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What is the average Quadrant Benchmark score for SGS II (without cheating, and on Stock Roms)? I tested mine today and the score came out as 3180 with 246 apps installed and 64 processes running. Is it good enough? How does the SGS II score compare with HTC Sensation and other peer phones?
And away from this topic, what is this .nomedia file in the data folder?
TheMegastar said:
And away from this topic, what is this .nomedia file in the data folder?
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Android mediascanner skips folders and subfolders with such file. I e pictures and videos in that folder doesn't show in the gallery. Useful for your private pictures as well
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tjtj4444 said:
Android mediascanner skips folders and subfolders with such file. I e pictures and videos in that folder doesn't show in the gallery. Useful for your private pictures as well
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The .nomedia that I have in my Android/Data folder is a File, not a folder. But I did not create it, so how did it get there and what is it? Could it have been created automatically by some app I installed? It does not open upon clicking.
TheMegastar said:
The .nomedia that I have in my Android/Data folder is a File, not a folder. But I did not create it, so how did it get there and what is it? Could it have been created automatically by some app I installed? It does not open upon clicking.
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sorry I was probably unclear, .nomedia is an empty file that simply tells the mediascanner that there are no interesting mediafiles in the folder where the .nomedia is placed (it also excludes subfolders from mediascanning). This is a general Android concept so it works like this on all Android phones. You can simply create an empty file (or copy an existing) with the name .nomedia and place in any folder you want to exclude.
For example, you don't want to see application sounds in the music player or application graphics in the gallery. And since Android/Data is only application data is makes sense to exclude that directory from the mediascanner.
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sorry I was probably unclear, .nomedia is an empty file that simply tells the mediascanner that there are no interesting mediafiles in the folder where the .nomedia is placed (it also excludes subfolders from mediascanning). This is a general Android concept so it works like this on all Android phones. You can simply create an empty file (or copy an existing) with the name .nomedia and place in any folder you want to exclude.
For example, you don't want to see application sounds in the music player or application graphics in the gallery. And since Android/Data is only application data is makes sense to exclude that directory from the mediascanner.
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That explains it very well. Thank you
I just installed Wolfs V7b4 but now my gallery is empty, no music in stock player, ringtones gone. I have tried clearing data in Media Storage, fixing permissions, installing SDrescan which just said "done" after starting :s
Wolf mentioned app StudioKUMA.nomedia which can exclude folders from scanning for faster boot so i installed it to check it anything is excluded but none of the folders are.
Has someone had that problem or does someone know how i can manually scan for media?
I had this too, but i fixed it by formatting my SD card and but the files back on it. So just copy everything from your SD card, then format SD card and than put everything back. I hope this helped for you
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Search on the market for an app that may rescan your media...try the rescan media app
I formated my sd twice now, nothing changed. Restored backup and installed every app I could find for media scanning yet the only thing that has changed is that I have my pics from facebook althou I didnt have them before. Poweramp finds my mp3s and plays them with no problem so I dont think its sd cards fault for this
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I found a file .nomedia in root of sd card with .nomedia extension and 0kb in size. I've deleted it and everything went back to normal. Weird i haven't noticed it sooner :S
Anyway thx for your help guys
seriouscorps said:
I found a file .nomedia in root of sd card with .nomedia extension and 0kb in size. I've deleted it and everything went back to normal. Weird i haven't noticed it sooner :S
Anyway thx for your help guys
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Thats from the stuido .nomedia app which places a very small file in any directory you want on your sd card which stops the media scanner scanning it, very useful if you have lots of folders with no media in them.....
But a bit of a schoolboy error there!!
Hmm but i used .nomedia app after all that happened and i haven't excluded any folder. Most of my sd is full of music and few pics so i want everything to be available.
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Hmm but i used .nomedia app after all that happened and i haven't excluded any folder. Most of my sd is full of music and few pics so i want everything to be available.
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If you want everything available dont use .nomedia....
delete all .nomedia files....
I find it easier to have all music in one folder with subdirectories and the same for pics and videos...
I havent used it in first place, I have no idea how it ended up on my phone.
Got only one 13gb folder with music and 150mb of pics in camera folder.
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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?
demandarin said:
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.
Hello
I currently have a HTC EVO 3D, and on that phone I am able to create a folder named ".story" in my file manager app, and all the pictures i put in there will not be shown in the gallery app. Works very nicely and exactly how i want it to.
Now onto my issue.
I tried to do the same on my Prime, creating the folder, putting the exact same images in that folder (all from dropbox, syncing it to my comp, phone and tablet).
But the images still show up in the gallery app.
I also tried to put a file named ".nomedia" in the folder where i keep all my pictures, still didn't work.
I tried rebooting several times to see if i had to force a media rescan, but it seems like it didn't work.
I'm running .21 update, stock, with root.
Am i missing something, or doesn't this work on the prime? If so, any other way to do so? (I don't want to use a "vault" app to hide pictures and such)
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I had the same problem a few weeks ago. Try the app Hide it Pro. It's free on the Play Store and does pretty much what your asking for. It also works with videos, Docs and apps.
Sorry can't post links yet!
Edit: oops sorry, I didn't read the full post
it is annoying
You are not alone, naming the folder with a initial . and creating a .nomedia file does not work for me either, and I find it annoying. Clearing Gallery cache did not help either.
Works just fine, ".foldername" with a .nomedia file in it. Does for me at least, hides it from gallery and from the built in file manager. ES file explorer picks it up but it's at that point you're not hiding anything
EDIT: Try making a file on your computer, right click and New>File, name it .nomedia, then DropBox (that's a sign up link, you'd help me out as well as yourself by using it) it. Download it and copy/pasta to the folder. That's how I did it, because a guide I read said it worked better if from the PC instead of through Android.
If you're trying to hide a whole trove of things, make a folder and name it ".foldername" and then put your hidden folder in there and name it ".foldername2", then drop a .nomedia into .foldername and .foldername2 as well, doubling up on that.
I wouldn't recommend that with app picture caches though
If you are up for using a different Gallery app, you can whitelist and blacklist folders to be displayed in QuickPic
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Works just fine, ".foldername" with a .nomedia file in it. Does for me at least, hides it from gallery and from the built in file manager. ES file explorer picks it up but it's at that point you're not hiding anything
EDIT: Try making a file on your computer, right click and New>File, name it .nomedia, then DropBox (that's a sign up link, you'd help me out as well as yourself by using it) it. Download it and copy/pasta to the folder. That's how I did it, because a guide I read said it worked better if from the PC instead of through Android.
If you're trying to hide a whole trove of things, make a folder and name it ".foldername" and then put your hidden folder in there and name it ".foldername2", then drop a .nomedia into .foldername and .foldername2 as well, doubling up on that.
I wouldn't recommend that with app picture caches though
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I did as you suggested, and it friggin worked! AWESOME!, mucho love to you
Now my files on my tablet is in a folder named ".story", inside that is a folder named "story" with a ".nomedia" file in it, and inside the "story" folder are all my pictures. (I made the ".nomedia" file on Windows, dropboxed it over to my Android Tablet (I made a new .txt document, removed the .txt and just named it ".nomedia" if anyone is wondering)).
After you try it, be sure to reboot your tablet, as that forces a media rescan
Just got my phone. I've inserted an SD card that has a lot of music, and each album has an image for the album cover.
The problem is that the stock Gallery app reconizes each album folder as a gallery. Is there a way to exclude a folder from the media scanner?
This could be done by creating a File with the name .nomedia in the folders you want to exclude.
The media scanner should then ignore those folders.
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Create a folder .nomedia (include the full stop at the beginning) and move required files inside. Reboot
Edit, see answered above while I was procrastinating.
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Should you create a file or folder with the name .nomedia????????
I have the same problem and creating a file ".nomedia" is not a good solution...
I have like 250 albums, I should create one in every album folder?
Thank you all for answering.
@UpInTheAir, what do you mean by "(include the full stop at the beginning)"
pedrohp said:
Thank you all for answering.
@UpInTheAir, what do you mean by "(include the full stop at the beginning)"
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It must be called ".nomedia" can you see the full stop? It MUST be there
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It seems not to work anymore. When you create .nomedia files in the folders this will be ignored. What worked for S1 and S2 does not work on S3 (Android 4.0.4) any ideas?
irony17 said:
I have the same problem and creating a file ".nomedia" is not a good solution...
I have like 250 albums, I should create one in every album folder?
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Install quickpic select the folders you want to hide and they won't appear in stock gallery too
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Install quickpic select the folders you want to hide and they won't appear in stock gallery too
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Thanks a lot!
If the music files are formatted properly, they won't show in the gallery....period.
QuickPic is hands-down, the BEST photo gallery on Android.
Download it, use it as your default, and never look back.
ekjl said:
QuickPic is hands-down, the BEST photo gallery on Android.
Download it, use it as your default, and never look back.
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I've tried it. Still prefer the new ICS gallery.
pedrohp said:
Just got my phone. I've inserted an SD card that has a lot of music, and each album has an image for the album cover.
The problem is that the stock Gallery app reconizes each album folder as a gallery. Is there a way to exclude a folder from the media scanner?
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U can name it what ever u want u just need to put a dot in front of whatever u name it and it would show up.
I found that renaming the images to folder.jpg for instance removed them from gallery view
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I found that renaming the images to folder.jpg for instance removed them from gallery view
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That worked, but i really don't want to rename every single image manually nor i want to write a piece of code to do that.
Just installed QuickPic and it not even showed such "album art" images! automatically detected and hidden.
Stock gallery still showing them (even after quickpic installed)
Is there a way to clear the media scan cache and start it again (manually)?
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QuickPic is hands-down, the BEST photo gallery on Android.
Download it, use it as your default, and never look back.
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I did this but QuickPic doesn't have the option to include the Picasa/Google Images I have stored online.
the ".nomedia" file works. A reboot is needed though
Want to hide that private stash, right? "album art"
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