and search yielded no results, I think I might be one of those special kids mentioned in the terms and agreements video.
I need to know where Astro installs the apks, because obviously it's not under system/app nor data/app. I've browsed both twice while revealing hidden files but they have not yielded any results. I can find every app on the phone but the ones that I've installed through Astro... So if anyone can shed some light as to where I might find them, that would be great.
try here
dont know if its similar but i have same problem with ics not being able to find apps that were unremovable (they just kept reinstalling) but noticed some apps were also in /preload (dont know if this helps your case or not)
Maybe /mnt/sdcard?
Check peferences in astro for home directory?
Other apps also in /data/app
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dont know if its similar but i have same problem with ics not being able to find apps that were unremovable (they just kept reinstalling) but noticed some apps were also in /preload (dont know if this helps your case or not)
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Thanks for the reply but it's not an unremovable app, just a few apks that I nicked off the internet. They show up under settings > applications and can be removed, but I just can not for the life of me find them on the system folders
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Maybe /mnt/sdcard?
Check peferences in astro for home directory?
Other apps also in /data/app
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Yeah, I've checked those, and all the home directories and usb directories and sd external directories, pretty much all of the directories listed in the preference for Astro with no success. Also, somehow, my /data/app folder only has the stock apps, nothing new that I've installed so far. Appreciate the reply though
Use your root file explorer to search your device, it will show up eventually.....
Edit: so no confusion, I mean the search function within the app
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Thanks for the reply but it's not an unremovable app, just a few apks that I nicked off the internet. They show up under settings > applications and can be removed, but I just can not for the life of me find them on the system folders
Yeah, I've checked those, and all the home directories and usb directories and sd external directories, pretty much all of the directories listed in the preference for Astro with no success. Also, somehow, my /data/app folder only has the stock apps, nothing new that I've installed so far. Appreciate the reply though
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If you have your phone set to install apps to external memory, there should be a folder called "android.secure". This is where the phone puts apps that are installed to the SD. (by default) Now I am assuming you have not formatted you SD to include a EXT 2/4 partition, or else you would know to look there. I would investigate to see if you can find an android.secure folder.
i have a rooted device with custom rom and now i want to have fun setting silly different sounds at events and notifications like receiving a mail,uninstalling an app,app installed,transfer file completed,startup,shutdown,connected to wifi,wifi connection lost,someone on instagram likes your photo,instagram new follower...can i have a list of events and how to set a sound for each of them?
can someone help?
Mmmmm. did you find it in the market? i haven't heard that kind of mod. But it sounds cool
I hope this helps, cheers
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Mmmmm. did you find it in the market? i haven't heard that kind of mod. But it sounds cool
I hope this helps, cheers
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well i think i could did it myself if i knew how to set sounds when some events in the phone happens.also i'm looking for a list of all events.
up..
A list of all events is pretty ambitious. Good luck.
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Ohhh, come on now. I could do this years ago with early windows mobile versions.surely it's possible to do it now?
Or am I missing the point of this question?
Because no one else has offered any help, I'll offer the general principles (principals?) and see if that helps you.
Use a file explorer like root explorer (for which you don't need root) or astro to find the director in which the stock sound are stored. Download or transfer (from PC) the sounds you want to use and put them on that same directory with the stock sounds. Reset (turn off power) on your gadget. Turn it back on, and then go into settings to set up notification sounds and you should see the new ones there in the same list as the stock sounds to select.
I hope this helps.
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Ohhh, come on now. I could do this years ago with early windows mobile versions.surely it's possible to do it now?
Or am I missing the point of this question?
Because no one else has offered any help, I'll offer the general principles (principals?) and see if that helps you.
Use a file explorer like root explorer (for which you don't need root) or astro to find the director in which the stock sound are stored. Download or transfer (from PC) the sounds you want to use and put them on that same directory with the stock sounds. Reset (turn off power) on your gadget. Turn it back on, and then go into settings to set up notification sounds and you should see the new ones there in the same list as the stock sounds to select.
I hope this helps.
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thank you.
yes it helps however are there sound notification when u boot,reboot ,hold the phone?when u uninstall an app?is it possible to set a sound for a contact that call you that is different than another contaqct sound?is it possible to set a sound when an anonymous number calls you?
the fact is that i even want to use the lots of different sound files i have to turn my phone the silliest possible
how do i know which events have a soound notification associated,and how do i create a new association if i wanted to?
You are now way past my expertise. The only thing I can think of is Tasker. But I don't know anything about Tasker because it takes time to learn it, and I just wanted to solve one problem, not learn Tasker syntax.
Sfrrr
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sfrrr said:
You are now way past my expertise. The only thing I can think of is Tasker. But I don't know anything about Tasker because it takes time to learn it, and I just wanted to solve one problem, not learn Tasker syntax.
Sfrrr
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ty but tasker is paid app..any free alternatives?
massimog91 said:
ty but tasker is paid app..any free alternatives?
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It's definitely worth the money
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Put the audio files on your sd card. Use a file explorer to navigate to the folder /system/media/audio. There are four subfolders in there: /alarms, /notifications, /ringtones, and /ui. Most of what you want to change should probably be in the /ui folder. Most of the files in there are named more or less according to what function they're associated with, so simply rename your own file to match the one you want to replace, delete or rename the current file (you'll need to have the folder mounted r/w), copy and paste your renamed file into the /ui folder, and repeat until you have your phone sounding as silly as you want Individual ringtones can usually be set by opening up a contact's info and editing from there.
This is how I've done things, works on stock Samsung roms, don't know about others. Have fun!
S2
You've right. s2 has worst sound quality..
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Put the audio files on your sd card. Use a file explorer to navigate to the folder /system/media/audio. There are four subfolders in there: /alarms, /notifications, /ringtones, and /ui. Most of what you want to change should probably be in the /ui folder. Most of the files in there are named more or less according to what function they're associated with, so simply rename your own file to match the one you want to replace, delete or rename the current file (you'll need to have the folder mounted r/w), copy and paste your renamed file into the /ui folder, and repeat until you have your phone sounding as silly as you want Individual ringtones can usually be set by opening up a contact's info and editing from there.
This is how I've done things, works on stock Samsung roms, don't know about others. Have fun!
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well,thank you,that helped.
i guess i will try what you say if Tasker it's too difficult to learn.
shockwaverider said:
Put the audio files on your sd card. Use a file explorer to navigate to the folder /system/media/audio. There are four subfolders in there: /alarms, /notifications, /ringtones, and /ui. Most of what you want to change should probably be in the /ui folder. Most of the files in there are named more or less according to what function they're associated with, so simply rename your own file to match the one you want to replace, delete or rename the current file (you'll need to have the folder mounted r/w), copy and paste your renamed file into the /ui folder, and repeat until you have your phone sounding as silly as you want Individual ringtones can usually be set by opening up a contact's info and editing from there.
This is how I've done things, works on stock Samsung roms, don't know about others. Have fun!
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tasker is hard.
how can i associate a sound when an app is uninstalled?
massimog91 said:
tasker is hard.
how can i associate a sound when an app is uninstalled?
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can someone help?