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[REQ] App to select media to hide from gallery

I was looking for an application that lets me select which folders on my SD card not to scan for media content, or better said not to scan for either music, video or picture content. Googling around I found that "Media Hidden" (formerly Gallery Enabler) does exactly this, but it has been removed from market and the developers blog is gone.
I know about the trick with the .nomedia file, but if I put this in my music folder to hide albumart from my picturebrowser it works, but then the music files don't get scanned either....
Doe anyone know about an alternative app? Or a method to define what sort of content a folder doesn't need to get scanned for?
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I use an application called Pandora...

Thanks, tried it and it seems to work ok, however this is file based and I would like to do this folder based and per media type.. I saw a screenshot of media hidden and it looked like you could tick music, video and picture individually per folder location.
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I use an application called Pandora...
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Pimmr said:
I know about the trick with the .nomedia file, but if I put this in my music folder to hide albumart from my picturebrowser it works, but then the music files don't get scanned either
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Rename your album art files as albumart.jpg. Then they won't appear in the gallery

Kebab3000 said:
Rename your album art files as albumart.jpg. Then they won't appear in the gallery
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OK, but how about application pictures and stuff you don't want in there?
I really am looking for an app.
I just don't understand why Hidden Media has been removed from Market, it seemed like an excellent app. I definitely would have paid/donated if it was still there....

Hide N Seek works well.
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GlitchZero said:
Hide N Seek works well.
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Thanks, but a lot of these apps are meant to hide "questionable" content, whereas I am just looking for an app that offers the functionality without having to launch an app that is disquised as a flashlight and have to tap the menu button 3 times before magically the app appears...
Hmmm I think I am going to try Hide It Pro... it is also password protected which I don't need, but it adds an option to the default "share" menu in the gallery to hide whatever you selected.

Um you probably want to create a (.nomedia) file in the specific folder that you want hidden from gallery etc. that's how android handles this type of thing internally?!

Have you read my first post? That is not what I am looking for....
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Um you probably want to create a (.nomedia) file in the specific folder that you want hidden from gallery etc. that's how android handles this type of thing internally?!
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Your original objection was to album art in the music folders, but that should be fixed by renaming those jpegs. So why does the .nomedia method not work for your other folders (you only mentioned pictures in the application folders)? Are there music/video in those application folders you want in the gallery, but not the pictures? Might be easier to just copy those files to their respective media files and then stick a .nomedia in the folder...
And as far as I remember, the Media Hidden app you mention didn't actually allow you to chose whether or not to exclude either pictures, music, or video from a directory. It was all or nothing. In fact, I think it simply added a .nomedia to the selected directory for you.

Call me lazy, but I don't want to mess with nomedia files or having to change my jpeg filenames...
I just want to be able to tell that all images in my music folder, regardless of coverart filetypes or names should be hidden in picture gallery.
From what I can tell Media hidden could do just this judging the screenshot!
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Ps I am willing to pay for such an app!
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Gotcha. Yeah, I'm pretty sure Media Hidden was just an easy way to create .nomedia files. I believe the "icons" in the screenshot are really a single icon that replaces the standard checkbox (that is why for each directory, all three appear to be selected or not).
I'm not sure of any app that will do what you are asking or if there is an easy way to do what you are asking. Some file managers make it simple to create the .nomedia file like Media Hidden did (OI File Manager comes to mind---just navigate to the directory and choose to exclude from media scan). Otherwise, you might be able to use Tasker to script something up (like upon the starting of the Gallery app, copy a .nomedia file to the appropriate directories, delete it on exit).
Another option would be to use embedded cover art if your music files support it (like mp3s) and erase the jpgs completely. Also, album art can be named folder.jpg and not show up in gallery.

Hi and thanks for your reply... looking at the screenshot again I guess you are right.
I think I will have to settle with one of the alternatives you suggest.
Thanks for the feedback!
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Gotcha. Yeah, I'm pretty sure Media Hidden was just an easy way to create .nomedia files. I believe the "icons" in the screenshot are really a single icon that replaces the standard checkbox (that is why for each directory, all three appear to be selected or not).
I'm not sure of any app that will do what you are asking or if there is an easy way to do what you are asking. Some file managers make it simple to create the .nomedia file like Media Hidden did (OI File Manager comes to mind---just navigate to the directory and choose to exclude from media scan). Otherwise, you might be able to use Tasker to script something up (like upon the starting of the Gallery app, copy a .nomedia file to the appropriate directories, delete it on exit).
Another option would be to use embedded cover art if your music files support it (like mp3s) and erase the jpgs completely. Also, album art can be named folder.jpg and not show up in gallery.
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[Q] Unlink notifications and ringtone volume?

Has anyone found a way or an app to unlink the ringtone and notification volume? This is a real deal breaker for me. I need to find a way to be able to set the phone on a "phone only" mode at night so that only the ringer is on.
This is a new issue with ICS. It was available on older version of android.

I've been searching for this as well; so far nothing. Audiomanager (pro) can't set them individually. I guess we'll have to wait for custom ROMs or a Google update to get the 'old' behavior back.

I'm pretty sure they changed it after froyo.

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I'm pretty sure they changed it after froyo.
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With Gingerbread 2.3.3 on my Galaxy Ace I was able to set volume for notifications and ringer individually.

This is killing me. I need to set just the ringing on without having notifications make noise. Does anyone have any ideas?

same issue here. I solved it by downloading a silent mp3 and adding it to my notifications folder. I can then choose it within the profile app I use for my sleep profile. phone still rings but notifications are using the silent mp3.hth I use "profile" but same strategy should work with any similar app.

Yeah, this really annoys me too. My ringtone is plenty loud with the Volume+ app. Only notifications are still very quiet. Really need to boost the notification volume without blowing out the speaker with my ringtone!
I suppose one could just record a louder notification mp3.
But it's a workaround for something that shouldn't need a workaround!

Try downloading Quick Settings from the market. They allow you to adjust the notifications volume separate from the ring volume. They have six different volumes you can set.
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It's a cool program, but unfortunately the two are inextricably linked. Quick settings lets you pretend to set different levels, but it doesn't stick. Try having separate volume levels, close that setting, and open it again.
OS problem unfortunately. Really short sighted of them to remove a clearly useful feature.

nightfishing said:
same issue here. I solved it by downloading a silent mp3 and adding it to my notifications folder. I can then choose it within the profile app I use for my sleep profile. phone still rings but notifications are using the silent mp3.hth I use "profile" but same strategy should work with any similar app.
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I ended up doing this too. The only issue here is all apps have to now use the default notification tone or they will not go to silent. I guess this will have to work for now.
what profile app are you using?

inspiron41 said:
Try downloading Quick Settings from the market. They allow you to adjust the notifications volume separate from the ring volume. They have six different volumes you can set.
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This doesn't work in ICS. The two volumes are linked for some dumb reason.

Hoping for a fix on this one soon as well. I need to be able to hear my notifications when I am at work but I can't have my ringer going off at obscenely loud levels.

Same here, really hoping they bring back that functionality to unlink notification and ringer volume.
For me the ringer volume is too low, so I want it on max, but then my notifications are extremely loud and I really don't need the whole office to know I just got an email/text/tweet etc.!

bump to see if anyone has found a way to do this.

Solution
Hi all,
This has been bugging me since moving to ICS also, so I wrote an app to work around it! I just published it today.
Market link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.brianhislop.icsringervolume
It's still a work in progress, but it's fully functional and gives (I believe) a good solution to this issue!
Cheers,
Slopppy.

Come on, people, star the issue in google code and let's push google to fix this issue
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=23117
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=23202

Has this been fixed in Jellybean or are notification and ringer volumes still linked?

I'm not running JB, but from what I've heard it's the same as ICS.

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I have been using an app called "Smart Sound Profiles".
Finally I'm able to have separate ringer and notification volumes!
It is a paid app, but there is a free trial version to try it out for a few days.
It works like a charm on my Verizon Galaxy Nexus on JB 4.1.1
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tartar.soundprofiles

Update to jellybean, not sure about stock but every custom jellybean rom i have tried gives you the option to decouple notifications from ringer, also some custom roms have an option to custom preset a quiet time period start time and end time, i have not tried it myself but believe there are other settings in quiet time to further customize sound output. Jellybam 3.3.0 had it i am pretty sure but check latest features and changelogs in jellybam thread OP, there are plenty of good jellybean roms with these features and jb is far better than ics my current rom whilst totally excellent and ultra fast doesnt support quiet time but has the delink notifications option.
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Is there a gmail notification app?

Is there a way to attach a ringtone to specific senders in gmail? The gmail notification on the GN allows me to attach a ringtone, but it applies to every email that arrives in my inbox.
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Not that I know of, but if it's only a couple people you want to do this for you could always just make a label for them and then use the per label notification feature.

Double posting here and the Q&A isn't going to get your question answered.

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Not that I know of, but if it's only a couple people you want to do this for you could always just make a label for them and then use the per label notification feature.
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I know how to make labels, but I don't see anything in my gmail settings allowing me to adhere ringtones to only specific labels.
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I know how to make labels, but I don't see anything in my gmail settings allowing me to adhere ringtones to only specific labels.
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When you hit "Menu > Label Settings" from your inbox you're actually just setting up the inbox's settings. To manage your label notification go to "Menu > Settings > %googleaccount% > Manage Labels". From there you can customize each one. They have to be synced to have notifications.

thequinox said:
When you hit "Menu > Label Settings" from your inbox you're actually just setting up the inbox's settings. To manage your label notification go to "Menu > Settings > %googleaccount% > Manage Labels". From there you can customize each one. They have to be synced to have notifications.
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Thank you for the direction. I still have the problem of notifications going off with each and every email that comes to my inbox. If I turn off notifications in my general settings, then the labels notifications don't work. I leave the notifications on and I'm back to square one with the exception of a few distinct ringtones for certain senders. I'm 50% there. I can't believe someone hasn't written an app that does this.
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justifi said:
Thank you for the direction. I still have the problem of notifications going off with each and every email that comes to my inbox. If I turn off notifications in my general settings, then the labels notifications don't work. I leave the notifications on and I'm back to square one with the exception of a few distinct ringtones for certain senders. I'm 50% there. I can't believe someone hasn't written an app that does this.
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I think there are limitations to what Google will allow you to tie into with Gmail. I talked to the LightFlow dev about custom notifications for labels and he said it wasn't something Google allowed access to

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I think there are limitations to what Google will allow you to tie into with Gmail. I talked to the LightFlow dev about custom notifications for labels and he said it wasn't something Google allowed access to
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That stinks. That was one element of blackberry that I miss. There has to be away, if blackberry could do it. Too bad I don't know code, nor am I interested in learning it! LOL
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You could use tasker to notify you, and deactivate sound in gmail..
Edit: sorry, thought there were a variable for received emails in tasker.. Should work with k9..
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Klippetop said:
You could use tasker to notify you, and deactivate sound in gmail..
Edit: sorry, thought there were a variable for received emails in tasker.. Should work with k9..
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Nope. I just checked out K9. It doesn't have settings to pick and choose which notification sounds I want for gmail senders while turning off the rest.
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Could you set the Gmail ringtone to silent and leave the label tones as whatever you wish?

Eureka!!! Got it! Some of the respondents tried to explain, but I kept missing something. So here is what and how it worked;
1) Leave notifications on in the phone's systems/sounds/volumes
*Gmail recognizes all folders as labels, which includes gmail folders like inbox, priority, sent, etc. Consequently you can turn off or assign specific ringtones to each label including the ones you create. Create labels in your gmail settings on your computer and then they can be managed on your phone.
Create different labels. Create filters and attach the filter to the appropriate label. ( Ex: Label = Family Members. Filter = [email protected].com)
The filter menu gives you an option to attach the filter to a label. It also has an option to run the filter through your existing emails so all of your past and future emails from mom can be stored in one place.
You can attach as many individual senders or any other filter criteria that you choose to which ever labels.
Now back to your phone*
2) Open Gmail on your phone
3) Open Gmail's menu > Settings
*don't select labels settings at this point*
4) Select the gmail account that you want to apply your ringtone notifications.
5) Scroll down and select manage labels.
6) All labels will be listed from the gmail designated labels to your custom labels.
* At this point, you can go to each folder and select how you want to be notified when new emails arrive. You must select to have the folder automatically synced to have the notifications options available*
7) Select the synchronized folder who's notifications you wish to modify. Now you may choose a particular ringtone, silence, and/or to be notified in the status bar.
Thank you to everyone who pointed me in the right direction!
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Default Notification Sound Missing

Hi,
I bought A5 (2017) yesterday (still Android 6.0, theres no update ). I was setting everything as i like (wallpaper, ringtones etc). But when I wanted to set the system wide notification sound, I can only find Message Notification and Calendar Notification settings under Sounds and vibration>Notification Sounds. When I check one of my friends A5 (2016) theres a Default Notification section which my phone lacks. And when I changed Default notification sound on his phone whatsapp recognizes that setting. Theres a default notification choice in Whatsapp which is set to "Grace Note" on my phone, but I dont know where to change it. And I can see that all apps following this setting. Facebook, gmail etc. all using this ringtone.
I'm thinking like this is going to be fixed with 7.0 cause A5(2016) is updated and it has this setting. But I wonder do you guys know something else with this issue (if its an issue ^^ )
Thanks
(PS: This is my first post, i hope its not duplicate. And English is not my native language, so i may have done some grammer mistakes. )
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I have a same problem with my A5 2017 Nougat (missing default notification sound problem).
Anyone can help me ? Thanks in advance.

Did you ever find a solution? I have a Galaxy J7 (2016) and the option for default notification sound just suddenly disappeared.

Hello, having the same issue with my S8+. Has anyone found a solution...?
Thanks...

Forgive the book, but hopefully this helps some of you. I realize you folks were originally speaking to a different Galaxy than what I have (samsung galaxy s8) but I found enough similarities in the problems presented, so I figured I would post.
May 2018 I bought a samsung galaxy s8 and I set up all my notifications the way I wanted and at first was happy. Then there came an update, so I did the update. Then I realized that my "Messaging" notification sound was set as the regular system default sound instead of my favorite dewdrop, so I went into the Apps section, selected "Messages/Notifications/General Notifications & New Messages/Sound" and changed it to "dewdrops". For those of you that dont know, you can set the "Importance" for both "General Notifications & New Messages". Originally I had the importance set to "Urgent" for my messages.
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So after the update, when I would first get a message, the notification would be the default system sound instead of my "dewdrop" sound. After much poking around and looking for where I went wrong, I found a couple of interesting things as well as a bug.
Interesting thing: Like I said, instead of 'dewdrop' when I got a new message, I heard the system default but then after the initial notification, I would hear 'dewdrop' as a reminder that I had a message. Weird. One app giving two different notification sounds eh? Upon further poking, I realized that the initial / first notification is considered an "Urgent system alert" with a high priority, therefore it is using the "default notification sound" instead of the "messenger sound", sOOOoooo I went back into the Apps section, selected "Messages/Notifications/New Messages/General Notifications & New Messages" and changed the "Importance" for both "General Notifications & New Messages" from "Urgent" to "High". Now when I get a new message, I hear my favorite "dewdrops" instead of the system default.
Bug: It appears that when I first got my phone, there was the ability to go into "Settings / Sounds and vibration / Notification sounds" and that you would see three options to set the "Default notification sound", the "Messages notification sound" and the "Calendar notifications" sound. Here is where I originally set all three of these to the system default. Today (after the update) the screen that shows the three settings is now gone and is replaced with one simply sound selection. I no longer have the ability to select individual sounds for "default" "messages" and "calendar". The example shown in this youtube video shows what it USED to look like at marker 00:26 which is now gone, and instead you go right to what is seen at marker 00:34.
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Notification sounds per app?

Am I just blind or dumb or is there no place in the system to set different notification sounds for things like calls, Gmail, text messages. I went into apps and notifications and went into individual apps and see notification options but no options to change what sound to use.

Androider4Life said:
Am I just blind or dumb or is there no place in the system to set different notification sounds for things like calls, Gmail, text messages. I went into apps and notifications and went into individual apps and see notification options but no options to change what sound to use.
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I couldn't find a way to do it either. I found an app to do it through the app store but it isn't working right.

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I couldn't find a way to do it either. I found an app to do it through the app store but it isn't working right.
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Glad it just wasn't me lol

When has this ever been an option in stock Android?
You can use Light Flow to set custom notification sounds and vibrations.
It works. Mostly.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rageconsulting.android.lightflowlite
There is a paid version that offers more options.

Androider4Life said:
Am I just blind or dumb or is there no place in the system to set different notification sounds for things like calls, Gmail, text messages. I went into apps and notifications and went into individual apps and see notification options but no options to change what sound to use.
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I don't understand. Almost all, if not all apps allow you to change the notion sound. Open the app in question and drill through it's settings menu and you'll find an option to change the notification sound.
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For calls, go to settings, sound, phone ringtone. You can set a different ringtone for different callers to. You have to open their contact info, click the hamburger menu, and select set ringtone.
Gmail: This can't be done in general settings, which is great because you can set different sounds for different email accounts. Swipe right to open the side panel, scroll down to the bottom and select settings. Then select the email account. Select manage notifications, expand advanced, then sound and change to whatever.
Messages: Settings, notifications, sound.
A lot of apps can do this, some can't. Facebook you USED to be able to, but I can't find it anymore. Anyway, hope this helps. Google has made it a little cumbersome to change the sounds for some reason...

It is definitely kinda cumbersome to change the sounds, but the option is definitely there. Facebook in particular is really annoying to change sounds since you can play a different sound for every notification type.
Go to the notifications settings for your app, app info -> notifications, and you can then select the notification you want to change, then tap Advanced and you can change the sound that's played.

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how did you guys do that? How did you make those settings magically appear? Lol. I must have just overlooked it or just didn't dig in deep enough.
I guess I was more focused on the notification section in settings and not within the apps themselves.
Thanks guys.
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DocWalt said:
It is definitely kinda cumbersome to change the sounds, but the option is definitely there. Facebook in particular is really annoying to change sounds since you can play a different sound for every notification type.
Go to the notifications settings for your app, app info -> notifications, and you can then select the notification you want to change, then tap Advanced and you can change the sound that's played.
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Where do you do it for Facebook? If I go to settings, apps, facebook, when I expand advance in notifications, there is no option for sound. I can't seem to find it in the app itself either.

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Where do you do it for Facebook? If I go to settings, apps, facebook, when I expand advance in notifications, there is no option for sound. I can't seem to find it in the app itself either.
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When you go to notifications, you should see a screen like this:
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Tap on one of the notification types (left of the vertical black bar) and then hit advanced and you can change the sound.

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When you go to notifications, you should see a screen like this:
Tap on one of the notification types (left of the vertical black bar) and then hit advanced and you can change the sound.
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Wow, all this time I've been blind to it! Fricken Google... Words with Friends was notifying with a sound even though I had it turned off in the app. Looked at pretty much the same notification setup as FB, sure enough, there it was... But why Google? Why make it so hard? Anyway, thanks! Now I can really change some things.