Hiding Pictures and Videos from the Gallery

[gchalker]

Using the .foldername method for hiding pictures and videos from the gallery does not work anymore on my phone. Does anyone know if there is a tweek to this method that still works? I would rather not use an application. I tried Vaulty but it copies the videos to my internal storage instead of leaving them on my SD card when it hides them.

Any advice?

 

[HowDoiUseAndro]

I had the same problem on my DroidX. I ended up using an App called QuickPic. You can set it to ignore certain directories. It's got a ton of other features that the built-in gallery doesn't have.

 

[pool_shark]

Works fine for me.
It's a unix thing, not sure how it would just stop working.

 

[gchalker]

Got an update from Android a month or so ago and it has not worked since.

 

[chanchan05]

You can always use a different gallery app and exclude folders.

 

[Harry2]

Might just a HTC Sense thing, but my stock gallery now has this hide-or-show-albums feature in its settings.

Default is show all albums.
So maybe this "override" the full stop at folders?

EDIT: No, it doesn't. Just tried it, a folder with a full stop in front of its name won't be shown.

Harry

 

[brownhornet]

Honestly, i'd much rather have something that can just encrypt my whole SD card and make it specific to my phone only. Hiding the folders is cool if someone is just looking at your phone but what happens if you lose the whole phone and someone is smart enough to take your SD card out and put it in their pc? They'll still be able to see the folders there.

Ive been looking for an app for the longest that can encrypt the whole card so if the card were to be taken out the content wouldnt be recognized or able to be opened.

 

[B2L]

You can always try the other things that people had suggested. But you can always create a folder called .private on the root of your SD card, and any of the videos and pictures you place in that folder will be hidden from the gallery, unless you access it by a file manager.

Edit: I guess I'm an idiot, and didn't read things clearly. Ignore my post. Lol.

 

[KeepSafe]

Hi, you might want to give our app 'Hide Pictures with KeepSafe' a try. It's currently the most popular picture hiding app in the US.

 

[scary alien]

Hi, you might want to give our app 'Hide Pictures with KeepSafe' a try. It's currently the most popular picture hiding app in the US.

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[Adauth]

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This or photovault works well also.