Sometimes on Android smartphones you may encounter a problem: opening "Gallery", but all the images disappeared from it. We want to tell you what to do in such cases.
The reasons for such a failure can be divided into two groups: software and hardware. The first is cache corruption. "Galleries", action malicious applications, violation of the file system of the memory card or internal storage. The second is damage to memory devices.
The first thing you need to find out is whether there are photos on the memory card or internal storage. To do this, you need to connect either a memory card to the computer (for example, through a special card reader), or a phone if the images from the built-in storage have disappeared. If the photos are recognized on your computer, then you are most likely experiencing a software glitch. If there are no pictures or problems arise during the connection (for example, Windows suggests formatting the drive), then the problem is hardware. Luckily, in most cases you will be able to get your images back.
Method 1: Clear the Gallery cache
By virtue of Android features The gallery cache may fail, as a result of which photos are not displayed in the system, although they are recognized and opened when connected to a computer. When faced with this type of problem, do the following:
- Open "Settings" in any possible way.
- Switch to general settings and look for the item "Applications" or "Application Manager".
- Go to the tab "All" or similar in meaning, and find the application among the system ones "Gallery". Tap on it to go to the details page.
- Find the “Cache” mark on the page. Depending on the number of images on the device, the cache can occupy from 100 MB to 2 GB or more. Click the button "Clear". Then - "Clear data".
- After clearing the gallery cache, go back to the general list of applications in the manager and find "Media storage". Go to the properties page of this application and also clear its cache and data.
- Restart your smartphone or tablet.
If the problem was a gallery failure, then after these steps it will disappear. If this does not happen, read on.
Method 2: Delete .nomedia files
Sometimes, due to the actions of viruses or the carelessness of the user himself, files called .nomedia may appear in photo directories. This file migrated to Android from Linux kernel and represents service data that does not provide file system index multimedia content in the directory where they are located. Simply put, photos (and videos and music) from the folder in which the file is .nomedia, will not be displayed in the gallery. To return the photos to their place, this file must be deleted. This can be done, for example, using Total Commander.
- After installing Total Commander, log into the application. Call up the menu by pressing the three dots or the corresponding key. In the pop-up menu, tap on " Settings...".
- In the settings, check the box next to the item "Hidden files/folders".
- Then visit your photos folder. Typically this is a directory called "DCIM".
- The specific folder with photos depends on many factors: firmware, Android versions, the camera most used, etc. But as a rule, photographs are stored in directories with names "100ANDRO", "Camera" or right in the very "DCIM".
- Let's say photos have disappeared from the folder "Camera". Let's go into it. Algorithms Total Commander place system and service files above all others in the directory when standard display, so availability .nomedia can be noticed immediately.
Press and hold it to call context menu. To delete a file, select "Delete".
Confirm deletion. - Also check other folders where photos may be located (for example, a download directory, messenger folders or social network clients). If they also have .nomedia, remove it using the method described in the previous step.
- Reboot your device.
After reboot, go to "Gallery" and check if the photos are restored. If nothing has changed, read on.
Method 3: Photo Recovery
If Methods 1 and 2 did not help you, we can conclude that the essence of the problem lies in the drive itself. Regardless of the reasons for its occurrence, it will no longer be possible to do without file recovery. The details of the procedure are described in the article below, so we will not dwell on them in detail.
Conclusion
As we can see, the disappearance of photographs from "Galleries" There is no reason to panic at all: in most cases it will be possible to return them.
Agree that it is very convenient when all images, including photos, are stored in one place and there is always easy access to them. However, it happens that it becomes impossible to enter the gallery. Why this can happen and how to open a file on - we will talk about this in our article.
Why is a gallery needed and why it may not open
The Xiaomi phone has storage for video files and images. special folder– a gallery where by default all the user’s photos are sent, as well as pictures that you downloaded from the Internet.
In most cases, the application cannot be accessed due to the built-in security system. The blocking occurs due to the lack of required permissions to ensure the correct functioning of the application.
Usually, with this problem, when you try to enter the “Gallery”, notifications about lack of permission pop up.
The gallery is closed, there are no necessary permissions: how to open
To correct the situation you need to:
How to hide an album in the gallery
The application displays all albums, including system ones, that contain images, which can make it difficult to find the desired image. To do this, the MIUI shell provides a function for hiding individual folders. To complete this operation you will need:
- Go to the “Gallery” and select “Albums”;
- Select the folder that you want to make invisible and hold your finger on it until the drop-down menu appears. In it, click the “Make invisible” button.
How to open hidden photos
To display an album, you need to go to “Settings”, select “System applications”, and then the “Gallery” section, where you enable the “Invisible albums” item.
The second, simpler option, in the “Gallery” application itself, click on the menu (three dots in the upper corner) and turn on the item that allows you to see hidden albums.
Regardless of the method used, after they are completed hidden folders will be highlighted in gray. To give them the status of “visible” objects, you must also hold your finger on the desired folder and select “Show” or “Unhide” in the menu that appears.
