Alright, so I've read just about every article and I can't figure out how to remove certain images from the android gallery. I've attempted to add a .nomedia file to the folder in which the unwanted pictures are located but they still appear in the gallery. I believe the issue lies within the fact that the art is rooted deep within the directories.
Example:
3OH!3 > *Album Name* > *Artwork*
I would like to simply add a file on the higher level to prevent all folders from appearing in gallery. I don't want to go into each individual folder and create a .nomedia file, that's absurd.
Can anyone help me before I pull out more of my hair?
You need to create a .nomedia file and then force a rescan (.nomedia does apply to all sub-folders). Worst case, you'll need to clear the application data and then reboot (which actualy isn't that bad).
After you create the .nomedia file, there's an app called SDrescan that I use to trigger a rescan, but that only applies to Internal Storage. On the other hand, if it's the microSD, you should just be able to pop it out and pop it back in to force a rescan.
If none of that works, go to Settings ā Applications ā Manage applications ā All, Media Storage, I think it was?, then Clear Data. Reboot. You should now be good.
I can't offer any help in this but I just had to comment....great band choice
Hi,
i run a backup sesseion yesterday with the build-in app "back up & restore" on my ICS 4.04. i had no chance to choose "usb storage" even my mobile was connected with my laptop so i keep it on "internal storage".
but i can't find the backup now on there. There are just a few folders but only some KB's in size.
Where put the app my backup in ?
It's in a folder called .semc-fullbackup
and where is that folder? do I have an access without root?
how to delete backup from app?
can't find it either.... it's not on my internal storage / SD card....
very useful from backup&restore to put the backup onto the phone memory with no option to save it somewhere else <facepalm>
its in internal memory and its hidden so use explorer and then youll see it.
olaf313 said:
can't find it either.... it's not on my internal storage / SD card....
very useful from backup&restore to put the backup onto the phone memory with no option to save it somewhere else <facepalm>
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You're supposed to connect a USB flash drive TO your phone, not your phone to a computer. It works, i've tried it.
To view the folders, open them through your computer when connected via a data cable; if you try to view them on your phone via a file explorer they don't show up.
Edit: To get Es file explorer to show hidden files/folders go to: Settings --> File Settings --> Show hidden files
It's great that you can do a backup to a USB flash drive, but you don't get the USB on-the-go cable in the box and most people wouldn't know they exist, or where to get one (I've never seen one on sale in a shop).
(For those that don't know, you can get official Nokia or Samsung ones dirt cheap from Amazon and probably eBay etc).
I use MyBackupPro and found that it was impossible to transfer the folder contents to another folder on my Mac desktop using MTP. Certain files just won't/can't copy. A total joke.
However, I can use a file manager to copy everything in the backup folder to a USB drive via the cable (well, actually via a LiveDock as the phone can't power an awful lot of flash drives) but that's a right PITA.
To be honest, I know Google can now backup app settings but the whole thing is a mess. When you reset, you don't always get the apps reinstalling (even if starts to do it seemingly fine) and I'm not confident it would work if I needed to rely on it. And even less so if I broke my phone and replaced it with another one, where the backed up data wouldn't reinstall either.
Frankly, despite showing off some really cool features in Android 4.1 at Google I/O today, the one thing they've not really taken much care of is making backups. Why not let me make a backup to my Google Drive storage space? Why not back up all applications and data, including apps installed on the SD card (or internal drive) and also backup widget data, home screen icon positions etc?
Even rooted devices are hit and miss when it comes to backups, and most people don't root their devices - or may have rooted the device they have now, but can't always root the device when changing phone or updating the OS.
Anyway, that was a much longer rant than I intended to write. Going back to the start, the backup app for most people is pretty pointless!!
Access Hidden Files Using Phone
Download Astro File Manager from Google Play
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.metago.astro&hl=en
Open Astro ...
Open Preferences ...
Goto Look and Feel ...
Check Show hidden files ...
Then you can see a folder named .semc-fullbackup.
Open the folder ...
Copy its contents to some other location ...
That is all ...
Enjoy
olaf313 said:
Hi,
i run a backup sesseion yesterday with the build-in app "back up & restore" on my ICS 4.04. i had no chance to choose "usb storage" even my mobile was connected with my laptop so i keep it on "internal storage".
but i can't find the backup now on there. There are just a few folders but only some KB's in size.
Where put the app my backup in ?
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I used ES file explorer to see the folder I said, my phone was rooted, maybe that's the reason the folder was visible by default
meyourchum said:
Download Astro File Manager from Google Play
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.metago.astro&hl=en
Open Astro ...
Open Preferences ...
Goto Look and Feel ...
Check Show hidden files ...
Then you can see a folder named .semc-fullbackup.
Open the folder ...
Copy its contents to some other location ...
That is all ...
Enjoy
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cheers buddy, that was great.
first i thought "Astro" is a horoscope app :laugh:
lordoftheriffs said:
I used ES file explorer to see the folder I said, my phone was rooted, maybe that's the reason the folder was visible by default
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Just checked and you're right, ES file explorer can see the folders (my phone is not rooted), you just have to enable the option in settings.
Es file explorer: Settings --> File Settings --> Show hidden files
HI im ravi...thanks for your post....very good app
I'm not rooted, what I did was:
- connect the phone to you computer
- adb shell
- cd sdcard1
- ls -la
Then you should see the .semc-fullbackup folder. So you need to have android SDK installed, I'm not sure if you need to have developer mode enabled, but I did have it enabled.
Just wanted to add to this because this is the first Google hit I got.
I used to have one of the original galaxys...I used this file hide app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.beka.tools.hidefiles&hl=en) for some picture storage. I've since broken the phone, so I cant get on through that. I have the sdcard, and although the app says it stores in the /HFILE folder of SD card, when I go to it, there is no files in it to be seen. I have the "show hidden files" on windows checked. Is there a way to retrieve this, or show these hidden files. I also have a nandroid back up of this phone during the time, but using the nandroid browser I didn't see anything that resembled what I could use, other than the oriiginal app's APK. Any advice?
Hi guys.
i wanna to save my friend profile pictures in line(HTC one XL)
But i can't find any way or solution.
rezaspirit said:
Hi guys.
i wanna to save my friend profile pictures in line(HTC one XL)
But i can't find any way or solution.
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It's saved (cached) in your local storage. On Android, use a file browser (for example: ES File Eplorer File Manager) and browse to:
SD card -> Android -> data -> jp.naver.line.android -> storage -> pā
Those files are the cached contact pictures. ES should be able to open them as images. Otherwise, you can also copy them and adding .jpg extension, any image viewer should be able to open them at that point.
share a folder on my phone to appear in my network places to send and receive files from within windows?
Should be simple. yes?
typhoonikan said:
share a folder on my phone to appear in my network places to send and receive files from within windows?
Should be simple. yes?
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I find Dropbox or Google Drive to be the easiest solutions for this. It sets up a folder on your PC and whatever you put in it will sync online and be accessed through the respective apps on the phone.
With a little more investigation, Samba File Sharing located here does the trick. Astro and Ez File explorer allow you to view files on your network, but not the other way around. Samba adds your phones internal storage as a network folder. If your phone has an external sd card, then you can add to show it as well. Though, I would like the option to only allow certain folders to be shared, but this works just fine!