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I accidentally hit manage using astro file manager to manage my ringtones and now I am not sure how to undo it. So any help would be great I've tried cache and dalvik wipe I don't want to do a full wipe if possible
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What did "managing" them actually do?

Well now when I try to select a ringtone it just brings up all my songs on the card rather than the list of ringtones I think its something to do with astro manager I uninstalled it and still nothing I would like to just return it to the stock setting
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Can you re-create it, and do the same thing again?

I've tried its one of those complete actions using.......and u select either astro manager or let's say gallery to to view pics and u choose one or the other
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Have you tried creating a new folder on sdcard named Ringtones then copying and pasting all ringtones to that folder then do the same with songs and name folder Music...should recognize each individual folder and keep tones and music separate when accessing them...let me know if this helps prob.

[Q] .nomedia not working

Hi,
i tried to hide folders from stock gallery with .nomedia, after deleting the contents of com.google.android.gallery3d and rebooting the folders are still present in gallery?!

Doesn't work for me either. Is there an alternative?

I am also having this issue. Anyone want to chime in?

I had this problem too. However this seems to work. I used ES File Explorer for this
1. Create the .nomedia file in the folder.
2. Rename the folder.
3. Open the Gallery app. It should start to rescan. Depending on how many files are there it will slowly reduce the file count as its scanning and then the folder will disappear once its gets to zero.
4. Rename the folder back to original name if you want.
Hope that works for everyone else.

Works! thx!
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great, this worked for me. was tired of seeing all the cover albums show up on my gallery app.

Add a dot before the folder name
.folder for example
And it shouldn't be scanned
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that's the cache under some special folder.

What is this "android_secure" folder?

While browsing through emmc, I see this hidden folder android_secure containing lots of apk's, total size appx 400 mb.
Is it OK to delete it?
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Well I don't know exactly what the android_secure folder is for, perhaps some sort of backup system or something but I do know that Android automatically generates it whenever it tries to put something into it so if you do decide to delete it, it will come back. However, I don't recommend it because if it does contain information important for apps to run then deleting it obviously would cause them to stop working. Hope this helps

anuragnigam said:
While browsing through emmc, I see this hidden folder android_secure containing lots of apk's, total size appx 400 mb.
Is it OK to delete it?
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Those are apps. Probably because they are configured to install to SD by default. Keep in mind if you delete it you may delete apps you have installed if I understand this correctly. Sure the folder will be created but not the files in it. I'd say keep it.
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[TUTORIAL]How to hide a folder without help of any application very easily

Hi! friends do you know?you are able to hide a folder from anyone without using any softs or apps.It can possible with your android's file manager;which are almost inbuilted in your phone.Just follw the easy steps to hide a folder with it's contains.
»»INSTRUCTION:
First open your phone's file manager,then choose the folder you want to hide.Next just RENAME the target folder you want to hide,just give a 'dot'(.) on before the name of the folder,and see the magic...BRAVO!!! folder was hidden successfully.To view the hidden folder,just go to the settings of your file manager and select "SHOW HIDDEN FOLDERS/ITEMS",then the folder appears;to hide it again just unselect "SHOW HIDDEN FOLDERS/ITEMS",the folder will be hides again.
If you have a bit problem with understanding the method,just see the example bellow-
»EXAMPLE:
Here "PROJECT" is a target folder which i want to hide.Just rename this folder from "PROJECT" to ".PROJECT".The folder will automatically hides.
»NOTES::
If your folder does not hiddening,then please check your file manager settings options to view hidden items.If this option is at 'on' mode so please 'off' the option to hide your folder.Then it works fine.
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I think it is basic knowledge.
But when you will open the sd card the hidden files will be shown automatically.
It is applicable only in android device.
By the way thanks for the share.

Thanks for ur comment.But I have tried this procedure with my android divice,and by opening/removing the sd card...the files are not shows again...and also i have inserted the sd card with hidden files in my java phone..but the hidden files are not shown on the java phone also...
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good work but i think everyone knows this trick

vijeth said:
good work but i think everyone knows this trick
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Thanks bro,I know that everyone knows this trick...But I posted this in this section just bcoz I think here is no posts like that....
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go your sd select your folder /vido/img anything and slect rename option.. then slect (.) (stop) symbol in your folder name ex-.callrecoder
save it.. it will hide
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nirupom said:
go your sd select your folder /vido/img anything and slect rename option.. then slect (.) (stop) symbol in your folder name ex-.callrecoder
save it.. it will hide
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Buddy I have told this in this guide....this is a guide thread,not a [email protected] thread...
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That, or you can nerd up!!
TECHNO_THUNDER said:
Hi! friends do you know?you are able to hide a folder from anyone without using any softs or apps.It can possible with your android's file manager;which are almost inbuilted in your phone.Just follw the easy steps to hide a folder with it's contains.
»»INSTRUCTION:
First open your phone's file manager,then choose the folder you want to hide.Next just RENAME the target folder you want to hide,just give a 'dot'(.) on before the name of the folder,and see the magic...BRAVO!!! folder was hidden successfully.To view the hidden folder,just go to the settings of your file manager and select "SHOW HIDDEN FOLDERS/ITEMS",then the folder appears;to hide it again just unselect "SHOW HIDDEN FOLDERS/ITEMS",the folder will be hides again.
If you have a bit problem with understanding the method,just see the example bellow-
»EXAMPLE:
Here "PROJECT" is a target folder which i want to hide.Just rename this folder from "PROJECT" to ".PROJECT".The folder will automatically hides.
»NOTES::
If your folder does not hiddening,then please check your file manager settings options to view hidden items.If this option is at 'on' mode so please 'off' the option to hide your folder.Then it works fine.
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Nice idea. I don't mean to be a spoil-sport, or a smart-ass.... But here goes...
Either that, or you can wear your geek glasses and do the following (root required).
1. Get Root Explorer or a similar app.
2. Browse to /data or /system or the root / or any other folder you like. But make sure you have got some free space left.
3. Mount R/W
4. Create a folder in any name you like. Let's say rktcool.
5. Put your contents in there.
6. ta da! You are done.
Now, your data is relatively more secure
If you want further security, backup Root Explorer using appSaver, or something similar, and then uninstall it. Now, the stock file managers can only browse your sdcard, and you have to install it (Root Explorer) again to be able to view your hidden files...
Pardon me OP, but I just happened to think about this one. Sorry for messing up your thread

rktcool said:
Nice idea. I don't mean to be a spoil-sport, or a smart-ass.... But here goes...
Either that, or you can wear your geek glasses and do the following (root required).
1. Get Root Explorer or a similar app.
2. Browse to /data or /system or the root / or any other folder you like. But make sure you have got some free space left.
3. Mount R/W
4. Create a folder in any name you like. Let's say rktcool.
5. Put your contents in there.
6. ta da! You are done.
Now, your data is relatively more secure
If you want further security, backup Root Explorer using appSaver, or something similar, and then uninstall it. Now, the stock file managers can only browse your sdcard, and you have to install it (Root Explorer) again to be able to view your hidden files...
Pardon me OP, but I just happened to think about this one. Sorry for messing up your thread
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Making folder in your firmware root location is not a safe location,cause,files may be deleted during flashing firmware packages.And also using the system space may cause many problem for your phone,cause,those spaces are specified for just system datas.....
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TECHNO_THUNDER said:
Making folder in your firmware root location is not a safe location,cause,files may be deleted during flashing firmware packages.And also using the system space may cause many problem for your phone,cause,those spaces are specified for just system datas.....
:thumbup: DON'T FORGET TO PRESS THANKS BUTTON IF I HAVE A BIT SUCCESS TO HELP YOU :thumbup:
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I think the data being lost during a firmware flash is not much of an issue. It is same as an sdcard - you will always have a backup when you are going to format it.
I meant /system as an example. If that causes any problem, there are always other folders out there like /data where applications you install on your internal memory go. You could keep your files there and install apps on sdcard always.
Better still, you could partition your sdcard, and store your secret files in the second partition, so that they are not even accessible by the normal file managers!

Safe to delete ".thumbnail" folder?

My internal memory's 50% storage is occupied by .thumbnail folder..I am running short of memory so I need to delete this folder.so is it safe to delete this folder? If I'm not wrong then this folder ONLY contains gallery pictures thumbnails.
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It's safe to delete them but they'll only come back next time you open gallery.
Inside the thumbnail folder there maybe a few hidden files (ie file name start with .something) some of these may well be a few gb big in your case. You can just delete them instead of each thumbnail file of about 100kb each.
Before deleteing them, make a note of what they are called and after deleteing them make a folder of the same name to avoid them getting created automatically by gallery.
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emgluon said:
Before deleteing them, make a note of what they are called and after deleteing them make a folder of the same name to avoid them getting created automatically by gallery.
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Can u please clarify this?
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mannyvinny said:
Can u please clarify this?
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He means dont delete the .thumbnail folder as it will be recreated. Go into it and delete the huge files over 100kb to make some space.

Those big files in the thumbnail folder. Called something like ".thumbdata3--1967290299" the clue being the data part. They can get very large.
Just copy the name of these files. For example by doing a rename then copy and the whole file name. Delete the file then make a new folder and paste the filename as the folder name.
When later gallery try to automatically generate these thumb data file, it'll find that it cant as there is already a folder of the same name and skip it.
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