I have different icons on my SD card and they show up in gallery. Is there a way that I can get them not to be there
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You will need to create a file in the folder or parent folder of the media you wish to exclude from the application. The file needs to be specifically named ".nomedia", you could simply create a null file and save it .nomedia and copy it to the folder in question.
I would think a utility in the market would exist to simplify the process, do a search for nomedia.
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Hey all..
I have a few media players installed on my hero, but on the preinstalled one is there a way to get it to ignore a folder? I am currently learning spanish and have about 500 mp3's on the phone. It unfortunatly lists them all on the media player. I want to get it to ignore them so when i let it play my entire playlist on random it wont choose any of those.
is there a way? I have MixZing lite which does have an option to look at specific folders, but it wont intergrate with the lock screen (which is really very handy!). I tried adding the .nomedia onto the directory but to no avail....
I had the same problem, so far all I've done is hide the entire folder by stiking a '.' on the front of the folder e.g. hide the folder 'hidestuffinhere' by renaming it '.hidestuffinhere' using Astro or something.
The media player ignores everything under these folders:
\Media\Alarms
\Media\Ringtones
\Media\Notifications
However, if you move your spanish mp3s into these folders, they'll show up in alarms, ringtones or notifications.
sweet! that will solve my ringtones issue to then
just moved ringtones to the folder /media/ringtones but not showing up in the ringtone selection... should i do a reboot first?
Try a reboot,
If it doesn't work, backup your SD to your PC. Then format the SD card through the phone and recopy your data back.
That worked for me.
Cannot rename a folder starting with a "."
wheeljack said:
I had the same problem, so far all I've done is hide the entire folder by stiking a '.' on the front of the folder e.g. hide the folder 'hidestuffinhere' by renaming it '.hidestuffinhere' using Astro or something.
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Tried to do the same on my HTC pro but file explorer does not allow me to rename a folder with a name starting with a dot "." ??????
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Tried to do the same on my HTC pro but file explorer does not allow me to rename a folder with a name starting with a dot "." ??????
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you need to use linda file explorer or similar.
ricostuart said:
you need to use linda file explorer or similar.
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Yeah, I use Astro, and it works fine.
Yep just used Astro to change my download folder (where I download ringtones to on my sd card) anyways in the music player it used to show a load of unknown albums and list the weird ringtones I had downloaded.
Changed the folder through Astro .downloads and now the music player doesn't pick up those unwanted files.
The other alternative is:
Using notepad, create an empty file
save the file as .nomedia (do not save as .txt, but "All files")
add the file .nomedia to the folder you want to avoid showing media from
This works for video, photos and MP3. They can still be accessed using file explorer.
Hope that helps
I've been a lurker on the forums for a while now and I think this will be my first official post...
I'm having an issue with the Gallery where it would make copies of items in my Gallery. For instance: I will have a folder called "Pictures" and inside this folder I will have other folders for various photos and stuff. Sometimes when I'm in the Gallery it will show 3 of the same picture of all my photos. Whats up with this?
It's a bug with some phones running Froyo. In your DCIM folder on your SD card there is a file named ".thumbnails" and the gallery keeps copying the files in there. I have found a pretty simple fix for this. (I'm sure there is an easier way but this is how I did it)
Open your Files app and make a new folder named ".nomedia"
Connect your phone to your computer and mount it.
On your computer move the ".nomedia" file into the .thumbnails file found in the DCIM folder. (Make sure you move it and not copy at this point. If that file stays there you won't see any pictures / music etc.)
Now copy the the same ".nomedia" file and paste it in to the .thumbnails file found on your external SD card in the DCIM folder (provided there is one, if not, don't worry about this part. You'll only have that file if your pictures automatically are stored on your external SD card.)
Unmount your phone and after the media scanner is done you should have no copies and never have the problem again.
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+1 rramey23 is correct this is what i found to be true as well
Thanks! This helps a lot. I just have a question. I'm how come I'm repeating the step twice? Would it be easier if I just create a folder named ".nomedia" on my computer in the DCIM folder or will this have to be done through the filer app?
Nevermind I see what you mean. Will this make it so that Gallery doesn't read files from within this folder even if there are files there?
You have to do it from the File app because you can't create a file on your computer that has a . before the name. At least I know I can't on my computer. Plus when you do that on your phone it changes the "folder" you just made, into a ".nomedia file." As far as I know we can't do that on the computer.
Having a .nomedia file in a folder will make both the gallery and media player not look there for files. But you can still access them through the Files app.
Hope that all makes sense.
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So will it rename the ".nomedia" to ".nomedia file."? I put it in the .thumbnail folder and it still shows dupes.
I put the ".nomedia" folder that I created into ".thumbnails" but it still shows the files in Gallery.
You're not creating a folder called .nomedia, it's a file called .nomedia. You can create an empty text document and name it .nomedia, or an even easier way is to do a search on your phone's SD card for an existing one and just copy and paste it into the .thumbnails folder. I did a search on mine and had over 60 .nomedia files.
When you make a folder named .nomedia, it changes to a FILE called .nomedia. The Files app doesn't see that newly created file. Which is why you need to use the computer to copy/move the file where you actually need it.
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My .nomedia is still a folder.
Hi,
Try this easy step from philyew on T-Mo forum:
http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/Samsu...and-getting-more-duplicates/m-p/752727#M60875
Hope it helps.
You can also use sgs tools and run the clean thumb script.
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I searched for other .nomedia files and copied them from application folders and stuff but still doesn't work. I'm still seeing 3 of the same pictures.
drewdude007 said:
You can also use sgs tools and run the clean thumb script.
Do this. Seems to work for most everyone.
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So I have just found that I have 2 copies of all my pictures in my gallery. I tried running the script from SGS Tools, no go. Cleared the data in Media Storage and that cleared it up. What a pain...
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Your solution worked for me! Thank you for sharing.
Hi chaps,
I was wondering how do I move a picture from a folder to another. I sent myself a pic through bluetooth and now when I got to gallery there's a folder called Bluetooth - I want to delete this folder and send the picture to a different folder.
Any thoughts?
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using my file or file explorer or what ever your app is named.
copy and paste the picture to the folder you want.
delete folder you do not want.
I meant these folders (see attached)
you should still be able to deete subfolders from the pictures or image folder file using my files.
hlo frendz i need a gallery app that ignore my extSdCard pls hlp me:good:
You could use StudioKUMA .nomedia Manager. It places files named ".nomedia" in the folders you don't want to show in apps like Music Player, for instance. It works for audio files, I think it works for image files too.
Or you can just place a .nomedia file with a size of 0 byte in the folder that contains your pictures and reboot, I think this method works too
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You could use StudioKUMA .nomedia Manager. It places files named ".nomedia" in the folders you don't want to show in apps like Music Player, for instance. It works for audio files, I think it works for image files too.
Or you can just place a .nomedia file with a size of 0 byte in the folder that contains your pictures and reboot, I think this method works too
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I know that but I create .nomedia. It copy on my ext......I already find the other way
Use "hide it pro" .. Search on play store... By anuj tejnani..
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How to stop the automatic creation of ".nomedia" file in a specific folder ?
Can you please let me know the steps to stop the creation of ".nomedia "file in a specific folder( Ex : Abcd album) so that i am able to the pictures of it in the gallery.Every now and then it gets created and i had to delete it manually. I am using Whatsremoved App which stores the deleted files and statuses from WhatsApp in a folder but in the folder .nomedia files gets created, thus that folder did not come in the gallery and gets hidden, no matter how many times i delete that file it keeps coming.
Also, i had used this same app on my old Moto G4 Plus and i did not face the same issue on that phone.
Please suggest a solution