How can I do this? I want to be able to view the photos via the Dropbox app but I dont want them appearing in the Gallery
Edit: Is it to do with linking device to Dropbox? I dont remember that option being there on my S3 and never had this issue then?
Edit 2: Unlinked device.Put my details in again.Must have missed the tickbox "Upload existing photos"
saldawop said:
How can I do this? I want to be able to view the photos via the Dropbox app but I dont want them appearing in the Gallery
Edit: Is it to do with linking device to Dropbox? I dont remember that option being there on my S3 and never had this issue then?
Edit 2: Unlinked device.Put my details in again.Must have missed the tickbox "Upload existing photos"
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Settings -> Cloud -> on DropBox synchronization -> Picture and Video off
If it's just the gallery you don't want want them to appear in, you could try putting a blank file in that folder ".nomedia" that stops any images, mp3s etc... showing up in the gallery and music app respectively.
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Post 2 is correct
Dropbox images showing in Gallery is a samsung service not dropbox.
It is configured in Menu > settings > cloud
Marchintosh said:
Settings -> Cloud -> on DropBox synchronization -> Picture and Video off
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I just want to add that after doing this your photos will STILL get uploaded to your Dropbox account,
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And!!!
As this is a sync service, if you delete images from the gallery (dropbox images) it will also delete them from dropbox!
Lennyuk said:
And!!!
As this is a sync service, if you delete images from the gallery (dropbox images) it will also delete them from dropbox!
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What about facebook pics? How do i get rid of them from showing in the gallery. I tried gallery>view by>Contents in device, but once i exit the gallery and re enter, the facebook albums still show up.
Facebook ones are deactivated in the facebook app itself.
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HTC's Photos app doesn't show the photos on my SD card and neither does Gallery (the cooliris Nexus One app ported to Incredible). How do I get photos to show up? Arr, it's driving me nuts!
Edit: SOLVED, see below.
FIXED
ThugEsquire said:
HTC's Photos app doesn't show the photos on my SD card and neither does Gallery (the cooliris Nexus One app ported to Incredible). How do I get photos to show up? Arr, it's driving me nuts!
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I fixed this using the free "Gallery Enabler" app from the Market. I definitely recommend it!
ThugEsquire said:
I fixed this using the free "Gallery Enabler" app from the Market. I definitely recommend it!
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I tried that app and thought it was great too, until I couldn't find any of my music playlists.
I think it hides folders from other applications besides Photos.
If you have problems, open gallery enabler and check all folders before you un-install it.
Then the right way to fix it is to open the Photos app on the phone, clck on the menu button and select "Settings" and then "Default Albums" then select the options you want from there.
If you're wondering how this application works, it probably just deletes/adds the hidden .nomedia files from folders. Those files restrict applications from having access to the media by signaling the android media scanner to ignore them. For instance, if you put one in the root of your sd card, the system would ignore any media on your entire card.
In theory, it's a great idea.
The problem is that all of my music is organized in folders and each folder contains the album art for the album.
So blocking the folder with the album art so that it does not show up in the gallery also blocks the music file from different media applications.
gadget! said:
I tried that app and thought it was great too, until I couldn't find any of my music playlists.
I think it hides folders from other applications besides Photos.
If you have problems, open gallery enabler and check all folders before you un-install it.
Then the right way to fix it is to open the Photos app on the phone, clck on the menu button and select "Settings" and then "Default Albums" then select the options you want from there.
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Ah, you're definitely right. All my music stopped showing up. However, once I went back and enabled all the folders and applied settings in Gallery Enabler all my music showed up again and the photos were still fixed. I suppose you could use Gallery Enabler once to "force" Gallery and Photos to see all the folders.
Changing default albums in HTC's Photos app did nothing to make media show up again. Thanks for the suggestion though!
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Ah, you're definitely right. All my music stopped showing up. However, once I went back and enabled all the folders and applied settings in Gallery Enabler all my music showed up again and the photos were still fixed. I suppose you could use Gallery Enabler once to "force" Gallery and Photos to see all the folders.
Changing default albums in HTC's Photos app did nothing to make media show up again. Thanks for the suggestion though!
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Un-installing gallery enabler brought my music back but not the playlists, I had to manually re-build all of my playlists again.
Perhaps I am missing something simple, how can I rebuild all the contact's thumbnails in default Contact apps? I want to rebuild because some thumbnails were fuzzy.
I am running Gingerbread (2.3).
I am rooted.
I attempted to solve the problem by moving all JPG files in
/data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/files
into another directory.
but after I cleared out the directory and rebooted the phone, the contacts thumbnails were not rebuild (actually now, they just show the empty placeholder thumbnail).
So again, how can I rebuild all the contacts' thumbnails in default contacts app?
Please advise.
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Perhaps I am missing something simple, how can I rebuild all the contact's thumbnails in default Contact apps? I want to rebuild because some thumbnails were fuzzy.
I am running Gingerbread (2.3).
I am rooted.
I attempted to solve the problem by moving all JPG files in
/data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/files
into another directory.
but after I cleared out the directory and rebooted the phone, the contacts thumbnails were not rebuild (actually now, they just show the empty placeholder thumbnail).
So again, how can I rebuild all the contacts' thumbnails in default contacts app?
Please advise.
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Use Facebook to sync em, or do them manually via Google dashboard from a desktop.... Only methods I kno of....
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ktrotter11 said:
Use Facebook to sync em, or do them manually via Google dashboard from a desktop.... Only methods I kno of....
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Thanks for responding. The problem is not syncing them. I am trying to rebuild all the contacts' thumbnails.
When you sync them it should rebuild the thumbnails
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I think I figured it out...
1. Settings > accounts and sync > uncheck contact option from all accounts
(this is important to do, or else you may lose contacts from the sources you are syncing from)
2. Settings > applications > manage applications > contact storage > clear data
3. Reboot phone
4. Settings > accounts and sync > check contact option on desired accounts
5. Contacts will sync quickly but.... It takes, a loooong time for contact thumbnails to be rebuilt. But they will eventually be rebuilt.
6. To help speed up the process you can try to log into the different apps that are sources of contacts such as Facebook, Twitter, etc.
This may also help, in contacts app > online directories > Facebook/Twitter > refresh
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how can i stop the gallery app to sync my picasa/google plus photos?i tried disable it in the sync settings and clear the gallery cache but they still there meaning that every time i start the app it take a bit to show photos because of syncing,
thanx
It's a setting in Google Plus right when you open it the first time.
Go into google+ app. go to settings menu. scroll down to bottom. uncheck "instant upload" or change the settings to only upload on wifi, but not on battery power.
Done it but photos are still in the gallery app. ??
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Done it but photos are still in the gallery app. ??
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Search the forum for 'gallery' and you should find a few posts giving step by step details on how to solve this.
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Does anybody knows how to delete instant upload picture on the galaxy nexus
Just go into the google+ app then hit the menu button at the main screen and go to settings. When you scroll down you see photo settings, uncheck the instant upload box.
And delete those pics already uploaded by going to your Google+ account or Picasa and delete them there.
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Maybe someone can move the second thread of the op: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1437239
To delete the instant upload pictures from your device and the gallery:
1. uncheck instant upload in the google+ apps settings (as mentioned here before)
2. uncheck picture sync in your google account settings on the phone
3. go into settings > apps > all, look for "google+" and "clear data", and just to be sure do the same for the "gallery" app and the "media data storage".
Your pictures should be gone, if not try rebooting and see if they are gone now.
Thank you for the answer i did what you said and the pictures are gone.ps sorry about the 2 treads i did not realise and its only a few times i post a question.thanks again.
I noticed that by setting up dropbox, it automatically places my dropbox video folders at the near top of my gallery folders before picasa albums and right after the camera roll. I was wondering if there was a way to sever this integration but keep dropbox on my phone? I've looked for gallery and dropbox settings but I cannot find anything to delink the apps.
within gallery you hit menu and then select "view by" and then "content in device"
but that just changes the view, afaik, which eliminates most of the clutter. i dont want dropbox albums or picasa to sync and i have not found a way yet either.
I just removed the built in Dropbox and use the one from market.
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