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Blank/empty album named after me always in Gallery

Hi, I've just bought a Galaxy Nexus, and I've noticed that there is always a permanently empty album in the Gallery, named after me. I don't know where it could have got the name from exactly, however I'm guessing from my "Me" contact in the phone? I know for sure that it isn't a picasa album. Anyone have a similar issue to this? I want to get rid of it if i can, but I see no way that I can delete it.
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bergqvistjl said:
Hi, I've just bought a Galaxy Nexus, and I've noticed that there is always a permanently empty album in the Gallery, named after me. I don't know where it could have got the name from exactly, however I'm guessing from my "Me" contact in the phone? I know for sure that it isn't a picasa album. Anyone have a similar issue to this? I want to get rid of it if i can, but I see no way that I can delete it.
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Have you checked G+ albums? Maybe you've got one named after you
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Nope, nothing there. My Google+ Albums have the picasa logo on them, but this blank one doesn't have any sort of logo. Can't delete it either.

Anybody got any ideas?

Well i've posted a thread on the Android Help forums, but I hope I don't have to end up resetting my phone

bergqvistjl said:
Well i've posted a thread on the Android Help forums, but I hope I don't have to end up resetting my phone
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May be a dumb question, but have you tried deleting it? I tried transferring pictures onto my GN and ended up with some ghost folders that I just deleted.
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I can't delete it, I don't have that option. Also it was there from when I first booted up my Galaxy Nexus

[Q] Anyone know where I can find the myverizon.apk?

Anyone happen to know where I can get a .apk for the myverizon app that was initially installed on the phone? I can't find it on the market... Need to use it to track my parent's data/min usage. Thanks!
I was thinking of grabbing the stock image from google but I have no idea where/how to extract the .apk from there. Any help would be much appreciated.

Here you go.

Shooshi said:
Anyone happen to know where I can get a .apk for the myverizon app that was initially installed on the phone? I can't find it on the market... Need to use it to track my parent's data/min usage. Thanks!
I was thinking of grabbing the stock image from google but I have no idea where/how to extract the .apk from there. Any help would be much appreciated.
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Google has data usage built in. It is in settings.
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copkay said:
Here you go.
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Thanks!!
@rbiter said:
Google has data usage built in. It is in settings.
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I needed the app to track my parents data since they only have 300mb's.

[Q] Cannot Get Rid of Two Photos From Gallery

Hey guys two photos came in my gallery when i got my phone. they have the picasa icon so i'm guessing they have to do with picasa but picasa is not on my phone nor is there any picasa account syned to my phone. the gallery won't give me an option to delete them. Please help! I attached a picture of the photos below.

So you're saying you bought a used phone and nobody has factory wiped it?
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it's a new phone.

jdz7t8 said:
it's a new phone.
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Anyone know what to do?

It might be linked to your Google+. Check your album there.

tonymtl said:
It might be linked to your Google+. Check your album there.
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Thanks so much bro. That's exactly what it was!

jdz7t8 said:
Thanks so much bro. That's exactly what it was!
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Well, hit his thanks button then!

Anyone else lose S-Notes?

On Saturday I connected my tablet to the internet and my snotes started to dissapear. Anyone else have that happen to them? I have been on the phone with Samsung for the past hour trying to retrieve them........

ual4720 said:
On Saturday I connected my tablet to the internet and my snotes started to dissapear. Anyone else have that happen to them? I have been on the phone with Samsung for the past hour trying to retrieve them........
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Do you have sync setup with any accounts?
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ual4720 said:
On Saturday I connected my tablet to the internet and my snotes started to dissapear. Anyone else have that happen to them? I have been on the phone with Samsung for the past hour trying to retrieve them........
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Yes, this happened to me after syncing with my Samsung account, then it would try to sync anytime i was at main screen...DONT SYNC!!!!

Thanks for the warning folks.
this is sad and ironic; given S Pen is main attraction of this tablet.. it needs to work well..

I am waiting for a call back from samsung to try and recover my data. What kind of laws cover their destroying my data? They were not very cooperative and failed to understand theirs servers deleted my data.

ual4720 said:
I am waiting for a call back from samsung to try and recover my data. What kind of laws cover their destroying my data? They were not very cooperative and failed to understand theirs servers deleted my data.
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good luck trying to prove it was their servers, and not your error...

lol, yeah I Know! I also had a Titanium Backup only to find out TB doesn't back up the actual notes on the SD card.
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ual4720 said:
lol, yeah I Know! I also had a Titanium Backup only to find out TB doesn't back up the actual notes on the SD card.
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Thanka for the warning, please let us know when/if you recover your notes - even though it might be one isolated case, it could be safe to disable the sync until the issue is solved.
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ual4720 said:
I am waiting for a call back from samsung to try and recover my data. What kind of laws cover their destroying my data? They were not very cooperative and failed to understand theirs servers deleted my data.
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Laws.... You're trying to take on a company with multimillion dollar legal teams for lost s note files. ?.
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I've had this issue as well, note 2 and 8 are supposed to sync the notes but it doesn't work well. Instead I get blank notes in one or the other and if I delete the blank then the good copy will disappear from the other device.
My solution was to ditch s note. I now use lecture notes along with drop sync to handle the actual cloud syncing. Works a treat, no more lost notes. Sort it out Samsung, small independent developers are doing a better job than you.
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dr.m0x said:
I've had this issue as well, note 2 and 8 are supposed to sync the notes but it doesn't work well. Instead I get blank notes in one or the other and if I delete the blank then the good copy will disappear from the other device.
My solution was to ditch s note. I now use lecture notes along with drop sync to handle the actual cloud syncing. Works a treat, no more lost notes. Sort it out Samsung, small independent developers are doing a better job than you.
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Is it possible to port the existing s notes to lecture notes? I have about 25 notes that I don't want to lose.
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k000 said:
Is it possible to port the existing s notes to lecture notes? I have about 25 notes that I don't want to lose.
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Probably only via export to jpg/pdf

p107r0 said:
Probably only via export to jpg/pdf
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Oh, so sounds like there is no standard interoprability between all the notes tools..

janjannsen99 said:
Laws.... You're trying to take on a company with multimillion dollar legal teams for lost s note files. ?.
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It was more sarcasm than anything. I did ask the supervisor about their cloud storage policies, and he took about 10 minutes trying to find some, but couldn't. I love their mobile products, but I will never trust their backup cloud again!
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Oh, so sounds like there is no standard interoprability between all the notes tools..
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I preferred using S Note over lecture notes. It just flows better for my needs. I decided to start using dropsync for my snote folder and I'm now confident Samsung won't ever be able to destroy my data again.
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ual4720 said:
I preferred using S Note over lecture notes. It just flows better for my needs. I decided to start using dropsync for my snote folder and I'm now confident Samsung won't ever be able to destroy my data again.
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I would love to do the same - please tell me what is needed ?
also, do you save just teh s notes.. in s notes format or is there a way to auto create pdfs and save them too?

ual4720 said:
I preferred using S Note over lecture notes. It just flows better for my needs. I decided to start using dropsync for my snote folder and I'm now confident Samsung won't ever be able to destroy my data again.
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I never thought to use drop sync on the s notes folder. Good idea.
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Ah, my problem is that I get errors with my S Note on my Note II. Some of the files give me an error when I open them. They all open Ok on the Note 8. Dang, just means I have reason not to rely on it so much now.
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ual4720 said:
It was more sarcasm than anything. I did ask the supervisor about their cloud storage policies, and he took about 10 minutes trying to find some, but couldn't. I love their mobile products, but I will never trust their backup cloud again!
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You're right about one thing. I never use or trust important files to the cloud. It's exactly as tangible safe and secure as a real cloud.....vapor
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Anyone know a way to sync using Google Drive? I can upload and open them in S-Notes, but I can't figure out how to make my changes take short of manually replacing the Drive version with an edited one.

Lollipop Upgrade erased all Private Mode photos!?!?!?!?

As the title said, that is my issue!!! Anyone else having this problem / can they suggest any solutions?!!?! Am I screwed?!?! I had many important photos that may be gone forever :crying:

Toxicoblivion said:
As the title said, that is my issue!!! Anyone else having this problem / can they suggest any solutions?!!?! Am I screwed?!?! I had many important photos that may be gone forever :crying:
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Lol now that is funny xD did you lose your dirty pictures? (Don't answer)
But I have no idea how to help sorry... I disable OTA... wish I could help tho...
Is there a private setting? Cause the pictures should b still there, cause in kitkat private mode put them in a partition.
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nemopsp said:
Lol now that is funny xD did you lose your dirty pictures? (Don't answer)
But I have no idea how to help sorry... I disable OTA... wish I could help tho...
Is there a private setting? Cause the pictures should b still there, cause in kitkat private mode put them in a partition.
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Do you know the name of the partition? The option is still there but nothing new pops up in gallery, however I can add a new private picture and have it show/disappear on command. And i was so excited in getting the lollipop OTA, i skipped some of the regular prep list before upgrading out of sheer excitement :crying:

So they're still here, just not accessible through gallery. Should I unprivate or zip them? There aren't really any other available options than that

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So they're still here, just not accessible through gallery. Should I unprivate or zip them? There aren't really any other available options than that
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I'm not sure but you should try to unprivate them to see if you can retrieve them and re private them in gallery
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nemopsp said:
I'm not sure but you should try to unprivate them to see if you can retrieve them and re private them in gallery
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Trying a test batch of 10.

Toxicoblivion said:
Trying a test batch of 10.
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Goodluck! Can you even view the in MyFiles?
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nemopsp said:
Goodluck! Can you even view the in MyFiles?
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Unprivating them through the stock file manager didnt change them back to their original form, just literally moved the encrypted (i assume thats how it works) files from the protected private partition to the unprotected partition of the sd card, without unencrypting them. So still no better off than i was before. A reboot didnt work either.:crying:

Toxicoblivion said:
Unprivating them through the stock file manager didnt change them back to their original form, just literally moved the encrypted (i assume thats how it works) files from the protected private partition to the unprotected partition of the sd card, without unencrypting them. So still no better off than i was before. A reboot didnt work either.:crying:
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Well sorry for the loss tho good to kno if I update...
It's just a idea, but you can try to put them on your sd card, use Odin downgrade back to 4.4.4 then put them in private an try to unprivate them and see if it works but it's a long shot...
plus would take alot of time, maybe there is a app on the play store?
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nemopsp said:
Well sorry for the loss tho good to kno if I update...
It's just a idea, but you can try to put them on your sd card, use Odin downgrade back to 4.4.4 then put them in private an try to unprivate them and see if it works but it's a long shot...
plus would take alot of time, maybe there is a app on the play store?
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Is this even possible on this variant? What would I lose by doing this? And any suggestions as far as apps?

Toxicoblivion said:
Is this even possible on this variant? What would I lose by doing this? And any suggestions as far as apps?
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Yes it's possible there is a post 5.0.1 back to 4.4.4 in the general threads
But you'd lose everything it's factory reset, which is y you'd have to back up everything on sd card
And y I say it may not b worth it since, I can't say it would work... Just a idea... Next idea is mayb app on Google play
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Just realized I have the same issue. This really sucks
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Damn, the same thing just happened to me. When I activate Private Mode, I can see it mount files under /storage/Private but they are renamed and look to be encrypted. How did this get past any kind of testing???

I tried activating KNOX to see if that helped. Doesn't look like it did. I can see why Sammy decided to disable it by default...runs much smoother.
However, unfortunate for all those private photos seemingly lost.

Searching around I found Galaxy S5 users that complained of this same thing happening when they went to Lollipop. So it looks like this was a known issue! But they have no solution either that I could find.

Does Android have a history of listening to user complaints and coming out with a fix in the near future?
Some way to unencrypt them..

Same thing happened to me. Had anyone had luck downgrading and unencrypting that way? Can we report the issue to samsung? I lost a ton of important info for my job.

I have the same problem.

I was talking to samsung support via twitter. They said that in the next FOTA it will import the previous encrypted files...

ADubz10 said:
I was talking to samsung support via twitter. They said that in the next FOTA it will import the previous encrypted files...
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Did they happen to say when that would be?