Question .nomedia files no fun

Billybouwer6

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Deleted .nomedia files keep reappearing preventing me to access all my internal storrage files, is there a solution ?
 
Are the folders the no media files are in related to some of your apps? If so, the apps themselves are probably doing it as a courtesy so you aren't seeing all of their media in your regular gallery (which most people would find annoying) Not common, but another possibility could be if you have a third party file/folder security app. OEM file lockers and privacy folders will encrypt and protect the files properly. Some third party apps that claim to secure your files do nothing more than put a no media file into the folder you are supposedly protecting.

If nothing else, file browsers and media viewers often have an option to ignore no media files and show the folder contents anyway. You may have to install third party apps to get that option.
 
Deleted .nomedia files keep reappearing preventing me to access all my internal storrage files, is there a solution ?
You're trying to solve a problem based on a misconception. Those .nomedia files you're seeing have nothing at all to do with allowing or preventing you from freely access files/folders that reside in your phone's internal storage. That's a completely different aspect. Leave the .media files alone, you're just micromanaging your phone in a pointless manner.
When there's a .nomedia file in a folder, all that does is exclude that particular folder from being auto-scanned in the background by various multimedia apps -- i.e. a .nomedia file in a thumbnail folder excludes that folder from being scanned and indexed by the Google Photos app, nor the Gallery app, nor whichever photo gallery app.
Any .nomedia file has no ability in any way to lock or unlock a file from user accessibility. That's typically a matter related to if the file has only system-level privileges or system and user-level privileges. Those files with only system-level privileges are set that way intentionally so they're not just arbitrarily messed with. So in your stated posting, there's likely to be a reason why the files you want to access are set that way. It's a part of the installed Android operating system and how they function. You, the user, have restricted abilities on what files you have full access to or not.
 

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