Questions tagged [photos]
Questions about photos (pictures) on your device. For the Photos app, use its corresponding app-specific tag instead (see tag-wiki/info for details) if it exists.
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One picture disappeared out of a batch taken
On vacation, we took a lot of portrait photos in a short period of time. We looked at the last picture taken outside, and it came out perfect. We then went inside to take some more. After taking ...
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Permissions: How to deny an app Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT
As the admin of my android device, I'd like to configure the device to return a permission denied error to all apps that request Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT by default, unless I explicitly give it ...
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recover/restore deleted photos Android [duplicate]
ten days ago I deleted some photos (also from the trash). Is there even the slightest chance that they can be recovered, even forensically?
Or Trim/garbage collection have already done their job?
I'm ...
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Do photos survive a factory reset (Android)?
I sold my old Oreo but I'm paranoid.
I had about twenty old photos (nothing special) and I deleted them, even from the trash. Then factory reset.
I recorded some blank videos and then a factory reset. ...
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Do pictures and videos sent via the Facebook Messenger Android app expire?
I sent a few pictures and videos to a friend via the Facebook Messenger Android app. Do pictures and videos sent via Facebook Messenger Android app expire? I.e., will they disappear or will only a ...
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How can I change a friend's photo on Message+ with my Galaxy S21?
I somehow placed my own picture on message threads from a friend. How can I restore his picture? I have a Galaxy S21 FE 5G.
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Tasker App for Photo and Caption to Note
I would like a Tasker app that allows me to take a photo, provide a text note like a caption, and then stores both the photo and caption in a note app like Keep, Evernote, or Onenote.
So far, I have a ...
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adb-sync along with rsync for fastest way to backup gigabytes of media & photos file to HDD disk regularly
I have a 512GB Android phone with 150GB+ 15k+ photos and videos.
Step 1. On my Macbook, I used better-adb-sync with a USB cable and debugging enabled to copy a large amount of files from my phone to ...
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How does WhatsApp's Delete For Everyone work for photos?
In WhatsApp, when the sender deletes a photo for everyone from their side, does it permanently deleted from my phone, or are they still there on my phone? If it was there, are they recoverable by the ...
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Auto delete pic/vids from phone when deleted from Google Photos web
You take 10 photos and only one is good. But in Google Photos, all 10 are automatically uploaded. I don't want to maintain two places: my phone and the Google Photos Cloud.
How can I make it so that I ...
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Is there a way to automatically share Google Photos of someone in real time?
I take a lot of pictures of one person and this person always wants me to share them. Google Photos is really good at identifying these pictures and so I was wondering if there was a way that Google ...
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Can websites access photos on device if Chrome has access?
If the Google Chrome app on Android has access to media/files/photos, can any website access photos on the device since the permission is granted to chrome, or would the photo picker (before the ...
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Xiaomi Portrait Mode: Where is the original data stored (before depth-of-field effect)?
My Xiaomi 10T Pro has a "Portrait Mode" which blurs the background. When opening such a photo in the Gallery, the phone offers the option to adjust depth-of-field.
By default, a medium ...
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After Deleting .thumbdata file all images in sd card are corrupted
I am suffering from media corruption on my SD Card, I have deleted .thumbdata file on my android phone (Samsung J7 Prime) to freeup space on sd card but after deletion all files are corrupted and ...
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Android 13 - What happens to photos in OneDrive/Google Photos that were backed up once you delete a photo from your storage?
I'm on android 13 with the Samsung a32 5g.
If I delete a photo on my phone that was synced to OneDrive or Google Photos backup and sync again, will that photo automatically get deleted after 30 days, ...
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