I recently deleted some of the important photos on my android device. I know that android stores all of the deleted images in next folder:
data\com.cooliris.media\cache\local-image-thumbs
and files are saved as chunk_0, chunk_1, chunk_2..
I tried some of the apps like hjsplit, Free big file sender, 7-zip, but none of those can combine those chunk files.
Is there any possibility to recover my images from these chunk files?
I know that images saved here are saved as thumbnails.. so basicly lowres image.. but i would be also really satisfied even getting this thumbnails..
duleserbia said:
I recently deleted some of the important photos on my android device. I know that android stores all of the deleted images in next folder:
data\com.cooliris.media\cache\local-image-thumbs
and files are saved as chunk_0, chunk_1, chunk_2..
I tried some of the apps like hjsplit, Free big file sender, 7-zip, but none of those can combine those chunk files.
Is there any possibility to recover my images from these chunk files?
I know that images saved here are saved as thumbnails.. so basicly lowres image.. but i would be also really satisfied even getting this thumbnails..
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Use data recovery softwares available for pc. It might recover your deleted photos.
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Hello.
i have install program from the SD memory and some of the pictures displayed
in the album.
is there any were to hide the pictures or remove them without getting error on the software.
Thanks in advance
Search the Market for hide photos, I'm sure there are a few options
you can create an empty text file (using notepad), call it ".nomedia" and remove the ".txt" extension.
Place this file where you want pictures/audio to be ignored...
works for me.
I tried to upload a sample file, but for some reason, I can't, but it is pretty straight forward.
Thanks For the Help. but when i copy the txt-nomedia nothing is happening- i can still see the files
Or, rename the folder the pics are in to .(name here)
Android ignores folders that have a (.) as the beginning character
wow it works but the program wont open :/
thanks anyway. i learned something new
PiloterB said:
wow it works but the program wont open :/
thanks anyway. i learned something new
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Oh well that seems to be a problem. I suggest you email the developer and ask him to put it so that the pics don't show in the gallery. It has a simple fix on his part
Yes, Maybe i will do it.
Thank you For you Help
maybe some how i will learn how ti use the commands in Linux
guys i did put [.] before a folder in my hero which many images but still those images are visible in gallery. i even tried putting .nomedia file in that folder but still images are visible. any idea? cheers
dying4004 said:
guys i did put [.] before a folder in my hero which many images but still those images are visible in gallery. i even tried putting .nomedia file in that folder but still images are visible. any idea? cheers
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Reboot your Hero.
Problem
The problem is that after a few days the files in the directory containing the .noname file are gone. The directory is than empty exept for the .noname file, that still exists.
Anyone have any experience with the vaulty app to hide pictures and videos.
A bunch of my vaulted images got deleted and I used recuva to recover all the files, but they are like vdata files and jpg that I cant view, any idea which folders they belong so i can put them on my phone.
My secure file apps just add a file extenison after the file type
Example: customer.jpeg.pandora
Make a copy of the pic...then try renaming it with only. Jpeg or whatever on the end
Bet it works
Lmk
Sent from my MB855 using XDA App
I finally got it too work, your way did work.
I also found out that I had to move all the files from sd card over to internal for them to show up in my phone instead of renaming all of them.
Thanks for the help.
can you tell me pls where was your files located???
i cant seem to find those..
I had two files named .thumbdata3-1763508120 and .thumbdata3--1967290299 in sdcard/DCIM/.thumbnails. It keep generating when I delete them until my memory full. So I dont know exact size of fully grown these files. when I delete them size about 380+ MBs. Google not help me much (except the cure for avoid genereting files) I want to know what they are and deleting them harm the android?
Dilushan said:
I had two files named .thumbdata3-1763508120 and .thumbdata3--1967290299 in sdcard/DCIM/.thumbnails. It keep generating when I delete them until my memory full. So I dont know exact size of fully grown these files. when I delete them size about 380+ MBs. Google not help me much (except the cure for avoid genereting files) I want to know what they are and deleting them harm the android?
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These are the Thumbnail files of Photos..
Thumbnails are Small pictures shown in album while browsing the album which you click to open image
hassaan_july said:
These are the Thumbnail files of Photos..
Thumbnails are Small pictures shown in album while browsing the album which you click to open image
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Not possible. I only had images less than 10MB in sdcard while these files 380+MBs. by the way all the thumbnails also in .thumbnails folder explicitly. So clearly thumbnails has nothing todo with these big two files.
Those are the index files of the thumbnails that get's generated by stock camera app. Not using the stock camera app solves this. A simple google gave me this answer.
Search before you post.
.:goutham:.
gouthamthemostwanted said:
Those are the index files of the thumbnails that get's generated by stock camera app. Not using the stock camera app solves this. A simple google gave me this answer.
Search before you post.
.:goutham:.
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Yaa. I did. im afraid I cant still find what u are talking about
In simple terms,
1.Stock camera app indexes the thumbnails and saves the respective image's properties in a thumbdata file.
2.The problem is that each and every pic present in your memory card will be indexed in the thumbdata file and even if you remove the image, the indexed properties of the image still remains dormant in the thumb data file.
3.If the removed image is again restored in the memory card, it creates another new id for the image and indexes it once again so two entries are present for a single image (it may be the same image for us but the operating system takes the date of creation of the image in the sd card into consideration so it's another new image for it)
4.This thumbdata file increases in size in time if you keep on adding and deleting images in your sdcard because new entries gets created and old entries are not at all removed and still remains in the thumbdata file as dead weight.
5. Eventually it's size increases to hundreds of megabytes that's why you have a heavy thumbdata file even though at the particular point of time your gallery is only few megabytes because you have added and deleted files before and those entries remain there in the thumbdata files.
6. This thumbdata file can be deleted with no hesitation what so ever because it's not so important and it eventually gets generated again.
7. You may ask "what is the purpose of this thumbdata files?" the main purpose is to load images faster into memory using the indexes generated so that when you open apps like gallery it doesn't lag to display the thumbnails.
8. That's all I know . I might be wrong somewhere but that's the whole point of thumbdata files generated, getting so heavy.
9. This is again, sourced from google
the answers for your questions are not always found in the first page of your google search
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pitchblack5691 said:
In simple terms,
1.Stock camera app indexes the thumbnails and saves the respective image's properties in a thumbdata file.
2.The problem is that each and every pic present in your memory card will be indexed in the thumbdata file and even if you remove the image, the indexed properties of the image still remains dormant in the thumb data file.
3.If the removed image is again restored in the memory card, it creates another new id for the image and indexes it once again so two entries are present for a single image (it may be the same image for us but the operating system takes the date of creation of the image in the sd card into consideration so it's another new image for it)
4.This thumbdata file increases in size in time if you keep on adding and deleting images in your sdcard because new entries gets created and old entries are not at all removed and still remains in the thumbdata file as dead weight.
5. Eventually it's size increases to hundreds of megabytes that's why you have a heavy thumbdata file even though at the particular point of time your gallery is only few megabytes because you have added and deleted files before and those entries remain there in the thumbdata files.
6. This thumbdata file can be deleted with no hesitation what so ever because it's not so important and it eventually gets generated again.
7. You may ask "what is the purpose of this thumbdata files?" the main purpose is to load images faster into memory using the indexes generated so that when you open apps like gallery it doesn't lag to display the thumbnails.
8. That's all I know . I might be wrong somewhere but that's the whole point of thumbdata files generated, getting so heavy.
9. This is again, sourced from google
.:goutham:.
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Can i delete them ?
khaledreno said:
Can i delete them ?
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Yes, there shouldn't be any problems after deleting them
Sent from my Nexus 4 running Android 4.3
Solution is to create a file with exact same name including the period in front . Place your .thumbdata3--1967290299 file into the dcim/thumbnails folder . You may have to use your file manager to allow hidden files to be viewed. Make sure there is no extension just exactly .thumbdata3--1967290299 as shown or whatever thumbdata file you may have. Now delete the old file andriod had made. Will keep andriod from making huge index files . This occurs when using stock camera , this solution will fix It. Hit thx if this helped you
HTC sense 5
In the past i used SuperVault to encrypt some of my very important photos.Now I dont know remember the password.And i have switched to a different android phone.I have the SuperVault folder with me.For each image there are two files (.dat and .vinfo) and that image folder contains a .vkey file.I dont understand all these.Tried many things but could not recover those photos.Need help urgently.Is there any possible way to access the photos
I have renamed DCIM folder and its vanished, But it contained 30 GB of photos. But in microseconds.
Anyone could advice whether can restore. thanks.
Do you mean that folder and all photos in it have disappeared after you renamed the folder?
In general, this is impossible. Open the 'Files' app to find the renamed folder and your photos.
Hi Mr James,
Yes, totally gone missing. It was about 30gb.
James_Watson said:
Do you mean that folder and all photos in it have disappeared after you renamed the folder?
In general, this is impossible. Open the 'Files' app to find the renamed folder and your photos.
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After renamed, i did undo rename in windows PC. Then happened this
lakshmi_SG said:
After renamed, i did undo rename in windows PC. Then happened this
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Did you have them backed up on the PC?
Renaming that folder as is now obvious to you is not a good idea, here's why.
Why Does Every Camera Put Photos in a DCIM Folder?
Every camera — whether it’s a dedicated digital camera or the Camera app on Android or iPhone — places the photos you take in a DCIM folder. DCIM stands for “Digital Camera Images.”
www.google.com
The camera will also not recognize the renamed folder when you take a picture unless you edit the cam app's coding.
I copy the DCIM folder subfolders to a renamed folder on my SD card then back that folder up. I then delete the images in the DCIM subfolders and start over about once a month.
If you really deleted the DCIM folder (I don't think this is possible on a stock Android but never tried it!) things will get dicey.
Search by file type, image or jpeg and check the SD card. If MiX file explorer is already installed try using that. If they have been deleted the files are still there until they are overwritten. Using the device can cause this to happen.
Use only known good recovery software; some offer free recovery but encrypt the results and require a payment to unencrypted the actual images all the while potentially overwriting the originals if it hasn't already deleted them.
Be warned.
If you do manage to recover them it will only be the image files. The folder structure is already lost and the image exit information is disassociated from its image, lost is a sea of files. So there be no timespamp, pic number or any other information for the images and no way to recreate it. 30gb be a complete jigsaw puzzle of images in mostly random order. You can sort by file type but that's all.
You better hope it was renamed and not deleted!!!
blackhawk said:
Did you have them backed up on the PC?
Renaming that folder as is now obvious to you is not a good idea, here's why.
Why Does Every Camera Put Photos in a DCIM Folder?
Every camera — whether it’s a dedicated digital camera or the Camera app on Android or iPhone — places the photos you take in a DCIM folder. DCIM stands for “Digital Camera Images.”
www.google.com
The camera will also not recognize the renamed folder when you take a picture unless you edit the cam app's coding.
I copy the DCIM folder subfolders to a renamed folder on my SD card then back that folder up. I then delete the images in the DCIM subfolders and start over about once a month.
If you really deleted the DCIM folder (I don't think this is possible on a stock Android but never tried it!) things will get dicey.
Search by file type, image or jpeg and check the SD card. If MiX file explorer is already installed try using that. If they have been deleted the files are still there until they are overwritten. Using the device can cause this to happen.
Use only known good recovery software; some offer free recovery but encrypt the results and require a payment to unencrypted the actual images all the while potentially overwriting the originals if it hasn't already deleted them.
Be warned.
If you do manage to recover them it will only be the image files. The folder structure is already lost and the image exit information is disassociated from its image, lost is a sea of files. So there be no timespamp, pic number or any other information for the images and no way to recreate it. 30gb be a complete jigsaw puzzle of images in mostly random order. You can sort by file type but that's all.
You better hope it was renamed and not deleted!!!
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Hi,
Thanks for your kind support.
i will try the above and update the output. thanks.