So on my old DNA before i exchanged due to SIM card problems i was able to change my messaging background with pictures from my gallery, on my new device i no longer have that option, and I'm so bummed cause the htc ones suck! I had an awesome space background on mine! Anyways, anyone else had this type of problem? Anyone have a solution?
It has something to do with the gallary app. Your not alone, but the option will come back sooner or later.
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this is not perfect but it works. it has the gallery and 4.2 camera
http://d-h.st/aIy
Figured it out!
thunderbolt33 said:
So on my old DNA before i exchanged due to SIM card problems i was able to change my messaging background with pictures from my gallery, on my new device i no longer have that option, and I'm so bummed cause the htc ones suck! I had an awesome space background on mine! Anyways, anyone else had this type of problem? Anyone have a solution?
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With a file manager, create a folder on the root of your virtual sdcard called ".data" the "." is important. (you may need to show hidden files in the settings of the file manager app to be able to creat files with a ".") Inside that folder create another folder called "message"
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I have a problem.... i loaded Android and it is good, a couple of cons but all great but on return to windows mobile i found that my pictures on the pic tab had 99 photos... All i could see was android pictures etc. these pictures were not photos that i tould but the thumbnails from android. On my sd card i have a DCIM folder and in there i have my windows mobile pictures that i have taken. Also in the there is a folder called .thumbnails
I new this must come from android beacuse in the root of the sd card is a . files...
Anyway, i moved this thumbnail folder to the root of sd and started android. everything was as it is... i turn off then on, loading windows.... and check photos tab... still there...look in file explorer... it created it self a new one.
The problem i have is that it clogs it up and slows it down while i am scrolling through for a picture.
IS there any way to fix it?
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Android 2.2 (if needed)
Cookies home tab editor (again if needed)
IF THERE IS ANY THING ELSE TELL ME....
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i just want to know of there is a gallery 3D for Windows mobile
If is it would be great. If not... there's an idea
hi, i encountered the same issue, still figuring how to fix it too...
now all in the picture tab on hd2 wm sense, are the thumbnail pics from the android.
initially, i thought the sdcard was corrupt, but i found the .thumbnail folder in the dcim folder on the sdcard... and all the photos are still intact.
anyone can help?
Using HTC Album, browse to the folder you wish to see as your default and then from the Menu within HTC Album, set it to be default view in Sense(not sure of exact wording or menu order but I know this is possible as I've done it.
thanks for the reply, base on your reply, i managed to search for another solution,
http://www.jayceooi.com/2010/02/08/how-to-hide-folders-with-pictures-from-htc-album/
the above link shows how to hide folders within the dcim folder from htc ablum
both which i had not try, will try both later when i'm back in winmo.
hope either one solves the issue.
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Using HTC Album, browse to the folder you wish to see as your default and then from the Menu within HTC Album, set it to be default view in Sense(not sure of exact wording or menu order but I know this is possible as I've done it.
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tried the Ignore folder, doesn't work for me although there is an Ignore already in the registry...
dharvey4651 said:
Using HTC Album, browse to the folder you wish to see as your default and then from the Menu within HTC Album, set it to be default view in Sense(not sure of exact wording or menu order but I know this is possible as I've done it.
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well using what you have told me i have found the steps you are talking about...
you go to htc sense picture tab and press album. from there you press albums on the left.
it then comes up with a list of pictures folders etc, choose the folder you want (if you had it like me it would be 100media . then click on it.... choose menu a click use this album as favourite...etc.
there you go no android pics clotting up your htc
if you go through the "leo tips and tweaks" thread it will give you the reg entrys to ignore certain folders from the htc album......
i usually just delete that folder once a week to stop it building up and up...
Is there a way to prevent certain pictures and videos from appearing in the gallery?
Also can I lock apps to prevent their use.
On my sisters phone the video player says that avatar is locked.
Most of the apps in the market to hide stuff do little more than hide the file by adding a dot to the beginning of the filename and/or changing the file extension to txt. This will hide it from the gallery and video player, but it still will be visible to any good file manager.
The locked thing on Avatar might be due to DRM.
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Vibrantthing said:
Is there a way to prevent certain pictures and videos from appearing in the gallery?
Also can I lock apps to prevent their use.
On my sisters phone the video player says that avatar is locked.
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like what t313 said...just add a dot/period (.) in front of the file/folder name. i found that windows doesnt allow me to add a dot ,so i use my file manager(Astro PRO) on my phone to manually rename.
basically your phones gallery will ignore anything with a dot in front of the name. on my phone, i have a folder called .hide. thats where i put files that i want hidden
brian_v3ntura said:
like what t313 said...just add a dot/period (.) in front of the file/folder name. i found that windows doesnt allow me to add a dot ,so i use my file manager(Astro PRO) on my phone to manually rename.
basically your phones gallery will ignore anything with a dot in front of the name. on my phone, i have a folder called .hide. thats where i put files that i want hidden
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Just remember that brian_v3ntura said to use a file manager to add the dot, and so by extension this "hidden" folder will not show up in the gallery (or anything that respects hidden files and folders) but will still show up in most decent file mangers.
If you girlfreind/wife/parents/mountain goat happen to snoop around using the file manager they might find that folder you named ".HardCoreDonkeyPorn" so even though security through obscurity almost never works out, it might still help a little to name it something like ".sbin" instead.
One of the reasons to avoid the market programs is because there "hidden" folders stand out a bit when they are named something like ".HiddenFolder" or ".MyVault"
Just something to keep in mind. The long and short of it is, if you don't want CSI to finds it, don't put it on the phone at all.
T313C0mun1s7 said:
Just remember that brian_v3ntura said to use a file manager to add the dot, and so by extension this "hidden" folder will not show up in the gallery (or anything that respects hidden files and folders) but will still show up in most decent file mangers.
If you girlfreind/wife/parents/mountain goat happen to snoop around using the file manager they might find that folder you named ".HardCoreDonkeyPorn" so even though security through obscurity almost never works out, it might still help a little to name it something like ".sbin" instead.
One of the reasons to avoid the market programs is because there "hidden" folders stand out a bit when they are named something like ".HiddenFolder" or ".MyVault"
Just something to keep in mind. The long and short of it is, if you don't want CSI to finds it, don't put it on the phone at all.
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actually astrology file manager ad supported version and the PRO version has a setting to hide hidden files so it doesn't show up in the file manager until u reenable in settings. or just create a zip file using astro then hide
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actually astrology file manager ad supported version and the PRO version has a setting to hide hidden files so it doesn't show up in the file manager until u reenable in settings. or just create a zip file using astro then hide
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I did not know this because I don't use it. Does it just create the dot files we mentioned, or does it actually do something special like encrypt it? If it just becomes a dot file then it will still be visible to another file manager, like say root explorer.
Dot files are a standard way to create "hidden" files in Unix and Linux and it goes back over 40 years. The issue is that it fully relies on programs to respect the setting. Even the ls command will show hidden files if you just add the -a switch.
Ty for the tips. One of the things that I wanted hide from the gallery was some apps had their pics show up in the gallery which to me is annoying plus some random album art too. Plus not having to worry about showing pics in gallery to family with some random katy perry pics and gifs is good too.
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Vibrantthing said:
Ty for the tips. One of the things that I wanted hide from the gallery was some apps had their pics show up in the gallery which to me is annoying plus some random album art too. Plus not having to worry about showing pics in gallery to family with some random katy perry pics and gifs is good too.
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Then for these casual cases to hide images, the dot hidden will work just fine for you. I do this to hide all my eBook covers from the gallery. For album art, I just embed it in the ID3 tags. I think it is both cleaner and it makes sure the metadata (in this case album art) travels with the file itself, which is exactly what the ID3 tag is for.
The ".nomedia" file in the directory will keep the media scanner from finding anything. That works to keep random junk out of the gallery - but isn't a "hidden" solution.
-bZj
I've started moving over to QuickPic but if i use this program to edit, move or copy to another file (i.e. DCIM) then sense album just won't see it. Not really a big problem until i want to send it as a MMS because messages uses sense album to choose the image.
Even if i restart the phone or even delete the cache, sometimes the images just never show up.
The pictures are there, nothing wrong with the images, my file manager sees them no problem.
Another thing, HTC album widget doesn't see the changes if I use Quickpic to make any chages, i.e. cropping.
Is it just me? Any help?
cheers, john.
johnk1973 said:
I've started moving over to QuickPic but if i use this program to edit, move or copy to another file (i.e. DCIM) then sense album just won't see it. Not really a big problem until i want to send it as a MMS because messages uses sense album to choose the image.
Even if i restart the phone or even delete the cache, sometimes the images just never show up.
The pictures are there, nothing wrong with the images, my file manager sees them no problem.
Another thing, HTC album widget doesn't see the changes if I use Quickpic to make any chages, i.e. cropping.
Is it just me? Any help?
cheers, john.
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Same here. I just use quickpic all the time.
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Im not too sure but i think it has something to do with the phones built in "HTC Storage" and your external sd card. I think the phone is looking at one of the storages and not the other. What i did was completely ditch my 32gb sd card since i dont even use it much and use the phones internal 16gb storage instead. But with all the partitions or whatever i get like only 10gigs back
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Im not too sure but i think it has something to do with the phones built in "HTC Storage" and your external sd card. I think the phone is looking at one of the storages and not the other. What i did was completely ditch my 32gb sd card since i dont even use it much and use the phones internal 16gb storage instead. But with all the partitions or whatever i get like only 10gigs back
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Do you use Quickpic? Or another photo editing software?
I've installed copilot on my asus prime and when i visit the gallery to view my pics it also shows pics from the copilot directory. Is there a way to remove this directory from the gallery, without actually deleting the pictures from the AP?
Thanks
v1ks said:
I've installed copilot on my asus prime and when i visit the gallery to view my pics it also shows pics from the copilot directory. Is there a way to remove this directory from the gallery, without actually deleting the pictures from the AP?
Thanks
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Get the app called quickpic. It'll allow you to hide that folder from the gallery. Works great.
demandarin said:
Get the app called quickpic. It'll allow you to hide that folder from the gallery. Works great.
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just downloaded it and works a treat...thanks..
Yup, QuickPic is the way!
It's included in the ROM I use on my phone
Never any issues, tons of options, and no lag!
Why didn't you simply create a blank file and name it .Nomedia
Put that file in the directory where you don't want to see the graphics and job done... they no longer show up in gallery.
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Why didn't you simply create a blank file and name it .Nomedia
Put that file in the directory where you don't want to see the graphics and job done... they no longer show up in gallery.
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Simply because there are apps that do it for you! I use Gallery Exclude myself.
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Dave
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foxmeister said:
Simply because there are apps that do it for you! I use Gallery Exclude myself.
Regards,
Dave
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Sorry Dave but I just don't get it! Why hog your system with an additional App that may take resources, battery etc. when you can do this quite easily by simply creating an empty file.
Beards said:
Sorry Dave but I just don't get it! Why hog your system with an additional App that may take resources, battery etc. when you can do this quite easily by simply creating an empty file.
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It doesn't hog resources or battery any more than the manual method - arguably, it probably use less battery because it is going to perform this action quicker than most people could probably perform the same action manually - after all, to create the file, you'll have had to run an application of some sort!
Using Gallery Excluder, I can exclude multiple directories simply by checking a box - as opposed to manually cut and pasting a file into each directory, which would take substantially longer if I have a lot of directories I want to exclude from the gallery.
It is quicker and easier to use an app, which is why I use one, and why I bought a smartphone in the first place!
Regards,
Dave
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It doesn't hog resources or battery any more than the manual method - arguably, it probably use less battery because it is going to perform this action quicker than most people could probably perform the same action manually - after all, to create the file, you'll have had to run an application of some sort!
Using Gallery Excluder, I can exclude multiple directories simply by checking a box - as opposed to manually cut and pasting a file into each directory, which would take substantially longer if I have a lot of directories I want to exclude from the gallery.
It is quicker and easier to use an app, which is why I use one, and why I bought a smartphone in the first place!
Regards,
Dave
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No Problem Dave.... you have your method which I respect as it clearly works great for you and I have mine which equally is my chosen method.
Cutting & Pasting may take a little longer than simply ticking boxes in an App but it didn't take me that long to complete something like 8 folders that required excluding and once they're done that is it, I do not have to concern myself with intervention of an app running/updating/etc.
I put several 1080P wallpapers into the camera directory, but none of them show up in the HTC stock gallery app.
But when I changed the files' names to the sequence which the camera app uses, and the pictures showed up.
I never used Sense nor any HTC products before, so I do not know if that is just how the app was designed or not. But it certainly is inconvenient.
So I would rather want to use the 4.2 gallery or the stock Android gallery...Is it safe to push that app through adb?
How did you get the pics on the phone? I had a similar issue, pics a download in the browser would show up in the gallery but the pics that I unzipped from my drop box would not show up. I cleared data for gallery, wiped caches and they still wouldn't show up. I had to do a factory reset for the unzipped pics to show up in the gallery. This was after unlocking/rooting. Don't know if I would've had the same issues stock but didn't try it before unlocking.
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In the camera folder it probably only looks for the names that the camera uses, which would make sense. Put them in a different folder.
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In the camera folder it probably only looks for the names that the camera uses, which would make sense. Put them in a different folder.
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Already tried it before i found the solution stated above, but no other directories than the camera folder is recognized by the gallery app.
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I put several 1080P wallpapers into the camera directory, but none of them show up in the HTC stock gallery app.
But when I changed the files' names to the sequence which the camera app uses, and the pictures showed up.
I never used Sense nor any HTC products before, so I do not know if that is just how the app was designed or not. But it certainly is inconvenient.
So I would rather want to use the 4.2 gallery or the stock Android gallery...Is it safe to push that app through adb?
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can you us es file explorer? It has a gallery and should give you the option of where to look.
Just for wallpapers at least.
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can you us es file explorer? It has a gallery and should give you the option of where to look.
Just for wallpapers at least.
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I have Root Explorer which does the same, but it does not show up on the selections for choosing a wallpaper. However, Root Explorer and other third party media apps do show up on my Galaxy S3...I guess Sense limits the use of the third party alternatives.
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I have Root Explorer which does the same, but it does not show up on the selections for choosing a wallpaper. However, Root Explorer and other third party media apps do show up on my Galaxy S3...I guess Sense limits the use of the third party alternatives.
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must be new with sense 4+. No problems on my rezound choosing a different or default gallery. Maybe under settings, app associations?
another581 said:
Already tried it before i found the solution stated above, but no other directories than the camera folder is recognized by the gallery app.
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That's weird. I can see them with my Incredible. Why would they take that feature out?
Edit: are you sure you aren't in the camera section of the gallery already? You can't use back to see folders or find a way to bring up a menu? If you have facebook set up, you should be able to access facebook photos from the gallery as well (unless they also took this away). If you can't see anything but camera shots, there's probably a menu you aren't finding...
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That's weird. I can see them with my Incredible. Why would they take that feature out?
Edit: are you sure you aren't in the camera section of the gallery already? You can't use back to see folders or find a way to bring up a menu? If you have facebook set up, you should be able to access facebook photos from the gallery as well (unless they also took this away). If you can't see anything but camera shots, there's probably a menu you aren't finding...
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I guess HTC wanted people to use their stock apps exclusively.
There is only one album named 'My Phone', which contains the pictures taken by the camera and screenshot, but not imported pictures anywhere in the SD storage
Yep, my phone picks and chooses which photos in the download folder it will show. If I import from Box, it won't show but if I import from Dropbox, it will... Annoying and weird.
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Download Gallery Refresh from the App Store
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Download Gallery Refresh from the App Store
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I was having the same issue. except i keep all my wallpaper images in the zedge\wallpaper folder so that my wallpaper changer has one directory to pull from. when i transferred them from my old phone's SD card to the DNA they showed up but then when i went to add some more images they would not show up since the gallery doesn't automatically rescan to find new photos when it opens.
i did download the Gallery Refresh app as stated above and it worked perfectly in making the gallery rescan the storage for new images. Thanks CISGS. much appreciated
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another581 said:
I put several 1080P wallpapers into the camera directory, but none of them show up in the HTC stock gallery app.
But when I changed the files' names to the sequence which the camera app uses, and the pictures showed up.
I never used Sense nor any HTC products before, so I do not know if that is just how the app was designed or not. But it certainly is inconvenient.
So I would rather want to use the 4.2 gallery or the stock Android gallery...Is it safe to push that app through adb?
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Hi,
It didn't happened on my device, may I know which path you put 1080p wallpapers?
Is under \Internal storage\DCIM\100MEDIA\ ??
Thanks.