Has anyone tried this? I downloaded and tried putting a video in there and it didn't go in the vault, yet its not in my gallery. I don't think it deleted, but how would I find the video. Thanks in advance
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Vaulty didn't work for me. I found an app called "Hide My Pics" by Anuj Tenani that does the job and despite the name works for videos and apps as well, though I haven't tried hiding apps. It disguises itself as an app called "Audio Manager" that also does work for changing ringer, notification, etc. volume. Note that it stores the files on internal storage, not the SD card, so if your files are on SD they'll be moved over.
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Vaulty didn't work for me. I found an app called "Hide My Pics" by Anuj Tenani that does the job and despite the name works for videos and apps as well, though I haven't tried hiding apps. It disguises itself as an app called "Audio Manager" that also does work for changing ringer, notification, etc. volume. Note that it stores the files on internal storage, not the SD card, so if your files are on SD they'll be moved over.
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Yeah I found a better app just wish I could find my stuff that I lost. It seems as if it would have just renamed the files so the gallery would not recognize it so I dont tthink it would be deleted
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"Photo Storage Card Inserted".
Every single time I reboot.
I loathe it.
do you have a photo folder on the card from an old digital camera? if so re format the card or delete the folder
I read this problem on one of the reviews, cant remember the solution but if you google it you will find the answer
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do you have a photo folder on the card from an old digital camera? if so re format the card or delete the folder
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Yup, still use this SD card in my wee canon camera... not rich enough for a 2 or 4gb dedicated SD yet!
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Yes, tried googling it, found zilch...
Yes, it's probably the existence of the DCIM folder that triggers this event.
I just did a cursory check, and there doesn't seem to be a setting for this under the standard Pictures & Videos app.
Deleting or renaming this folder will stop this message popping up
Do you have any third party application installed related to viewing pictures like SPB Imageer or Resco Viewer?
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Yes, it's probably the existence of the DCIM folder that triggers this event.
I just did a cursory check, and there doesn't seem to be a setting for this under the standard Pictures & Videos app.
Deleting or renaming this folder will stop this message popping up
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Can't really delete the folder - use the sd card in my camera all the time.... i'll just have to buy a decated xda card....
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Using Resco Viewer, but still get the message popping up after even a hard reset...
I downloaded an app called RingsExtender which allows you to choose sounds other than the default sounds ("Look At Me", "Captain's Log", etc) for your notification sounds for GMail, SMS, Google Talk, etc. However, I was wondering, does anyone know a good website or anywhere where I can find notification sounds as .mp3s or .wavs?
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I downloaded an app called RingsExtender which allows you to choose sounds other than the default sounds ("Look At Me", "Captain's Log", etc) for your notification sounds for GMail, SMS, Google Talk, etc. However, I was wondering, does anyone know a good website or anywhere where I can find notification sounds as .mp3s or .wavs?
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just look around. google wavs. i personally download mario sound effect. i really like the yoshi sound
I need an app like that but I can't fnd it. anybody got the apk?
I used that app before until I've realized (read somewhere on the forum) that all you need to do is put sound files into notifications or ringtones folder on your SD card and then they will appear in the list of sounds when you choose new sound for apps.
As for sounds just Google it -- there are plenty of sound resources on the web.
Ringdroid will allow you to cut a piece of an MP3 and save it as a notification or ring. Is that what you're looking for?
do they have to be in .ogg format to work? andexplorer won't let me copy/paste wavs or mp3 into the system folders.
I also have a question on this( sort of)
Where can I get the default ringtones? I think they got removed on cyanogens roms.. but I actually liked some of them. Help? Or pm me. Thanks!
Sorry double post
http://www.zedge.net/
Hands down the best ringtone site Ive come across.
Free , LOTS to choose from , and seems to have a userbase uploading some unique ones.
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do they have to be in .ogg format to work? andexplorer won't let me copy/paste wavs or mp3 into the system folders.
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just make the following directory structure using your computer on the fat32 partition and put the mp3 files there...
/audio/ringtones
/audio/notifications
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I also have a question on this( sort of)
Where can I get the default ringtones? I think they got removed on cyanogens roms.. but I actually liked some of them. Help? Or pm me. Thanks!
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There is a link to Audio Resources in the first post of the cyanogen stable rom thread. That contains everything removed plus more.
thanks for the help!
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just make the following directory structure using your computer on the fat32 partition and put the mp3 files there...
/audio/ringtones
/audio/notifications
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I gave you the wrong info here it is actually..
media/audio/ringtones
media/audio/notifications
I keep my notification sounds on my ext3 partition, because the phone can still acess them when the fat32 partition is mounted in your computer.
All you have to do is push the media folder to /system/sd although I did make to make all the folders manually, only took a couple of minutes though, and the sounds show up on the phone just like they would on the fat32 partition.
hi, i've just got my iconia and I am also new on the Android world. A couple of things I've noticed about the external SD card that maybe somebody could help me to understand.
1.- when I hook my tablet to my windows 7 laptop, I get to see the internal memory on the win explorer but not the external card, so is this normal or do I have to look for more updated drivers on my PC?
2.- with the external SD card on I get to see my files on an android file manager and I get to open any file individually by getting the "select app for opening this file", but this is time consuming so I am wondering if my stock lumiread, gallery, multimedia player have the current limitation of only reading the content from the internal memory. If so, what free alternatives do I have to replace stock apps?
A couple of answers
First, if you install File Manager HD, you won't need to tether your Iconia to your laptop any more. In the app, open the 'menu' and touch 'LAN Connections'. Your Windows PC will show up as an IP address. Make sure to change the IP Address to a computer name (long press, rename) so that next time File Manager won't have to search for it every time. You will be able to transfer anything on the tab to the 'Public' folder on the PC, and vice versa. Depending on what folders are shared on the PC, you will be able to access more on the PC.
I keep my music on my external SD card in a folder named 'My Music'. The stock music/multimedia players found them with no problem.
I haven't tried moving any books for Lumiread to the external SD card, so all I can suggest is to look at the file structure and duplicate it on the ext SD card, copy a book into it (a new one, or move an existing one) and see if it finds it. I don't see anything within the app to set search/storage directories, but maybe it will scan everything like the music apps do.
Have fun with you new Tab. The more you play with it the more you will understand Honeycomb and it won't seem so foreign to you. It does pretty much everything every other OS does, just a little different way.
Kp
Thanks Ken, I downloaded FMHD and will try it soon. I also though about reproducing the lumiread folder on the ext sd card but no luck, so probably a future update on the app will fix that. I tried this as well copying the pictures folder (and also renaming it as 'My Pictures') but the stock gallery just won't see the image files, is there any chance you could see if you get the same results? I have not tried yet on the music stock app. Again, thanks for your help, it is great to find nice people on the web with similar tech passions as I do
Hello Ken, like that app. Wondering if it would be an easy way to tether to my HTC Evo? Thanks in advance for you thoughts.
Bob
Get Quickpic
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Thanks Ken, I downloaded FMHD and will try it soon. I also though about reproducing the lumiread folder on the ext sd card but no luck, so probably a future update on the app will fix that. I tried this as well copying the pictures folder (and also renaming it as 'My Pictures') but the stock gallery just won't see the image files, is there any chance you could see if you get the same results? I have not tried yet on the music stock app. Again, thanks for your help, it is great to find nice people on the web with similar tech passions as I do
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I use Quickpic from the Market (free) since it lets you choose which drives/directories to scan.
Here is what you do.
1. Create the My Pics directory on the External SD card with File Manager HD, put a few pics in it.
2. After installing Quickpic, start the app. It will display everything it finds on the internal SD Card.
3. Touch the Menu button from the main screen.
4. Choose SETTINGS-INCLUDED FOLDERS-ADD
5. Tap the double dots at the top of the list, it will display all the memory devices attached.
6. Tap EXTERNAL_SD. All directories on the card will be displayed. Press OK.
Now press the 'back' button and you will see your pics that are anywhere on the External SD card.
All I did to get the A500 music player to find the music on the External SD card was run the NemoPlayer app and open the music. Once I did that the regular music app found them, too.
Have fun!
Evo
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Hello Ken, like that app. Wondering if it would be an easy way to tether to my HTC Evo? Thanks in advance for you thoughts.
Bob
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Don't quote me on this, but I don't think so. From what I have seen and heard so far it is only connecting to Windows shares. I don't have an Android phone to test with, so can't swear to it, but I know it doesn't see an iPhone, so likely won't see a Mac either.
Anyone else been able to connect to anything but a Windows share? Let us know if you have, and what app you used please.
As of the newest Spotify version (0.5.12.52) the app has a built-in (yet hidden) feature of saving playlists to SD card:
Go to Settings and in the bottom select to "Delete cache and saved data". You will be logged out.
Log in again and go to Settings and set Download/Stream Quality to "Extreme Quality"
Download your playlists and they will be saved to SD card.
Thanks to user nomadjr for the info
Source: http://community.spotify.com/t5/Hel...w-save-to-external-SD-card/td-p/46803/page/60
The old version of the "hack" which is no longer needed:
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[COLOR="Red"]The old version of the "hack" which is no longer needed:[/COLOR] Found this info on the Spotify forums and thought I'd share it with you guys. It enables Spotify to save your downloaded/offline playlists to your external SD card without using any other apps such as DirectoryBind and Apps2SD and whatever.
Basically you install a previous version of Spotify which supported selecting SD storage (no idea why this feature was removed!) and then upgrading to the latest version while keeping that feature intact.
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[*]1. Uninstall Spotify and check that the Spotify folder in sdcard/Android/data has been removed.
[*]2. Install the old version of Spotify from [URL="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?64njb8peymtkawn"]here[/URL]
[*]3. Start the app and don't log in (if you are logged in auto, log out) and press the menu button and select the SD storage option.
[*]4. Change the standard location to /mnt/extSdCard or /storage/extSdCard and then log in (if it bugs when you log in, just exit the app and try again)
[*]5. Select a single playlist to download/offline play and let it finish downloading before you go to the next step. Don't download all your music here, just a little playlist with a few songs is enough.
[*]6. Go to the Play Store and update the Spotify app to the newest version.
[*]7. Now enable Extreme Quality in the new Spotify app and begin downloading all your play lists :) Provided you did everything correctly, Spotify will now save all offline/downloaded music to the external SD card now until you uninstall the app (unknown if future updates will break this feature)
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Check via your file browser that Spotify is indeed saving to the external SD before downloading your entire collection :p If it's not saving to the SD card, the path to the SD card you typed is probably wrong..check it again.
All credits go to:
Chr1212 @ [url]http://community.spotify.com/t5/Mobile-Android/Samsung-Galaxy-S3/td-p/82955[/url]
neo-x @ [url]http://community.spotify.com/t5/Mobile-Android/REQUEST-Previous-version-of-the-client-APK/m-p/79997#M4161[/url]
Thats a nice catch dude, nice one
I assume its working perfect as no-one has commented yet...lovely!
Darkside Agent said:
Thats a nice catch dude, nice one
I assume its working perfect as no-one has commented yet...lovely!
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Thx. Hehe probably or they're using one of the mods for having all apps on the ext SD
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This worked for me too! Thanks for info.
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This appears to still work! Thank you sooo much!!!
Perfect. Many thanks!!
Thanks! Works great on Razr M running Jelly Bean.
One added note:
I used /storage/sdcard1 as the location.
I found this by going to Files > selecting a file on the SD card, viewing details, and finding the path there.
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Thanks! Works great on Razr M running Jelly Bean.
One added note:
I used /storage/sdcard1 as the location.
I found this by going to Files > selecting a file on the SD card, viewing details, and finding the path there.
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Cool..glad you found it useful
Yeah, the actual path to the SD card probably varies on different devices.
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I get a loop
Hi, it doesn't work for me! After I have set the location for the offlinefiles i choose login and get a warning message about data transfer, that keeps coming back all over again like a loop! Any suggestions?
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Hi, it doesn't work for me! After I have set the location for the offlinefiles i choose login and get a warning message about data transfer, that keeps coming back all over again like a loop! Any suggestions?
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Works great for me!
Loop issue when trying to log in eith the old version but at least able to set correct location!
Force close the app, update at Google Play and there you go!
Thanks everything worked great!
Worked for my on my S3 with 4.1. Thanks so much for posting this thread; it just opened up 4gb of storage on my phone. The only issue I had was that the app would crash as soon as I opened it, but as long as you set the storage path before it still works.
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Hi, it doesn't work for me! After I have set the location for the offlinefiles i choose login and get a warning message about data transfer, that keeps coming back all over again like a loop! Any suggestions?
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Try force closing it and try again. Or just reboot and try again. Might take a few tries since the old Spotify probably isn't so compatible with Android 4.1.2
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Ok thanks. How ever when I look in the app menu it says the llarge amount of data for the app is stored in the cache... So I guess it didn't work for me...
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Ok thanks. How ever when I look in the app menu it says the llarge amount of data for the app is stored in the cache... So I guess it didn't work for me...
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Okay, that's strange. Also double check that you are using the correct path to the SD card with a file manager app like Root Explorer or something. The standard one i wrote in the post may not work for everyone
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Is this still working?
Can't believe that Spotify haven't officially fixed this issue yet! Going to try this tonight once @ home on my Wifi connection.
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Just tried this by creating a playlist with a couple of songs in it to save on data and I think it has worked lol?
Which folder would the music now be stored in on the ext SD card? Checked in the Internal storage>Android>Data folder and the Spotify folder isn't in there as expected if being stored on extSD, but I can't find it's location on the extSD either
Can confirm this works fine. Had the old apk crash a few times, just kept restarting it and used the force stop in app settings. Now have a lovely 29GB to fill up with some awesome tuneage!
Thanks OP :good:
This is great and all.. BUT
Yes, there is a but ..
I want extreme quality when I sync.
This is not possible on the old spotify-app.
Is this even doable?
Can you update to the newest spotify-app after syncing,
then turn on extreme quality on the newest and get extreme quality on the SD-Card ?
dmbardal said:
This is great and all.. BUT
Yes, there is a but ..
I want extreme quality when I sync.
This is not possible on the old spotify-app.
Is this even doable?
Can you update to the newest spotify-app after syncing,
then turn on extreme quality on the newest and get extreme quality on the SD-Card ?
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I'll take a look at the file size if possible.
As soon as I updated back to the 'new' version of Spotify, I set the download to 'Extreme Quality' and then downloaded another couple of songs.
Anyone know the average size of Extreme Quality file as compared to a normal or high file?
Not sure how large the "normal" files are, but I think extreme are roughly 10mb's...
I can save a file to the SD card very easily. But then when I hit "move to private", it goes in the internal storage. Since the S7 doesn't support Marshmallow's storage feature, there are a limited number of games and such that you can move to the SD card. While it isn't a problem now, the 32GB of internal storage can be used up rather quickly. So is there a way to make it so I can make something on my SD card private without moving it to internal so that it doesn't take up space? Thanks.
There is one way if you wanna try a different file browser. Try File Commander on the Play Store. There is a hide apps switch which is password protected and you can hide ANY file at all, singular or multiple files that you choose. I use it and it's great.
krico said:
There is one way if you wanna try a different file browser. Try File Commander on the Play Store. There is a hide apps switch which is password protected and you can hide ANY file at all, singular or multiple files that you choose. I use it and it's great.
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Hey, that did not work for me. It wouldn't recognize any files that I had saved on my SDCard. I found a different, easier way to do it, though. Thanks for your help!
PDE5 Inhib said:
Hey, that did not work for me. It wouldn't recognize any files that I had saved on my SDCard. I found a different, easier way to do it, though. Thanks for your help!
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Share please
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I made some huge long post about it with pictures so that people who aren't good at all with phones could easily search google and find it. But it wouldn't allow me to link imgur pics since I'm new. And I can't figure out how to add pics from computer. So I couldn't post it.
Easy Mode:
Go to "my files"
Put all the pics/whatever you want hidden in it's own folder.
Rename that folder whatever you want (something dumb like "simdata" or something will give a lil more privacy with it).
Put a "." at the beginning of the file name. This tells your phone to hide it.
Now it will be hidden. Of course, this isn't the same since the file is just hidden. If someone wanted to, they could search your phone, go to your files app, and hit "show hidden content". But, it does work great for hiding pics of your gf's tits if your mom wants to look at your pictures from a recent trip. And it won't take up space on the internal storage to do it. If you want to unhide the content, just go to the same files app, hit "show hidden content" and then "rename" with removing the "." from it.
Alternatively, create a folder on SD and in that folder create a file called .nomedia
Now any pics/vids you move to that folder will be hidden from Photos app
Is there anyway of recovering files that where made private? Reason being my device now fails to reanable private mode...
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