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[Q] Files in .thumbnails folder?

If you go to to your file manager on your phone and then sdcard > DCIM > .thumbnails I have noticed that there are thumnails of photos which I have already deleted from the gallery in this folder. Is it safe to delete all the files in here? Why is there still a thumbnail of the photos I deleted in this folder? Please help! am using HTC Desire HD...Newbie to Android

taz_mw said:
If you go to to your file manager on your phone and then sdcard > DCIM > .thumbnails I have noticed that there are thumnails of photos which I have already deleted from the gallery in this folder. Is it safe to delete all the files in here? Why is there still a thumbnail of the photos I deleted in this folder? Please help! am using HTC Desire HD...Newbie to Android
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.thumbnails is supposed to be hidden, the android OS uses this folder as a cache to quickly show the gallery. i suppose you can clear it, the next time you open the gallery i think it will remake thumbs. not to shure.
did you delete photo's with an file manager, or with gallery?

Patrock.nl said:
.thumbnails is supposed to be hidden, the android OS uses this folder as a cache to quickly show the gallery. i suppose you can clear it, the next time you open the gallery i think it will remake thumbs. not to shure.
did you delete photo's with an file manager, or with gallery?
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Hi Thanks...I deleted the images in the gallery app. Yesterday I deleted the images in the .thumbnails folder...android did re-create them, but the ones I had deleted were no longer there so sorted!
But I still think android should delete the temporary thumnail once the photo has been deleted from the Gallery too!

pic files ?

hi is there a way to save a pic and not have it viewed in gallery? i want to keep some pics private
thanks in advance

put all your pictures in a special folder and drop a ".nomedia" file on there. It will stop android from scanning that folder for media. For example, you could have your "private" pictres in a folder called "books", or something else that's boring, add a .nomedia file, and add your pictures. You won't see them with gallery, but you will with a file explorer.

Just put a .foldername
Ex
.hiddenpix
Works the same way as what is post above
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so i just name the file something like books.nomedia

mejorguille said:
put all your pictures in a special folder and drop a ".nomedia" file on there. It will stop android from scanning that folder for media. For example, you could have your "private" pictres in a folder called "books", or something else that's boring, add a .nomedia file, and add your pictures. You won't see them with gallery, but you will with a file explorer.
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how do you make a new folder i cant figure it out

ur astro file manger.
*Make a new folder. (open astro, nav to were you want the folder,hit the
menu key then new)
*Name this folder what ever you want but put a . (dot) in front of the folder name
*Now put your photos in that .folder and now they will be hidden from the gallery
sdcard
photos
.hidden photos
camera pix
etc

thanks for all the help i got it

Say when you get a pic msg.. can u specify what folder the pic to go to? Or do I have to use astro to move it from the download folder?
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-FuRBz- said:
Say when you get a pic msg.. can u specify what folder the pic to go to? Or do I have to use astro to move it from the download folder?
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When u get a pic msg they r auto save to sdcard/download
So you will have to manaully move them
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Yea that's what I figured
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look up hidenseek by andrew scwimmer in market its perfect for what u want.

thanks it work for me is the same for videos

[Q] Downloading Twitter photos to Desire Z

I follow a well known celeb on twitter and want to download her photos onto my phone, but when i click on the photo to save it to my phone it says content not supported, no program can open this file, if i do save it, it is a .bin file, your not given the option to rename it.
If i do this on my pc the file gets saved as a .jpg
Any help please??
Thanks

Um, just out of curiosity what exactly are your intentions with said photo?
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Just to save it on my phone, in an album. Have found a workaround though, I have to save it on my phone as a bin file, then rename it as a JPG in Astro File Manager, is there no other way?

Guide for how to hide files in Gallery without deleting them

Here the steps to hide the files in your Gallery.
Crate folder and move all the files into that folder which you want to hide. after moving files, create a new folder named as ".nomedia" inside the previously created Folder. Restart device and let it scan for media files. Thats it all done. Now files are in that folder wont appear in Gallery.

There are apps that automate this for you too - I use Gallery Excluder.
Regards,
Dave
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Thanks for the advice, always wanted to know how to hide those old pictures
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I just put a fullstop in front of folder name and it hides it from gallery
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tks for the tips

foxmeister said:
There are apps that automate this for you too - I use Gallery Excluder.
Regards,
Dave
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thats the one i use aswell

ranjan.alva said:
Here the steps to hide the files in your Gallery.
Crate folder and move all the files into that folder which you want to hide. after moving files, create a new folder named as ".nomedia" inside the previously created Folder. Restart device and let it scan for media files. Thats it all done. Now files are in that folder wont appear in Gallery.
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This works for the stock Gallery, but if you generally don't want the media to appear in similar apps, it's best to create a file called .nomedia rather than a folder. The reason is that the Gallery is coded to check for the existence of a folder or file called .nomedia, whereas other apps may simply check for a file.
Small point, coming from a programmer (most languages have different functions for checking if a file or folder exists).

good tip. thank you.
ranjan.alva said:
Here the steps to hide the files in your Gallery.
Crate folder and move all the files into that folder which you want to hide. after moving files, create a new folder named as ".nomedia" inside the previously created Folder. Restart device and let it scan for media files. Thats it all done. Now files are in that folder wont appear in Gallery.
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I use media hidden.
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Guys,
Is there a easier soloution for music album art? I added a .nomedia file to the music folder (of sdcard/media/music) - great all album art pictures no longer show in the Gallery - problem is my music also 'disappeared' as it is a literal no-media to be shown! .
Is there a work around as my album art is tagged to the music files?

Does the gallery not have a tracker? Thats what im used to with maemo

Thanks for the tip

It can also be used to hide audio and video files

[Q] can't find my photos on file manager

I have a ton of photos on my G2 and I wanna move some of them to pc to save some space
now what happens is when I go to my file manager (or device storage from pc) there's a folder named Gallery but when I enter it I find only one album there! and I have like 9 albums on my phone. and I made sure that no files are hidden and that this folder actually contains only this album :\
so..please help
thanks

zain555 said:
I have a ton of photos on my G2 and I wanna move some of them to pc to save some space
now what happens is when I go to my file manager (or device storage from pc) there's a folder named Gallery but when I enter it I find only one album there! and I have like 9 albums on my phone. and I made sure that no files are hidden and that this folder actually contains only this album :\
so..please help
thanks
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Look in /sdcard/DCIM/camera That's where all my photos end up.

yeswap said:
Look in /sdcard/DCIM/camera That's where all my photos end up.
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Thanks! they're all there!