I see that there is no stock gallery app on this phone. Looks like Google wants you to solely use photos. I almost don't mind, but, I'd really like to manage the pictures and videos that are saved to my phone. Does Google still have one that I can grab even with an apk online? If not, what do you guys and gals recommend?
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gettinwicked said:
I see that there is no stock gallery app on this phone. Looks like Google wants you to solely use photos. I almost don't mind, but, I'd really like to manage the pictures and videos that are saved to my phone. Does Google still have one that I can grab even with an apk online? If not, what do you guys and gals recommend?
Please and thanks!
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Simple gallery in the play store
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Still using QuickPic. I really like the built in crop/resize editor, fits right into my workflow.
People slam Quickpic because they got bought from some shady company but I haven't seen the app do anything bad.
Check out Piktures:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.diune.pictures&hl=en
https://androidcommunity.com/piktur...to-quickpic-for-your-android-photos-20170712/
gettinwicked said:
I see that there is no stock gallery app on this phone. Looks like Google wants you to solely use photos. I almost don't mind, but, I'd really like to manage the pictures and videos that are saved to my phone. Does Google still have one that I can grab even with an apk online? If not, what do you guys and gals recommend?
Please and thanks!
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The built-in photos app will let you manage your saved pictures/videos on the device. What exactly is the issue?
danon.brown said:
Simple gallery in the play store
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+1 for simple gallery
js042507 said:
The built-in photos app will let you manage your saved pictures/videos on the device. What exactly is the issue?
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Agreed. I think most people are blinded to this.
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Agreed. I think most people are blinded to this.
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yeah when you swipe from the left you can look at the device folders for pictures and even add more folders to sync if needed.
i thought everyone new this feature as well
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i thought everyone new this feature as well
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I think the problem is people moving to Google phone after being with phones by LG or Samsung. Not sure when Google officially made the switch over to Photos, but it definitely was around in 2015. When I got the Nexus 6P, I noticed it didn't have a stock gallery app, so it was extremely weird for me at first.
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I think the problem is people moving to Google phone after being with phones by LG or Samsung. Not sure when Google officially made the switch over to Photos, but it definitely was around in 2015. When I got the Nexus 6P, I noticed it didn't have a stock gallery app, so it was extremely weird for me at first.
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Yeah, I came from a Samsung phone. I had no idea that was there. I guess I'm a little blind... Anyway, good to know. Thanks!
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The built-in photos app will let you manage your saved pictures/videos on the device. What exactly is the issue?
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My issue with Google Photos is that I cannot change default view to device folders. I have to swipe to select everytime I use photos app. It results in mobile data usage as default view is photos that are in cloud storage.
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My issue with Google Photos is that I cannot change default view to device folders. I have to swipe to select everytime I use photos app. It results in mobile data usage as default view is photos that are in cloud storage.
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Well, that is true. It defaults to a 'view' mode that sorts each picture by day. However, I have the cloud feature disabled for me, so no data usage. Photos behavior has always been that 'view' mode though.
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People are not blinded by this! It is the fack that you are unable to access your album's w/ 1 click & the grid style layout is favorable! And do not touch Google photos if you don't want to bring every photo in existence to your device...but you are unable to force stop & still be able to take a pic! I'll say it again... Google's ability to store & display albums is still lacking.
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People are not blinded by this! It is the fack that you are unable to access your album's w/ 1 click & the grid style layout is favorable! And do not touch Google photos if you don't want to bring every photo in existence to your device...but you are unable to force stop & still be able to take a pic! I'll say it again... Google's ability to store & display albums is still lacking.
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Welcome to the forums and bringing back a thread that is soon to be ONE year old! [emoji112][emoji112][emoji112]
I actually love being able to see all the pics I've ever taken with Google Photos. That's why I've uploaded pics even from old point and shoot cameras I had. And the ability to search by person, places, or things is amazing.
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At least for me. I loved being able to snap a pic with my big camera, have the EyeFi upload it and sync it to Picasa, and have the picture in my JB stock gallery on the Nexus 4 automatically. The Sony Gallery will pull the Picasa images, but I have to manually tell it to refresh and it takes a LONG time.
Once the image is downloaded I can't share it from there, I have to download it and then go look for it and share it. It also downloads a small version of the image.
I was able to install the stock JB Gallery app but I was missing the components to sync Picasa. Still need to work on fixing that. Anyone use something that would make things better?
I don't know if this will help because it probably is quite obvious to you already, but have you tried using quickpic?
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At least for me. I loved being able to snap a pic with my big camera, have the EyeFi upload it and sync it to Picasa, and have the picture in my JB stock gallery on the Nexus 4 automatically. The Sony Gallery will pull the Picasa images, but I have to manually tell it to refresh and it takes a LONG time.
Once the image is downloaded I can't share it from there, I have to download it and then go look for it and share it. It also downloads a small version of the image.
I was able to install the stock JB Gallery app but I was missing the components to sync Picasa. Still need to work on fixing that. Anyone use something that would make things better?
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Use auto sync..It really work well..
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I don't know if this will help because it probably is quite obvious to you already, but have you tried using quickpic?
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Quickpic sucks on XZ/ZL, pictures not fullscreen and also with black bars
coolrevi said:
Use auto sync..It really work well..
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Auto sync meaning sync Google Photos under settings? That's enabled and I still have to manually refresh.
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Quickpic sucks on XZ/ZL, pictures not fullscreen and also with black bars
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Oh that's not the way it's supposed to look? Haha. I had never used Quick Pic. It looks pretty good, but it doesn't have Picasa integration, so it doesn't add much value here.
I did find that I can pull the Picasa pictures more easily with Google +, but I still have to download them and then share them. It only shares to Google +. At least the resolution of the downloaded images is much better than what the Sony app gets and the pics are already synced when I open the app.
It looks like the Sony gallery does not use the Android sync service and pulls its own version of the images.
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hmmmmmm is there a way to arrange folders on the default gallery app? i mean by creating folders, organize the pictures taken on the folders, delet folders etc? ....
danieldp1990 said:
hmmmmmm is there a way to arrange folders on the default gallery app? i mean by creating folders, organize the pictures taken on the folders, delet folders etc? ....
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I don't think so
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I don't think so
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AHhhhh... i hate downloading 3rd party apps for things like that.... what i hate is that it shows all the pictures at once............ they are not separated by folders bahhhhhhhhhh..
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AHhhhh... i hate downloading 3rd party apps for things like that.... what i hate is that it shows all the pictures at once............ they are not separated by folders bahhhhhhhhhh..
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Exactly my point, it is really annoying that it is showing all the images at once, including whatsapp images it is 1 big mess of images...
Someone over at Android Central pushed out the stock Nexus Gallery/Camera app from the new Samsung/HTC Nexus-ified devices. I just installed it and it works perfectly on my C6506, and Google+ Photos/Picasa is working like a charm. Gotta say I love the stock Nexus Gallery.
Give it a go.
http://www.androidcentral.com/get-photosphere-non-nexus-devices-google-edition-camera-app
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Someone over at Android Central pushed out the stock Nexus Gallery/Camera app from the new Samsung/HTC Nexus-ified devices. I just installed it and it works perfectly on my C6506, and Google+ Photos/Picasa is working like a charm. Gotta say I love the stock Nexus Gallery.
Give it a go.
http://www.androidcentral.com/get-photosphere-non-nexus-devices-google-edition-camera-app
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That is AWESOME! Downloading now. Thanks for posting the link!
Edit: Installed and it works great. Now to change the default app for the camera button and disable the shutter sound (I'm also not a big fan of the Sony camera app)
Great! The only downside is that we won't be able to make use of the Bravia Engine, but oh well.
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Great! The only downside is that we won't be able to make use of the Bravia Engine, but oh well.
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Eh, I have it turned off. Then I unlocked my bootloader and even though I backed up my TA partition, I haven't bothered to replace it.
spielnicht said:
Someone over at Android Central pushed out the stock Nexus Gallery/Camera app from the new Samsung/HTC Nexus-ified devices. I just installed it and it works perfectly on my C6506, and Google+ Photos/Picasa is working like a charm. Gotta say I love the stock Nexus Gallery.
Give it a go.
http://www.androidcentral.com/get-photosphere-non-nexus-devices-google-edition-camera-app
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This app also shows my whatsapp images folder even though it has .nomedia.
Also I can't choose which folders to show... why is it so hard to add these simpel features
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This app also shows my whatsapp images folder even though it has .nomedia.
Also I can't choose which folders to show... why is it so hard to add these simpel features
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They want all of your Photos not only the ones you choose, I mean in case you want to use the sync option, which is (would be) a nice feature.
Would be very easy, I think, to add options like "Folders to sync"...."Folders to show"....and something like that, that makes the User the Owner of the Stuff
But these are Questions like, why we don't get an option to fully Access our Phones "Root" by Clickin......is all about the Money they make by Advertising "non Know Users" and so on....FTI.
We are all buying industrial Money making Machines for a lot of Bucks....because we love Tech!
Great, just installed and totally in love with my new gallery
Thank you!
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Great, just installed and totally in love with my new gallery
Thank you!
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+1.
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Hello, I recently got a Nexus 5X and am wondering what is the best way to copy all my pictures from my Nexus 5. I've tried dragging them off and pasting them onto the new phone, which does work, but the order gets all screwed up and the time created of each file is not preserved. Is there a way to copy pictures (and perhaps other files) while keeping the original timestamps?
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Hello, I recently got a Nexus 5X and am wondering what is the best way to copy all my pictures from my Nexus 5. I've tried dragging them off and pasting them onto the new phone, which does work, but the order gets all screwed up and the time created of each file is not preserved. Is there a way to copy pictures (and perhaps other files) while keeping the original timestamps?
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unless you use a very wierd camera or gallery app they should stay in order, since the original timestamp is usually included in the files name. for example 'IMG_20160616_103711.jpg' was taken on 16.6.2016 at 10:37:11. so as long as they are sorted by name the files in this case (stock camera) stay in order.
does the stock photos app sort by name? i haven't been able to make that happen, or find that option.. seems just like it's random? maybe i can just delete everything and reimport while in airplane mode or something so there are no interruptions?
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does the stock photos app sort by name? i haven't been able to make that happen, or find that option.. seems just like it's random? maybe i can just delete everything and reimport while in airplane mode or something so there are no interruptions?
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google photos gets instantly deactivated on all of my devices, so i am not sure on that front. it should at the very least be able to sort photos by name or the dateincludet in the images metadata (not the 'last changed' stat) though.
oh ok.. what photo app do you use then? I personally dont like the Google Photos app either, I prefer the old gallery app. Also, thanks for chiming in here!
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oh ok.. what photo app do you use then? I personally dont like the Google Photos app either, I prefer the old gallery app. Also, thanks for chiming in here!
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after quickpic became infested and testing out alternatives like focus, i settled for Piktures which does all the things i want from it, although i had to spend some time in the settings. so far i haven't heard anything negativ either.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.diune.pictures
Hi,
I recently moved to the google camera (using the modded apk, containing HDR+ and 60fps video), however one issue I have found is that the pictures do not show up in any of the Instagram categories other than Other... However, Gallery and other apps like Facebook see them normally.
Oneplus 3
Android 7.1.1 OOS
Rooted with Magisk
Any help would be great,
Thanks
Just check your gallery already!
Different camera apps have different picture saving indexes thus something it doesn't show up .
Just check gallery app
Here's the 'Camera' selection, the ones in the red box are taken with stock. The other ones are with the Google camera.
Remove [X] new user, sorry
htt[X]p://i.imgur.com/KDUS101.png
Here's the Camera collection in Instagram:
htt[X]p://i.imgur.com/Xo3JPac.png
It is not showing any of the Google camera pictures.
I have same problem. Photo taken from google camera doesn't appear on instagram.
Same problem on my Redmi Note 4 running LOS with the HDR+ Google Camera.
Scroll all the way down. It's on the bottom for some reason.
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Scroll all the way down. It's on the bottom for some reason.
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Bingo! Found all mine at the bottom, maybe we can work out why from that, mAybe their timestamp is different?
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Bingo! Found all mine at the bottom, maybe we can work out why from that, mAybe their timestamp is different?
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No clue haha could be..
So after a huge amount of digging through file details and such, I believe I have found the reason why this happens and how I can show it easily.
The cause is down to the "Profile date/time" within the EXIF of the Google camera photos. It is not correctly set, so apps read it incorrectly. This can be shown in Snapchat, where the date of a photo is from the year 49429 etc. I assume this is because Snapchat does not expect the date to include the day, and therefore it funks up all it's formatting: ht tp://i.imgur.com/CVaV1lc.png (remove space)
F-Stop was the only app I could use to actually find this attribute, and as shown, it displays the incorrect profile date/time. I compared this to my OnePlus 3s stock camera EXIF which did not report any profile/date time, which I assume Snapchat then read the normal date time and passed it correctly htt p://i.imgur.com/xj0sK4N.png
So from here, I believe the APK will need to be changed to correctly report the correct date time in the correct format OR report no "Profile date/time" so that the default date time is read instead. This should then fix all the ordering issues happening with WhatsApp, Snapchat and Instagram.
I've just noted that this version seems to have fixed this issue ht tps://github.com/gladiac1337/gcam
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I've just noted that this version seems to have fixed this issue ht tps://github.com/gladiac1337/gcam
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Nope still doesn't work. I tried installing different versions still the same.
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highdiver_2000 said:
Nope still doesn't work. I tried installing different versions still the same.
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Just scroll all the way down. It's on the bottom for some reason.
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Just scroll all the way down. It's on the bottom for some reason.
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Yes, under Others, but Instagram doesn't recognize them, so I am stuck with only 1 photo. Multi photos is not possible/
highdiver_2000 said:
Yes, under Others, but Instagram doesn't recognize them, so I am stuck with only 1 photo. Multi photos is not possible/
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Then something is wrong since it works fine in my end and others.
I have the same problem. Had to go to "others" under Instagram to visualize the pictures, and it is still cumbersome to choose as it jumps back to gallery when you go back.
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I have the same problem. Had to go to "others" under Instagram to visualize the pictures, and it is still cumbersome to choose as it jumps back to gallery when you go back.
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How many pictures can you post simultaneously? Posting from the Others folder, I can't do multi photos
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How many pictures can you post simultaneously? Posting from the Others folder, I can't do multi photos
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just one, unfortunately. frustrating, but oh well
Have quickpic on my Mi a2 lite and it was working fine. Today I took some videos, thumbnails are visible but nothing happens when I press them, video simply doesn't play. I can play them through the Google photos app but not quickpic.... Any ideas why?
Maybe move to another gallery app, like Simple Gallery, then forget QuickPic?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobiletools.gallery&hl=en
As far as I know, QuickPic is regarded as being cursed by Cheetah Mobile and highly discouraged by most users. Old version may cause conflicts with Android Pie too such as feature compatibility.
Ok, I'll try that. Thanks
Is that the best gallery app out there?
toby2111 said:
Ok, I'll try that. Thanks
Is that the best gallery app out there?
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I can say it's not the best out there (it's subjective), but it does the better job as a gallery app (at least for me and other users who use this app), it's simple to use and it's lightweight. And on top of that, it has no ads (since it's open source app).
Same here. Nothing to do with Pie update coz it's only just started not playing vids. I can open a file in Quicpic using Play with VLC in a drop down but that's a PITA. Wondering how I'd get the same folders that I've set up in a new app. I'll give it a go.
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Same here. Nothing to do with Pie update coz it's only just started not playing vids. I can open a file in Quicpic using Play with VLC in a drop down but that's a PITA. Wondering how I'd get the same folders that I've set up in a new app. I'll give it a go.
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Ok,so its not just me so!!
Its a pity as I quite liked QuickPic. I take quite a few pictures and find I have to rotate some or all of them. In Quickpic,I could just select the ones I wanted to rotate and rotate together. Now with Simple Gallery I have to go into evry single photo and rotate individually....PITA,same with Google photos......Is there any other photo app that allows multi pic rotate?
Perfect. Installed the app and everything is there in folders that I'd previously created. Totally customizable too. Thanks for the link.
Rick GM said:
Perfect. Installed the app and everything is there in folders that I'd previously created. Totally customizable too. Thanks for the link.
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You using Simple Gallery?
Simple Gallery Pro. Cost a whopping 59 pence !
Check single or multiple photos and use Rotate from tbe drop down menu (top right) and select whichever version of rotate you want. Extremely customizable app. Great.
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Simple Gallery Pro. Cost a whopping 59 pence !
Check single or multiple photos and use Rotate from tbe drop down menu (top right) and select whichever version of rotate you want. Extremely customizable app. Great.
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Thanks, works a treat! Great app
Is there a gallery app that can rotate the photo simply by rotating it with your finger like Quick pic?
Honestly, it's the only reason I'm using it. I've disabled its internet access long ago.
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Is there a gallery app that can rotate the photo simply by rotating it with your finger like Quick pic?
Honestly, it's the only reason I'm using it. I've disabled its internet access long ago.
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Use Simple Gallery Pro.
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Is there a gallery app that can rotate the photo simply by rotating it with your finger like Quick pic?
Honestly, it's the only reason I'm using it. I've disabled its internet access long ago.
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Yes, this one - Simple Gallery.
BaLance_95 said:
Is there a gallery app that can rotate the photo simply by rotating it with your finger like Quick pic?
Honestly, it's the only reason I'm using it. I've disabled its internet access long ago.
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Simple Gallery / Simple Gallery Pro has it.
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Simple Gallery / Simple Gallery Pro has it.
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Pro version also allows multiple pictures to be rotated and other customisable features..... Well worth the 59 cent to buy!!
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Pro version also allows multiple pictures to be rotated and other customisable features..... Well worth the 59 cent to buy!!
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Oh, the pro version. I was testing the free version. You're right the price was worth it even just for the finger rotate feature.
I have the same problem too
Xiaomi Redmi 5 plus (Vince), running aospextended android pie.
Tried reinstalling, didn't help..
Guys I've had the pixel 2xl for over a year now and i last did a clean install 5-6 months ago. I don't really have a problem with the phone with occasional drops in frame rate in some applications. I was just curious to know your views incl. pros and cons of resetting my phone and would you advice me to do it?
Thanks in advance.
100rabh7791 said:
Guys I've had the pixel 2xl for over a year now and i last did a clean install 5-6 months ago. I don't really have a problem with the phone with occasional drops in frame rate in some applications. I was just curious to know your views incl. pros and cons of resetting my phone and would you advice me to do it?
Thanks in advance.
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I think it's a good idea to go just that every 6 months or so. But that's just me :good:
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I think it's a good idea to go just that every 6 months or so. But that's just me :good:
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When was the last time you did it? And what changed in your experience? Interms of fluidity, battery life, previous data?
Also one more thing if i a clean install how can i get my photos back? They are already uploaded in my Google photos but i still like them to be on my phone and i had issues with it can't download every pic one by one.
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When was the last time you did it? And what changed in your experience? Interms of fluidity, battery life, previous data?
Also one more thing if i a clean install how can i get my photos back? They are already uploaded in my Google photos but i still like them to be on my phone and i had issues with it can't download every pic one by one.
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I do a adb and googl backup before I do a reset. I don't really notice any battery changes, but does seem to run better. I also backup all my photos to my pc, as well as my TiBu folder for user app restoration :good:
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I do a adb and googl backup before I do a reset. I don't really notice any battery changes, but does seem to run better. I also backup all my photos to my pc, as well as my TiBu folder for user app restoration :good:
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Thanks but that will show same photos twice one in my phone and one of the Google cloud. Is there no way i can restore them in one tap from Google photos.
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Thanks but that will show same photos twice one in my phone and one of the Google cloud. Is there no way i can restore them in one tap from Google photos.
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Don't really know, I've never done that before. I find it easier to just back up my photo folders to my pc, which are also synced to my google photos folders. So after a reset, I just drag & drop my photo folders from pc to phone, and google photos already recognizes them :good:
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Don't really know, I've never done that before. I find it easier to just back up my photo folders to my pc, which are also synced to my google photos folders. So after a reset, I just drag & drop my photo folders from pc to phone, and google photos already recognizes them :good:
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Google photos folder in your phone or Pc? Am i missing something?
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Google photos folder in your phone or Pc? Am i missing something?
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I name my photo folders with QuickPic, then back those up to my pc. Then sync those folders with google photos :good:
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I name my photo folders with QuickPic, then back those up to my pc. Then sync those folders with google photos :good:
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I'll have to try! Let me see if i can experiment this before hard resetting my phone.
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I'll have to try! Let me see if i can experiment this before hard resetting my phone.
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You can also create a folders on your internal storage with a root type, or standard file manager with names like..Family, dogs, or whatever. Then drop your photos in those folders. Your gallery app, like QuickPic will pick them up, which you can then sync those folders with google photos :good: