[Q] Lag after low memory - Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all. My question is at the bottom if you want to skip the rant.
Maybe this might help someone in someway. For those experiencing lag that just want a solution, or for those who want to find why this happen maybe they can replicate the problem.
So these are the things I did that I think caused the problem.
1st) load the 32gig internal to almost full... I think it was down to about 900mb of free space.
2nd) I delete a few empty folders like the "video" and "Music" folders. I am not 100% if there were any hidden file cause mine is not root to be able to see those hidden files.
so after all this, N10 was running very slow. Even displaying the HOME SCREEN was lagging. I thought maybe that 900mb is too low, so I started to delete my files. But despite having 14gig of free space, it still lag. All the app takes about 30sec to 1min to load, including chrome browser and android Setting. Shutdown the tablet and boot it back up still didn't fix the problem.
After many search on here, nobody seem to have a solution for this. The lag was too much, time for backup and reset.
Backup time wasn't easy either. I wanted to copy all folders and files to my PC (USB cable connection), but with the select all it started to copy and stop along the way. No err msg, the copy just stop like it's done but I see not all folders were copied. Had to do manual copy. Just copy things I THINK are important. Especially the device ID that I learned from my dead A500.
And I made screen shot of my app list. Titanium refuse to backup without root.
The reset took about 5mins. After seeing the dead android icon hundreds of time on my A500, I was afraid but the android icon on this N10 reset kept going and so was the status bar below it. All was done and N10 is like new again. SUPER FAST....but empty. Use my screen shots as guide to reinstall all the apps I want and skip the one I no longer want. Disable many bloat-wares.
Disabled apps
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Gmail - I hate the conversation view but can't disable. Use the Email app instead.
Google Korean keyboard - I don't know Korean maybe I'll learn later.. haha
Google Pinyin
Google play Magazines
Google+
Hangouts
iWnn IME
iWnnIME Keyboard (White)
Keep
Movie Studio
TalkBack
Wallet
App that I add and find very useful are
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Android Weather - the widget is very well displayed and can resize on the screen.
ASTRO File Manager - Luv the app but need to find a way to turn off the "Recent open"
Battery Monitor Widget - Luv the app and the widget too can be customize to display exactly what I want
Best Screen Filter - I prefer an app that can invert the color for night time reading.. is there such an app?
BSPlayer FREE - play all the video format, I luv the VLC on PC but the one for Android is not as good. This BS come closer
Power Toggles - awesome widget. :victory:
QuickPic - Love how it doesn't crop the thumbnail to square. But I notice when deleting pics it's much slower than the OEM Gallery app.
Volume in Notification - exactly what it said... instead of using the physical button which at times I have no idea in which corner to look for it.
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Now finally for my question. My N10 is awesome right now, anyway I can CLONE this so if I have problems in the future I can wipe it clean and put back this CLONE in this PERFECT state? :good:
Any recommendation to improve things also appreciated....... like make it easier to read at night.
PS: sorry for the long rant.
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Hi,
First of all, the low memory issue already happened to me, I also backed up and then formatted it, it was one of the best things I ever done to it IMHO . I installed CM11 and now it's booting in ≈20sec and it's faster than ever.
For the lag in the launcher I recommend installing a third party one. I'm using NOVA launcher and it never disappointed me. Also I personally like some other apps over the ones you are using. So I think I'll share it too, as you may find it useful .
ASTRO --> FX File Manager
BSPlayer Free --> MX Video Player
QuickPic --> Google+ Photos / Stock Gallery App
Widgets --> Beautiful Widgets / HD Widgets
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Now for your question!! If you don't mind unlocking the bootloader, you can flash a recovery like TWRP and backup your device system, data, etc. Also you will be able to easily factory reset and clear cache (it's also a great thing to do when your device is too slow).
For the widgets you can backup it with NOVA Launcher .
~Lord
"Time is too short to cry, long enough to try." - March of Time (Helloween)
Sent from my KitKat Nexus 10

Sounds like TRIM was running to free up space from the deleted files. It will cause lag.

ZanshinG1 said:
Sounds like TRIM was running to free up space from the deleted files. It will cause lag.
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What does it do and how long for it to do it with 14gig of free space to free? I thought there might be something managing memory in the back so I let it sit for more than 2 days, still lag.
How much is little free space anyway?
XxLordxX did give some ways to backup my current setup, but I want a simple "clone" way instead of all these backup and reinstall. Is there such a way as clone?

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[APP][2010/07/02]AppGrouper, a simple catagorised app launcher

Hi!
I'm a longtime lurker, ever since I got my Touch HD when it first came out and I NEEDED to have an english rom instead of a dutch one. Thanks to this place, my phone runs exactly how I want it to (most of the time ).
Except for a decent app launcher. I HATE the win6/6.1 scrollist ones, allthough the startmenu after that sucked a little less. I liked the yotacenter launcher, but in the end I just ran out of space and had to hit the "all apps" button too often and scroll through a huge list.
So I wrote my own in c# under .net 3.5.
And, seeing as I got all my tweaks and fixes from you guys, I thought I should give something back; in essence a quick and dirty app launcher which does exactly what I want: organise the programs I use the most.
It's a catagory per page, has menu, contextmenu and top-scroll-bar driven UI and you can add your own background:
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I wrote it to be as device independant as I knew how, but I've really only tested it on my Touch HD1, so I'm really curious as to how it runs "in the wild" (or even on any other HD ). To save some effort, I've just packaged the .exe, which should run from any location. If it doesn't, \Program Files\AppGrouper\ should do it.
It should come with a default background and an icon...for this initial release [call it a beta] I didn't create a cab, so you'll have to copy/edit an existing .lnk file to get the program to show up in the windows\startmenu\ .lnk files so you can use a launcher to launch my launcher (yeah, I get the irony ), or just start the app from the exe.
Anyway, as I said this is the first application I'm releasing to the public, so please give me some feedback I have no idea what "unknown unknowns" this app'll run into on different machines than my emulator and my own Touch HD. The only deletion the program can do is to a specifically named .xml file it generates itself, so it should be safe enough
PS: as I was entering the tags to this post, I realised that this type of software could have been made and released many times: I've only used MS's launcher and the yotacenter one, so any ideas and/or other similarities to other launchers is coincidence and a case of simultanious devellopment (or in my case, retarded devellopment ). Again, any feedback is appreciated, from bugs to implementation to "you've totally ripped off x!". 'Cause I didn't, but I'd like to know about x
Anyway, I hope someone can use this!
Nice apps. The Title Folder box ought be longer to fit the text
Hehe
Ok, so I guess I'll have to set up an auto resize routine for the textsize and the textbox ... check back in a day or two
BTW, what device did you use this on? I'm curious to know if the program works correctly on devices other than touch hd's, too.
MacDegger said:
Hehe
Ok, so I guess I'll have to set up an auto resize routine for the textsize and the textbox ... check back in a day or two
BTW, what device did you use this on? I'm curious to know if the program works correctly on devices other than touch hd's, too.
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I use on Topaz, see my sig
Thanks
Thanks for sharing!
I think mortbutton can do better than this
Ok app. thanks for sharing
By default can you pick up start menu and folder under it as group?
Else I think mortbutton can do far better job than your program. + .netcf 3.5 requirment
Thanks for sharing it. Few things I noticed
while trying to add an to a folder a drop down menu reveal 3 options - the first one is to add an app, what is the second one? it is blank on my tp2?
after running an app it stays in memory. is this how you designed it? i would prefer if it closed after running an app
finally, can you list here launchers that you came across that are standalone apps, meaning they do not sit in memory or eat CPU. i am looking for something like that with folders/tabs like yours and self-close after use.
thanks for sharing. i have one single question. i have installed it on my herald, but i cannot add more then one app to a group. am i missing something?
Sweet launcher! Thank U
I like your application!
As being an anti manila user Until now I was addicted to Program Finder plugin (attached) running on the Today Screen. Unfortunately the Today Screen does not have the SIP toggle in the bottom bar plus sometimes the Today Screen needs a refresh, due to Program Finder being an very old program; its messing up the Today Screen.
Therefore I searched the whole internet and finally after searching for 1 year I found [attachment]ToggleInputPanel.exe[attachment]. I'm executing programs via icons by running Easy Today Launcher.
Your application is a welcome alternative, thanx again! o/~

WHAT'S NEW in 2.3.5. and Sense 3.0

Hello,
i found this new:
MESSAGING app - redesigned, changable text size, filter to see just one number history for contacts that have more numbers...
CALENDAR - more views..
MAIL - i dont like new look, i can see just 4 e-mails without scrooling
SCREEN LOCK - very cool
GALLERY app - a LOT faster
CAMERA APP - faster
WATCH app
TASK MANAGER app
new widgets, wallpapers, themes, sounds...
Did you find something else? Impressions after update?
O RLY ?!
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Task manager built in, new screen to select method of connection to PC (icons with SD card etc), small animations when you turn on.off wifi etc from HTC widget, overall the shell is much faster....
I am VERY satisfied with this update, so much improvements....
Great thread !
The Weather App has some major changes I like the new TXT message app lots to explore keep the changes coming
I like being able to see mem usage from Quick Settings
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Big Changes to HTC Weather App
Lots of new lock screens
Enable power efficiency is that new ?
New Connection Type Screen
Multimedia volume is much louder I have noticed. Just feels snappier overall.
You can resize the mails, go to settings and make the preview body lines or something like that none, also make text size smallest, now you can see 7 mails or so.
Mail sounds like a little scary for a user like me who use it a lot for daily work.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
Just rebooted for the first time since the update
It plays a sound when its booting during the white screen with HTC quietly brilliant
Hopefully you can turn that off
First bug I've noticed is the second stage of the unlock screen when you draw a pattern to unlock the phone its not showing the background just a black screen, I'm sure it used to show the background image ? ?
Guys the Sense 3.0 has been out for a while. I think we all know the diffs. Nothing really new compared to the last 3 months.
zelendel there are lot users not as adventurous us, they stick to official updates without root and usually they stick around the general section
I was wondering if it is possible the home screen rotation as you can have with other launchers... I think this is the only thing missing
that's correct, i personally don't have time to play with ROMs and i need something stable and reliable as i use my phone for work generally.
and i know that there are a lot of others like me. i know u are all up to sense 4,0 and that this is old news for u i know this thread is funny for more "advanced" users but think it will be ok for us "inferior" users
@accesser - thanks for uploads and support
- we got officially screenshot feature (power button + home)
what do think of battery usage? i feel it lasts shorter, maybe cause i play with it more...
dhd - stock rom 2.3.5 sense 3.0
and my proximity sensor it's not working anymore. yey...
and a little improvement of battery usage
nounejmic said:
that's correct, i personally don't have time to
@accesser - thanks for uploads and support
- we got officially screenshot feature (power button + home)
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Really ? neat I had no idea I was using screen shot app I'll try now I knew Android 4 had built in screen shot but not this edition
When I install skins from market, it is not showed in personalize->skins. There are only 3 default skins for HTC Sense 3.0. I've tried download skins from HTC Hub and that works correctly with no problems.
And I found out that all of NON-HTC skins aren't showed in skins option. If I install skin from HTC Hub, everything is OK, but when I install any skin for example from Android Market it's not showing in skins menu.
Can anyone help me
You can't install 3rd party skins yet due to the m10 tools not being updated. I've been waiting a while...
There's also a swipe function built into the text app.
And I believe the pattern lock screen has always had a black background on stock roms.
Sent from my HTC Desire S using XDA App
Even sense 3.0 skins????!!!
Sent from my Desire HD
No. The recently released sense 3.0 roms for desire s and desire hd are a different resolution etc to the 3rd party made skins for sensation etc. Therefore they are not compatible and we have to wait for the m10 tools to be updated.
Sent from my HTC Desire S using XDA App
Drummansam said:
And I believe the pattern lock screen has always had a black background on stock roms.
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Not sure about the other stuff, but I can confirm that the pattern lock screen does not have a black background on my current (stock) rom. I haven't got the upgrade yet, so it still has the same background as the home screen.
hamdir said:
zelendel there are lot users not as adventurous us, they stick to official updates without root and usually they stick around the general section
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I found my self a power user and I did not even bother to root it

How to stop an app from updating?

I don't want the pulse news app to update because of its ui change which I didn't like. So I want to keep using the older version 3.2 , I have a titanium backup of that version. I have the auto update enabled for apps in the play store settings but disabled for the pulse but sometimes it still updates and I have to restore the backup. I'm looking for a way to remove the pulse app from showing up in the installed app list in the play store , I tried detaching the app from play store using titanium backup but it still comes back after a day or two. Is there any other way to stop the app from showing up in the play store - my appp - installed apps and never update in the future?
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Well, my response is first and foremost. Don't fight change.. If developers change the UI. They do so with a reason.
Now as a possible solution for your "problem", have you tried removing it in the playstore and then just installing the apk you backed up. Not through titanium backup, but through a filemanager. And then use titanium backup to remove a playstore link.
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SMillerNL said:
Well, my response is first and foremost. Don't fight change.. If developers change the UI. They do so with a reason.
Now as a possible solution for your "problem", have you tried removing it in the playstore and then just installing the apk you backed up. Not through titanium backup, but through a filemanager. And then use titanium backup to remove a playstore link.
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Well , the app went from useful to useless so I really don't have much choice. I have tried the method you suggested before but initially the app won't be seen in the play store but after two or three days it used to come back and sometimes update itself as I have auto update enabled for the apps. I was thinking of doing some minor modification that would make it impossible for the play store to find and link it to the app in the play store but I only have the thought, don't know any ways to do it.
I had the same initial reaction tot he update. Large tiles for stories, white back ground making the text almost unreadable. I found that in the settings you can reduce the tile size and the text and use a dark theme which made it usable again. Just a though if all else fails.
Disable auto-update in PlayStore settings.
Note: It will enable auto-update every time PlayStore is reinstalled
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Hackergnome is spot on. From the pick it looks like all you need to do is ignore it. Update apps one at a time. At the moment they are all being updated for kitkat and ART. Some are buggy after and its taking multiple updates to sort them out. You probably will need to update at some time when dalvic goes. By then they will be sorted out.
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its in the settings, but you can only access them while online so create a backup of the ones you want, turn off that feature and then restore the ones that got caught,
detach apps from the market in titanium backup pro
andrew.golby said:
I had the same initial reaction tot he update. Large tiles for stories, white back ground making the text almost unreadable. I found that in the settings you can reduce the tile size and the text and use a dark theme which made it usable again. Just a though if all else fails.
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Dark mode and those settings are little breeze but I didn't liked ios type interface with all list at top and the removal of left side quick panel .above all these feeds are not loading up a lot of the time.all such little quirks made me go back.
hackergnome said:
Disable auto-update in PlayStore settings.
Note: It will enable auto-update every time PlayStore is reinstalled
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That's an option but then I will have to update all other apps individually. Now when I have the auto update in play store enabled and auto update for pulse news disabled , only problem is that the pulse news keeps showing that update in the play store and sometimes shows a notification in the notification bar. The pulse won't update when I press the update all when there are other updates instead it shows a warning that the auto update for pulse is off and if I want to update it or not.So the approach is quite functional.
howard bamber said:
Hackergnome is spot on. From the pick it looks like all you need to do is ignore it. Update apps one at a time. At the moment they are all being updated for kitkat and ART. Some are buggy after and its taking multiple updates to sort them out. You probably will need to update at some time when dalvic goes. By then they will be sorted out.
Sent by reversed alian technology.
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That's true, it's just an annoyance that I have to deal with but I thought titanium backup will be able to solve it with the detach the link from market option but from my experience it's not that useful at this moment, it detached the app but I think play store finds that within a day or two and fixes it and I will find that out when i see an update for pulse news. Then I have to restore the old backup and continue with that annoyance.
republicano said:
its in the settings, but you can only access them while online so create a backup of the ones you want, turn off that feature and then restore the ones that got caught,
detach apps from the market in titanium backup pro
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I found this app called appguard by srt , it is mostly used to monitor the activities of an app and to find if it's using any unnecessary permissions , and it provides option to disable the permissions, more like the app ops but one little feature it has is that when you put an app to be monitored , it will be detached from the play store and future updates are shown inside the appguard. So I just added the pulse to be monitored and now my problems are solved but not that happy that I had to install an another app to take care of such a small thing. I'm thinking of finding a way to change the signature of the app or make some modification so that play store can't link it to its original app in the play store.
If I don't want to update any one of the apps, what I do is, I run update all, and cancel the update download for that app.
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Useful Bug/Glitch -- Actually Select 6 QuickCircle Apps

Found a neat little glitch for QuickCircle users today.
I did this on CloudyG3 2.2, but I reckon this should work on all the Stock Lollipop roms.
Flashed a modified LGAlarmClock.apk for the modified Quick Circle clock faces, 8Watches.zip from this thread. Well, it kind of messed up and didn't work, so I messed up and wiped the data and cache to the wrong app, LGSmartCover (Settings>Apps>All>LGSmartCover).
It seems that wiping the data and cache to SmartCover unticks "Settings" under Settings>Accessory>QuickCircle Case>Select Apps, which allows us to actually use 6 QuickCircle apps instead of 5 + Settings.
After doing this, the only way to change the clock face is to use the app Activity Launcher and make a shortcut from All Activities>Clock>Settings and place its icon on the home screen in a location that you can touch it while the QuickCircle case is closed. When you close the case, there's about a half a second delay before the QuickCircle becomes active and you can still touch stuff on the home screen, it's in that split second that you have to tap the shortcut to Clock Settings and you'll be taken to the clock face menu. Don't do it fast enough and you'll be taken to Settings>Accessory>QuickCircle Case.
WARNING:
Nothing I've done has been able to restore the tick mark to Settings. The one thing I didn't do was make Titanium Backups of these apps before doing all this. I figured a backup of the modified apk was good enough....didn't think wiping some app data would untick an unusable tick box...
Pictures
Look Ma, 6 Apps and NO SETTINGS :good:
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Crap....can't actually USE Settings now :silly:
If you install my app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yoavst.quickapps you can do it on almost every rom.
yoavst said:
If you install my app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yoavst.quickapps you can do it on almost every rom.
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I have that installed and it's one of my favorite apps, Thank You for that, but what I'm talking about is completely removing the Settings icon from the QuickCircle screen. I haven't found the option to disable/remove Settings from the QuickCircle screen in your app.
When the data/cache are wiped from LGCover, it removes the tick mark for Settings when selecting what 6 QuickCircle apps you want to use, see my screenshots above to see both the bugged Select apps screen as well as the QuickCircle screen without the Settings icon.
After that's done, the only way to access changing Clock Faces is to run the Select Apps Activity right when the case closes because Settings is unusable at this point.
If you could make it, a new way to access Settings from QuickCircle would be awesome. That way we could just wipe LGCover and rely on QuickCircle Apps to change clock faces rather than the hacky method I'm using after doing this (close the case and run the activity real fast). It uses the Clock>Settings activity if you use the app Activity Launcher.
Since you're here, I have a typo for you -- Quick Calculator is spelled "Quick calculator" in the Select apps menu...not a big deal, just letting you know.....I could probably file a bug report or submit a pull request for that, but it's a single letter capitalization typo....
skeevydude said:
I have that installed and it's one of my favorite apps, Thank You for that, but what I'm talking about is completely removing the Settings icon from the QuickCircle screen. I haven't found the option to disable/remove Settings from the QuickCircle screen in your app.
When the data/cache are wiped from LGCover, it removes the tick mark for Settings when selecting what 6 QuickCircle apps you want to use, see my screenshots above to see both the bugged Select apps screen as well as the QuickCircle screen without the Settings icon.
After that's done, the only way to access changing Clock Faces is to run the Select Apps Activity right when the case closes because Settings is unusable at this point.
If you could make it, a new way to access Settings from QuickCircle would be awesome. That way we could just wipe LGCover and rely on QuickCircle Apps to change clock faces rather than the hacky method I'm using after doing this (close the case and run the activity real fast). It uses the Clock>Settings activity if you use the app Activity Launcher.
Since you're here, I have a typo for you -- Quick Calculator is spelled "Quick calculator" in the Select apps menu...not a big deal, just letting you know.....I could probably file a bug report or submit a pull request for that, but it's a single letter capitalization typo....
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I do have it. Go to my app, choose modules, and it is on the first page there.
yoavst said:
I do have it. Go to my app, choose modules, and it is on the first page there.
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I have no idea how I missed that setting being there...seriously...that snake must have bit me 20 times before I noticed it...
But after doing what I did, that option doesn't work and produces a cyan colored warning box that says "Error".
It seems that wiping data and cache for LGCover breaks that option for Quick Apps.
If you want, I can give you some logs of the error happening.
skeevydude said:
I have no idea how I missed that setting being there...seriously...that snake must have bit me 20 times before I noticed it...
But after doing what I did, that option doesn't work and produces a cyan colored warning box that says "Error".
It seems that wiping data and cache for LGCover breaks that option for Quick Apps.
If you want, I can give you some logs of the error happening.
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As I said, it doesn't work for anybody
yoavst said:
As I said, it doesn't work for anybody
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I wonder if it's because I'm on LP or if it's because I wiped settings away...oh well, it's not that big of a deal since I have a work around.
Unrelated, but the music widget is so bright at 1 am when all the lights are off.
skeevydude said:
I wonder if it's because I'm on LP or if it's because I wiped settings away...oh well, it's not that big of a deal since I have a work around.
Unrelated, but the music widget is so bright at 1 am when all the lights are off.
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It was tested on LP only

[APP] Picture Manager - Rename pictures with a timestamp and organize to folders

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What is Picture Manager?
Some manufactures like HTC and Sony (probably some more) save pictures taken with an incremented number in the filename, instead with a timestamp like other manufactures do.
When you factory reset your device, buy a new device or clean flash a custom rom, the camera picture counter gets reset and starts with e.g. IMAG_00001 again.
This can be an issue once you backup your files to a harddrive on your PC, because you will have duplicate filenames, although the pictures are actually different.
Picture Manager solves this problem by renaming your taken pictures with a timestamp format that you can select or even define yourself.
You can either start a batch process before you backup your pictures to your HDD, or automatically let Picture Manager rename your files in the background.
Another nice feature Picture Manager offers is that you can let it organize your taken pictures into folders that are named by the year, month and even day.
That will help you to quickly find your pictures again and brings some organization into you pictures.
Requirements
You have to be on at least Android 5.0 Lollipop
How does it work
Picture Manager relies on the EXIF Metadata that is stored into each picture. The EXIF Metadata contains a lot of information, the one Picture Manager needs is the date the picture was taken.
With that information Picture Manager can reliably rename and organize your pictures.
Tasker Plugin
Picture Manager comes with a Tasker Action Plugin. That means that you can start a batch process on different events, like time, when usb gets connected etc.
Premium features
If you want to use the custom format, background service or the Tasker plugin you need to upgrade to the premium version.
To upgrade you can use an in app purchase. Or you paypal me and I mail you a premium code. That way google doesn't get 30% of the income.
Downloads
Picture Manager is available in the playstore:
FAQ
Q: What about videos?
A: Picture Manager can also handle mp4 recorded videos.
Q: What about other manufactures than HTC and Sony?
A: I just know about those two that use an incremented number in their filename. If you know more, let me know. If your files are already timestamped you can still use the organizer to move your files into timestamped folders.
Q: After using the organizer I have sometimes missing files in my gallery?
A: Use the media scanner built in Picture Manager to make those files visible.
Q: Will the background service drain a lot of battery?
A: Picture Manager makes use of Androids JobSheduler, like Google Photos and Amazon Photos instant upload and is very battery friendly. When checking GSAM stats, it is nearly at the very bottom of the list.
Thanks jan...nice to see your cleverness again:good:
Keep going dude!:fingers-crossed:
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Version 1.1.0 available
Additions and updates:
Timestamper format is shown more user friendly now
Added an info button to the custom format field with some examples.
Added "Month as number" switch to organizer tab. Default now, since that way your folders are properly ordered
Fixes:
Fixed Picture Manager not working on external sdcards
Fixed force close caused by JobShedulder getting triggered by batch organizer
Tasker plugin shouldn't need reboot anymore after unlocking premium
j to the 4n said:
Additions and updates:
Timestamper format is shown more user friendly now
Added an info button to the custom format field with some examples.
Added "Month as number" switch to organizer tab. Default now, since that way your folders are properly ordered
Fixes:
Fixed Picture Manager not working on external sdcards
Fixed force close caused by JobShedulder getting triggered by batch organizer
Tasker plugin shouldn't need reboot anymore after unlocking premium
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Great find J! I can't tell you how many pics I have with augmented file name of the same origin.
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16. June ◦ Picture Manager 1.6.0
• Fixed force closes when the service runs
• Fixed progress freezing on Android 5.0 when starting a batch process
• Fixed progress freezing when selected folder has no files
• Fixed rating dialog popping up instead of wizard on first start
• Notification with progressbar shows now during a batch process. Can help that the app is not getting killed by the OS
• Added service trigger delay setting
• Added notification setting
• Logs can be opened now with an external viewer.
Really cool app. I've just installed it a few days ago and I really like it, it's very useful. Thanks a lot, Jan.
Would be cool to be able to choose more than one location.
JuanArg said:
Really cool app. I've just installed it a few days ago and I really like it, it's very useful. Thanks a lot, Jan.
Would be cool to be able to choose more than one location.
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That is already possible for the service, just check "multiple folders".
Not what you need? Since the batch process is a manual thing, I don't thing adding a mulltiple folders option there makes sense.
j to the 4n said:
That is already possible for the service, just check "multiple folders".
Not what you need? Since the batch process is a manual thing, I don't thing adding a mulltiple folders option there makes sense.
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Ahhh I misses that 'cause I didn't look at the premium options. Stupid me. Sorry, bud.
@j to the 4n hey jan thanks again for such a great app...i wanna know wether this app has windows version or not...because i have more than 20 GB of media in my laptop and wanted to organize them in separate folders ... previously i must create new folders again and again for newer photos and videos because i took all of them with my htc 10 and i install custom roms many times in year...
Best regards
ali nz said:
@j to the 4n hey jan thanks again for such a great app...i wanna know wether this app has windows version or not...because i have more than 20 GB of media in my laptop and wanted to organize them in separate folders ... previously i must create new folders again and again for newer photos and videos because i took all of them with my htc 10 and i install custom roms many times in year...
Best regards
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Pretty sure there are a lot of windows desktop apps. Used one myself, can't remember it's name though. Google will help you.
Coding that functionality for windows would be not much work, but since there are working solutions already, not worth it.

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