How to make gallery app show device only content by default?

**aledelcastle** · 07-03-2012, 01:18 PM

As the title says, I can't figure out how to make this the default. I don't want to see all my Picasa pictures every time I open the gallery app.

Are there any alternatives?

**Roboticz** · 07-03-2012, 02:05 PM

Push the menu button (left of the home button).... choose "view by"... then choose "Content In Device".

**aledelcastle** · 07-03-2012, 02:44 PM

I tried it, but after I close the gallery app, it goes back to show all. I want to make it show by default the content in device.

**jamsterdm** · 07-03-2012, 03:17 PM

I hate this too alec

**bdmridgback** · 07-03-2012, 03:39 PM

Correct, there is no way to make it stay default as "device only content", it changes back after closing the app.

This needs fixed.

**beh** · 07-03-2012, 04:06 PM

While I agree that the user should have the option, there is a logic to have the "share all" features as default in a phone promoted as a "sharing" experience. Just my 2 cents.

**aledelcastle** · 07-03-2012, 04:23 PM

Ok so how do we let Samsung know? They need to fix it!

**kjnangre** · 07-03-2012, 11:40 PM

You can also download a better gallery app. There are many available on Google Play. I personally like QuickPic.

**GK3K** · 07-03-2012, 11:43 PM

My S III also finds all the pictures on my desktop computer and NAS. Over 23,000 pictures being polled by the S III can't be good for battery life.

I'd like to set the device to only show images on the phone. I can deal with Picasa.

**mcm180** · 07-04-2012, 06:31 AM

i've been using QuickPic faithfully for years, you can even select folders to hide, to exclude, sorting options. I think the Google plus integration sucks *** ... i uploaded a lot to Picasa before it got swallowed up by gPlus ...it;'s one of the driving factors that made me wanna root my galaxy s3.

**naviwilliams** · 07-04-2012, 07:19 AM

I too can't stand how S III handles images.

I'll look into QuickPic.

**swohguy4u** · 08-18-2012, 01:54 PM

That feature is in ICS itself because I have an ASUS tablet and it does the same thing. It finds every picture and displays it in the Gallery.

**swohguy4u** · 08-18-2012, 02:04 PM

AH HA!!! If you rename the folder you dont want scanned into the gallery and add a "." in front of it, the folder will not show. You have to force stop Gallery for it to take effect. But if you want to use a picture from that folder, it is still available.