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So on other android devices to hide music and pics from the media players and gallery you would just set the folder to hidden.
I've tried this and it didn't work.
Also i've created a blank file named ".hidden" with the names of the folders i want hidden in the file and still no go.
The folders are hidden, i can see that when i connect my microSD to my PC (on ubuntu and XP) yet unwanted files still show up in the media player.
This is really annoying because i have a bunch of games and apps and all their little sound effects and pics are showing up in my gallery and music players. Theres nothing like going from one good song to sound effects of a game... :/
Anybody know how to do this right?
2.1 build 6941
Create a file called .nomedia in The directory you want to hide from the music player. Use astro.
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rodjordan said:
Create a file called .nomedia in The directory you want to hide from the music player. Use astro.
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Thanks, worked perfectly!
Learn something new everyday!
I'm still adjusting to android after 7 years of windows mobile... i kind of miss registry edits though.
rodjordan said:
Create a file called .nomedia in The directory you want to hide from the music player. Use astro.
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How are you creating a .nomedia file?
I've just renamed a folder to .nomedia with stuff within the folder that I wanted to hide via Astro and now my phone has decided to deleted all my media on my phone ( music, photoss and videos ) but the media within the renamed folder is fine, I've even tried returning the folder back to it's original name and I've plugged the card on a PC and they're all gone, just the folders remain......bugger...... take it that there's no way to recover the files?
Running Streak 1.6
He means create a file called ".nomedia"
Like a word document would be ".doc" but don't add any other name before the dot, just worked for me too, thanks!
I just copied a small file (eg adwsettings.xml) to the directory and renamed it to .nomedia. when you start the gallery it will rebuild the thumbnails minus the files in The tree where the .nomedia file lives.
I am using the 2.1 o2 build 8xxx.
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The Estrongs File Explorer allows you to create a new file with whatever name/type you want.
Keethos said:
How are you creating a .nomedia file?
I've just renamed a folder to .nomedia with stuff within the folder that I wanted to hide via Astro and now my phone has decided to deleted all my media on my phone ( music, photoss and videos ) but the media within the renamed folder is fine, I've even tried returning the folder back to it's original name and I've plugged the card on a PC and they're all gone, just the folders remain......bugger...... take it that there's no way to recover the files?
Running Streak 1.6
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Are you sure there gone and not just hidden?
What I did to create the file in astro, I created a new zip archive, named it .nomedia and then selected the zip file and chose to rename it and just removed the .zip from the end.
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I know this is not really related, but it does change my album art to it's own default on some albums, which i find really annoying!!!!
fone_fanatic said:
Are you sure there gone and not just hidden?
What I did to create the file in astro, I created a new zip archive, named it .nomedia and then selected the zip file and chose to rename it and just removed the .zip from the end.
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yeah, I've plugged my card into a PC with show all hidden files and they weren't appearing and Astro has Show Hidden Files on too
Ah well, I'll know for next time, think I've only lost a couple of photo's but most of my media has been backup....I think
There are a couple of free apps in the market that can hide what every file you like one is called HIDEIT i think
Right, copied almost all my media back onto my SD Card, I have now created a New.txt file on my PC, copied that over to a folder with media I wish to hide, then on the phone, I used Astro again to rename the New.txt file to .nomedia file and this has worked fine. Gallery doesn't see it and the files are still there, however, I then decided to test copying the newly created .nomedia file to another folder to hide some other media. Once I backed out of Astro, then entered the native photo app, the media from that folder has disappeared, however, I then return to the folder with the media I just wanted to hide and they have now been deleted again Proper random. I'm guna leave the one I have created first time as for some reason they are still present, but I'm not guna bother with this method of hiding things.
So be warned, this method of creating a .nomedia file, if not done properly, may result in you losing your media!
Keethos said:
Right, copied almost all my media back onto my SD Card, I have now created a New.txt file on my PC, copied that over to a folder with media I wish to hide, then on the phone, I used Astro again to rename the New.txt file to .nomedia file and this has worked fine. Gallery doesn't see it and the files are still there, however, I then decided to test copying the newly created .nomedia file to another folder to hide some other media. Once I backed out of Astro, then entered the native photo app, the media from that folder has disappeared, however, I then return to the folder with the media I just wanted to hide and they have now been deleted again Proper random. I'm guna leave the one I have created first time as for some reason they are still present, but I'm not guna bother with this method of hiding things.
So be warned, this method of creating a .nomedia file, if not done properly, may result in you losing your media!
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thats really weird, and you scared me, i just went and checked and everything is still there for me...
In most of the places i put it was in the parent folder of images/sounds i wanted to hide, not the folder they were in. For example the sounds from Lets Golf game by gameloft were showing up in my music player which are in the folder /sdcard/gameloft/games/letsgolf/ but since i have more then one gameloft game installed i put the .nomedia file in /sdcard/gameloft/ Ofcourse this wouldn't work if the files you want the media apps to ignore were only in one folder on the sdcard because then you put the .nomedia in the root of the card it would ignore all the media on the card.
So I have my EVO mounted and while viewing the root of the SD card I hit <Ctrl>H to show hidden files and then go to .Trash-1000 and all of the files that I thought I had deleted from the music folder are in this folder.
Any info on how to get rid of these files? Even if I try to re-select them and delete they disappear for 1 sec then return... They are .flac files and are very large, so I need them gone.
What is the proper way to delete files directly from folders?
What computer are you using with your phone? '.Trashes' is the name Macintosh uses for the un-emptied trash folders. I imagine similar processes are used by other OSes. To empty it simply requires emptying the Trash (or Recycle Bin) from Finder or the like. You can also use any file browser when the phone isn't mounted to delete that folder directly.
generalExpert said:
So I have my EVO mounted and while viewing the root of the SD card I hit <Ctrl>H to show hidden files and then go to .Trash-1000 and all of the files that I thought I had deleted from the music folder are in this folder.
Any info on how to get rid of these files? Even if I try to re-select them and delete they disappear for 1 sec then return... They are .flac files and are very large, so I need them gone.
What is the proper way to delete files directly from folders?
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By default on Ubuntu (and other distros with GNOME), pressing delete just puts files in a trash folder. In the file browser you'll have to "Empty Trash" to delete them.
If you want to skip sending them to the Trash in the first place, press "Shift-Delete"
I Usually delete that entire folder.
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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.
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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
Guys, after to my surprise, being prompted by my xperia-sp that i had only owned for about a month! that i couldn't install an app i wanted to install, because i had run out of space!, i decided to investigate where all my 5,800mb user available space had gone, and i was eventually able to claw back approx 2GB by deleting in my opinion useless files from my internal drive.
I thought it will be a good idea to share my findings for those who like me didnt know about the listed below.
Below are the main culprits
1. /mnt/sdcard/DCIM/.thumbnails = >182mb
(sony/android system running bloatware - a solution =
delete '/mnt/sdcard/DCIM/.thumbnails' folder, then create a file named '.thumbnails' (obviously without the quotes) and then move to'/mnt/sdcard/DCIM/' folder, this solution found here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2416688 ,so credits to the original poster.)
2. /sdcard/App_Manager/App_Backups = >745mb !!!
(created by ROM Toolbox app - see here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350751 , credits to the original poster.)
3. /sdcard/MyAppSharer = >100mb
(created by MyAppSharer app)
4. /sdcard/bluetooth = >600mb
(created as you receive files via bluetooth)
5. /sdcard/demovideo = 90mb
(sony demo video bloatware, i personally just moved them to my external sd, as they are somewhat funny/interesting vids.)
6. /mnt/sdcard/video/xperia_hd_landscapes.mp4 = 41mb
(another sony demo video bloatware).
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* the above spaced used/saved are for my xperia-sp, your own 'real estates' may be different, depending if you use you the apps that create some of these folders & files or how long you've been using your xperia-sp for.
* also removing these extraneous files will also reduce the size of your nandroid backups, which can only be a good thing.
Hope this helps someone
b00b said:
Guys, after to my surprise, being prompted by my xperia-sp that i had only owned for about a month! that i couldn't install an app i wanted to install, because i had run out of space!, i decided to investigate where all my 5,800mb user available space had gone, and i was eventually able to claw back approx 2GB by deleting in my opinion useless files from my internal drive.
I thought it will be a good idea to share my findings for those who like me didnt know about the listed below.
Below are the main culprits
1. /mnt/sdcard/DCIM/.thumbnails = >182mb
(sony/android system running bloatware - a solution =
delete '/mnt/sdcard/DCIM/.thumbnails' folder, then create a file named '.thumbnails' (obviously without the quotes) and then move to'/mnt/sdcard/DCIM/' folder, this solution found here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2416688 ,so credits to the original poster.)
2. /sdcard/App_Manager/App_Backups = >745mb !!!
(created by ROM Toolbox app - see here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350751 , credits to the original poster.)
3. /sdcard/MyAppSharer = >100mb
(created by MyAppSharer app)
4. /sdcard/bluetooth = >600mb
(created as you receive files via bluetooth)
5. /sdcard/demovideo = 90mb
(sony demo video bloatware, i personally just moved them to my external sd, as they are somewhat funny/interesting vids.)
6. /mnt/sdcard/video/xperia_hd_landscapes.mp4 = 41mb
(another sony demo video bloatware).
notes
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* the above spaced used/saved are for my xperia-sp, your own 'real estates' may be different, depending if you use you the apps that create some of these folders & files or how long you've been using your xperia-sp for.
* also removing these extraneous files will also reduce the size of your nandroid backups, which can only be a good thing.
Hope this helps someone
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Recently I found something that help me a save more space in my SP. For Tapatalk users, go to SD00/Tapatalk4/Sessions/remote-cache. Delete all files. For me save +- 900 mb of temporary files. I hope that help.
Sorry for the bad English, but the government of my country just decided this year, to investite in education. Maybe is the world cup.
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thanks for adding to the conversation... will check it out
Try to use an app called Link2SD that moves your apps to your external SD Card which really helps if you have Root.https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buak.Link2SD If you are a gamer, which I don't think cause if you are you would complain about it, you should buy the app Folder Mount, because Link2SD does not move Obb files(huge 'only' game files).https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devasque.fmount
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holy crap my .thumbnails folder is 1.44 GB
I think once we delete the thumbnails folder, and then open the album app, it is going to rebuild the same thing over again !
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I think once we delete the thumbnails folder, and then open the album app, it is going to rebuild the same thing over again !
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you are right will build again automatically :C mine builded again 984 MB !!!
guys, after you delete the .thumbnails folder, you must -
create a file named .thumbnails
and place it where the .thumbnails folder used to be and this will stop the android system recreate the .thumbnails folder as there is a file named .thumbnails that you created.
It worked for me since my original post and my phone works as normal.
Remember create a file named .thumbnails not a folder named .thumbnails
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see the attached screenshot of my DCIM folder on my Xperia SP
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guys, after you delete the .thumbnails folder, you must create a file named .thumbnails and place it where the .thumbnails used to be and it will not recreate the .thumbnails folder as there is a file named .thumbnails that you created. It worked for me since my original post and my phone works as normal.
Remember it a file named .thumbnails you should create not a folder named .thumbnails
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Aah.. Did not read the op thoroughly. :good:
As title states, to access the obb folder, do I need to be rooted?
no you dont need to be rooted.
I dnt see the obb folder inside the Android folder.. its normally
Android > obb
what file manager are you using? Are you checking for the obb folder on the memory card or internal memory? What game/app are you trying to install that you need the obb folder?
S7 built-in file manager... and of course internal memory...
hmm it should be available by default try creating the folder and placing whatever game/app you want in side it.
doesnt seem to work... tried a few times with different app... just FCs
Out of interest, If you do not see it, You may not have an application thats created Obb.
This folder is not created unless a package is stored in here.
you can create it manually via file manager / file browser
(If you create it manually, there is every chance you need to set the permissions and assign it a group)
obb is owned by media_rw (Group id 1023)
The permissions on this folder are:
rwxrwx--- OR 0770 (Owner and Group Full read Write Execute)
If the folder exists and is hidden, the application will not allow you to create the folder.
Delete the folder and download one of the following from the store:
This should create the OBB folder
StarKnight
Brain it on
The Room 3
Thumb drift
Ilttle Drew
Odyssey
(Just some packages i have in Obb)
dave7802 said:
Out of interest, If you do not see it, You may not have an application thats created Obb.
This folder is not created unless a package is stored in here.
you can create it manually via file manager / file browser
(If you create it manually, there is every chance you need to set the permissions and assign it a group)
obb is owned by media_rw (Group id 1023)
The permissions on this folder are:
rwxrwx--- OR 0770 (Owner and Group Full read Write Execute)
If the folder exists and is hidden, the application will not allow you to create the folder.
Delete the folder and download one of the following from the store:
This should create the OBB folder
StarKnight
Brain it on
The Room 3
Thumb drift
Ilttle Drew
Odyssey
(Just some packages i have in Obb)
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Im not rooted so I cant check/change permissions.. But I did install the thumb drift game and the OBB file showed up.. still just getting FCs
I'm using an s5 on RR 7.1.2 and I can't access obb. It's there but the folders inside are empty. And I can not move files into the directory.... I don't know why.