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Gallery Issues

Lately my gallery has been acting crazy. It doesn't display all of my pictures. It takes the latest picture taken with the camera and replaces all of my other pictures with that image. So I have a bunch of copies of that one image. Then when I try to delete one, it FC's.
Any ideas?
I'm running Liberty 1.5 btw...

I've had something like that happen too. When I would view a picture in one folder it would display a different one. To fix it I made more folders and spread out my pics like that. Please note I have A LOT of pictures

This may seem like a stupid solution, but have you tried a reboot? I had the gallery act up on me a few times and a reboot usually did the trick. Sorry I couldn't be more help.

i know with mine the app touchdown stores my corp email .jpg and it causes the gallery to not open. so i have to bros we and del the image files. which this is a pain because every email i get someone has that damn pic stored in there sig so its a constant battle.

Sometimes the database the Gallery uses gets corrupt where it displays wonky pics or doesn't even open. To rebuild the database, go to Settings, Applications, Manage Applications, All tab. Select the Gallery app and then select Clear Data. Repeat for the Media Storage app. Then reboot your phone. It will then scan your phone for pics and video and rebuild the database. It may take a while if you have lots of pics.
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[Q] WhatsApp Images Disappearing?

WhatsApp is screwing up for me
My WhatsApp images (received from others) are being jumbled up.
as you scroll through the media history in the respective conversations, the thumbnail of the images are being refreshed and replaced by another image. - when you open up the image, it is another picture altogether
any idea what's wrong?

wilflare said:
WhatsApp is screwing up for me
My WhatsApp images (received from others) are being jumbled up.
as you scroll through the media history in the respective conversations, the thumbnail of the images are being refreshed and replaced by another image. - when you open up the image, it is another picture altogether
any idea what's wrong?
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Yes - Your database is too old and/or is getting corrupted. You have to restart your entire Whatsapp folder in root.

nicholaschum said:
Yes - Your database is too old and/or is getting corrupted. You have to restart your entire Whatsapp folder in root.
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umm how exactly do I do that?

wilflare said:
umm how exactly do I do that?
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Delete the Whatsapp folder from your Internal Storage/clear cache on Whatsapp in Application Manager and don't restore from a backup.

nicholaschum said:
Delete the Whatsapp folder from your Internal Storage/clear cache on Whatsapp in Application Manager and don't restore from a backup.
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hmm thanks. but wouldn't i lose all my photos/chats these way? ;/

wilflare said:
hmm thanks. but wouldn't i lose all my photos/chats these way? ;/
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That's a risk you have to be willing to take. You can backup the photos and videos but the chats are no good. Better to start new.
I had this problem after many updates of phones and whatsapp and I always used one Whatsapp backup (over 900k messages), when I scroll up and click on a photo (e.g. a cat) it would show me to a selfie of someone (pretty much another photo).
So I know what's going on. Right now I took the Whatsapp Images and Whatsapp Videos folder and placed it on my microSD so I can still view them in QuickPic, but chat history is gone, left on my computer.

nicholaschum said:
That's a risk you have to be willing to take. You can backup the photos and videos but the chats are no good. Better to start new.
I had this problem after many updates of phones and whatsapp and I always used one Whatsapp backup (over 900k messages), when I scroll up and click on a photo (e.g. a cat) it would show me to a selfie of someone (pretty much another photo).
So I know what's going on. Right now I took the Whatsapp Images and Whatsapp Videos folder and placed it on my microSD so I can still view them in QuickPic, but chat history is gone, left on my computer.
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thanks! the thing is even in my Gallery, the phone shows another image altogether.
For example, instead of showing Photo A, it shows Photo B.
i can't find Photo A anymore... and Photo B just gets repeated

wilflare said:
thanks! the thing is even in my Gallery, the phone shows another image altogether.
For example, instead of showing Photo A, it shows Photo B.
i can't find Photo A anymore... and Photo B just gets repeated
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Clear the cache of your gallery and let the phone's media scanner re-run (reboot your phone).
Also I'd recommend QuickPic, it loads way faster than the Samsung Gallery app.

do system restore no beckup

nicholaschum said:
Clear the cache of your gallery and let the phone's media scanner re-run (reboot your phone).
Also I'd recommend QuickPic, it loads way faster than the Samsung Gallery app.
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I cleared the cache... no difference. same photo is still repeated a few times :/

sorry to bump this - but anyone got any other suggestions?
gonna do a clean install on my phone to prepare for Lollipop soon

Delete thumbnail cache

jh787 said:
Delete thumbnail cache
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I tried that but it didn't work :/

Facing similar issue. If i copy the images folder to my PC, some images with the same name on pc & phone are different.
Also if i connect my Samsung S5 and browse to 'WhatsApp\Media\WhatsApp Images' folder from PC, the image is different if browsed on the phone via quickpic or file explorer. How is that possible??

Google Photos doesn't "map" my pictures despite being on my phone

I have this issue where my pictures (camera pics and otherwise) doesn't show up in the photos app.
Using a file explorer app, I see that all my images are there in the DCIM folder, so they are definitely still on the phone.
Using the likes of WhatsApp and similar, I used to be able to select and send pictures, and it would categorize them into the folders I've downloaded them into.
For instance, while camera pictures are in /DCIM/Camera - images downloaded from apps and websites are in either /Download or /Pictures/{app_name}
Additionally, the file explorer tends to categorize your files into subcategories like "pictures", "apps" etc., but it doesn't do that for older files - only for new ones. So if I take a picture with the camera, it'll pop into Google Photos as well as being categorized a "picture" by the file explorer. Physically, it still has the same location as all the other camera pictures, which is /DCIM/Camera
My question is, how do I get the phone/Google Photos/file categorizer/whatever to "map" my pictures as being pictures again?
Setup info:
Huawei Nexus 6P, 64 GB, no external SD card
Rooted, PureNexus (latest July release)
ElementalX kernel (latest release)
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UPDATE: So it appears, if there's a ".nomedia" file in any directory, it will not show files in this and recursively in media applications (photos, music, etc.) -- this could be what's causing this. But then I don't understand why NEW files shows up.
Is it recommended to delete the .nomedia file in root/sdcard ? I ask because I figure it's there for a reason.

having a .NOMEDIA file on a folder will cause it to be excluded
thats a feature
Also, if the folder name has a . in it at the beggining it will also do that... for example changing Camera to .Camera will exclude it

chaco81 said:
having a .NOMEDIA file on a folder will cause it to be excluded
thats a feature
Also, if the folder name has a . in it at the beggining it will also do that... for example changing Camera to .Camera will exclude it
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Yeah thanks, but removing the file does nothing. Old pictures are still nowhere to be found in gallery apps like Google Photos.
Is there a way to "re-map/re-index" media files?

i just want to state the obvious.... but did you open PHOTOS, then click the top left hambuger button and click DEVICE FOLDERS ??? According to you nothing still shows after this??
If you install an aftermarket app like Quickpic, does it still not show them?

Stopped using google photos for same reason. I flash roms like atleast once a month, all the photos that i took after flashing rom will show up, all the ones that were taken before flash wont. It has nothing to do with .nomedia or stuff like that, it just wont show them. If i go through directories i can reach them, i can also see them using any other gallery app, this only happens in google photos. I had a theory it had something to do with cloud backup, as if photos arent backed up in cloud it wont show them.

chaco81 said:
i just want to state the obvious.... but did you open PHOTOS, then click the top left hambuger button and click DEVICE FOLDERS ??? According to you nothing still shows after this??
If you install an aftermarket app like Quickpic, does it still not show them?
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Thanks chaco81, I have tried device folders - and nothing is in there.
Next up, installed Quickpic and now they are all there. They are all categorized exactly as they should be. Fantastic! Just really weird it doesn't work with Google Photos, which leads me to this comment by @feis ....
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Stopped using google photos for same reason. I flash roms like atleast once a month, all the photos that i took after flashing rom will show up, all the ones that were taken before flash wont. It has nothing to do with .nomedia or stuff like that, it just wont show them. If i go through directories i can reach them, i can also see them using any other gallery app, this only happens in google photos. I had a theory it had something to do with cloud backup, as if photos arent backed up in cloud it wont show them.
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Dude, thank you! That must be it, then. How weird is that? The cloud thing I theorized as well, as I don't want Google backing them up and therefore have it disabled. But like I said, I just installed Quickpic and now they're all there, neatly categorized into "screenshots", "camera", "Download" etc.
Next issue: This still persist with WhatsApp. When I go into "Gallery" (to send a picture or video), it'll only the new photos and videos -- none of the old ones. This, again, leads me to believe something is not as it should be. What causes this, and how do you fix it? Do you need to somehow "rescan" and "reindex" your media files?

Uninstalled google photos, started using app called "piktures" and all my problems were gone.

If you are going to use quickpic I would side load the last version before cheetah took over and ruined the app with all the cloud ***t Trying to think of what the last version was, maybe 4.5.2
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Sheetzie03 said:
If you are going to use quickpic I would side load the last version before cheetah took over and ruined the app with all the cloud ***t Trying to think of what the last version was, maybe 4.5.2
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I read about that. I just installed Quickpic, and I don't get what the big issue is. The only cloud-thing I saw was an icon that I could easily disable/remove.
@feis
How exactly did you remove Google Photos? I can't uninstall.

I too have this issue. Annoying and I really should just use a different pic app

Just a quick update on this: The issue has been _sort of_ fixed by just switching to another photos app. So I think the problem is just that Google Photos doesn't reindex, and there doesn't seem to be a way to force it.
However, other apps that has access to media such as WhatsApp -- in this I still don't have the option of viewing older photos. So apps like WhatsApp's gallery feature, doesn't reindex either. Pretty annoying actually.

How to change screenshot save location?!

By default screenshots are saved to the camera location, so Google Photos automatically backs them up.
How do we change that location?

Bump....
This is very annoying

I have the same issue - any workarounds?

Any?

I thought I was the only person this bothered. And it's weird because it doesn't do this on any older galaxys

There doesn't seem to be an option to change the location where screenshots are saved, no.

Just turn off auto backup in Google photos.
Or just stop taking screenshots of women full stop.

Mine saves to folder named "Screenshots", so not sure why yours would be different? Now, if Google backs up screenshots directory to cloud, take it up with Google, maybe there is a setting to choose which directory should be saved (cam pictures are saved to directory /DCIM/camera, screenshots to /DCIM/screenshots ), I don't use cloud for back up, since I use my laptops for that, so can't help you with settings.

.psd said:
By default screenshots are saved to the camera location, so Google Photos automatically backs them up.
How do we change that location?
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Haven't tried this bug you can do a symbolic link from internal to sfcard for whatever folder you want using ln command.

PinSync
Hi, I was looking into this issue today and just found a solution. It's an App called PinSync. ( I can't post links yet... look for it on the PlayStore.)
It detects whenever a screenshot is taken and instantly moves it to another folder, so it's not displayed or uploaded into Google Photos.
I hope it helps you guys as well...

Try below:
Go to the DCIM folder, then Sreenshot folder. At the screenshot folder, add a new file with the name " .nomedia".
It does not change the storage location of screenshot files, but the screenshots will not be displayed in Camera anymore.

I think Google Photo should add an option of how often to backup pictures. Some pictures like screenshots are not meant to be saved for a long time.

dan13lwagner said:
Hi, I was looking into this issue today and just found a solution. It's an App called PinSync. ( I can't post links yet... look for it on the PlayStore.)
It detects whenever a screenshot is taken and instantly moves it to another folder, so it's not displayed or uploaded into Google Photos.
I hope it helps you guys as well...
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wonderful app thanks for the hint! :good::highfive:

Try usin Gallery instead of Google Photos.

Use Automate or Tasker
.psd said:
By default screenshots are saved to the camera location, so Google Photos automatically backs them up.
How do we change that location?
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If you don't fancy paying 89p for PinSync from the Google Playstore, you can download Automate for free, and very quickly and easily make a script that moves any files that appear in one folder to another

Try to move it and move it back again it's work for me

Laush said:
Try below:
Go to the DCIM folder, then Sreenshot folder. At the screenshot folder, add a new file with the name " .nomedia".
It does not change the storage location of screenshot files, but the screenshots will not be displayed in Camera anymore.
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How to add new file ?

I've found that if you are really hellbent on using Google Photos and save your photos to the SD Card via your stock camera app, then when you view the "Library" on the Google Photo app there are two Camera folders. The one without the SD Card icon is where the Screen shots will reside, and the one with the SD Card icon are where your camera photos will be.

.psd said:
By default screenshots are saved to the camera location, so Google Photos automatically backs them up.
How do we change that location?
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Hi , did you ever find a fix for this ?

drawde40599 said:
Hi , did you ever find a fix for this ?
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Not yet, but I've fed back to Google to update their Photos app. Check out Google Files app. It does categorise the Screenshots folder, so I'm pointing it out to Google dev to address it. It is kind of silly..... Why do they do this for one app and not the other?

S10+ - Android 10 - Google Photos

Hello,
I have a problem with synchronize photos in Samsung Gallery and Google Photos. Have official Android 10 (made factory reset after update).
If I shot some photo, it's in Samsung Gallery, after some seconds it appears in Google Photos. It's ok. But if I delete some photo/video from Google Photos app, it appears back from trash after some seconds and photo/video is still in Samsung Gallery.
I tried to clear cache of Google Photos and stock Gallery, didn't help it.
In android 9 if I deleted photo from Google Photos, it automatically deleted from Samsung Gallery too.
Any fix please? Any person with the same problem?
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn1JWDfDjEM
Thank you

RenikSK said:
Hello,
I have a problem with synchronize photos in Samsung Gallery and Google Photos. Have official Android 10 (made factory reset after update).
If I shot some photo, it's in Samsung Gallery, after some seconds it appears in Google Photos. It's ok. But if I delete some photo/video from Google Photos app, it appears back from trash after some seconds and photo/video is still in Samsung Gallery.
I tried to clear cache of Google Photos and stock Gallery, didn't help it.
In android 9 if I deleted photo from Google Photos, it automatically deleted from Samsung Gallery too.
Any fix please? Any person with the same problem?
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I have the same issue, deleted photos from Google Photos 3 times before they succeeded to finally go.
I'm using Files by Google now to delete anything I definitely want gone.

This is what I get after deleting from Google Photos then going to Gallery.

Tried Files by Google. If I delete photo in Google Photos, I see it's not in Files. But it still shows in gallery. There is corrupted thumbnail.
Hope it will be fixed soon.

Anybody with this problem too?

Same problem for me
I have the same problem on my Galaxy S10 after upgrading to Android 10.
I noticed a difference between when photos are stored on the local storage versus stored on an SD card. When the photo was originally stored on an SD card when I deleted from Google photos it wasn't deleted on the SD card, and simply reappears in Google photos few seconds later.
However when the photo was originally stalled on the phone's local storage when I deleted it from Google photos it was partially deleted from my phone meaning I still saw it is a thumbnail in my gallery app but when clicking it I got the annoying exclamation mark.
So the problem appears to be in the delete interface between Google photos app and the Samsung storage / SD card on Android 10.
HELP US GOOGLE!!!

I have 8 wallpaper backgrounds which are on my sd card.
I have deleted them at least a dozen times in Google Photos and Samsung Gallery and emptied the bin. But they keep respawning like a friggen COD player.

I confirm this bug on S10e. Please do report both to Samsung (in Samsung Members app) and Google (Google Photo App) to raise awareness.

In Samsung Gallery I somehow managed to get a side bar down the left showing album's and have no idea how i did it or how to remove it

I have no clue how to undo the album's down the left

Darkat70 said:
I have no clue how to undo the album's down the left
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Hi... enter Albums, swipe left, and the side bar will disappear..View attachment 4917517

Xode said:
Hi... enter Albums, swipe left, and the side bar will disappear..
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Thankyou so much, it was driving me insane. Its a good feature but i prefer full screen.

Another Google Photos Bug.
Just said i could free up 234mb deleting photos from the device as they are backed up to Google Storage. However when i selected it, it then said only 6.11mb were freed.

Just received Jan update for my S10+. There is still problem with deleting photos..

Installed update of Google Photos now.
Seems deleting photos work fine (photos not appear again).
In Samsung gallery are still thumbnails of deleted photos.

Hi all,
today I moved all my photos/videos back to internal storage. Changed default storage in camera to internal storage.
Tried to make some photos, then deleted in Google Photos.
There are thumbs in Samsung Gallery. After some seconds/minutes, I open photo in gallery and same result, only exclamation mark.
So I think there is no problem with SD card permissions, there is a problem with google photos app. Received about 3 updates from the date I created this topic, still same result.

scan gone
I have the same problem on my s10+. also the scan feature in camera is no longer there. I used that alot. scan in documents 1 2 3 . now gone?? anyone else?
i'm unlocked on verizon
wondering if i should just go back to android 9.
would rather not start messing with the phone like i use to.. stock was nice.

Today received new update of Google Pgotos. Deleting photos work percet finally.
So everything works fine again.

I got the solution, I just clear data of my google photo app and also the gallary app!! And opened it again!! And it worked like a charm!!