Gallery concerns

[511]

Hey gang,

1. Is there a way to prevent Gallery from automatically importing any photos transferred to the Droid? Initially I was excited to discover ASTRO, and I quickly organized many of my folders to mirror how I stored information on my old smart phone. To my displeasure, Gallery automatically imported all of the photos I placed into folders.

2. Can the program be shut off and or deleted?

3. What if any alternate applications are out there?


Thanks,
511

 

[Martin030908]

You can hide folders and their contents from the Media app. Just add a "." (period) to the beginning of the folder. Example = ".hidden files" will not show up in Gallery, but "hidden files" would. The period hides folders

 

[hookbill]

Hey gang,

1. Is there a way to prevent Gallery from automatically importing any photos transferred to the Droid? Initially I was excited to discover ASTRO, and I quickly organized many of my folders to mirror how I stored information on my old smart phone. To my displeasure, Gallery automatically imported all of the photos I placed into folders.

2. Can the program be shut off and or deleted?

3. What if any alternate applications are out there?


Thanks,
511

I don't believe you can just delete the Gallery. It's probably something you'll have to live with and just manage your files with Astro.

Edit: Martin gave a great answer. Seems like there should be something simpler though.

 

[511]

Thanks Martin! I will try that asap!

 

[Martin030908]

PhotoSafe is an app that will allow you to hide photos. It's costs a dollar I believe.... just another option

 

[511]

I attempted to put a period in front of the folders in question but in each attempt I get an error message that says; "You must type a file name"

The folder name is ".wpd511"

What am I missing?

 

[Martin030908]

I attempted to put a period in front of the folders in question but in each attempt I get an error message that says; "You must type a file name"

The folder name is ".wpd511"

What am I missing?

Try mounting your Droid to your computer and changing the folder name from your PC.
Also there is another option.... you can create a blank file named ".nomedia" and drop that into the folder in question. It's supposed to hide the entire folder

Here's a couple threads to help out -
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-audio-video/1061-hiding-pics.html
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-general-discussions/13953-how-can-you-hide-pictures.html

 

[511]

I was attempting to do this from my pc. I'm on a wimdows XP Operating system. From what I just read in another forum Windows XP place restrictions on which characters are allowed to be used in file/folder names. i.e. no "." in front of folders Dang it!!!
http://http://www.xvsxp.com/files/forbidden.php

 

[Martin030908]

Download EStrongs File Explorer from the Market. It will allow you to add periods to the folders on your SD card. I can confirm it works.

 

[511]

Sure appreciate your help Martin!

 

[Martin030908]

Let me know if it works for ya.... just wanna make sure you got it resolved

 

[511]

Prior to reading your “Estrongs” tip, I returned to the droid and successfully renamed the folders in question. It worked perfectly <almost> lol…….. I checked in the Gallery and I was very pleased to see everything cleaned up perfectly!
I then returned to my newly “hidden” folders only to discover I can’t see them (obviously) but cannot figure out how to make them viewable to me again…This is frickin hilarious.
My immediate after thought was: damn, I should have asked Martin how to make folders viewable again

I'm currently using ASTRO file manager

 

[511]

I am happy to report that I located "show hidden files" under; preferences>look and feel>show hidden files

yeaaahoo!!

Thanks again Martin for all your help! You provided the solution to one of my major dislikes of the phone. And as I figured, it wasn't the phone, it was the operator!!