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i signed my google drive account in the explorer,
and i have folder with few photos that have the same name..
the explorer doesnt show all the photos..
help? Tnx

aviranx said:
i signed my google drive account in the explorer,
and i have folder with few photos that have the same name..
the explorer doesnt show all the photos..
help? Tnx
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How can a folder contain more files with the same name? It seems more like you're describing a corrupted folder ... is there any CaSe difference between the filenames? Maybe between the extensions?

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how to get media player to ignore folders

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 "." ??????
tbondexpert said:
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

Image and Video Placing?

is there any way i can put my video/image in a folder in my sdcard and they still won't show up in gallery? the only way to see those image is by file manager?
try rescanning your sd card with sdrescan.
i think u didn't get my question bro, i don't want my certain image and video to show up in the gallery. I want them accessible via file manager only.
Ishan Sardar said:
is there any way i can put my video/image in a folder in my sdcard and they still won't show up in gallery? the only way to see those image is by file manager?
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Get QuickPic viewer.. even has a password you can enable.
When a folder is hidden it will add a "nomedia." file to the SD folder.
Allowing you to hide it from the media server and gallery.
Or just add a blank file called .nomedia and anything in that folder wont show up in gallery.
Frosty666 said:
Or just add a blank file called .nomedia and anything in that folder wont show up in gallery.
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now how do i do that? when i try to create a .nomedia folder my pc is saying "you must type a file name" and my root explorer is saying "You cannot create a new folder here because the file system is read only" i tried mounting it as R/W but didnt work???
EDIT: Ah never mind i got it sorted. thanks guys!!

[Q] [PLZ HELP] Pictures Not Showing Up in Gallery

Before, My XPS is nomal, i take many pics, it showed up in Gallery APP, Astro, and i can see pics from my PC
BUT NOW, i take pics, but My OLD PICS does not show up in Gallery APP, I still can see them in astro app, but can not see pics from PC, please help me
i tried many ways but no luck
and how can i delete the file .nomedia from root of internal storage? i can not see the .nomedia file in astro, or from pc, but when i search by using Astro, i can see one file named .nomedia in the root of internal storage, but i can not delete it, because there are no delete option in search
plz help me
dynamic503 said:
Before, My XPS is nomal, i take many pics, it showed up in Gallery APP, Astro, and i can see pics from my PC
BUT NOW, i take pics, but My OLD PICS does not show up in Gallery APP, I still can see them in astro app, but can not see pics from PC, please help me
i tried many ways but no luck
and how can i delete the file .nomedia from root of internal storage? i can not see the .nomedia file in astro, or from pc, but when i search by using Astro, i can see one file named .nomedia in the root of internal storage, but i can not delete it, because there are no delete option in search
plz help me
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Try File Manager. I can see the .nomedia file using it.
livesquare said:
try file manager. I can see the .nomedia file using it.
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oh, thank you, i tried 3 diffrent file manager but can not see it, thank you, every thing is ok now
dynamic503 said:
oh, thank you, i tried 3 diffrent file manager but can not see it, thank you, every thing is ok now
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Great it solved your issue.
And there is a THANKS button for that

App. Looking for gallery app

Hello,
I am looking for gallery app, but it need to be like resco Photo viewer(symbian app). I dont wanna to have all my photos in gallery, they should be hide in folder path like on pc.
I dont know if i wrote this clear, but help!
Tapped from my S3 <3
luomei said:
I dont know if i wrote this clear
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no
If you wanna hide some pictures
I would suggest QuickPic
You can manually create file names ".nomedia" if I remember correctly to tell other apps that this folder doesn't contain anything
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
so i must train my english
write resco photo viewer in google or youtube, u will see how it works(i cant add images-not enough post)
this is how look RPviewer, you have everything in folder(like in file manager) when u open folder with images, u will see only images in folder, not every images in device
As said you can add empty files named .nomedia in each folder that you don't want to be displayed in gallery.
Create an empty file with any file manager app.
Must reboot to have them read and the filter applied.

Samsung Voice Note

Hello,
I have a bunch of voice recordings that are in my sounds folder, (m4a and 3ga files) when using the Samsung Voice Note App. If I record a new one it shows up but once I move them between sound folders (internal or external) they dont show up within the app anymore. Is there a way to refresh or should I be using Root Explorer to push them somehow? I tried using the stock file manager app and Astro. Almost like its not refreshing...
Any help appreciated
Lyvewire said:
Hello,
I have a bunch of voice recordings that are in my sounds folder, (m4a and 3ga files) when using the Samsung Voice Note App. If I record a new one it shows up but once I move them between sound folders (internal or external) they dont show up within the app anymore. Is there a way to refresh or should I be using Root Explorer to push them somehow? I tried using the stock file manager app and Astro. Almost like its not refreshing...
Any help appreciated
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Hello,
When you're copying it to the External Storage, where are you copying them to? Is there a file called ".nomedia" in the folder where these items are located (or in a high-level folder)? If that ".nomedia" file is present, apps won't notice anything in that folder (or it's subfolders) when they scan for media. This prevents apps like gallery from seeing the various thumbnails that are throughout the storage.
If you don't see them in your file explorer, you may need to turn on "Show Hidden Files" in the settings.
Hope this helps!
topherk said:
Hello,
When you're copying it to the External Storage, where are you copying them to? Is there a file called ".nomedia" in the folder where these items are located (or in a high-level folder)? If that ".nomedia" file is present, apps won't notice anything in that folder (or it's subfolders) when they scan for media. This prevents apps like gallery from seeing the various thumbnails that are throughout the storage.
If you don't see them in your file explorer, you may need to turn on "Show Hidden Files" in the settings.
Hope this helps!
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I didn't realize someone responded til today. I appreciate that! That did help because now I know why it wasn't working. Now my question is is there a workaround for removing that .nomedia file? Its not allowing me to do anything. Any suggestions?
Lyvewire said:
I didn't realize someone responded til today. I appreciate that! That did help because now I know why it wasn't working. Now my question is is there a workaround for removing that .nomedia file? Its not allowing me to do anything. Any suggestions?
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I've never had issues deleting .nomedia files... Does your root explorer actually have root access?
Where are you trying to copy these files? Maybe you can create a new folder (sans .nomedia file) and stick them in there. Just remember, if there are any "parent" folders that have the .nomedia in them, it won't search the subfolders for media.
topherk said:
I've never had issues deleting .nomedia files... Does your root explorer actually have root access?
Where are you trying to copy these files? Maybe you can create a new folder (sans .nomedia file) and stick them in there. Just remember, if there are any "parent" folders that have the .nomedia in them, it won't search the subfolders for media.
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Your the man! Root explorer wouldn't delete it and I kept getting this message View attachment 2784852
so then I ended up deleting it from the stock file manager and it worked. I would of never figured that out without your help. I kept seeing the. nomedia. file but ignored it. I don't even know where it came from, just glad that worked.

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