Have you been thinking of how you can hide some documents, pictures, videos and others on your Android phone without the use of any app.? It is pretty simple and eaglegist will take you through this few little steps of doing it. Mummy and Dad won't have access to that nude pix and porn on your phone again.
The first thiing to do is making a dedicated hidden folder. Just create a new folder and put a dot at the begging of its name. It doesn't matter how you name it, just put a dot before it. This basically tells Android to forget this folder and never look inside of it. Only file managers and specific system apps are aware of its existence. This means files hidden inside won't show up in the gallery, multimedia players, e-mail clients, office editors and the like.
Another option is to hide the media files within an already existing folder by creating a .nomedia file inside it. This file doesn't have an extension or any content. It's simply an empty file called '.nomedia' without the quotations. This will hide all media files (pictures and video) from any app that tries to interact with them. Important! Make sure to enable viewing of hiding files and folders inside your File Manager, because you won't be able to reach your files otherwise.
Actually, the hardest part of the whole hiding ordeal is finding a File Manager you enjoy using. If your phone or tablet doesn't come with one, try ES File Explorer . It's free, fully-featured, supports 30 anguages, and it rates really high on Google Play. It has a bit of a learning curve, but it's a polished app worthy of attention.
To check for this hidden folder, go to the file manager and tap menu, you will see an option with "show hidden files", then tap on it to show your hidden file. Drop your comment, invite others to eaglegist and feel free to share any post here on your social networks.
The first thiing to do is making a dedicated hidden folder. Just create a new folder and put a dot at the begging of its name. It doesn't matter how you name it, just put a dot before it. This basically tells Android to forget this folder and never look inside of it. Only file managers and specific system apps are aware of its existence. This means files hidden inside won't show up in the gallery, multimedia players, e-mail clients, office editors and the like.
Another option is to hide the media files within an already existing folder by creating a .nomedia file inside it. This file doesn't have an extension or any content. It's simply an empty file called '.nomedia' without the quotations. This will hide all media files (pictures and video) from any app that tries to interact with them. Important! Make sure to enable viewing of hiding files and folders inside your File Manager, because you won't be able to reach your files otherwise.
Actually, the hardest part of the whole hiding ordeal is finding a File Manager you enjoy using. If your phone or tablet doesn't come with one, try ES File Explorer . It's free, fully-featured, supports 30 anguages, and it rates really high on Google Play. It has a bit of a learning curve, but it's a polished app worthy of attention.
To check for this hidden folder, go to the file manager and tap menu, you will see an option with "show hidden files", then tap on it to show your hidden file. Drop your comment, invite others to eaglegist and feel free to share any post here on your social networks.
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