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Photo gallery

How I can organize picture in "Photo" gallery?

If you want separate albums: this can be done, but not from the Photo app itself.
For this you can best use an android File Manager, e.g. Astro.
First create a folder "Photos" inside /sdcard, and then one or more album folders inside Photos. Name them whatever you want!
Then use Astro to move files into the new folders. Go to /sdcard/DCIM/100MEDIA and find them Then activate "Multi File"-mode using the Multi button. Next, select multiple files by short-pressing on them one by one, and when you are done choose Edit -> Move. Now navigate to the target folder, and do Edit -> Paste. Repeat for the next album!
You might also do this from your PC, with the phone connected as a USB drive. But I believe the Gallery app needs Image thumbnails to work, which ARE created when Astro does the moving, and which ARE NOT created when you use your PC + USB to move them.
Good luck with it!

how to set some folders to show

is there a way to organize folders for direct access in both gallery and music, so we can see some organized folders in image gallery, and have the option to add some folders to the playlist in music
is there a way to put images for wallpapers in the htc wallpaper preview?
or what is the simpliest way to add wallpaper from any folder?

If you wish to hide a folder from Android simply add a full stop (or a period - US) before the folder name.
E.g - Media --> .Media
If you don't want Android to scan a particular folder, add a file into that folder without an extension, called "nomedia".
E.g - nomedia.txt = Wrong
- nomedia = Correct

good tips but that's not what i want.
what i need is to make some new custom folders and put in there images and music, and let gallery see the images folders, and let music the new music folders, ex. if i paste images in images folder on sd card or in the dcim folder it will not read it, but making a new folder directly on the root sd card with some images will appear in gallery, is ther a way to make subfolders in images folder or any sd card folder appear in gallery and music player.
i want to browse in music player to a specific folder not let it scan what i have.

it seems as one of the weekest point in android, to have the option to browse folders for multimedia is not something easy by native.
i tried a lot of ways to let the device recognise or browse to folders with no success, in fact, music player may browse unfriendly to a specific folder, and gallery may recognize a custom folder on the sd card each time u reboot ur device, but it will not refresh any folders u add, edit or remove, unless u reboot, even force close gallery and then reopen will not do the trick. i tried even (3d gallery, flan, and 3d gallery v2) all have the same no refresh list unless reboot.
SOLUTION:
call it temp or workaround, but it did the trick for what i want and what others may want:
1-music folder (nice browser for music, some will not like the UI, but it's simply a music browser and do what it should do) no eq, no sound enhancement.
2-power amp (advanced music player with good folders support)
3-quickpic (image folder browser, that will do what gallery is intended to do, plus the ability to see all sdcard folders and refresh them at any change with no reboot) and even faster than any other gallery.
this is my experience and tests, please correct me if i'm wrong at any point.

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THE BEST THING IS THIS IS A FREE APP... NO NEED TO PAY!!"!
ANOTHER AMAZING THING IS YOU CAN USE IT AS A ROOT FILE MANAGER(just you need to set it in your setting)
Highlights:
* Dual-pane tree view
* Root, FTP, SMB, Sqlite, Picasa, Zip, Rar
explorer
* Cloud storage access: Google Drive™,
Dropbox, SugarSync, Box.net, SkyDrive,
Webdav, Yandex.disk, Dump Truck
* Favorite folders
* Built-in viewers for images, video, audio,
text
* Hex viewer
* Fast Image viewer with zoom and slide to
previous/next images in folder
* Thumbnails for images and video as well as
for various file types (depending on
associated application)
* Multi-selection - always available, yet not
disturbing
* View APK files as ZIP
* Share - send files by Bluetooth, email, or
whatever the device supports, from any
location
* Configurable buttons and key shortcuts
* Seamless work with Zip (as if it was
normal folder)
X-plore allows you to see inside of your
Android phone or tablet.
This is a dual-pane explorer, which means
that there're two folders shown at same time,
and common operation such as copying files
are done from one pane to another.
And X-plore shows folder hierarchy in a tree
view. This offers clear orientation on where in
file system you currently are, and fast
switching to other location.
Currently selected folder and files are
highlighted, while other folders/files have
slightly darker background.
You may explore internals of the device, and
if you're power user and have your device
rooted, you can make changes to system
data - backup files, remove unwanted
applications, etc.
If you're standard user, you may choose to
hide internal memory from view and be sure
not to mess with system.
You can comfortably see contents of your
external memories, either be it built-in high
capacity memory, external memory card, or
possibly USB memory stick attached to your
tablet. All these memory types are listed in
main level, you don't need to search for their
folders on the device.
Access to FTP and FTPS (secure FTP)
servers is supported.
Multiple servers may be configured. All
standard file operations can be done on FTP
server.
X-plore can display shared folders on other
computers in LAN (local area network).
The system allows access to shared folders
on computers connected to LAN, or even
remote server if it supports SMB protocol.
X-plore can access various web storage
"Cloud" servers, and access their files.
You need to have account in supported web
service, then you can access your files stored
online through X-plore.
Main operations are related to managing files
and folders - viewing, copying, moving,
deleting, compressing to Zip, extracting,
renaming, sharing, and more.
Picasa albums
X-plore can list images in Picasa albums,
download them, create albums, upload and
delete photos, edit captions.
SQLite database viewer
X-plore can show SQLite database files
(those with .db extension) as expandable list
of tables, each table containing list of rows
and columns with database entries.
Main interaction is done by touch screen,
clicking on folders or files to open files, or
long-click to open context menu which
contains options which can be done on
particular clicked item, or multiple selected
items.
Multi-selection allows to do operation on
more files at once. Files can be selected by
clicking check box. It is also possible to
select all files in a folder, or clear selection,
by clicking parent folder's check box.
Opening file may mean to use one of built-in
viewer for most popular file types: images,
audio, video and text.
Or you may configure X-plore to use system
application for opening files, in which case
system-predefined application that can open
particular file is launched.
Archives (currently supported are Zip and
Rar) are displayed as other folders. You may
open them, see contents, and do standard
operations that you'd do on files - rename,
delete, copy from/to, etc.
Additional interaction is possible by button
bar, which is between two panes, and is fully
configurable. You may put buttons of your
desired operations here, and change ordering.
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Wrong place mate, just put it in the themes and apps section next time

mrjraider said:
Wrong place mate, just put it in the themes and apps section next time
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I am new here... Next time i don't reaply this mistack... Thanks
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[Q] How to clear timeline in my files app?

Is it possible to clear timeline in stock My file app? I have tried to select a file and delete by tapping bin icon, but this deleted that file also from original folder.

Also looking for a solution, let me know if you find out if its possible

I also would like to know
Is there a solution yet?

dekatch said:
I also would like to know
Is there a solution yet?
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I've been looking for a way to clear or disable the Timeline myself with no success. Perhaps Timeline items go away only when you move the files off the device(?)...

Unfortunately the "My Files" "Timeline" content is actually controlled by another process called "Media Storage" (this process scans all the files on the device looking for pictures, music, and other content then it builds a database so the system or apps such as music players can quickly find the content, it usually runs on boot-up and can update occasionally.
The only way to clear (or temporary clear) the timeline content is to clear the "Media Storage" database, by clicking "Force stop" and "Clear data" on the Media Storage process, though if you do this it will just rescan again eventually, and if you turn it off or prevent it from scanning you can loose access to your ringtones / alarms and other system sounds , also any music files on the device as a lot of applications use this service (otherwise everything would need to scan the memory card ./ memory for files causing increased cpu overhead and device lags....)...
See screenshots.

Thanks a ton, otyg! It's not an ideal solution, but it's better than nothing. I mostly wanted to clear the Timeline data and start it over, and this does seems to do that.

Figured it out
Plug tablet into the computer. Rename the folder that you don't want showing up with a '.' in front of it. I.e. "Adult" to ".Adult".
Then install Astro File manager, change the settings so that you can view hidden folders. And then you can still access the folder from the tablet, but will not show up in Timeline or the stock file manager.

Wizzard2014 said:
Plug tablet into the computer. Rename the folder that you don't want showing up with a '.' in front of it. I.e. "Adult" to ".Adult".
Then install Astro File manager, change the settings so that you can view hidden folders. And then you can still access the folder from the tablet, but will not show up in Timeline or the stock file manager.
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you might also be-able to add a .nomedia file to the folder too this is supposed to prevent the media scanner from scanning the folder contents, though it doesn't work on all devices and I haven't tested it with timeline. or samsung yet., thought I would throw it out there if anyone wants to test.

At this time it's still unclear if you can hide items or completely remove the from the recent items list, with out moving every little file and or download and the list will only repopulate as you continue to download or add files. Just tap the added date above each subsection and collapse each individual section. While this isn't a permanent fix and the list will repopulate once you reopen the My Files app, it's only a minor inconvenience for someone who uses the app occasionally.

I've got files stored under sd card, folder, folder, .folder, folder, photo media scanner use to not see it and doesn't see it on my s5 but my tab 4 sees them if I click don't show hidden files it don't

Export playlists from Sony Music App

I would like to transfer (export) playlists I've made using the Sony Music app, to a new (non-Sony) device.
The playlists are all referencing files in my downloads, which I'll transfer to the new phone as well.
I don't know the format of these files, such as .M3U, .PLS, .XML etc, but if I search for a playlist name with my phone connected to my PC via USB (Internal Storage) - no results are found. I was hoping I could transfer playlist files to the new phone.
Anyone know a way of doing this please?

No?

It can be done... I just copied the Music Center database from my FIIO DAP to my Samsung phone, but it does require effort to change entries in the database to make it work. The database is in SQLite format.
If you're copying the same audio files from phone A to phone B in the same directory structure, it is less of a hassle.
On the source phone there should be a database file - [root]\MusicCenter\metadata.db. Make sure you completely close the Music Center app, then copy this file somewhere on your PC.
Create a temporary playlist on the new device with a couple random tracks and copy it to your PC.
Using something like DB Browser for SQLite, open the database from the new device. Go to Browse Data and select the "storage" table. Copy the data from the "system_storage_uuid" and "app_local_storage_id" fields into a text editor.
Select the "playlist_members" table and note the "storage_uuid" field (it should match one of the entries from the "storage" table).
Close that database file and open the one from your original phone. Change the entries in the "storage" table to match those in the database from the new device. Then select the "playlist_members" table and update the "storage_uuid" for each entry to match as well -- there is a search/replace option in DB Browser for SQLite that can change them all at once. Write the changes and copy the updated database to your new device.
YMMV... but this worked for me.