Is it possible to clear timeline in stock My file app? I have tried to select a file and delete by tapping bin icon, but this deleted that file also from original folder.
Also looking for a solution, let me know if you find out if its possible
I also would like to know
Is there a solution yet?
dekatch said:
I also would like to know
Is there a solution yet?
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I've been looking for a way to clear or disable the Timeline myself with no success. Perhaps Timeline items go away only when you move the files off the device(?)...
Unfortunately the "My Files" "Timeline" content is actually controlled by another process called "Media Storage" (this process scans all the files on the device looking for pictures, music, and other content then it builds a database so the system or apps such as music players can quickly find the content, it usually runs on boot-up and can update occasionally.
The only way to clear (or temporary clear) the timeline content is to clear the "Media Storage" database, by clicking "Force stop" and "Clear data" on the Media Storage process, though if you do this it will just rescan again eventually, and if you turn it off or prevent it from scanning you can loose access to your ringtones / alarms and other system sounds , also any music files on the device as a lot of applications use this service (otherwise everything would need to scan the memory card ./ memory for files causing increased cpu overhead and device lags....)...
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Thanks a ton, otyg! It's not an ideal solution, but it's better than nothing. I mostly wanted to clear the Timeline data and start it over, and this does seems to do that.
Figured it out
Plug tablet into the computer. Rename the folder that you don't want showing up with a '.' in front of it. I.e. "Adult" to ".Adult".
Then install Astro File manager, change the settings so that you can view hidden folders. And then you can still access the folder from the tablet, but will not show up in Timeline or the stock file manager.
Wizzard2014 said:
Plug tablet into the computer. Rename the folder that you don't want showing up with a '.' in front of it. I.e. "Adult" to ".Adult".
Then install Astro File manager, change the settings so that you can view hidden folders. And then you can still access the folder from the tablet, but will not show up in Timeline or the stock file manager.
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you might also be-able to add a .nomedia file to the folder too this is supposed to prevent the media scanner from scanning the folder contents, though it doesn't work on all devices and I haven't tested it with timeline. or samsung yet., thought I would throw it out there if anyone wants to test.
At this time it's still unclear if you can hide items or completely remove the from the recent items list, with out moving every little file and or download and the list will only repopulate as you continue to download or add files. Just tap the added date above each subsection and collapse each individual section. While this isn't a permanent fix and the list will repopulate once you reopen the My Files app, it's only a minor inconvenience for someone who uses the app occasionally.
I've got files stored under sd card, folder, folder, .folder, folder, photo media scanner use to not see it and doesn't see it on my s5 but my tab 4 sees them if I click don't show hidden files it don't
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Hello people,
I have a HTC Desire, a friend of mine is interesting in getting one for himself, he has aksed me a question but I don't know the answer so I thought I would ask here.
Basically what we want to know is it possible to hide files on the HTC Desire. Can this be done with or without using an app, if it can be done without an app howso. If I need an app, which one. Not sure if he wants to lock/hide or files to show under a fake name, can this be done.
His concern is that becuase of the way Android is all files would show up if someone was to look up the stuff on the phone/SD card.
Not sure if this makes sense
Thanks in advance for any help.
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Thanks for the prompt reply. Does this hide files. I think my friend wants to be able to hide any file. Also prevent certain media files from showing open when you open the image viewer/music player/video player etc
What I do to keep Gallery from listing my pornstars photos from it is:
With file manager (any, there are a bunch in the market) I created a hidden directory (any file/folder starting with period is hidden, so I named the folder .porn) and the gallery cannot see it. If I want to see the content of that dir, I start the file manager and browse in that directory.
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Thanks for the prompt reply. Does this hide files. I think my friend wants to be able to hide any file. Also prevent certain media files from showing open when you open the image viewer/music player/video player etc
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yup it can hide files.it basically adds a '.' before file name
is there a way to organize folders for direct access in both gallery and music, so we can see some organized folders in image gallery, and have the option to add some folders to the playlist in music
is there a way to put images for wallpapers in the htc wallpaper preview?
or what is the simpliest way to add wallpaper from any folder?
If you wish to hide a folder from Android simply add a full stop (or a period - US) before the folder name.
E.g - Media --> .Media
If you don't want Android to scan a particular folder, add a file into that folder without an extension, called "nomedia".
E.g - nomedia.txt = Wrong
- nomedia = Correct
good tips but that's not what i want.
what i need is to make some new custom folders and put in there images and music, and let gallery see the images folders, and let music the new music folders, ex. if i paste images in images folder on sd card or in the dcim folder it will not read it, but making a new folder directly on the root sd card with some images will appear in gallery, is ther a way to make subfolders in images folder or any sd card folder appear in gallery and music player.
i want to browse in music player to a specific folder not let it scan what i have.
it seems as one of the weekest point in android, to have the option to browse folders for multimedia is not something easy by native.
i tried a lot of ways to let the device recognise or browse to folders with no success, in fact, music player may browse unfriendly to a specific folder, and gallery may recognize a custom folder on the sd card each time u reboot ur device, but it will not refresh any folders u add, edit or remove, unless u reboot, even force close gallery and then reopen will not do the trick. i tried even (3d gallery, flan, and 3d gallery v2) all have the same no refresh list unless reboot.
SOLUTION:
call it temp or workaround, but it did the trick for what i want and what others may want:
1-music folder (nice browser for music, some will not like the UI, but it's simply a music browser and do what it should do) no eq, no sound enhancement.
2-power amp (advanced music player with good folders support)
3-quickpic (image folder browser, that will do what gallery is intended to do, plus the ability to see all sdcard folders and refresh them at any change with no reboot) and even faster than any other gallery.
this is my experience and tests, please correct me if i'm wrong at any point.
Every time I reboot my GNex, I receive the error process android.process.media has stopped, usually at least twice.
I've searched and tried some of the solutions that have been suggested (fix permissions, clear data/cache of Market, clear data on Media Storage)
So far, no joy. This isn't a custom ROM, I've only rooted the 4.0.2. I'm also running Nova Launcher, but this problem started prior to adding the new launcher.
Any other suggestions? Or any suggestions what I can do to troubleshoot? I've seen suggestions of reformatting the SD card for other models that have this issue, but that isn't really a viable alternative to the cardless Galaxy Nexus.
I've had the same problem as well, and nothing suggested online worked for me. Anyway I had to play around with it a while until I found a "solution".
First thing first I believe that the problem is arising from the Media Scanner getting force closed when it tries to scan a file with "corrupt" data or filename (it's probably not a corrupt file as such and the problem probably lies with the Media Scanner itself. Hopefully Google will fix it soon).
What I did was first putting a .nomedia file in every folder in the /mnt/sdcard directory. Basically this will tell the Media Scanner not to scan the content of any of the folders. Now wipe the data for Media Storage (I also wiped the data for the Gallery and Music apps just to be safe) and then restart the phone. Now if my theory is correct then you won't get a android.process.media force close.
(Also to add the .nomedia files I used an app called Super Manager which you can get on the market. Maybe you can do it with other file manager apps too. Normally you can also do this by plugging the phone into a computer but it seems that with MTP not all of the folders will show up.)
Now you can remove the .nomedia file from the folders that you have musics/pictures/videos/ringtones/notifications in one by one. Once you remove the .nomedia file from one folder, reboot and make sure you don't get a force close, then repeat the same thing for the next folder until you have all the folders you store media files in. If at any point, you reboot and get a force close then you know where the problem file is stored. Personally I didn't find the file that was the problem (it was probably in one of the folders that I left a .nomedia file in) but if you do then I guess you can try backing up the content of that folder, deleting it and copying it back to the phone again. Don't forget to wipe Media Storage again, reboot and see if that fixes the problem.
Hope that's useful!
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I've had the same problem as well, and nothing suggested online worked for me. Anyway I had to play around with it a while until I found a "solution".
First thing first I believe that the problem is arising from the Media Scanner getting force closed when it tries to scan a file with "corrupt" data or filename (it's probably not a corrupt file as such and the problem probably lies with the Media Scanner itself. Hopefully Google will fix it soon).
What I did was first putting a .nomedia file in every folder in the /mnt/sdcard directory. Basically this will tell the Media Scanner not to scan the content of any of the folders. Now wipe the data for Media Storage (I also wiped the data for the Gallery and Music apps just to be safe) and then restart the phone. Now if my theory is correct then you won't get a android.process.media force close.
(Also to add the .nomedia files I used an app called Super Manager which you can get on the market. Maybe you can do it with other file manager apps too. Normally you can also do this by plugging the phone into a computer but it seems that with MTP not all of the folders will show up.)
Now you can remove the .nomedia file from the folders that you have musics/pictures/videos/ringtones/notifications in one by one. Once you remove the .nomedia file from one folder, reboot and make sure you don't get a force close, then repeat the same thing for the next folder until you have all the folders you store media files in. If at any point, you reboot and get a force close then you know where the problem file is stored. Personally I didn't find the file that was the problem (it was probably in one of the folders that I left a .nomedia file in) but if you do then I guess you can try backing up the content of that folder, deleting it and copying it back to the phone again. Don't forget to wipe Media Storage again, reboot and see if that fixes the problem.
Hope that's useful!
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I am trying this out. Question. How do I create the .nomediafile? NVM. Figured it out. Hope this will work.
Just a bump.
Clearing data in Media Scanner worked for me and rebooting. Didn't have to do that other stuff. YMMV.
Thanks to Chrono for the info.
Chrono_Tata said:
I've had the same problem as well, and nothing suggested online worked for me. Anyway I had to play around with it a while until I found a "solution".
First thing first I believe that the problem is arising from the Media Scanner getting force closed when it tries to scan a file with "corrupt" data or filename (it's probably not a corrupt file as such and the problem probably lies with the Media Scanner itself. Hopefully Google will fix it soon).
What I did was first putting a .nomedia file in every folder in the /mnt/sdcard directory. Basically this will tell the Media Scanner not to scan the content of any of the folders. Now wipe the data for Media Storage (I also wiped the data for the Gallery and Music apps just to be safe) and then restart the phone. Now if my theory is correct then you won't get a android.process.media force close.
(Also to add the .nomedia files I used an app called Super Manager which you can get on the market. Maybe you can do it with other file manager apps too. Normally you can also do this by plugging the phone into a computer but it seems that with MTP not all of the folders will show up.)
Now you can remove the .nomedia file from the folders that you have musics/pictures/videos/ringtones/notifications in one by one. Once you remove the .nomedia file from one folder, reboot and make sure you don't get a force close, then repeat the same thing for the next folder until you have all the folders you store media files in. If at any point, you reboot and get a force close then you know where the problem file is stored. Personally I didn't find the file that was the problem (it was probably in one of the folders that I left a .nomedia file in) but if you do then I guess you can try backing up the content of that folder, deleting it and copying it back to the phone again. Don't forget to wipe Media Storage again, reboot and see if that fixes the problem.
Hope that's useful!
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I have to tell that through your solution, I found mine (that was for JellyBean).
Thanks for it! I'll spread your word.
Rooted on stock ICS since release date. I've never had a problem accessing settings for Files folder until today. t989 would freeze upon hitting the setting button while in the Files folder, and a message would later pop up stating, "Unfortunately, Files has stopped." After I've replied with "Ok," second message would pop up stating, "TwLauncher not responding. Would you like to close it?" I can access all my folders in my Files folder, but not my Settings
I've already tried wiping dalvik-cache and reboot with no such luck. I'm wondering if I erased an important data using SD Maid app, cleaning SD card with corpse finder
What is the files folder?
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What is the files folder?
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The factory file manager app . Basically, I would access the "setting" in order to show or hide hidden files. Not a huge problem because I can access my hidden files through "Astro File Manager/Browser" app. It just a nuisance knowing that the problem exist I guess
I fixed the problem by clearing the data on the file. :laugh:
Hi, I have upgraded the TWRP for the purpose of ROM upgrade and after that I can't find any files that use to be on internal storage before. I remember that on the internal storage there was a bunch of standard folders and folder 0 with all those folders and actual files inside. Now the folder 0 is gone (tried all file and folder managers on the phone and on the PC with option show hidden files and folders, but cant find it). Every file manager shows that the internal storage is full but when i check the available content shown there is less than 300mb all together.
Is there a way to restore all those files that I am missing and can anyone help me do it?
Thanks.
Install ES File Explore/ any file manager from Google Play Store. Using this app just enter in your phone storage, that might be sdcard0 named drive in it. You can either go/select from homepage of this application. All you notice there is folder labled '0' and so on. This depends on how much time you flashed custom rom not samsung like, it'd create folders inside that '0' labled folder. If it's hissen you can also unhide all the directories from same app by clicking your menu button Tools>>Hidden files check 'Show Hidden Files'. For advance hidden menu goto settings>>Display settings>>Show hidden files.
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Install ES File Explore/ any file manager from Google Play Store. Using this app just enter in your phone storage, that might be sdcard0 named drive in it. You can either go/select from homepage of this application. All you notice there is folder labled '0' and so on. This depends on how much time you flashed custom rom not samsung like, it'd create folders inside that '0' labled folder. If it's hissen you can also unhide all the directories from same app by clicking your menu button Tools>>Hidden files check 'Show Hidden Files'. For advance hidden menu goto settings>>Display settings>>Show hidden files.
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Thank you for the reply. I have already done that. It shows some hidden folders but all together those folders are 160MB, and the phone shows that the used space is almost 6GB. Also I still can't find those lost files.
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Thank you for the reply. I have already done that. It shows some hidden folders but all together those folders are 160MB, and the phone shows that the used space is almost 6GB. Also I still can't find those lost files.
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This seems that you've got a big cache mem problem. So you've to reset your phone by Settings>> Backup & Reset >> Factory data reset. This will clears your phone storage completely
Note: Backup your all important data somewhere as it formats full phone storage.
Factory data reset helped for me. If no other options then go for it
Try Developer Options and make sure USB debugging is enabled. This helped to a certain extent. Initially when I selected all folders on my phone it only showed about 13Mb. Now its showing around 2.5Gb which is still not all the phone data but at least I can free up some space