Question about file managers and how they work (or don't work) with wallpaper images---I sent a couple of wallpapers to my phone via email and saved them to the Downloads folder on the SD card. I installed a couple of free file managers (Apollo and one other one) and used them to copy the images from the downloads folder to the wallpaper folder. But when I try to set the wallpaper, these images don't show up in the wallpaper folder or in the count of items in the wallpaper folder. But those file managers show them to be in the folder. Any ideas? Thanks!
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I just downloaded s-tris 2 from www.elementsgames.com and it created a new folder called 'games' in addition to my default 'Games' folder. How can I move s-tris 2 into my original 'Games' folder and get rid of the new folder the program set up?
Use your preferred file explorer and cut and paste the .lnk file for your game to the standard 'games' folder. Then delete the other games folder.
how can you add a folder shortcut on the screen with specific pics in it? I can see the add new folder function with the long press, but how do you find it to rename and add pics? didn't show up in astro
To rename a folder (I'm assuming this folder is on the home screen), first tap the folder to open it, then tap-hold on the folder name.
great, thanks, now how do I move pics into it?
Hi,
I have add a picture in a folder -of my Sdcard but when I tried to assign this picture to a contact, the picture was not appearing. I had the same problem
with Mp3 files. New ones are not appearing except after a full reboot.
Of course the new files were really in the folders.
How can I refresh my HD without having to reboot it?
Thanks
Daniel
I have found the problem:
When I am handling files with the file manager "Root Explorer", it doesn't refresh the files and folders until remounting the SDcard. With Astro File manager, it works perfectly.
Daniel
You just need to find the way to put a dot before the name of folder.
In XP this would be easy but in Vista or Seven this might be harder.
When you put a dot for exemple on the folder .TEMP the system will say that you need to name the file.
Use an ftp client and connect to your pc and you will be fine renaming the folder.
To disable pics and movies to show up in the interface. you just need to put a file named .nomedia in the folder that contain those pics or movies.
In windows you can create a folder with a . by using CMD and the command "MKDIR" eg.
F:\>mkdir .private
Or simply use a file manager on your phone to create the folder.
Just use Astro file manager on the market.
Long press the file you want to hide/edit/rename/insert dot before filename.
Android then hides any pics you have from the gallery app.
Assign any video apps to scan the file without the dot, they will also be hidden under dot mode, but a rescan may be required.
Suggest app protector pro to put a security pattern on Astro.
I personally don't have any pr0n on my phone... No, really.
useful for thumb in album mostly...
don't need to hide porn if it's your phone
Hey all,
I have got some older folders with pictures stored on my ext sd.
I dont want these folders/pictures to show in the gallery.
In every folder is a .nomedia file and this used to work on my S4, the picturen wernt showing in the gallery.
Now on the note the excisting pictures in the folders also don't show in the gallery.
But whenever i add a new picture to one of the folders containing a .nomedia file only those new pictures do show and i dont want that.
When i used to add a picture on the S4 it didnt show but now on the note every new picture does show.
How can i fix this?
I dont want the pictures i move to be scanned by the gallery.
Cheers !
Have you tried copying the files to another directory using my files (stock Samsung file explorer)? Had the same problem and renaming them or copying them helped in my case
Try clearing gallery cache, also delete .thumbnails folder
You shouldn't need to use .nomedia file. If you want to hide folder rename that folder to start with "." so you can't see anything from that folder in gallery
If you want to hide one single picture, rename that file to start with period.