a friend of mine installed keep safe in mobile and secured some photos with it...but now he forgot the passsword and is not able to get back those photos...is there any method to recover them..pls help
How much is your friends ransom/blackmail?
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its not ransom or blackmail....its a serious issue he has some family photos which he use to keep safe because his mobile was used by many peoples.
It probably just hides them somewhere in the internal memory, download es file explorer, enable show hidden files/folders in the settings, then look through the folders beginning with a "."
I'll download and try keep safe (if it's free) soon to test this myself.
Edit: confirmed, they're in ".keepsafe" the and they have ".hid2" added as a file extension. Just move them out of there and delete the ".hid2" from the name and it should be fine.
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It probably just hides them somewhere in the internal memory, download es file explorer, enable show hidden files/folders in the settings, then look through the folders beginning with a "."
I'll download and try keep safe (if it's free) soon to test this myself.
Edit: confirmed, they're in ".keepsafe" the and they have ".hid2" added as a file extension. Just move them out of there and delete the ".hid2" from the name and it should be fine.
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Thanks brother i recovered the pics....and thanks on my friends behalf as well...he is so happy.
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Thanks brother i recovered the pics....and thanks on my friends behalf as well...he is so happy.
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Highly recommend your friend use Dropbox or equivalent for this. This is one of the few things cloud excels in. Automatic upload of pictures.
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I am glad your "friend" got his "family" pics back
I use rapidshare for mine, its very secure
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How do you create a private folder on your phone for things such as for photos and numbers and serial keys you dont want everyone seeing?
For my private photos i use folders with dot in front of the name (etc folder photos is .photos). That way folder is hiden and visable just thru some apps (bluetooth file transfer or root explorer)
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erik077 said:
For my private photos i use folders with dot in front of the name (etc folder photos is .photos). That way folder is hiden and visable just thru some apps (bluetooth file transfer or root explorer)
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So it wont show up under your gallery section? Just wondering cause it gets annoying when you try to show somone a photo you took a family pic and there is some photos that you dont want your grandmother to seee lol.
No it wont. All folders with dot and files inside them are hiden. May be required to restart your phone after creation of folder but that it. This also may depend on wich rom are you using. Test it.
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erik077 said:
No it wont. All folders with dot and files inside them are hiden. May be required to restart your phone after creation of folder but that it. This also may depend on wich rom are you using. Test it.
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Thanks man im using CM7 at the moment worked great.
No problem, anytime
chmod will do it.
This will do it:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.redrabbitsw.android.locker&feature=search_result
Free version here:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.redrabbitsw.android.lockerlt&feature=search_result
It's called Minus. Website: http://min.us/
Use this link to register and you will earn extra 1GB storage. (it's not advert, i already have 50GB storage which is limit so i dont get anything back, it's just for you)
10 GB of Free Space
Unlimited Downloads & Transfer
Share Large Files up to 2 GB each
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Also they even have Android app on market: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.minus.android
Might be pretty usefull for dev's mirroring ROM's.
The dropbox limits are pretty annoying.
Thanks, cant ever have enough free space to put things
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The dropbox limits are pretty annoying.
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Agreed. I'm waiting for proper SkyDrive app and I'm ditching Dropbox for good.
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Agreed. I'm waiting for proper SkyDrive app and I'm ditching Dropbox for good.
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Yeah its a shame as it works well but with a root tools thread I have, getting blocked twice per month. It's next to useless really
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Anyone found how to create a folders? I'm either stupid or blind but cannot find a way to do it.
And it's slowly getting a mess without proper files organization...
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Anyone found how to create a folders? I'm either stupid or blind but cannot find a way to do it.
And it's slowly getting a mess without proper files organization...
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try dragging in a folder from the desktop
its strange - when i did it with an empty folder i got a folder and an empty file in the folder - deleted the file..
that's the only way i found to do it so far.
also when the top link is full (50GB i think is max?) feel free to use mine to give you and me an extra gb storage
edit: my account is maxed out
minus faster or Dropbox?
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Lothaen said:
try dragging in a folder from the desktop
its strange - when i did it with an empty folder i got a folder and an empty file in the folder - deleted the file..
that's the only way i found to do it so far.
also when the top link is full (50GB i think is max?) feel free to use mine to give you and me an extra gb storage http://min.us/rdiBKVs
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You get 50gb?? I used your link, started with 11gb.
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You get 50gb?? I used your link, started with 11gb.
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i havent got 50GB - but you can get that much free I think from referrals - Android Police said they maxed theirs out a few days ago on Google+ and I am sure I read at 50GB.
you start with 10, 11 if you sign up from a referral.
Free 25gb here (skydrive)
http://www.appbrain.com/app/sorami-skydrive-beta/shoozhoo.sorami
easier mount as network drive on PC
http://www.gladinet.com/p/intro_microsoft_skydrive.aspx (trail works fine also suports other cloud storage)
Linux
http://skydrivesync.codeplex.com/
also when i registered my phone with dropbox they upgraded it to 5gb (for 12 months) just install the app on your phone after installing on PC
hope this helps...
Without (proper) Android app is SkyDrive useless. Microsoft is suppose to release official one, but I have no idea when.
maybe but it works well enough for me along with dropbox ofc
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Without (proper) Android app is SkyDrive useless. Microsoft is suppose to release official one, but I have no idea when.
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probably in time for Win8.
they are hyping it up for that I think
It should be out with WLE 5, but again, not sure when or if it will be in beta. Only time will tell.
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Anyone found how to create a folders? I'm either stupid or blind but cannot find a way to do it.
And it's slowly getting a mess without proper files organization...
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looks like if you upload a file too, you click on it to open it there's a 'rename folder' option at the top left - so you upload a file it creates a folder automagically which you can then rename - and add more files to that folder
my account is maxed out
50GB storage space
Is it possible to move files between different folders?
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If someone want he's ref link in first post PM me, as my storage is full aswell (50gb)
So Is started using Minus and I must say the comfort of using it is nowhere near DropBox.
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So Is started using Minus and I must say the comfort of using it is nowhere near DropBox.
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How so?
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Tiresome sifting through pages upon pages of pictures from apps and such to find my personal media. Thanks
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Should be able to move the pics to a new folder titled ".nomedia"
Shouldn't scan that folder.
actually, I think all you need to do is create a file called .nomedia and place it into the folders you don't want the media scanner to scan.
Works great to keep the gallery from adding all of the images that Touchdown (my corporate email program) caches on the phone.
Is there a method to include folders rather than exclude -because I have way too many files from wherever that I would have to exclude with that method. Thanks
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Bump. What does "bump" mean? Does it mean 'no one is looking at my thread, hey you, will you look at my thread? Either way, hey you... kidding, but please, does anyone know of a way to choose folders for the gallery rather than choose to exclude which as I mentioned would be way to cumbersome? Thanks
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Put your pics you want private in a desperate folder. Rename the folder to anything with a period in the beginning and voila!
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Hiding private media isn't the issue.
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If you don't mind a 3rd party solution, get QuickPic. I seriously haven't used my stock gallery in over a year. It has the option to exclude certain folders ( and thus scan the rest of the SD card ), or include folders instead ( only scans the folders you choose ).
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If you don't mind a 3rd party solution, get QuickPic. I seriously haven't used my stock gallery in over a year. It has the option to exclude certain folders ( and thus scan the rest of the SD card ), or include folders instead ( only scans the folders you choose ).
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Thanks. I'll go check that out
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Works great. Thanks
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You could also make a text file and rename it to .nomedia no name with that file extension and it will not show up, which is what quickpic does for you.
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You could also make a text file and rename it to .nomedia no name with that file extension and it will not show up, which is what quickpic does for you.
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what exactly are you saying will not "show up"?
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Put your pics you want private in a desperate folder. Rename the folder to anything with a period in the beginning and voila!
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thanks. that's the solution.
edit: actually no, gallery still finds private media and now the folder just renamed with a dot in front has now disappeared.
edit: actually, there is a setting in astro to display such files, BUT then now the gallery app will display contents of private but visible folder so...
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I've been trying out various 4.2 ROMs over the course of the past few weeks, only to return back to 4.1.2 each and every time. I always manage to get all of my files transfered back from that dreaded "0" files without any issues. That is until yesterday. After deciding that I'm still not sold on 4.2, I flashed back to 4.1.2, transfered all of my files, and then restored a backup from just before flashing. Apparently, now I can't view any of my pictures. They're in the gallery but they're all greyed-out and I cannot view them. What happened and is there any way to get them back to normal? I'm extremely disappointed as they're all quite meaningful to me... Help!
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Try any other gallery app such as QuickPic which is available on the Play Store. I hope this solves your issue somehow
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Try any other gallery app such as QuickPic which is available on the Play Store. I hope this solves your issue somehow
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Tried it. Same outcome. Bummer. Thanks though!
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If you can access them via any file manager, then I suggest to take them to your PC and ensure that they are viewed correctly on your PC. If so then they are safe and just restore again or flash a new ROM and put them back. Hope this helps
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If you can access them via any file manager, then I suggest to take them to your PC and ensure that they are viewed correctly on your PC. If so then they are safe and just restore again or flash a new ROM and put them back. Hope this helps
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Yeah, they're visible just not viewable, if that makes any sense to you. I'll try transferring them to my computer now to see what happens. Thanks again!
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OK. Connected to computer. Every picture pops up as a file as they usually would. However, every time I try to view a picture, I get "Photo Gallery can't display this picture because it is an empty file." Ouch. Sounds like they're lost and gone forever...
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OK. Connected to computer. Every picture pops up as a file as they usually would. However, every time I try to view a picture, I get "Photo Gallery can't display this picture because it is an empty file." Ouch. Sounds like they're lost and gone forever...
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Did you try restarting your GNex to see if they will not be grey?
Assuming you have some pictures in the DCIM folder, then try accessing them from storage/sdcard0/DCIM not /sdcard/DCIM then sending them to PC to check one more time.
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Did you try restarting your GNex to see if they will not be grey?
Assuming you have some pictures in the DCIM folder, then try accessing them from storage/sdcard0/DCIM not /sdcard/DCIM then sending them to PC to check one more time.
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I rebooted a couple of times and even reflashed the ROM yet still get the same result. When I try to open one of the greyed-out pictures and click on details, I get - Path: /storage/sdcard0/DCIM/Camera/IMGxxxxxxx.jpg
That help at all?
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I rebooted a couple of times and even reflashed the ROM yet still get the same result. When I try to open one of the greyed-out pictures and click on details, I get - Path: /storage/sdcard0/DCIM/Camera/IMGxxxxxxx.jpg
That help at all?
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OK so did you send them from /storage/sdcard0/DCIM/Camera/ to PC then check if they are viewed successfully on your PC?
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OK so did you send them from /storage/sdcard0/DCIM/Camera/ to PC then check if they are viewed successfully on your PC?
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The "0" file no longer exists as I deleted it after transferring all of the files back to my SD card. I always use ES File Explorer and the cut and paste method. Must be something happened when I tried to transfer them this last time...
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The "0" file no longer exists as I deleted it after transferring all of the files back to my SD card. I always use ES File Explorer and the cut and paste method. Must be something happened when I tried to transfer them this last time...
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Are you talking about the 0 folder on the /sdcard/ ???
I was talking about /storage/ directory which you can only access if you have root and enable it in ES File Explorer.
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Are you talking about the 0 folder on the /sdcard/ ???
I was talking about /storage/ directory which you can only access if you have root and enable it in ES File Explorer.
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Yes, I was. I will go into ES File Explorer now and enable it and give it a shot. Thank you so much for your time! I really appreciate it!
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This is what I see:
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Hi, I'm having a similar issue, been trying to fix it by flashing different versions and lock/unlock combinations, but all my files are screwed up, can't seem to fix it. I too get grey/black photos and videos, but what's worse is that I can't access any of the files through regular PC exploration.
I used Nexus Root Toolkit v1.6.1 to backup my stuff, but it gave me this problem :/
If I find a way to fix it, I'll let you know
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This is what I see:
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Honestly, this is the first time I see such pictures with this yellow triangle. I do not exactly know what this means but if these images are lost then they would not have shown at all I guess, so I will try to search for a solution on the Internet and will let you know if I found anything. For the time being, I hope some other more experienced members will be able to help you much bettER. Good Luck!
This is the first time I've encountered this issue as well. I'm at a loss... Its strange, all of the files are there but have that little yellow triangle and contain no data. My only hope is that they're still in there... somewhere.
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Genmita said:
Hi, I'm having a similar issue, been trying to fix it by flashing different versions and lock/unlock combinations, but all my files are screwed up, can't seem to fix it. I too get grey/black photos and videos, but what's worse is that I can't access any of the files through regular PC exploration.
I used Nexus Root Toolkit v1.6.1 to backup my stuff, but it gave me this problem :/
If I find a way to fix it, I'll let you know
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Sorry to hear you're experiencing a similar issue but also glad to hear I'm not the only one! Let's hope there's a solution out there somewhere!
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This is the first time I've encountered this issue as well. I'm at a loss... Its strange, all of the files are there but have that little yellow triangle and contain no data. My only hope is that they're still in there... somewhere.
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Check the following two things:
1- If you go to the details/properties of any of the images, is there a logical size for each of them?
2- Does it show the same yellow triangle when checking the pictures via /data/media/0/ , /storage/emulated/0/ , and /sdcard/ ?
I am just trying to collect more information so hopefully other members also can help you bettER
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Check the following two things:
1- If you go to the details/properties of any of the images, is there a logical size for each of them?
2- Does it show the same yellow triangle when checking the pictures via /data/media/0/ , /storage/emulated/0/ , and /sdcard/ ?
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Here's an example of one of the "picture's" properties. And no matter which way I check them, they all have the same yellow triangle over them...
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Check the following two things:
1- If you go to the details/properties of any of the images, is there a logical size for each of them?
2- Does it show the same yellow triangle when checking the pictures via /data/media/0/ , /storage/emulated/0/ , and /sdcard/ ?
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Do you know if there's a way to extract files from an .AB (Android Backup) file for windows? I want to know if my pictures and videos are really in there; after running an SD rescan, all my files disappeared from the SD Card and I can't see them on the PC or phone, I'm starting to believe the backup I made with Nexus Root Toolkit just made some "ghost" image of the files but they are actually gone.
hello,
i downloaded the "vault" app to keep my private pictures hidden. I keep on changing roms so i changed a rom and i forgot to unhide the pictures before. I ran titanium backup that i had stored before changing the rom and i am unable to see the hidden picture either on the sdcard or in VAULT. Please help me get my pictures back :S
Give me the Play Store link to the app.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.netqin.ps
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Well your files are located in SD Card>SystemAndroid>Data>MTUwOTQ0Mg== (Or some randomly named folder like that). But unfortunately they have a .bin extension and seem to be really encrypted. Just changing the .bin to .jpg doesn't work. Previous picture hiding software used to just bluff the system into not scanning the pictures by renaming their extensions, but this one seems to be actually encrypting them. Maybe you can contact the developer support of the app and ask them if there's a way to get them back.
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Well your files are located in SD Card>SystemAndroid>Data>MTUwOTQ0Mg== (Or some randomly named folder like that). But unfortunately they have a .bin extension and seem to be really encrypted. Just changing the .bin to .jpg doesn't work. Previous picture hiding software used to just bluff the system into not scanning the pictures by renaming their extensions, but this one seems to be actually encrypting them. Maybe you can contact the developer support of the app and ask them if there's a way to get them back.
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I emailed them but I haven't received any response yet
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Alright, i got it fixed
What I did was that I flashed the previous rom again and opened vault and i got all my data back
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