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How the heck do you just view pictures on the actual phone (as opposed to cloud)

I tried to look for a permanant setting for the Gallery to just show pics on the phone itself but it keeps reverting to "ALL" view where it shows my picassa / dropbox. Thank you!

boodies said:
I tried to look for a permanant setting for the Gallery to just show pics on the phone itself but it keeps reverting to "ALL" view where it shows my picassa / dropbox. Thank you!
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From within the gallery
Menu>View by>Content in device
this is on the T889 Note II. ALJ1
EDIT: oh but look at that. it doesn't stick. how stupid.

crazy talk said:
From within the gallery
Menu>View by>Content in device
this is on the T889 Note II. ALJ1
EDIT: oh but look at that. it doesn't stick. how stupid.
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I know that, but it doesn't stick lol... wtf right?

I found the answer myself lol. You need to go in to Cloud in settings and then disable Dropbox sync to gallery.
Now i just have to figure out how to NOT SHOW picassa images

boodies said:
I found the answer myself lol. You need to go in to Cloud in settings and then disable Dropbox sync to gallery.
Now i just have to figure out how to NOT SHOW picassa images
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Settings>Google>'Your E-mail here'>Picasa
I don't know if it actually works since i don't use Picasa. but it's worth a shot.

My Sync Internet doesn't seem to sync
desont seem to work ;(

I managed to do it with an app called QuickPic and some adjustments in the settings!
After downloading Quickpic, you go to Settings>S Cloud. There, as the first screenshot shows you disable pics and video sync. (I belive you did that already.)
Then, you go to Settings >Google then you select your mail address and you'll have the options as you can see on the second screenshot. Untick picassa and google photos.
Now it is possible you still see some of your cloud pics on your device. I'm pretty sure you can't delete some of them with the stock galery app. So use Quickpic to delete them.
Hope it helped
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Thanks to Greige from android central
Make sure the synching 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.
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Thanks for this thread all. This was really annoying me, now fixed

Any way to stop Facebook photos showing in the gallery?

Tiny, blurry contact pictures.

Anybody know how to make the contact pictures imported from facebook any better? Also, how do you get your own facebook picture to show up? When someone calls me the pictures look terrible compared to my old Inspire.

Use the contact-sync app.

I installed it.
rsalan said:
Use the contact-sync app.
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I installed it from the market. I selected the largest possible pictures 720. Still no change.

Google plus will pull in your profile picture. I don't know of a way to pull in your own Facebook picture.
That was actually considered undesirable in the Galaxy S II forum, the mod to remove yourself from the contacts was popular.
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first add your hi res pics into your phone album, then edit the contact picture by picking it from "Images".

x2h said:
first add your hi res pics into your phone album, then edit the contact picture by picking it from "Images".
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Was going to say this. When your done, go into TBU and backup contact storage and do a nandroid. You will always have them.That is where it is stored. I delete the contact sync apk from a ROM before booting after a flash. It stops Google from screwing with the pics.
When I restore contacts, I extract from nandroid in tbu? Choose contact storage and only restore data. Do not restore app. Reboot and contacts are perfect.
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[Q] Stock gallery app offline cache folder

Hi all, How are you?
I have a Galaxy Nexus with Android 4..2.2(JDQ39) unrooted.
I delete a picasa web album by mistake, but It was downloaded on the stock Gallery app (version 1.1.40001).
So I am trying to figure out where the stock Gallery app restore photos checked to be offline in order to restore my photos.
Please, Does someone know where stock Gallery app store the off line albums?
(I have already checked sdcard/Android/data/com.android.gallery3d/cache and /sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.apps.plus/cache folders and both are empty)
Thanks in advance,
Roger

How did you delete the web album? I just tried and it didnt give me the option to delete. And I havent seen an option for offline viewing.
By the way, there is no need to post the same question in two different forums.

jsgraphicart said:
How did you delete the web album? I just tried and it didnt give me the option to delete. And I havent seen an option for offline viewing.
By the way, there is no need to post the same question in two different forums.
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Hi jsgraphicart,
thanks for helping.
I just tried and it didnt give me the option to delete.
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I have deleted the album using Picasa Web interface ( I am using the old interface as I deleted my google plus profile to prevent integration with google plus).
And I havent seen an option for offline viewing
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On the stock gallery app, there is an option on the top right menu(three dots on top right) to "make available offline".
So the deleted album is stored somewhere in my phone because I made it available offline (I can still the the photos on my phone, although It was deleted from Picasa Web), but I don`t know where it is stored...
there is no need to post the same question in two different forums.
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Sorry, I didn't know in which forum to post this topic, is this the right one?
Thanks a lot,
Roger

That must be a stock thing. I'm using a custom ROM, which the stock gallery app is integrated with Picasa, and I dont have that option. Google is making it almost necessary to have a Google+ account. Even when you create a YouTube account, it automatically creates a Google+ account. I'm not a big fan of HAVING to have one, but its there and I dont use it other than to sync my photos between devices. To answer your question though, I have no idea where the offline folder is. Sorry.
And yes, the Q&A section is the right place for Questions and Answers.

jsgraphicart said:
That must be a stock thing. I'm using a custom ROM, which the stock gallery app is integrated with Picasa, and I dont have that option. Google is making it almost necessary to have a Google+ account. Even when you create a YouTube account, it automatically creates a Google+ account. I'm not a big fan of HAVING to have one, but its there and I dont use it other than to sync my photos between devices. To answer your question though, I have no idea where the offline folder is. Sorry.
And yes, the Q&A section is the right place for Questions and Answers.
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Hi jsgraphicart,
thanks again.
That must be a stock thing.
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Yes...I am running stock unrooted Android 4.2.2.
I have no idea where the offline folder is.
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No problem, I have searched about this issue on google, and I read somewhere that offline picasa photos should be stored on one of the following folders: sdcard/Android/data/com.android.gallery3d/cache or /sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.apps.plus/cache
However, both folders are empty on my device =/
Please, Does someone know where stock gallery app store its offline photos?
Thanks

any clue?

nobody?any idea?

Edit pictures with gallery

There are no edit function in gallery tab...can someone confirmed that..

Edit how? Wouldn't that be outside the scope of a gallery app?
Edit: oh and confirmed, no edit in stock gallery. ?
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Hmm, that's strange. Every device I've owned on Android has had the edit function (even if it asks you to open it with another app)... Have you tried Quickpic?

Yeah, usually the gallery app itself will integrate with edit features...Is it because of lolipop??
I'm sorry as this is the 1st device that i used come with lolipop..lol

faizalotai said:
Yeah, usually the gallery app itself will integrate with edit features...Is it because of lolipop??
I'm sorry as this is the 1st device that i used come with lolipop..lol
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Well, I want to say no... I have the Nexus 6 right next to me and I use either Photos or Quickpic and they both have the edit option built in... Maybe the edit functionality in "Gallery" is 100% manufacturer, and not Android related...

faizalotai said:
There are no edit function in gallery tab...can someone confirmed that..
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Yes they are
On my LG-H815, firmware V10a-EUR-XX in stock gallery there is edit icon, when pressed it opens photo editor, similar to Snapseed

My T-Mobile variant default gallery app has edit function. Open up a particular pic you want to edit and has a pencil with line underneath.
But I prefer google photos to manage my pics.
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That pencil IS Google photo. (only when there are other image editor apps installed it will ask what to do).

Incase this is coming up for anybody, I've had this happen on both my G4 phones (one was lost and I had to replace after a year). If this happens to you, you will have to do a factory reset, as others have stated. But there is a way (as of right now 08/20/16), to actually have both work on your phone. When setting up your phone, with email info and google address and such, but make sure you do not enter into the area that states you want google photos with "great" enhancements (which it shouldn't go that far yet). Exit if possible.
- First and foremost (before customizing or adding any apps to your phone), make sure to get into your camera take a photo and click the gallery or the photo that shows up in the circle and click the edit tool. This will prompt you to download the "stock" editor (thru LG G4 phone). Download (first time only). Try out the editor make sure it works.
-Then take another photo, click on the round photo you just took. If you entered an address in the google setup (but not the google photos) you should be able to pick which app to use. You can chose the Google photo app, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, to click "just once" and NOT "always", just incase it tries to change your editor again. It should allow you to use the stock LG G4 editor and still store it within the google photos "cloud" as well.
- I always choose which editor every time, I never choose a default "always", since I use other online apps and I want to have those options given to me as well. It's important to NOT update the Google photo/editor if it asks, otherwise it will try and give you the "enhanced" photo edits.....which I can say the editing tool for LG G4 blows the Google editor out of the water. Hope this helps.

Tried it
Crissyclr said:
Incase this is coming up for anybody, I've had this happen on both my G4 phones (one was lost and I had to replace after a year). If this happens to you, you will have to do a factory reset, as others have stated. But there is a way (as of right now 08/20/16), to actually have both work on your phone. When setting up your phone, with email info and google address and such, but make sure you do not enter into the area that states you want google photos with "great" enhancements (which it shouldn't go that far yet). Exit if possible.
- First and foremost (before customizing or adding any apps to your phone), make sure to get into your camera take a photo and click the gallery or the photo that shows up in the circle and click the edit tool. This will prompt you to download the "stock" editor (thru LG G4 phone). Download (first time only). Try out the editor make sure it works.
-Then take another photo, click on the round photo you just took. If you entered an address in the google setup (but not the google photos) you should be able to pick which app to use. You can chose the Google photo app, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, to click "just once" and NOT "always", just incase it tries to change your editor again. It should allow you to use the stock LG G4 editor and still store it within the google photos "cloud" as well.
- I always choose which editor every time, I never choose a default "always", since I use other online apps and I want to have those options given to me as well. It's important to NOT update the Google photo/editor if it asks, otherwise it will try and give you the "enhanced" photo edits.....which I can say the editing tool for LG G4 blows the Google editor out of the water. Hope this helps.
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I tried this step by step, but after taking a photo, when I go to edit, it goes directly to the google photos editor. It didn't prompt me to download the LG editor.

Portrait mode creates a new folder?

Every time I take photos in portrait mode it creates a folder just for the two pictures. Every time. Anyone notice it

imtjnotu said:
Every time I take photos in portrait mode it creates a folder just for the two pictures. Every time. Anyone notice it
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Yes. I found your thread because I'm looking to find a way to turn this off. It makes it tedious to view the photos from a third-party app or to copy the photos to your desktop.
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Paddy Landau said:
Yes. I found your thread because I'm looking to find a way to turn this off. It makes it tedious to view the photos from a third-party app or to copy the photos to your desktop.
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this was my same gripe. i connected it to my computer and had to manually go though every folder to choose the one photo iw anted. i ended up just going onto the google photos website and downloading from there

I've posted a query on the Google Product Forums. Let's see if we get a response.
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/phone-by-google/qScg2CMrzGA
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Paddy Landau said:
I've posted a query on the Google Product Forums. Let's see if we get a response.
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/phone-by-google/qScg2CMrzGA
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thanks for this. ill be checking in as well... makes it a hassle to even upload pictures to this forum using the app or any app period

The question has been answered. Unfortunately, it's not what we want to hear.
… this is by design and there is no way to disable that at this time.
Go to system settings>about phone and leave feedback for the team about this
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Paddy Landau said:
The question has been answered. Unfortunately, it's not what we want to hear.
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Ya I saw this when I woke up. No help. I sent the feedback like they asked and attached a picture

This is literally how it looks when I have to find a photo to send to someone

imtjnotu said:
This is literally how it looks when I have to find a photo to send to someone
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Why don't you use a Gallery like Google Photos or QuickPic ?
So you can select the pictures that you want and then click on share.

emixamsonaz said:
Why don't you use a Gallery like Google Photos or QuickPic ?
So you can select the pictures that you want and then click on share.
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Quick Pic shows me the folders. And, this doesn't help at all when transferring to the desktop. Also, when you delete a photo, the empty folder remains. It was not at all well thought out or tested with regular people.
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Paddy Landau said:
Quick Pic shows me the folders. And, this doesn't help at all when transferring to the desktop. Also, when you delete a photo, the empty folder remains. It was not at all well thought out or tested with regular people.
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If I remember well, you could select to display only the pictures in Quickpic, I'm not sure though. I will check this once back home.

emixamsonaz said:
Why don't you use a Gallery like Google Photos or QuickPic ?
So you can select the pictures that you want and then click on share.
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This is part of Google messages. When you select to add a photo and click the icon to go into your folders to look. You can't use photos on Google messages to select what you want

I created a post on the Pixel Forum about this exact issue. I am also using Quickpic to move the portrait folders into the default camera gallery.
Camera: Portrait Mode creates individual folders for every Portrait Mode photo taken

Yes I hate this, what a stupid way to organize portrait mode pics.
They need to fix this, its a deal breaker for me... not worth having it this way just creates a big mess
sent from my Pixel 2 XL or Note FE

This bugged me so I tried numerous gallery apps. Only Google photos handles portrait shots properly.
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imtjnotu said:
This is part of Google messages. When you select to add a photo and click the icon to go into your folders to look. You can't use photos on Google messages to select what you want
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It's not a problem with Google Messages, it's a problem with how you're using the software.
When you're getting to the Document Chooser, you're selecting "Images" which brings up a folder view. Instead of doing that, press "Photos" from further down on the left and you'll see a proper gallery view.
While it's annoying to use in QuickPic, if anything the new organization structure forced me to realize that the way I was accessing images in the software was actually inefficient all along and I just never realized it, and I've started using Photos for all of my snapped photos and QuickPic for all the rest (with the Camera folder hidden).

Anybody got solution ?

I just use Tasker shell commands to move files around to where I want them to be.
In this case, I have it set to move the two images into a folder of my choosing, and then delete the now empty folders. Gotta love Tasker lol

Good idea!

rickysidhu_ said:
I just use Tasker shell commands to move files around to where I want them to be.
In this case, I have it set to move the two images into a folder of my choosing, and then delete the now empty folders. Gotta love Tasker lol
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Could you elaborate? How do you have it set up to do this? I can't work out how to create the correct task to do this...
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