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Gallery app full of junk

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Old 01-29-2012, 03:29 AM
 
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How do I keep the gallery app from being full of cache files and thumbnails from websites. Its got 100's of pics in there that when I delete they come right back. Anyway to block em?

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Old 01-29-2012, 10:08 AM
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What apps do you have that are making these files?

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Old 01-29-2012, 10:31 AM
 
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Add a file name it .nomedia to the folder where the images are kept that you don't want to show up.

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Old 01-29-2012, 10:52 AM
 
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Google reader is doing it. It makes like 50 different paths. Guess I gotta find those somehow

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