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How to hide pictures?

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.
Regards

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!

l30 said:
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

Question about Gallery showing unintended files

So when I open the gallery app it appears as if it's scanning all folders on my entire SD card and showing an images that lies in any folder or subfolder....? How do I stop this...? I only want it to show 'pictures' pictures that I take... Is there any way to select what folders gallery displays?

Isn't there like some kind of naming system you can use...
Oh here we go.
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-20072405-285/how-to-hide-photos-on-android/
I know that would be a bit tedious... but that's the best I can think of for now.

SefEXE said:
Isn't there like some kind of naming system you can use...
Oh here we go.
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-20072405-285/how-to-hide-photos-on-android/
I know that would be a bit tedious... but that's the best I can think of for now.
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Thanks for the tip. I know on a file level this can be done (this is *nix based so appending a . for hiding folders is common) however I was really looking for a more elegant solution... maybe something even built into settings or the gallery that I hadn't seen before that allows you to set which folders are your picture folders. The method of putting a . in front of the folder name means that many applications that NEED that data would also not be able to read it either. For example .mymusic where I would store music and by association album art which I would not want to show up in gallery. If music players didn't have the ability to scan hidden folders (many don't and why would they need that?) then I would not be able to use that music player. This seems a bit ridiculous to me seeing as Android is touted so much as the most advanced mobile OS in the world... something as basic as setting media type/folders/locations shouldn't be something that users should have to hack around to fix... It's a bit annoying to say the least. I have like 40 folders showing up in gallery consisting of album art, icons I've downloaded, other files I've downloaded for work that happen to contain images in them etc... That should not be showing up in my 'photo' gallery.
If there are any other suggestions I would really appreciate some more input on the best way to fix this.

IIRC you can put a .nomedia file in a folder to prevent the gallery from scanning files in that folder, but that might still run into the problem of interfering with other applications. Also, some applications seem to ignore the .nomedia request...

itpromike said:
If there are any other suggestions I would really appreciate some more input on the best way to fix this.
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Second best thing I can think of is what developers have been doing since Android came out, probably.
Find(or make) a replacement app that does what the basic gallery can do, but with more bells and whistles. :silly:
I know there's a few out there. There's got to be one that does what you're saying. I have a few extra folders that display images... A few album covers, extracted winrars... But it's not as bad as it is for you.
Sorry I'm not too helpful, but I try to chime in where I can.

I just use Solid Explorer to put a .nomedia file in the folder. Gets all the images I've downloaded from Tapatalk out of my gallery.
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Thanks everyone for the suggestions, I've resorted to just using the .nomedia file in all the folders. I realized recently though that this presents some unique challenges for music/audio/ringtones etc... however. oh well, can't get everything you want I guess. You would think that an OS as advanced as Android would have a better way of handling such a common occurrence....

itpromike said:
Thanks everyone for the suggestions, I've resorted to just using the .nomedia file in all the folders. I realized recently though that this presents some unique challenges for music/audio/ringtones etc... however. oh well, can't get everything you want I guess. You would think that an OS as advanced as Android would have a better way of handling such a common occurrence....
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Have you tried quickpic? There might be an option in there, not sure as I've never used it. It also doesn't integrate with the stock camera app well.
Sent from my Paranoid Nexus 4 using Tapatalk²

Have you thought about hiding in the pictures in a vault app? If it's only specific pictures you don't want shown, then you can just encrypt them and decrypt them when you want them again. It will hide those pictures from any apps that try to access them while they're encrypted

Oneplus Gallery app - filled with tons of icon pictures

Anybody know how to get rid of all the junk collection of non-photos in the Oneplus Gallery app. Or have a workaround in the stock software. The Gallery app shows photos taken from the camera app, and a " collection folder " at the bottom which stores a ton of garbage gifs of game screens, icons, etc that fill the folder.
Google Photos are NOT showing included in the Gallery app, and you can't share the Google pics from the photo app to text or share on facebook without saving them directly to another folder in app before sharing. .
If you open photos in facebook, the options are littered with like 1,000 gifs, of hearts, and emoticons, game screens, etc with the few camera photos mixed in from the Oneplus Gallery App.
I'd like to know where oneplus is storing these and wondering if I can get rid of the garbage " collection " folder or somehow replace that app as default to make the phone more usable for a family member. They love the phone but need facebook, and this is a major hangup for them that I'd like to help resolve. Can't find the folder with gallery folders with the explorer app I installed. They don't seem to be in DCIM. I may get my hands on phone this evening but any directions / solutions would be appreciated.
Thanks

I've noticed too so I'd appreciate it as well

still an issue.
It's been mentioned on Oneplus Website a couple times too. I searched the photo names ( long string of numbers ) and found the folder they were in. Deleted the folder and it got rid of a bunch, then deleted them individually. Slowed the problem but didn't stop it. Also tried to lock down the Gallery app from writing to phone with no luck.
Hoping they solve the problem pretty quickly with a software update or workaround. It's an annoying issue.
But I've not seen a resolution yet.

nook-color said:
It's been mentioned on Oneplus Website a couple times too. I searched the photo names ( long string of numbers ) and found the folder they were in. Deleted the folder and it got rid of a bunch, then deleted them individually. Slowed the problem but didn't stop it. Also tried to lock down the Gallery app from writing to phone with no luck.
Hoping they solve the problem pretty quickly with a software update or workaround. It's an annoying issue.
But I've not seen a resolution yet.
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You should be able to create a file in the same directory as the icons named .nomedia (including the full stop at the start) using es file explorer etc. This informs android not to scan this folder for media files. I have had the same issue on previous phones in the past and this normally solves the issue. You may need to clear the data and cache from the gallery app to remove any icons already displayed after.

mrm1 said:
You should be able to create a file in the same directory as the icons named .momedia (including the full stop at the start
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Pssst... typo there - I'm pretty sure you meant .nomedia

Archer said:
Pssst... typo there - I'm pretty sure you meant .nomedia
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LOL well spotted. Corrected :good:

Found a solution that seems to be working
I did a factory reset - and chose not to transfer all apps / data / settings, instead downloading each individual app to phone along with manual setup. I also disabled the "Oneplus Gallery" app from writing to the phone in app settings, while grabbing a random Gallery app from Play store. So far, for the day, seems to be working. I'm seeing no stickers pop up on the phone.
< Crossing fingers >

I'd be happy if I can get rid of the "Recently Deleted" feature.

mrm1 said:
You should be able to create a file in the same directory as the icons named .nomedia (including the full stop at the start) using es file explorer etc. This informs android not to scan this folder for media files. I have had the same issue on previous phones in the past and this normally solves the issue. You may need to clear the data and cache from the gallery app to remove any icons already displayed after.
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You're the man!! It totally worked as easy as that! I created one in the "Android\data" folder and directly on the "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.facebook.orca/files/stickers/" that's it they disappeared.
Thanks again

The .momedia thing was pretty funny, you can imagine doing that and then android doubles the trash, you did after all ask for... mo.

I delete all that with this app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uni.unseengallery.ke

6T saving all stickers/ads/...

I didn't have this problem with the 3 :-\
Every time I open Google Photos I get the question to back up folders with pictures of stickers, ads etc. I don't think this is a setting but a bug?
Adding a .nomedia file helps but they keep on coming.
Anyone else noticing this?

I'm having the same issue! Very annoying when trying to organize my Google photos. I have over 8 different ad albums. Deleting only deletes some of the files.

Yes. OOS 9.0 isn't generating the .nomedia files properly for those folders. There's two ways to handle this:
1) Use the Nomedia app from Google Play to hide individual folders.
2) Use a file manager app (not all work) to create a .nomedia folder in android/data. This way is a bit more finicky and complicated, but will cover all the folders contained within.
After you do either of those steps, reboot the phone, and those folders will be hidden.

chrisliphart said:
Yes. OOS 9.0 isn't generating the .nomedia files properly for those folders. There's two ways to handle this:
1) Use the Nomedia app from Google Play to hide individual folders.
2) Use a file manager app (not all work) to create a .nomedia folder in android/data. This way is a bit more finicky and complicated, but will cover all the folders contained within.
After you do either of those steps, reboot the phone, and those folders will be hidden.
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Those will be hidden, but later we will have new ones. Hopefully there will be a bug fix [emoji106]

superiscch said:
Those will be hidden, but later we will have new ones. Hopefully there will be a bug fix [emoji106]
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If you put a .nomedia file in the android/data folder, it will cover all folders created in the future inside there as well. The only other place I had to put one was for WhatsApp stickers in WhatsApp/Media/WhatsApp Stickers.
I do agree that OP needs to do a bugfix for this, though.

chrisliphart said:
If you put a .nomedia file in the android/data folder, it will cover all folders created in the future inside there as well. The only other place I had to put one was for WhatsApp stickers in WhatsApp/Media/WhatsApp Stickers.
I do agree that OP needs to do a bugfix for this, though.
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Thanks for the tip! Works great!

[Question] OnePlus Gallery possible to change folder image?

A week ago I got my new OnePlus 6T 128GB/8GB in Thunder Purple and so far I love every moment of it and the design, only app that actually is letning me down is OnePlus' own Gallery app.
I want to be able to change the picture shown on the folder in Collections in the OnePlus Gallery app for personal reasons, and I cannot seem to figure out why and I hope anyone here knowns if it's possible.

If you have Tasker I would try to use that to automate file moves. If you don't, I highly recommend the app, it's extremely powerful especially if you spend some time learning about it!

Create a sub folder where you put the photos you don't want to see. Main folder illustration image will not be taken from subfolders.

My OnePlus 6T ain't rooted and I am not planning to do so.
Oki I cannot get the subfolder inside a folder to work maybe I am dum tried with the file manager.
I tried a subfolder inside the folder I want and copied a picture to it and it showed up as a regular folder ??

Add an empty file named '.nomedia' in the subfolder it will prevent media scanning (with the . at the beginning don't forget it)

Striatum_bdr said:
Add an empty file named '.nomedia' in the subfolder it will prevent media scanning (with the . at the beginning don't forget it)
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Hmm I want it to still be showed in the gallery just in collections I have a folder called like Walls and then a subfolder called colours or windfall.
It's just that the folder shows the newest picture in it and I am not happy about that. This is the only complain I have really.