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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??
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 ....
feis said:
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.
I noticed that the thumbnail in the Camera app on my Galaxy S7 Edge is showing the latest photos on my phone. It could be the latest screenshot, the photo I downloaded from Internet or the photo that’s transferred from my friend. Can I set the thumbnail to show only the latest photo taken by the camera?
Same problem here...
It also shows offline content downloaded from my RSS reader. Annoying
put a .nomedia file in the folder that you don't want to have shown.
Pet1981 said:
put a .nomedia file in the folder that you don't want to have shown.
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thats a good way of doing it manually, but is it not the manufacturer's mistake?
i didnt see all the photos under the camera thumbnail on an S6 or the OnePlus One or OnePlus 3T or any other phone i have used in recent past.
i have been asking/checking forums from the time since i got my S7E..
Pet1981 said:
put a .nomedia file in the folder that you don't want to have shown.
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That's a workaround but not for the common user.... a friend got the S8 and is facing the same issue.
Many of us have been using the .nomedia method for a long time but is there a system wide option to turn all images off or not? I have at least 20 albums that i would like to mute....
.nomedia doesn't seem to be a valid solution
Just checked. The .nomedia method does not work!
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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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?
Hello everyone!
I have a problem with the Gallery app: I copied all the content of the SD card to a larger card and now the gallery app shows me the wrong date for some photos. Only a few random pictures.
I checked with another app that reads the data exiff and with this app the dates are correct. I copied the contents of the old sd onto a folder to Windows and then copied it to the new one.
How can I fix these dates?
I have exactly the same with one picture. It show a date of 19-Jan-2038. It was a picture that I cropped, maybe thats why.
[email protected] said:
Hello everyone!
I have a problem with the Gallery app: I copied all the content of the SD card to a larger card and now the gallery app shows me the wrong date for some photos. Only a few random pictures.
I checked with another app that reads the data exiff and with this app the dates are correct. I copied the contents of the old sd onto a folder to Windows and then copied it to the new one.
How can I fix these dates?
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beerente said:
I have exactly the same with one picture. It show a date of 19-Jan-2038. It was a picture that I cropped, maybe thats why.
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But I did not edit the photos in any way... I just copied from SD to another SD ...