Help Samsung Galaxy S3 gallery shows photos from other devices !

s3samsung · Jun 27, 2012

So I just bought a galaxy S3 device and it works fine. However, I'm in a hotel now and connected to the internet through WiFi. The problem is when I go to the gallery while connecting to the internet I notice that many albums are added and some of them contain photos from other laptops or phones, and some of them were containing a certain company orders and bills! How did that happened and does that mean my phone has been hacked or the opposite or what do you think ?? Can this be normal and those are shared galleries over the network ? and is being able to see others content means that they can see mine ? Sharing option is turned off for my device, but I want to insure that nothing goes out from my device without my permission
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Thank you all ..

KupKrazy · Jun 27, 2012

The Gallery will show pics from other sources like Picasa and Google+ if you have it set up that way. Is it possible that the S3 is linked to someone else's Google account? I don't think people can otherwise easily just looking into your pictures like that. Strange.

s3samsung · Jun 28, 2012

Thank you for your reply.. I don't have Picasa, and I don't have Google+ account, the pictures that appeared on my gallery don't belong to me or any of my friends, the album was named as : Hasan.Vaio:Hasan, so the source is a Vaio laptop
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I restored the phone to the factory settings but the albums still appear which confuses me more !

chillibean · Jun 28, 2012

I has this with my same laptop at home. When ever they are connected to the same wifi. As soon as either person disconnects, you will access to the pictures

Shogun1 · Jun 28, 2012

So…I can spy on people by connecting to their wifi? James Bond phone let's go!

chillibean · Jun 28, 2012

Not sure but wouldn't endorse it lol

Rxpert83 · Jun 28, 2012

You can do this with most any WiFi enabled device. It just means that person has those pictures on a shared folder instead of a private one like they should

verdikt · Jun 28, 2012

Strangely enough, I couldn't get my files to show up, but my friend's computer did. How can I make this happen for me?

s3samsung · Jun 28, 2012

This is annoyingly uncomfortable !, so it means that our private files are not secured when s3 device is around ! Are you sure that this happens with shared files only ?
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Another point is that I already disabled anything related to sharing on network settings, is this 100% enough to ensure that nobody can see the contents of my phone ? and how can I make sure that my laptop is invisible to other devices ? I connected both my laptop and phone to the same WiFi and didn't found my laptop name in the devices list in gallery. is this enough indication that my laptop is secured ?
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I know that I ask a lot but we must know how to protect our privacy !
Thanks all ..

Mar · Jun 28, 2012

Yeah just disable sharing in the control panel. Also you can make your laptop or computer non discoverable on networks. It should be in the network and sharing in control panel. And there is a publick and home network option when you connect to different networks. choose public connections when you connect to free wifi places

Davoo · Jun 28, 2012

So the OP is stealing internet and did not know it form someone that does not know how to secure their network or doesn't care to. You should put pictures or a word doc into the folder telling them their network isn't secure.

Geordie Ahmed · Jun 28, 2012

Davoo said:
So the OP is stealing internet and did not know it form someone that does not know how to secure their network or doesn't care to. You should put pictures or a word doc into the folder telling them their network isn't secure.

I don't think he is stealing anything, he explained he was using the WiFi in a hotel

cmybliss · Jun 28, 2012

Geordie Ahmed said:
I don't think he is stealing anything, he explained he was using the WiFi in a hotel

Yes, he did say he was on a hotel's WiFi network.

I had wondered about this when I heard about the sharing features. I guess we all need to be extra vigilant when connecting to public WiFi.

Woody4OU · Jun 28, 2012

post some good pics of their stuff so we can judge for ourselves. :smokingsomb:

~aka hot chicks!~

ouch1976 · Jun 28, 2012

Woody4OU said:
post some good pics of their stuff so we can judge for ourselves. :smokingsomb:

~aka hot chicks!~

Here you go!

jerofld · Jun 28, 2012

IMO, this is a Windows problem, not a GS3 problem. People should be more vigilant on where their pictures are going. The GS3 just looks for shared folders and reports what it finds.

s3samsung · Jun 28, 2012

Thank you all for your replies, at the beginning I thought that it was something for my phone only, now at least I know that it happens with all S3 devices !
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One last question .. Today a new laptop device appeared in my gallery that contains some photos, however all of them were grey (unloaded) for some reason, the problem is whenever this laptop appears my albums also become grey and I have to wait for a long time before the pictures and videos load, and the thumbnails of the albums are grey as well. Any information about that ?
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Thanks ..

gabquintero09 · Jul 8, 2012

s3samsung said:
Thank you all for your replies, at the beginning I thought that it was something for my phone only, now at least I know that it happens with all S3 devices !
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One last question .. Today a new laptop device appeared in my gallery that contains some photos, however all of them were grey (unloaded) for some reason, the problem is whenever this laptop appears my albums also become grey and I have to wait for a long time before the pictures and videos load, and the thumbnails of the albums are grey as well. Any information about that ?
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Thanks ..

Sorry to bring up an old post, but I prefered this as oppose to opening up a new thread.

Guys, it is not just the S3, any device that picks up shared folders will do this.. I have it set up this way on my PC so that I can stream videos into my Ps3, but only within inside your network..

How to fix this? When you connect into a wifi, set it as PUBLIC (on PCS) so that it won't share pictures/videos.. Your S3 won't share anything from withint it, so don't worry about it.

If you have a shared folder or media streaming turned on in your computer, anybody who connects to your network (your wireless router) can view them, or you can tweak the options in the router to not allow certain computers.

My question is this, and it is the same as your last unanswered question.. Is there a way to disable my Galaxy S3 from reading pictures or videos on shared devices from within the phone?

My problem is the same as above, I have a lot of pictures and videos shared from my computer on my hidden network, so whenever i open up the gallery, it won't load thumbnails because there are so many folders.

Any help on this guys?

I know I could block it from the router, but I don't want to BLOCK IT OUT completetly i Just want them not to appear.

Any help would be greatly appreciated guys!

Docs786 · Jul 16, 2012

is there a way for me to set up my galaxy s2 so thay i can view these shared galleries. i dont want to share my gallery though.

does this mean that someone on a s3 can see any androids gallery or only other s3 gallleries.

gandalf19 · Jul 19, 2012

Fixed!

You have to disable media sharing in Windows.

From Control Panel, go to:
--> Network and Sharing Settings
--> Advanced sharing settings
--> Scroll down to Media Streaming.

It might say Media Sharing is on, even though if you click the link, it asks you to turn it on first. Essentially, you have to turn it on to enable it, and then block everything from sharing and seeing your device. That turns it off by default. Yes, it's weird, but hey, it's Windows.

It worked for me!

Note: This only works if you have access to the other computers. If you're on a public network and other people have this setting on, you're kind of SOL. On your home private network, this should do the trick.

tnfarrar · Aug 24, 2012

I know this is an old thread, but on all of the internet, I cannot find and answer to this simple question.

I actually WANT to use media sharing from my PC to my phone. And it works. EXCEPT... I can see my pics from the PC in my gallery. How do I copy them to the phone so I can use them as backgrounds or take them with me? Do I really have to plug in a USB cable even though the phone can plainly access my media?

Can't figure this out. HELP.

tredoggg · Aug 24, 2012

jerofld said:
IMO, this is a Windows problem, not a GS3 problem. People should be more vigilant on where their pictures are going. The GS3 just looks for shared folders and reports what it finds.

which is what it should be doing in the first place, cant blame the phone for doing a great job, blame windows and their lame security

Poboy · Aug 24, 2012

Has any one figured out how to get the setting to only display pictures that on the device to save? Everytime I open the gallery it resets

joshbgosh10592 · Sep 8, 2012

I'm also looking to changing the settings to display pictures that are only on the device. Any tips?

hbryder · Sep 9, 2012

Davoo said:
So the OP is stealing internet and did not know it form someone that does not know how to secure their network or doesn't care to. You should put pictures or a word doc into the folder telling them their network isn't secure.

That's something I should do to my neighbor..keep telling him he needs a secure connection..

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