All of us at sometime want or need to keep some of our files secret on our phone.
Quite by accident I found a feature in an app called File Expert (download free from Android Market or attached to this post) which allows you to hide files from media detection.
All you need to do once you have installed File Expert is browse to the folder(s) containing the media files you want to hide, press the folder for 2-3 seconds and select the option 'Hide files from media detection', reboot your phone and thats it done! Unhiding is just as simple; just select unhide from the File Expert menu in exactly the same way.
I can confirm that it works on both picure and video files. I haven't tried it on other media so am unable to comment. The only downside is that you can only do it at folder level so I would suggest that if you have a folder with a mixture of both files you want to hide AND be visible, simply create a sub-folder, move the files you want to hide to that and hide it
Hope you find this useful
I use colournote to hide notes if I need to. Audio manager from the market can be used to hide files as well..
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Simply create a new file named .nomedia using any file explorer in the folder you want to hide(aka exclude from media scanning)
Use hide it pro to hide files
It appears that people are missing the point of my thread. Let me explain:
People like us who are experienced Android users may well know how to hide files but this doesn't mean others new to the OS do so it was with this in mind that I started the thread.
I just happened to find an alternative use for a program which is recommended on this site for file management and thought I would share my knowledge (which is what I thought was the point of a tips and tricks thread). I use Audio Manager aka Hide it Pro but my thread wasn't intended to be about that or file hiding programs in general it's about File Explorer and how we can use it to hide files and folders if we want to.
I'm not telling people this is what they should use; if people choose to, great, if not then I'm not going to get upset about it. As I said I'm just offering an alternative method of hiding private folders/files using a program that many people are already using and may not know that the option exists - I certainly didn't.
Hope this clears up any confusion and clarifies my reasons for creating this thread
Lol, trying to hide your nude pics.
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cdesai said:
Simply create a new file named .nomedia using any file explorer in the folder you want to hide(aka exclude from media scanning)
Use hide it pro to hide files
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Thats true!
Actually any file or folder with A dot (.) in front of it will be assumed hidden so don't bother about the the naming.
Well, don't forget that anybody can see your file or folders if he selects "show hidden files" in the file explorer.
dilzo said:
Lol, trying to hide your nude pics.
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most users need for this is for that reason and hiding them from the wife/gf
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Hello,
I have some pictures of my girlfriend when shes naked on my phone and i dont like that when i open my photos & videos first thing you see is my girlfriend naked. Its pretty annoying if my friends uses my phone and i cant let them go see pictures becouse im not that kind of boyfriend So is there any way to hide pictures / make folder with password? And sorry for my bad english i hope you guys understand.
like your honesty!!!
using file explorer.. go to...
(depending where your pictures are stored)
cut and paste the pictures contained in DCIM\100media\
into a new folder somewhere else on the storage card.. and it will no longer appear in the image gallery
nutmegy said:
using file explorer.. go to...
(depending where your pictures are stored)
cut and paste the pictures contained in DCIM\100media\
into a new folder somewhere else on the storage card.. and it will no longer appear in the image gallery
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That doesnt work, when i click "all albums" you can see those pictures.
Mate - have a look at this, in the hits & tips thread linked in my sig...
64. Disable Unwanted Folders From Showing in HTC Album
It just hides a folder from the album app. You can still manually browse to it with file explorer, for example, and open images from there.
Hope this helps
johncmolyneux said:
Mate - have a look at this, in the hits & tips thread linked in my sig...
64. Disable Unwanted Folders From Showing in HTC Album
It just hides a folder from the album app. You can still manually browse to it with file explorer, for example, and open images from there.
Hope this helps
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Thanks man =) that helped
lol i forgot to add that bit!!, anyway your "Friends" shouldn't be rooting around your phone anyway!!!! heheh
simple..send them to me and I'll hide them for you
twisted-pixel said:
simple..send them to me and I'll hide them for you
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Haha =D you wish
i edited thet registry key but i'm having troubles.. while it is actually hiding pictures in htc album, they are still showing up in manila's tab, am i doing something wrong?
WinRar the files. You can even put a password on it so that if you loose the phone no one can see the pics. I found it the easiest and most secure way to hide your girlfriends pictures.
RReckless
Free app to protect pictures
Hi,
Search for an app called FreeOTFE4PDA. It allows you to create a fully encrypted, password protected folder on your card. This can then be mounted as a storage card when needed. Within this you can create folder and do anything else you can do on a storage card. The important part is of course that you can not mount it if you do not know the password.
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i run both windows and android, so what i'm trying to do is to hide android's gallery cache files (why did developers think that using readable jpg files as cache would be a good idea in the first place?)
that's the reason i want them to remain accessible for android use, but still don't want them to fill my windows photo tab with duplicates, so no rar storing can solve my problem
i fear i'll have to give up the 3d glory of android's gallery due to this stupid issue...
Use Total Commander, find the pictures, press & hold a picture, tap Properties, check the box "Hidden", press OK. The pictures can only be accessed through Total Commander.
It's a good thing my 900th post went to a good cause!
l30 said:
i run both windows and android, so what i'm trying to do is to hide android's gallery cache files (why did developers think that using readable jpg files as cache would be a good idea in the first place?)
that's the reason i want them to remain accessible for android use, but still don't want them to fill my windows photo tab with duplicates, so no rar storing can solve my problem
i fear i'll have to give up the 3d glory of android's gallery due to this stupid issue...
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That's exactly the problem i'm having. You just have to keep the photos rarred while you using android. Not the perfect solution, if you find a better 1 i'm interested too.
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1)Change the extension to some other (from jpg to ipg in example). So no one program will open it. When you need it change again to jpg.
2)make it hidden or system
i don't know how to make files in my galaxy tab be hidden, also i dont know how to hide applications in the application menu,
about the hidden files i couldnt find any thing in my root explorer to make the files hidden.
also in applications, i got into /data/app then moved some applications in order to hide them from the application menu but didn't work.
thanks
Unless your rooted, you cant hide the stock apps. If you are rooted, then the stock apps need to be removed from "/system/app". "data/app" is the location where downloaded Market apps (and updated stock apps) are installed.
I just use LauncherPro and hide apps from the app tray that way. Havent decided if I want to root my V-GT yet as I just got it a few days ago.
To hide a file, like for example your porn movie hidden so it's not seen in the gallery by your girlfriend (jk), use any file manager with root access, and put a period in front of the file name. Ie, long press, rename, put period in front. Now that movie won't show up in the list.
Not on Samsung Galaxy tab
rangercaptain said:
To hide a file, like for example your porn movie hidden so it's not seen in the gallery by your girlfriend (jk), use any file manager with root access, and put a period in front of the file name. Ie, long press, rename, put period in front. Now that movie won't show up in the list.
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Dot-in-front does not work on a Samsung Galaxy tab :-!
wassini said:
Dot-in-front does not work on a Samsung Galaxy tab :-!
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Actually, it does. I use it regularly.
The most common problem that would cause this to not work is:
a) Your file explorer shows hidden files by default (this is more common than it should be) OR
b) there's a space between the period and the file name (note that some keyboards insert this automatically)
If that still doesn't work, let us know what kind of file and what file explorer you're using and we might be able to help.
Try Hide it Pro app. Best of the best for me https://market.android.com/details?id=com.smartanuj.hideitpro&hl=pl
i'll try it
thanks
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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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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This feature seems to be clouded in mystery as most people just write it off as a useless feature built into the file manager. But as someone who has some files that I would prefer to keep away from others, is the "Secure" Box even encrypted or is it just like one of those picture hiding apps that add a .nomedia file to the folder that has the thing that's being "hidden".
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This feature seems to be clouded in mystery as most people just write it off as a useless feature built into the file manager. But as someone who has some files that I would prefer to keep away from others, is the "Secure" Box even encrypted or is it just like one of those picture hiding apps that add a .nomedia file to the folder that has the thing that's being "hidden".
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it is not safe at all, no encryption.
It only moves your files to /storage/emulated/0/.fileManager/safe/files (the magic dot will hide everything!!!) and rename the files to some hash value which is likely stored together with the original file name in some db which checks your access rights.
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it is not safe at all, no encryption.
It only moves your files to /storage/emulated/0/.fileManager/safe/files (the magic dot will hide everything!!!) and rename the files to some hash value which is likely stored together with the original file name in some db which checks your access rights.
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Damn that sucks. I was hoping I would be able to ditch my encryption app for this instead.
Thanks anyways though.:good:
PwnedBySumo said:
Damn that sucks. I was hoping I would be able to ditch my encryption app for this instead.
Thanks anyways though.:good:
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I've never used an encryption app to hide any content. All I ever needed was a good file manager, that magic dot and a random folder.
A week ago I got my new OnePlus 6T 128GB/8GB in Thunder Purple and so far I love every moment of it and the design, only app that actually is letning me down is OnePlus' own Gallery app.
I want to be able to change the picture shown on the folder in Collections in the OnePlus Gallery app for personal reasons, and I cannot seem to figure out why and I hope anyone here knowns if it's possible.
If you have Tasker I would try to use that to automate file moves. If you don't, I highly recommend the app, it's extremely powerful especially if you spend some time learning about it!
Create a sub folder where you put the photos you don't want to see. Main folder illustration image will not be taken from subfolders.
My OnePlus 6T ain't rooted and I am not planning to do so.
Oki I cannot get the subfolder inside a folder to work maybe I am dum tried with the file manager.
I tried a subfolder inside the folder I want and copied a picture to it and it showed up as a regular folder ??
Add an empty file named '.nomedia' in the subfolder it will prevent media scanning (with the . at the beginning don't forget it)
Striatum_bdr said:
Add an empty file named '.nomedia' in the subfolder it will prevent media scanning (with the . at the beginning don't forget it)
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Hmm I want it to still be showed in the gallery just in collections I have a folder called like Walls and then a subfolder called colours or windfall.
It's just that the folder shows the newest picture in it and I am not happy about that. This is the only complain I have really.