Really strange bug....follow me on this:
take pictures, pictures are automatically stored on phone in directory /mnt/sdcard/dcim/100andro....
move pictures to hidden directory called /mnt/ext-card/.specialuse
pictures move just fine, and are readily availible in hidden directory....until I restart the phone, at which point, only the pictures from this phone (not other files or videos) are deleted from the .specialuse folder, no warnings, no pop up...just GONE.
The strangest thing is, it only deletes the files I have added to that directory recently....not the older video files already present.
I have created a .specialuse folder on the phones memory at /mnt/sdcard/.specialuse and it does the same thing....
When I remove the . in the folder name (making it visible) and copy the picture and reset the phone...nothing happens (meaning it keeps the pictures like it should).
WHY does having a .directoryname cause the phone to automatically clear pictures from said directories? My X10 did not do this, only my ION does this.
Anyone have any ideas? Has anyone else had this happen? Thanks.
lmbea4 said:
Really strange bug....follow me on this:
take pictures, pictures are automatically stored on phone in directory /mnt/sdcard/dcim/100andro....
move pictures to hidden directory called /mnt/ext-card/.specialuse
pictures move just fine, and are readily availible in hidden directory....until I restart the phone, at which point, only the pictures from this phone (not other files or videos) are deleted from the .specialuse folder, no warnings, no pop up...just GONE.
The strangest thing is, it only deletes the files I have added to that directory recently....not the older video files already present.
I have created a .specialuse folder on the phones memory at /mnt/sdcard/.specialuse and it does the same thing....
When I remove the . in the folder name (making it visible) and copy the picture and reset the phone...nothing happens (meaning it keeps the pictures like it should).
WHY does having a .directoryname cause the phone to automatically clear pictures from said directories? My X10 did not do this, only my ION does this.
Anyone have any ideas? Has anyone else had this happen? Thanks.
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It's because of the "dot" at the beginning of the folder name. Android uses this method by default for it's own purposes. It's a possibility that this phone is seeing that and it "confuses" it so to speak. Try this...
Make your folder and name it whatever you like, with NO punctuation in the name..
Now... Inside that folder, add a ".nomedia" file, but without the quotes
The photos should remain hidden in the gallery, but only visible in a file manager of sorts.
Quickpic in the market is an alternative gallery, that has the ability to hide folders, using the nomedia method. Works great.
...And now I'm gonna go check if all of mine are still there....
yeah but BUG
I agree, and that's what I had been doing after I noticed the deletions....but my x10 didn't behave that way, and my tablet (running 4.0.3) doesn't behave that way.....so, yes, this is a bug.
lmbea4 said:
I agree, and that's what I had been doing after I noticed the deletions....but my x10 didn't behave that way, and my tablet (running 4.0.3) doesn't behave that way.....so, yes, this is a bug.
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Well, not necessarily... Depending on how the overlay of Android is set up...The overlay from Sony I mean... It "could" be written to behave this way. Bear with me for a few days... I'm going to run some tests on my own phone with some pictures to see if I can reproduce the issue, and if so, try and find a solution.
If you like, I can use the same pictures you were, with the same folder names. That is completely up to you, as only you know what these are... But if you like, PM me, and I'll give you my email address, so we can resolve this.
CONFIRMED!!! At least on my phone... There is no pattern to it, that I can determine... I used several folders in my experiment. Some with, and some without a .nomedia file. And some with and without a dot before the folder name. At random, 5 different folders, still have their folder names, but have no pictures. All 4 possible scenarios were effected, and the fifth actually goes to a standard folder name with a .nomedia file in it.
So basically, my experiment proves nothing more than this is still unsolved, and not specific to one person.
(Just for sh**s and giggles, I am attempting to recover the lost files using some software I have... Just to see if its do-able, should this effect someone else... I'll report back later tomorrow)
Quick question, which file manager are you guys using to move these files? There was some update to Astro a while back that made my files get deleted when I moved them, anywhere regardless of the folder name on my Aria. Same thing still occurred on my Ion when I got it. Ever since I switched to ES File Explorer, I have not encountered this issue of deletion. Astro deleted not only pictures when I moved them, but ring tones, pdf, etc.
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BUG!
Astro moves the files over just fine...and they are there..and accessible... until you reset the phone. Then...BAM, gone. It is disturbing to think that it may delete pictures in regular directories....BUG BUG BUG. hopefully the ICS update will address this.
That's exactly what I am talking about. They didn't disappear on the spot when I moved them. Everything seemed fine. Just give es a try and thrnreboot to see if it's the app or if it's the phone deleting your media.
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iJudgeMAN said:
Quick question, which file manager are you guys using to move these files? There was some update to Astro a while back that made my files get deleted when I moved them, anywhere regardless of the folder name on my Aria. Same thing still occurred on my Ion when I got it. Ever since I switched to ES File Explorer, I have not encountered this issue of deletion. Astro deleted not only pictures when I moved them, but ring tones, pdf, etc.
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My experiment with this was done via a PC. these files were moved from my PC, via the USB cable, on a freshly formatted medium. I'm not sure when the deletion of these files occured, but it was within the first hour or so. the phone was NOT restarted, nor did anything FC.
I will be running more tests on this issue over the weekend to see if I can find some sort of pattern to this madness. I will be using various Galleries and File Managers, as well as my PC to perform these tests. I'll also be checking this time around to see if videos are effected at all. I will report back my findings on Monday...
Sidenote: The files that the phone deleted are very easily recoverable. the program I used (which I legally own) is called Easy Recovery Professional. Took about an hour to recover the 300+ deleted pictures.
I'm trying to figure out how to remove a specific watch face. Uninstalling the app won't work in this case because it's the wearfaces app, and there are some faces I don't like that came pre-installed with the app.
Does anyone know if there's a location on the phone? If not, how do I access the internal storage of the 360 so I can manually delete faces??
No one know the answer to this? I'm guessing the only way is to adb in thru BT, but I was hoping there was an easier way, like some trick within root explorer, but I haven't figured out a way. =/
siciliano777 said:
No one know the answer to this? I'm guessing the only way is to adb in thru BT, but I was hoping there was an easier way, like some trick within root explorer, but I haven't figured out a way. =/
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I've been wondering the exact same thing. I've written to the developer several times and have not gotten a response.
I also want to get rid of some of those faces from wear faces.com. I don't see any specific identifiable way to delete this and it's driving me nuts!!
If you uninstall wearfaces it should uninstall those r.kelly faces too, I didn't like wearfaces TBH
Try Facer and search reddit, or just search the play store for "watch face", much more enjoyable way of changing faces than wearface IMO
Hi there guy
I bought the WatchMaker to load some nice faces of found at badapp.fr
My problem is, that no matter how I import them to the app, my thumbs are all messed up. Some appear double with different names, some no matter
how many times I import and delete and re-import, use thumb from another watch face.
I tried clearing the app's data, re-installing, restarting device, with no luck.
Anyone face such problem before ?
thanks for any suggestions
regards
Seba
I have the same problem.
Me too!
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I found a little lame work around that issue, but at least I finally managed to get the faces and names right.
I open the Face and duplicate it. It will automatically name it with suffix _COPY. I did it to every face. Then I delete the
original ones and once done with all, I renamed all the COPY back to their initial names. Now they all work well.
Cheers
Seba
Recently I have noticed that when I load a watch face in watchmaker the date and any other text is missing. When I upload to Facer they work fine. Does anyone have a fix for this issue?
ljae11 said:
Recently I have noticed that when I load a watch face in watchmaker the date and any other text is missing. When I upload to Facer they work fine. Does anyone have a fix for this issue?
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It's not a watchmaker issue...
Probably yo loaded a face made with Facer tool....
You need to search for watchmaker faces... they are not the same. You need to make some changes to make Facer faces work with watchfacer and vice-versa
Ok thanks that makes sense
With which app I could get into folder on watch with installed watch faces to copy face to PC?
I would like to edit one of the faces as I saw one guy on the forum did. I couldn't get to him for details how he did it.
Maybe someone has a clue?
Is it maybe possible to catch face on the phone during installation from Galaxy store? I tried to check gear app folder while installing but nothing appeared there.