I've flashed CM10 to my SGS3, and when I first began organizing my home screen, I was able to rename folders with no issue by creating a folder and opening it - an editable label with a default name of "Unnamed Folder" or something similar to that would appear once the folder was opened. Suddenly, however, any folder that I create doesn't have a space to edit a name. Now some of my folders have names, and some do not, which looks really stupid. Any advice?
I couldn't get mine to replicate the problem.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium
jjkjustin said:
I've flashed CM10 to my SGS3, and when I first began organizing my home screen, I was able to rename folders with no issue by creating a folder and opening it - an editable label with a default name of "Unnamed Folder" or something similar to that would appear once the folder was opened. Suddenly, however, any folder that I create doesn't have a space to edit a name. Now some of my folders have names, and some do not, which looks really stupid. Any advice?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Had the same thing. Go to settings --> Launcher --> Homescreen --> Hide icon labels <uncheck>
As long as that option is checked, you cannot label/relabel the folders. After changing the labels you can check it again and you will still be able to see the label, but individual app labels will not show.
Related
Does anyone know of a way to hide folders from the picture album?
By entering the path of the folder you wish to hide in this registry
HKLM\software\htc\htcalbum\ignored\
Note this will also hide the folder from being browsed when selecting an image for TF3D wallpaper.
Mesquire said:
By entering the path of the folder you wish to hide in this registry
HKLM\software\htc\htcalbum\ignored\
Note this will also hide the folder from being browsed when selecting an image for TF3D wallpaper.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This would be helpful.
I don't know why HTC design the album in that way. Don't they know there are so many pictures of icons,wallpaper,backgroud,windows fame etc. in the software installed folders?
I think in many cases its a toss up. Some devices will only detect images or music in the "music" or "images/pictures" folder or some similar setup. But then you have to be careful to always put them in those. If you want to have a more haphazard organization for whatever reason it's hard to make sure the player/viewer will differentiate between program images and the users scattered images.
It can be done, but it can be troublesome.
Several ics revs back I could open the gallery app and it would only show folders with picture files in them. I also had the option to hide folders. Now when I open gallery, it goes and if a folder has any apk's in them it will display the icon picture as well. Well I have a folder with my apk's backed up so it is showing a bunch of icons in addition to my own picture folder. I cannot hide them either. Does this happen to anybody else? I do have the option to delete them. If I delete them, will it just remove them from the album and not delete the actual file?
Do u have an app backup apk downloaded?
Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA
You can put a "." In front of the folder name , no "'s to hide that folder, I know thats not the answer you wanted, but hope it helps.
Sent from a phone with kNOw CiQ k0nane...
when i had my gs2 skyrocket i could long press on the screen > folder > starred contacts
this would automatically create a folder with all my contacts that i had designated with a star. The folder also had a special design to it.
now with the gs3 i can see how to make a folder, np, but the option to create specialized folders like this and for example "pandora playlists" are gone. i cant seem to find that anywhere.
Am i missing something or are these specialized folders no longer available in gs3?
any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Whenever I open the gallery, all of the artwork from my mp3s is mixed in with the my pictures. This makes it next to impossible to find something quickly. Is there an easy way to organize them out or hide them without clicking each individual picture? This seems very dumb. My iphone, nor any other phone I've ever used does this. Thoughts?
In your music folder, put an empty text file with the filename 'nomedia' (without the quotation marks and file extention). Then in settings > apps > gallery , select clear data.
Sent from my LG-F240L using xda app-developers app
bibek86 said:
In your music folder, put an empty text file with the filename 'nomedia' (without the quotation marks and file extention). Then in settings > apps > gallery , select clear data.
Sent from my LG-F240L using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry for being dense, but the hierarchical structure you listed doesn't work.
Did you mean setting>general(tab)>apps?....if so "gallery" isn't listed there. If I go into gallery and try to move the photos, it just randomly moves them around.....no labels or anything. I don't understand. Do I need to go into my windows explorer on my pc to adjust the folders?....that seems dumb that you can't easily do it from the phone.
MyXDADevName said:
Sorry for being dense, but the hierarchical structure you listed doesn't work.
Did you mean setting>general(tab)>apps?....if so "gallery" isn't listed there. If I go into gallery and try to move the photos, it just randomly moves them around.....no labels or anything. I don't understand. Do I need to go into my windows explorer on my pc to adjust the folders?....that seems dumb that you can't easily do it from the phone.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It normally has to be done on the computer I believe but it might not let the android media scanner find your music or use the pictures for album artwork. I honestly I just use QuickPic and it has the options to hide(.no media) and exclude folders and I just select exclude folders from my main music folder so it doesn't include them.
Sent from the Professional Optimus..
MyXDADevName said:
Sorry for being dense, but the hierarchical structure you listed doesn't work.
Did you mean setting>general(tab)>apps?....if so "gallery" isn't listed there. If I go into gallery and try to move the photos, it just randomly moves them around.....no labels or anything. I don't understand. Do I need to go into my windows explorer on my pc to adjust the folders?....that seems dumb that you can't easily do it from the phone.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi!
Yes i meant setting>general(tab)>apps. Under apps if you scroll horizontally u will find gallery under 'ALL' tab.
In order to move files, folders or any other operation to a file or folder, you need to use a file manager app. There are different file managers available for android. Personally i use ES file manager. A pretty good app called just File Manager is already there in G Pro. You can use it to manage your folders.
As jesi.james above pointed out putting the .nomedia (sorry i missed the '.' before nomedia in my previous post) file in your music folder will hide the album arts from the gallery but it will hide the music files from the music player as well. I am sorry i wasnt aware of that. i do not store my music on my phone. I listen to it from play music.
To solve your problem, i found that there is an option in the gallery menu to hide/show albums. You can choose the albumd you do not want to see in your gallery. If you have a large music collection, you will have to select the albums one by one. Frustrating.
Next option is to use Quickpic. This is a very good alternative to the default gallery and it gives you options to select folders you want show or hide in quickpic as mentioned by the guy above.
Sent from my LG-F240L using xda app-developers app
I know in prior samsung phones there has been the issue of setting up folders in the app drawer and after rebooting the first time the apps need put back in the folders again and then everything is good to go from there.
However, with my new note 4, I have to redo the folders every single time I reboot the phone. Is anyone else having this problem?
Sent from my SM-N910V using Xparent Green Tapatalk 2
Same here, I've had to reboot 4 times since set-up and the apps are back in main menu and not the folders..
Yeah same here. I've rebooted a dozen times or so and without fail, there it is again. :/
Bump for this thread. I thought it was encryption that was causing the problem, but it seems that encryption was just the cause of the restart, not the issue. Using Nova launcher with a backup will fix this, but I honestly like touchwhiz better for time being (to each his own). Anyone found a solution?
Solved. Make a list of your folders in the order you want them in a notepad file. Go into the app drawer. Change "Sort by" from alphabetical to custom. At this point I deleted all my folders. Next, I went to the first page and began making my folders until I ran out of room. I then organized the apps on that page that fit into those folders. Rinse and repeat with the extra room until you have all of your folders on the first page with the correct apps inside. You can then click settings, edit, and rearrange the folders in the correct order. There may be a more efficient method, but this held for me after restart.
saneace said:
Solved. Make a list of your folders in the order you want them in a notepad file. Go into the app drawer. Change "Sort by" from alphabetical to custom. At this point I deleted all my folders. Next, I went to the first page and began making my folders until I ran out of room. I then organized the apps on that page that fit into those folders. Rinse and repeat with the extra room until you have all of your folders on the first page with the correct apps inside. You can then click settings, edit, and rearrange the folders in the correct order. There may be a more efficient method, but this held for me after restart.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's funny you mentioned this lol. I just went back into my app drawer and deleted every single one of my folders. I crated a new folder and used the + symbol at the top right of the folder creation and added the apps I wanted in that specific folder. I repeated the process until I had all my folders and apps organized. I had one app that I missed and added it into the appropriate folder after I was done with the rest. I rebooted the phone and sure enough all my apps were still in their folders EXCEPT for the one app I missed. I guess the moral of the story is to add the appropriate apps during the folders creation in order to keep them in there.
Sent from my SM-N910V using Xparent Green Tapatalk 2