I recently had a bunch of photos with an extension of .jpg.txt
I renamed them .jpg and moved them to the DCIM folder - Now, I cannot find them.
is there an app of something I could use to get these back?
I'd connect the phone to a computer and use its Finder to look for them. Or pull the SD card and search it on your computer.
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Lets say I take a photo using my x10 camera. Android will automatically post this photo to timescape and mediascape.
However for this particular photo, I dont want it visible in this not in the camera roll.
is there anyway the picture can be hidden from these and put in a folder which needs a password to access it?
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Evostance said:
Lets say I take a photo using my x10 camera. Android will automatically post this photo to timescape and mediascape.
However for this particular photo, I dont want it visible in this not in the camera roll.
is there anyway the picture can be hidden from these and put in a folder which needs a password to access it?
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Have you tried using a file manager to renaming the file extension and move the file?
I previously tried using BT to send files to my X10, anytime i moved the media file to another file, mediascape refused to play it. Maybe that'll work for you?
zerophrame said:
Have you tried using a file manager to renaming the file extension and move the file?
I previously tried using BT to send files to my X10, anytime i moved the media file to another file, mediascape refused to play it. Maybe that'll work for you?
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I still want to be able to view the photos, i just dont want them appearing in mediascape or the camera roll.
Also, have them in a locked directory for extra protection
Just use file manager like ASTRO to create a folder starting with dot ".".
for example ".pictures"
put your files in it and mediascape won't display the folder content
in timescape, if you press and hold the picture, you will be able to drag it to the bottom where a bin icon appears. Very similar to when you remove a shortcut from home. It then tells you that the data is still available on the phone.
Not sure about media scape though
Where does the Vibrant save pictures from say MMS messages? I looked in the Gallery and under files and couldn't find what I saved, and there doesn't seem to be a way to view the internal SD which is the only other place I can think of that it would save to. I can access the internal SD with my USB cable, but i'm at work right now.
Use the Files app and look for the Download folder.
That's what I thought too, but like I said in the OP I looked in there after the Gallery and there wasn't a download folder or any folder that had the pic I had saved inside.
This was on a friends Vibrant at work... I knew there was supposed to be a download folder under files because I have one on my Vibrant. Something strange going on with his I guess LOL. Thanks for the reply.
My gallery app has a horrible tendency of creating folders that definitely don't exist on my internal memory.
I have at least 20 folders simply named things like:
1
10
11
12
15
18
This has been going on for a while now, but it's never REALLY bothered me until now. Any idea how to fix it?
This happens to me sometimes. I think they are thumbnails from the web or some other source.
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I agree ^
One of your apps might be creating folders, to name a few examples Heroes of Sparta creates a folder with a new video. NFS downloads a whole bunch of music, Bestube downloads a lot of pictures (useless), etc. So it might not be the gallery but a third party app.
It's not any of my apps.
The pictures in that folder are pictures I've taken with my camera or downloaded from people who have texted them to me. They just appear as duplicates in the gallery, even though when I look at the files on the memory stick and phone, they only exist once in the Camera/Downloads folder.
Edit: Some of these pictures SHOULD be in my downloads folder because I saved them from an MMS but aren't.
I can't seem to find the folder they're actually stored IN, though...
You can try backing up the files you know you want to keep, format the internal sd through the phone, then restore your files. That should remove any dupes on your sd. You may want to do the same with the external sd as well.
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You can try backing up the files you know you want to keep, format the internal sd through the phone, then restore your files. That should remove any dupes on your sd. You may want to do the same with the external sd as well.
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That's a great idea, thanks!
Before I do that though, there are pictures that SHOULD be in the downloads folder, but are in those weird folders. However, I can't find those anywhere with any file managers. Any idea how to find those pictures and move them to the downloads folder?
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That's a great idea, thanks!
Before I do that though, there are pictures that SHOULD be in the downloads folder, but are in those weird folders. However, I can't find those anywhere with any file managers. Any idea how to find those pictures and move them to the downloads folder?
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That I don't have a clue, I'm ocd about my files, they get put where I need them as soon as they hit my phone. If you're seeing them in the gallery, they have to be stored somewhere, sorry I can't offer any advice on that part.
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If i have apps on SD card by apps2SD on the SGS4, can I switch to a new SD by just copying and pasting them over, or do I have to move it all back to the "device storage"?
Thanks
Drag and drop, copy paste, cut an paste... You know... The normal ways of getting things from one storage medium to another.
Yes you can. Transfer all your stuff right over.
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graydiggy said:
Drag and drop, copy paste, cut an paste... You know... The normal ways of getting things from one storage medium to another.
Yes you can. Transfer all your stuff right over.
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im using the built in function on my phone to do it via applications manager.
Doesn't that put it in an .android_secure folder that can't be seen when plugging in via USB to computer to copy and paste from?
I searched all those essential forums but did not find a solution. I tried to back up some pictures I have taken to the PC. The phone is recognized and I can find the folder on the phone where the pictures are stored. But in there, there are only a few pitcures and even folders are missing. If I check on the phone in the gallery app, everything's there as I expect it. How can that happen
I have connected the phone to all 3 USB ports of my win10 notebook and tried 2 different usb cabels. Allways the same...
maybe these pictures are synced with google and are shown from the cloud.
they are definitely on the phone. When I check with a file explorer on the phone, the folders are full of pictures.
Try syncthing
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Try syncthing
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will try, when I'm back home from work
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I searched all those essential forums but did not find a solution. I tried to back up some pictures I have taken to the PC. The phone is recognized and I can find the folder on the phone where the pictures are stored. But in there, there are only a few pitcures and even folders are missing. If I check on the phone in the gallery app, everything's there as I expect it. How can that happen
I have connected the phone to all 3 USB ports of my win10 notebook and tried 2 different usb cabels. Allways the same...
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Check for a nomedia file.
If your phone sees a .nomedia file in a folder, it won’t load the folder’s contents when it scans your directory.
file explorers can see them
You may have to go to the respective Folders where images / videos are stored and Go to settings > Show hidden file to see the .nomedia file
thanks, but I don't think this the problem. I see all pictures whether I check with fotos app or f-stop gallery. If there was a .nomedia file, I couldn't see the pictures there, right?
Only on the pc I don't see the pictures on the connected phone.
I get the same problem only its not just pictures. Entire folders just don't show up. There's no nomedia files either. I get it to work occasionally by changing USB ports but that doesn't always work.
Yesterday I got all pictures backuped onto my pc. But it's kind of weird, I still don't get it, why
I have now 2 working methods but the "normal" way, with a running phone an copy paste with windows explorer from my pc still doesn't work.
method 1: basically the same as my "normal" way, but having the phone in recovery mode. Then all pictures and folders are present...
method 2: using syncthing. Great app, thanks for the tip! This one's working great even though the phone is running. Took some time to setup everything, but now it does its job