So, I have a peculiar issue with my S3. When I add a google account, it asks me what all I want to sync to my phone (calendar, gmail, picasa albums etc.) and I have unchecked the picasa and google photos box there. Still, when I open the gallery, I see all my picasa albums there. Is there a way some different way to stop the phone from syncing the picasa albums? This is happening with my 3 different google accounts. I only want the gallery to have local pictures and not the ones associated with my gmail account. Is there a way to do this? Am I missing something?
Thanks for your help.
I too hate this... and there is no way to stop default gallery app from syncing... even with sync disabled in settings.
1. Get an app like TiBu that can freeze apps.
2. Freeze Gallery app and unfreeze it only when you need to change lock screen image.
3. Install some app like QuickPic to replace gallery.
There is a process call Picasa Uploader. Try freezing it and see if that helps. Am not sure on this though.
Even after not choosing to sync photos from your google account, somehow it still shows in your gallery.
Here's the fix for this.
Setup your Google account with photos not checked to sync (as u know even after this, photos still shows in gallery).
Then go to "Application Manager", "All", in "Gallery", choose "Clear data".
This will clean the thumbnails, not your actual photos. If you chose to uncheck photo sync from Google, it will not appear again. Must be a bug with the OS synching with google. Hope this helps.
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jkm2282 said:
So, I have a peculiar issue with my S3. When I add a google account, it asks me what all I want to sync to my phone (calendar, gmail, picasa albums etc.) and I have unchecked the picasa and google photos box there. Still, when I open the gallery, I see all my picasa albums there. Is there a way some different way to stop the phone from syncing the picasa albums? This is happening with my 3 different google accounts. I only want the gallery to have local pictures and not the ones associated with my gmail account. Is there a way to do this? Am I missing something?
Thanks for your help.
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additionally, (depending on your rom) you can go into your gallery, hit menu and select what photos/albums you want showing up there. you should be able to select just the albums on the device.
xBeerdroiDx said:
additionally, (depending on your rom) you can go into your gallery, hit menu and select what photos/albums you want showing up there. you should be able to select just the albums on the device.
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Doesn't help. Relaunch app, and they will pop up again.
diablo009 said:
Doesn't help. Relaunch app, and they will pop up again.
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make sure sync for the picasa albums is still off, then go into Settings > Application manager. select the All tab, find Gallery and hit the clear data button. next time you open the Gallery, it will take a moment to rebuild it but the picasa albums should finally be gone.
robjbw said:
Even after not choosing to sync photos from your google account, somehow it still shows in your gallery.
Here's the fix for this.
Setup your Google account with photos not checked to sync (as u know even after this, photos still shows in gallery).
Then go to "Application Manager", "All", in "Gallery", choose "Clear data".
This will clean the thumbnails, not your actual photos. If you chose to uncheck photo sync from Google, it will not appear again. Must be a bug with the OS synching with google. Hope this helps.
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That worked like a charm. Thanks!
I actually don't mind this but it is annoying that it scans every folder for pictures. I end up seeing random album art in mine. Is there way to stop that?
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andy_d0 said:
I actually don't mind this but it is annoying that it scans every folder for pictures. I end up seeing random album art in mine. Is there way to stop that?
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throw a .nomedia file in the folders you don't want showing up in your gallery.
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Ok, so I'm sick o my picasa albums showing up in my gallery. And under accounts and sync I turned of the picasa syncing as well but they are still there.
Is there a way to remove them? I also tried to delete the google account off my phone then re add it and quickly uncheck the picasa web album sync but I can't be fast enough haha.
I know there's a solution! Help me!
Thanks!
Go into Accounts & Settings -> Your Gmail -> Uncheck Picasa Sync [you already did this].
Go into apps and find gallery. Clear cache and data.
Reopen gallery, you're good to go.
This should work:
- Settings / Accounts & sync / your google account / uncheck Sync Google Photos
Then:
- Settings / Apps / All / Gallery / Clear data, then Force Stop
just tried both of those things didn't work
guitarevan07 said:
just tried both of those things didn't work
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Same for me...
can anyone offer some help here?
Yep,
Go to Apps and click on Google+
Click on uninstall updates.
Go to Accounts and Sync and check if Sync Google Photos is ticked or even present. Make sure it isn't.
(If you're using google+ continue reading)
Go to the Google+ app
Log in but make sure you do not choose Instant Upload
After logging into the app, go to setting and double check if the Instant Upload setting aren't ticked. Then go the Account and Sync and check there as well if Sync Google Photos isn't ticked.
Go to Gallery to confirm the Picasa albums are gone.
Is there anyway to remove all picture related to Google + out of my Gallery app? I use Instant Upload and would like to retain that feature.
I am referring to 'Profile Photos' and 'Scrapbook Photos.'
if i'm correct, go into settings, accounts, your gmail account settings, and uncheck Google Photos.
neok44 said:
if i'm correct, go into settings, accounts, your gmail account settings, and uncheck Google Photos.
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Wrong this will only stop newer pictures from syncing. If you have instant upload on they will show on your gallery.
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Go into google+ sign out, and sign in again
then go to into settings, accounts, your gmail account settings, and uncheck Google Photos & Google+
Anyone has any issues with the image gallery's performance? every time i open the gallery, it takes a while, say a minute, before the albums show up. Sometimes they don't show up at all.
I have synced FB albums and Picasa albums. I'm not sure if that's what's causing the slow performance though.i'll be unsyncing those albums soon so hopefully that fixes the problem.
Getting this too on my stock (International) Note 2.
Very annoying.
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im thinking its the synced stuff. its getting annoying. still trying to find out why. but i do think its cause of sync
yes it is caused by the synced stuff. I removed fb albums by removing fb account and adding it back in without syncing the pic gallery. it was fixed after that.
it's nice to have them synced albums. so hopefully this will be fixed in the future.
Well, I've fixed the problem on easier way, instead of remove the Facebook account just enter on the sync settings, and deselect the sync gallery option, enter the gallery, the first time is going to be slow, but next time is going to load faster.
Something to try is "quickpic" from the market. Fast, functional, free. None of the syncing crap though.
I never looked back after using it.
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Make sure you don't have any images being synced through Dropbox that the Gallery is looking for. Can really slow the things down. Rather than sync your phone through Dropbox better to perform manual syncs using DropSync.
If eliminating your Dropbox sync doesn't solve the problem go through your images and make sure nothing is corrupted.
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I have Facebook set to not sync images, but it continues to do so. I cant get it to stop syncing.
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I have Facebook set to not sync images, but it continues to do so. I cant get it to stop syncing.
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Remove the account then uninstall the app while clearing the data. Install it back and set it up without the galery sync or let it sync once then remove.
Had the same issue and turning off dropbox sync fixed it...My facebook photos appear to be syncing without issue.
I fixed it by just removing the sync in my Google account. It was syncing ALL my photos. Google back up, drive and Picassa. I also unchecked Uploading.:cyclops:
Yeah this was talked about in a few different threads when the update was first released that is rhe only fix that I know of. Unsyncing Picasa and dropbox all of them
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So I've had some luck with removing Facebook and Picasa sync, but only inside the Gallery app itself. My issue is when using a 3rd party app to upload a photo already taken (Messaging, Facebook, Untappd) and the Gallery could take 10 minutes to load so I am almost always forced to take a new photo instead of uploading the one that I wanted to upload. Anyone figure out what is actually causing this issue?
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So I've had some luck with removing Facebook and Picasa sync, but only inside the Gallery app itself. My issue is when using a 3rd party app to upload a photo already taken (Messaging, Facebook, Untappd) and the Gallery could take 10 minutes to load so I am almost always forced to take a new photo instead of uploading the one that I wanted to upload. Anyone figure out what is actually causing this issue?
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Turn on sync and go to settings and account Google account click email and un check everything todo with a pic. Than do the same in the Facebook app.
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My MicroSD was needing maintenance
In my case, the gallery slow performance was announcing that something was wrong with my micro SD card, I just formatted it using HP USB Disk Storage Tool disabling quick format and it resolved the issue, I copied back all my files and now the cell phone is working perfectly.
I hope it helps.
The KitKat upgrade was maybe the only TRUE improvement on my S4... With JB, the gallery was a PITA, even with syncing disabled !
How do I get rid of them? I can't hide or delete. I want them gone for good.
Sign out og your google account and sign back in, go to accounts and click google then uncheck picasa sync before it syncs... Gotta be quick though.
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Speedin07si said:
Sign out og your google account and sign back in, go to accounts and click google then uncheck picasa sync before it syncs... Gotta be quick though.
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I tried the unsync method. I'll try the signing out.
Tried that and no luck. It was like 1 second and I tried twice. All 200+ pictures were synced within that 1 second.
SOLVED: Unsync Picasa Web Albums then Clear Data. Crap gone!
Disable Picasa syncing first and then go to Apps in System Settings and clear all data for Gallery.
EDIT: Never mind. I see you figured it out, lol.
I have the stock rom and for some reason my photos are being synced from my old phone and some from fb. I do have some photos that got sync that I do not want on there if you know what I mean but I can't remove them and for some reason there synced photos. Can't figure out how to remove them.
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I have the stock rom and for some reason my photos are being synced from my old phone and some from fb. I do have some photos that got sync that I do not want on there if you know what I mean but I can't remove them and for some reason there synced photos. Can't figure out how to remove them.
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Go to System Settings > Accounts, then choose your google account and uncheck "google photos" or "web albums". Then go System Settings> Apps go to ALL tab, tap on Gallery then force stop, clear data and last clear cache (don't worry about your photos being deleted), then open the gallery app and hopefully your problem is solved. I had this problem with picasa web albums syncing photos and also I could not delete them
Hope it helps!
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Go to System Settings > Accounts, then choose your google account and uncheck "google photos" or "web albums". Then go System Settings> Apps go to ALL tab, tap on Gallery then force stop, clear data and last clear cache (don't worry about your photos being deleted), then open the gallery app and hopefully your problem is solved. I had this problem with picasa web albums syncing photos and also I could not delete them
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Had already figured it out. thanks though