Is it possible to get private mode and/or lock files on the lg v20 without third party apps? (Spring LG v20)
You can lock hide and lock videos and picture on gallery. It's a built in feature. If you want to lock files like document, you have to use file explorer and rename the file(s) with a dog in front of the file name so it won't be recognized by the system but Everytime you want to use it, you'll have to rename it again
haruyukisama said:
You can lock hide and lock videos and picture on gallery. It's a built in feature. If you want to lock files like document, you have to use file explorer and rename the file(s) with a dog in front of the file name so it won't be recognized by the system but Everytime you want to use it, you'll have to rename it again
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I can't seem to find gallery. Only google photos.
NathanielHiggers56 said:
I can't seem to find gallery. Only google photos.
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If ur on the LS997 Sprint variant there isnt a gallery.
If ur rooted the roms come with it added back but stock no.
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I've believe I seen a how to around here somewhere about how to keep images or certain folders with images from showing up on the G1s picture viewer.
I got some pictures I dont need people seeing when they look though my pictures stored on my SD card.
I would like to be able to view them in ASTRO or something similar or when I mount my SD card to a PC. Maybe a certain app can disable certain folders?
Sistum Id said:
I've believe I seen a how to around here somewhere about how to keep images or certain folders with images from showing up on the G1s picture viewer.
I got some pictures I dont need people seeing when they look though my pictures stored on my SD card.
I would like to be able to view them in ASTRO or something similar or when I mount my SD card to a PC. Maybe a certain app can disable certain folders?
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I just put a period in front of each folder. Like from "folder" to ".folder"
and reboot. Voila! Probably won't work for apps that need to access that specific directory though.
Haha, u get the pix from the chicks 2, I c, but yea put them in a folder and put a "." in front of the folder name like binary said, and reboot
Sistum Id said:
I've believe I seen a how to around here somewhere about how to keep images or certain folders with images from showing up on the G1s picture viewer.
I got some pictures I dont need people seeing when they look though my pictures stored on my SD card.
I would like to be able to view them in ASTRO or something similar or when I mount my SD card to a PC. Maybe a certain app can disable certain folders?
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Sistum Id said:
I've believe I seen a how to around here somewhere about how to keep images or certain folders with images from showing up on the G1s picture viewer.
I got some pictures I dont need people seeing when they look though my pictures stored on my SD card.
I would like to be able to view them in ASTRO or something similar or when I mount my SD card to a PC. Maybe a certain app can disable certain folders?
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There is indeed an app that will hide files. It is called "Hide & Seek" and acts like just another Flashlight app. After launching the app you hit the Menu button three times and enter a password. Then you can "View" or hide additional files... I have found it very useful to hide content such as the pics downloaded by the "Phandroid" app which would show up in the picture viewer...
You guys are awesome and lifesavor, thanks. We need a rep system or something like other forums have.
wow, ive been looking for a way to do this without the app, never thought of putting a . in there, nice work guys
The way the app does it, is it changes the nome from "pic.jpg" to "pic.kpg.hide"
mmm
AsaSpades said:
Haha, u get the pix from the chicks 2, I c, but yea put them in a folder and put a "." in front of the folder name like binary said, and reboot
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I have tried this from within Windows, but it doesnt allow me. Do you have to change the name from the phone directly?
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nmesisca said:
I have tried this from within Windows, but it doesnt allow me. Do you have to change the name from the phone directly?
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Anyone please?
Yeah, you have to do it on the phone.
Using ASTRO is how I did it. I renamed the folder with the "." in front of it, (Long press folder>Edit>Rename) then you can set ASTRO to view files as thumbnails, (Menu>View>Change View>Thumbnail Icons) and then browse the picture folder in ASTRO. When you click a picture, you can set it to open in the native View Picture or in ASTRO's picture viewer, your choice.
backup
Make sure you have a backup copy of ur pics before u try this. For some reason when i put .folder whenever i reboot, it deleats all my pics in that folder! Did it 5 times in a row, but i had backups on my comp. If i put .pic for file name then it still shows up. Gonna just change the file extension i guess and see how that works...
Anyone else have any probs like this?
nmesisca said:
I have tried this from within Windows, but it doesnt allow me. Do you have to change the name from the phone directly?
thanks
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Yeah... Astro... Linda... whatever you use should allow you to add the . in front of the name. You need to reboot for the changes to go into effect.
Hello,
I have some pictures of my girlfriend when shes naked on my phone and i dont like that when i open my photos & videos first thing you see is my girlfriend naked. Its pretty annoying if my friends uses my phone and i cant let them go see pictures becouse im not that kind of boyfriend So is there any way to hide pictures / make folder with password? And sorry for my bad english i hope you guys understand.
like your honesty!!!
using file explorer.. go to...
(depending where your pictures are stored)
cut and paste the pictures contained in DCIM\100media\
into a new folder somewhere else on the storage card.. and it will no longer appear in the image gallery
nutmegy said:
using file explorer.. go to...
(depending where your pictures are stored)
cut and paste the pictures contained in DCIM\100media\
into a new folder somewhere else on the storage card.. and it will no longer appear in the image gallery
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That doesnt work, when i click "all albums" you can see those pictures.
Mate - have a look at this, in the hits & tips thread linked in my sig...
64. Disable Unwanted Folders From Showing in HTC Album
It just hides a folder from the album app. You can still manually browse to it with file explorer, for example, and open images from there.
Hope this helps
johncmolyneux said:
Mate - have a look at this, in the hits & tips thread linked in my sig...
64. Disable Unwanted Folders From Showing in HTC Album
It just hides a folder from the album app. You can still manually browse to it with file explorer, for example, and open images from there.
Hope this helps
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Thanks man =) that helped
lol i forgot to add that bit!!, anyway your "Friends" shouldn't be rooting around your phone anyway!!!! heheh
simple..send them to me and I'll hide them for you
twisted-pixel said:
simple..send them to me and I'll hide them for you
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Haha =D you wish
i edited thet registry key but i'm having troubles.. while it is actually hiding pictures in htc album, they are still showing up in manila's tab, am i doing something wrong?
WinRar the files. You can even put a password on it so that if you loose the phone no one can see the pics. I found it the easiest and most secure way to hide your girlfriends pictures.
RReckless
Free app to protect pictures
Hi,
Search for an app called FreeOTFE4PDA. It allows you to create a fully encrypted, password protected folder on your card. This can then be mounted as a storage card when needed. Within this you can create folder and do anything else you can do on a storage card. The important part is of course that you can not mount it if you do not know the password.
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i run both windows and android, so what i'm trying to do is to hide android's gallery cache files (why did developers think that using readable jpg files as cache would be a good idea in the first place?)
that's the reason i want them to remain accessible for android use, but still don't want them to fill my windows photo tab with duplicates, so no rar storing can solve my problem
i fear i'll have to give up the 3d glory of android's gallery due to this stupid issue...
Use Total Commander, find the pictures, press & hold a picture, tap Properties, check the box "Hidden", press OK. The pictures can only be accessed through Total Commander.
It's a good thing my 900th post went to a good cause!
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i run both windows and android, so what i'm trying to do is to hide android's gallery cache files (why did developers think that using readable jpg files as cache would be a good idea in the first place?)
that's the reason i want them to remain accessible for android use, but still don't want them to fill my windows photo tab with duplicates, so no rar storing can solve my problem
i fear i'll have to give up the 3d glory of android's gallery due to this stupid issue...
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That's exactly the problem i'm having. You just have to keep the photos rarred while you using android. Not the perfect solution, if you find a better 1 i'm interested too.
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1)Change the extension to some other (from jpg to ipg in example). So no one program will open it. When you need it change again to jpg.
2)make it hidden or system
Lets say I take a photo using my x10 camera. Android will automatically post this photo to timescape and mediascape.
However for this particular photo, I dont want it visible in this not in the camera roll.
is there anyway the picture can be hidden from these and put in a folder which needs a password to access it?
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Evostance said:
Lets say I take a photo using my x10 camera. Android will automatically post this photo to timescape and mediascape.
However for this particular photo, I dont want it visible in this not in the camera roll.
is there anyway the picture can be hidden from these and put in a folder which needs a password to access it?
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Have you tried using a file manager to renaming the file extension and move the file?
I previously tried using BT to send files to my X10, anytime i moved the media file to another file, mediascape refused to play it. Maybe that'll work for you?
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Have you tried using a file manager to renaming the file extension and move the file?
I previously tried using BT to send files to my X10, anytime i moved the media file to another file, mediascape refused to play it. Maybe that'll work for you?
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I still want to be able to view the photos, i just dont want them appearing in mediascape or the camera roll.
Also, have them in a locked directory for extra protection
Just use file manager like ASTRO to create a folder starting with dot ".".
for example ".pictures"
put your files in it and mediascape won't display the folder content
in timescape, if you press and hold the picture, you will be able to drag it to the bottom where a bin icon appears. Very similar to when you remove a shortcut from home. It then tells you that the data is still available on the phone.
Not sure about media scape though
Hi guys, I've got a couple of thousand 256x256 icons stored on my phone and they cause the N1 3D gallery app. to throw a spaz, it get's that processor intensive the phone end up's getting really hot and locking up.
Is there a more slimline, non-3d gallery I can replace it with and use as the default when replacing icons using Bettercut and Launcher Pro?
TIA!
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Hi guys, I've got a couple of thousand 256x256 icons stored on my phone and they cause the N1 3D gallery app. to throw a spaz, it get's that processor intensive the phone end up's getting really hot and locking up.
Is there a more slimline, non-3d gallery I can replace it with and use as the default when replacing icons using Bettercut and Launcher Pro?
TIA!
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Pull the Gallery.apk from a Sense ROM.
Is that possible without the sense framework?
If yes, would it be possible to use the Sense camera.apk too?
What about placing a .nomedia file in the folders with icons ? That way the Gallery wont scan them.
@thed0g:
Thanks for the tip, it might come in handy.
is that a .nomedia folder or blank file (no extension) btw?
robbiekhan said:
is that a .nomedia folder or blank file (no extension) btw?
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you create a new folder, you can call the folder whatever as long it has '.' infront of it
i.e .pictures
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What about placing a .nomedia file in the folders with icons ? That way the Gallery wont scan them.
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Good tip, only problem is bettercut/launcherpro use the gallery to find the custom icon you want
Cuchulainx said:
Good tip, only problem is bettercut/launcherpro use the gallery to find the custom icon you want
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No matter which gallery you use, loading a few hundred small files will bog the CPU and SD card to 100% for a long while due to inherent physical limits... everytime you start the phone, reload SDcard or restart the installed gallery apps. Browsing them is an even bigger pain. I've been through this torture myself to realize (had 300MB in icons). The Sense gallery handles it far better than the stock gallery though.
The only workaround is as mentioned; to place a period/fullstop infront of the folder name where all the mass of icons are kept, and move the icons you require to another folder. Maybe keep it the same folder name just without the period in this case. All the galleries will pickup the icons in this latter folder and ignore the rest. Loading will be very fast.
So many small icon file reads/writes won't just make your phones flash choke but also your computers drive, unless you're using an SSD.
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is that a .nomedia folder or blank file (no extension) btw?
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Its a blank file with name ".nomedia", which you put into a folder that you want to exclude from the Gallery.
".Folder" is just a hidden folder, but also might do the trick ;]
Excellent thanks peeps, now my stalker cam pics folder is hidden from unwanted eyes ¬_¬
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i don't know how to make files in my galaxy tab be hidden, also i dont know how to hide applications in the application menu,
about the hidden files i couldnt find any thing in my root explorer to make the files hidden.
also in applications, i got into /data/app then moved some applications in order to hide them from the application menu but didn't work.
thanks
Unless your rooted, you cant hide the stock apps. If you are rooted, then the stock apps need to be removed from "/system/app". "data/app" is the location where downloaded Market apps (and updated stock apps) are installed.
I just use LauncherPro and hide apps from the app tray that way. Havent decided if I want to root my V-GT yet as I just got it a few days ago.
To hide a file, like for example your porn movie hidden so it's not seen in the gallery by your girlfriend (jk), use any file manager with root access, and put a period in front of the file name. Ie, long press, rename, put period in front. Now that movie won't show up in the list.
Not on Samsung Galaxy tab
rangercaptain said:
To hide a file, like for example your porn movie hidden so it's not seen in the gallery by your girlfriend (jk), use any file manager with root access, and put a period in front of the file name. Ie, long press, rename, put period in front. Now that movie won't show up in the list.
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Dot-in-front does not work on a Samsung Galaxy tab :-!
wassini said:
Dot-in-front does not work on a Samsung Galaxy tab :-!
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Actually, it does. I use it regularly.
The most common problem that would cause this to not work is:
a) Your file explorer shows hidden files by default (this is more common than it should be) OR
b) there's a space between the period and the file name (note that some keyboards insert this automatically)
If that still doesn't work, let us know what kind of file and what file explorer you're using and we might be able to help.
Try Hide it Pro app. Best of the best for me https://market.android.com/details?id=com.smartanuj.hideitpro&hl=pl
i'll try it
thanks