Hey guys I'm new to the forum and I'm hoping someone can help me with this.
My Gnex is rooted and running the Revolution ROM, all my account syncs are set to OFF, My Google+ settings are set to off..BUT in the Google+ settings it still says that photos are set to sync, and they do sync when I take any picture!
I like being able to share select pictures but there are some I just don't want ending up online. Is there any way to stop the syncing and store everything locally on the phone? I just find this to be a privacy issue..
Thanks
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You have to turn it off in the Google+ app settings and then go to picasa to delete the album. Had a similar problem with pictures of my gf recently
Hi,
I wonder if there is a possibility to sync photos in my mobile phone and tablet not only to cloud at picasa/google+ but also to my hard drive in my computer. I would like to use google Instant Upload for this instead of some 3rd party apps and clouds. Because e.g. Dropbox syncs the photos from my phone and tablet pretty well but does not sync photos on mobile devicec. I would like to view photos from my mobile phone on my tablet too. And I want them to be synced automatically. Is there a way to do this? I wanted to try desktop Picasa for syncing but I cannot sync Instant Uploads "album".
Any ideas or tips for your way doing this? Thank you!!!
So all of a sudden today my LOG decided to start syncing with Picasa which i was not even aware i had an account for. It only synced a few photos but it will not allow me to delete or hide the albums under the gallery settings. I have already gone under the sync options and my goggle account and turned off the ability for it to sync with Picasa but even after disabling that option and re-syncing the entire account the pictures still will not go away. Can anyone tell me how to remove these? Any help will be greatly appreciated!!
This is most likely because you have a Google+ account. If you don't remember uploading any pictures to it, check if instant upload is enabled on your phone. As for deleting the pictures, you'd have to either log in to your Google+/Picasa account online and then delete them form there or download the application and delete them from there. Very inconvenient for sure but that's the way to do it!
So, I have a peculiar issue with my S3. When I add a google account, it asks me what all I want to sync to my phone (calendar, gmail, picasa albums etc.) and I have unchecked the picasa and google photos box there. Still, when I open the gallery, I see all my picasa albums there. Is there a way some different way to stop the phone from syncing the picasa albums? This is happening with my 3 different google accounts. I only want the gallery to have local pictures and not the ones associated with my gmail account. Is there a way to do this? Am I missing something?
Thanks for your help.
I too hate this... and there is no way to stop default gallery app from syncing... even with sync disabled in settings.
1. Get an app like TiBu that can freeze apps.
2. Freeze Gallery app and unfreeze it only when you need to change lock screen image.
3. Install some app like QuickPic to replace gallery.
There is a process call Picasa Uploader. Try freezing it and see if that helps. Am not sure on this though.
Even after not choosing to sync photos from your google account, somehow it still shows in your gallery.
Here's the fix for this.
Setup your Google account with photos not checked to sync (as u know even after this, photos still shows in gallery).
Then go to "Application Manager", "All", in "Gallery", choose "Clear data".
This will clean the thumbnails, not your actual photos. If you chose to uncheck photo sync from Google, it will not appear again. Must be a bug with the OS synching with google. Hope this helps.
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jkm2282 said:
So, I have a peculiar issue with my S3. When I add a google account, it asks me what all I want to sync to my phone (calendar, gmail, picasa albums etc.) and I have unchecked the picasa and google photos box there. Still, when I open the gallery, I see all my picasa albums there. Is there a way some different way to stop the phone from syncing the picasa albums? This is happening with my 3 different google accounts. I only want the gallery to have local pictures and not the ones associated with my gmail account. Is there a way to do this? Am I missing something?
Thanks for your help.
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additionally, (depending on your rom) you can go into your gallery, hit menu and select what photos/albums you want showing up there. you should be able to select just the albums on the device.
xBeerdroiDx said:
additionally, (depending on your rom) you can go into your gallery, hit menu and select what photos/albums you want showing up there. you should be able to select just the albums on the device.
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Doesn't help. Relaunch app, and they will pop up again.
diablo009 said:
Doesn't help. Relaunch app, and they will pop up again.
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make sure sync for the picasa albums is still off, then go into Settings > Application manager. select the All tab, find Gallery and hit the clear data button. next time you open the Gallery, it will take a moment to rebuild it but the picasa albums should finally be gone.
robjbw said:
Even after not choosing to sync photos from your google account, somehow it still shows in your gallery.
Here's the fix for this.
Setup your Google account with photos not checked to sync (as u know even after this, photos still shows in gallery).
Then go to "Application Manager", "All", in "Gallery", choose "Clear data".
This will clean the thumbnails, not your actual photos. If you chose to uncheck photo sync from Google, it will not appear again. Must be a bug with the OS synching with google. Hope this helps.
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That worked like a charm. Thanks!
I actually don't mind this but it is annoying that it scans every folder for pictures. I end up seeing random album art in mine. Is there way to stop that?
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andy_d0 said:
I actually don't mind this but it is annoying that it scans every folder for pictures. I end up seeing random album art in mine. Is there way to stop that?
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throw a .nomedia file in the folders you don't want showing up in your gallery.
Does anyone know how to un sync or at least get the Picasa pictures to show on my phone?
My s3 recently upgraded to 4.3 and there's now an empty album inside my gallery. I can't delete it or get pictures to show.. I followed steps online where I ho to account settings but since the update to 4.3 I can't seem to check which parts of my Google account I want to sync. I have tried manually syncing Picasa but the photos still won't show..
cj95zz said:
Does anyone know how to un sync or at least get the Picasa pictures to show on my phone?
My s3 recently upgraded to 4.3 and there's now an empty album inside my gallery. I can't delete it or get pictures to show.. I followed steps online where I ho to account settings but since the update to 4.3 I can't seem to check which parts of my Google account I want to sync. I have tried manually syncing Picasa but the photos still won't show..
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make sure your sync is turned on (in the pull down notifications menu). Then go to settings, click on the accounts tab, click google acct, then click your gmail address at the top. You should now see a list of things that will sync, along with check boxes to give you the option to sync that item or not. Google photos should be on that list
then be sure to leave the sync on and go back into gallery to see if they show up. After they do, you can turn sync off.