The .thumbnails subfolder on the DCIM folder takes more than 16gb on my 5t.
At the bottom of the small images list, there are 2 files named thumbdata4-nnnnnn, where "n" is a digit. Each one of them takes more than 16gb...
What can I do? Is it possible to delete these files.
What can be affected?
Yes, you can delete it.
it's a thumbnail for all your image (including your deleted image)
so, if you delete it. it'll create again with current image in your phone.
I have deleted it. That had no effect on the SD free space (??)
aftnoon2 said:
I have deleted it. That had no effect on the SD free space (??)
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Use this to find whats using your space
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage
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I have rog3 under images it says i have i have 70GB of pictures. Is it a bug or what am i missing?
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While browsing through emmc, I see this hidden folder android_secure containing lots of apk's, total size appx 400 mb.
Is it OK to delete it?
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Well I don't know exactly what the android_secure folder is for, perhaps some sort of backup system or something but I do know that Android automatically generates it whenever it tries to put something into it so if you do decide to delete it, it will come back. However, I don't recommend it because if it does contain information important for apps to run then deleting it obviously would cause them to stop working. Hope this helps
anuragnigam said:
While browsing through emmc, I see this hidden folder android_secure containing lots of apk's, total size appx 400 mb.
Is it OK to delete it?
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Those are apps. Probably because they are configured to install to SD by default. Keep in mind if you delete it you may delete apps you have installed if I understand this correctly. Sure the folder will be created but not the files in it. I'd say keep it.
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My internal memory's 50% storage is occupied by .thumbnail folder..I am running short of memory so I need to delete this folder.so is it safe to delete this folder? If I'm not wrong then this folder ONLY contains gallery pictures thumbnails.
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It's safe to delete them but they'll only come back next time you open gallery.
Inside the thumbnail folder there maybe a few hidden files (ie file name start with .something) some of these may well be a few gb big in your case. You can just delete them instead of each thumbnail file of about 100kb each.
Before deleteing them, make a note of what they are called and after deleteing them make a folder of the same name to avoid them getting created automatically by gallery.
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emgluon said:
Before deleteing them, make a note of what they are called and after deleteing them make a folder of the same name to avoid them getting created automatically by gallery.
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Can u please clarify this?
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mannyvinny said:
Can u please clarify this?
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He means dont delete the .thumbnail folder as it will be recreated. Go into it and delete the huge files over 100kb to make some space.
Those big files in the thumbnail folder. Called something like ".thumbdata3--1967290299" the clue being the data part. They can get very large.
Just copy the name of these files. For example by doing a rename then copy and the whole file name. Delete the file then make a new folder and paste the filename as the folder name.
When later gallery try to automatically generate these thumb data file, it'll find that it cant as there is already a folder of the same name and skip it.
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Hey XDA!
I have a quick question about recovering a 'hidden' folder that I can't find.
I recently just wiped my device and installed a new ROM with Philz Touch Recovery.
I looked through my photos and I can't find a special folder I had 'hidden.'
There's no option to 'show hidden content'
Is there any other place I can look? I backed up that particular DCIM folder from internal memory to my computer.
Then after I couldn't find the hidden folder in phone, I replaced the old DCIM folder to my phone's memory.. STILL can't find it.
Any help is appreciate at this point..
Thanks again!
Root explorer will show hidden files
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elesbb said:
Root explorer will show hidden files
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Files made hidden by the stock gallery app will still stay in the DCIM folder, right?
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g0ldm4g3 said:
Files made hidden by the stock gallery app will still stay in the DCIM folder, right?
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I'm not 100 percent sure, but i think so. I don't use the stock gallery so i am not sure. But usually natural linux hidden attributes is simply adding a period to the beginning of the file or folder.
elesbb said:
I'm not 100 percent sure, but i think so. I don't use the stock gallery so i am not sure. But usually natural linux hidden attributes is simply adding a period to the beginning of the file or folder.
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Omg I found it lol, so basically I made a random folder then hid it. Plugged it into my computer to find the folder name.
Of course with the option to view hidden files and folders.
Saw the folder I was looking for and opened file location. It's stored in:
Phone > Internal Storage > .hide > folder name
Thanks for your help, though.
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can this directory be deleted to save space or will this wipe the actual photos from the gallery?
thanks
entdoc said:
can this directory be deleted to save space or will this wipe the actual photos from the gallery?
thanks
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It can be deleted (the contents of this folder, not the folder itself) but thumbnails would be re-created. It might still be good to delete it from time to time since it might contain "orphaned" thumbs....
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[Q] the one on "setting - storage - make more space - miscellaneous - programdata"
When I tried to free up some storage, I see that this programdata has taken almost 5gb of my internal
Yet I have the option to delete it
Is it safe to delete it?
What's in there?
Well it mess my phone?
chobits said:
When I tried to free up some storage, I see that this programdata has taken almost 5gb of my internal
Yet I have the option to delete it
Is it safe to delete it?
What's in there?
Well it mess my phone?
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Can you post a screenshot? Is it a folder or a file? If a folder, what is inside?
Drax TD said:
Can you post a screenshot? Is it a folder or a file? If a folder, what is inside?
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It's a folder
And i can't see what's inside
That's the problem
chobits said:
It's a folder
And i can't see what's inside
That's the problem
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If the contents are hidden that is probably a sign that you don't want to mess with it, but if it was me, I would make a nandroid backup and give the 3 gig folder the axe to see if anything bad happens.
However, if you are not running a custom recovery where you can backup and restore the system, I am not sure I would do anything. Too risky.
-Andrew
Drax TD said:
If the contents are hidden that is probably a sign that you don't want to mess with it, but if it was me, I would make a nandroid backup and give the 3 gig folder the axe to see if anything bad happens.
However, if you are not running a custom recovery where you can backup and restore the system, I am not sure I would do anything. Too risky.
-Andrew
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Would do the same here. But at first I would check this folder with a file explorer, such as es file explorer. In the settings of this explorer you can activate to show hidden apps and check what is inside this folder.