Why have downloaded folders gone missing in the Gallery?

[MMysyk85]

Download Folder Missing In Gallery- HELP

Since I've had my S5, when I would download a pic from the internet, I'd be able to go into my gallery, into a folder called "download" and edit, send them, etc. All of a sudden that folder just disappeared! I downloaded a pic just to check, and the pic IS on my phone (not SD card, I've never used one), but there's no way for me to access it in the gallery. I don't know what changed, and it's annoying!

Can anyone help?

 

[B. Diddy]

Re: Download Folder Missing In Gallery- HELP

Welcome to Android Central! Use MyFiles or some other file manager app like ES File Explorer, and look inside the Download folder. Make sure there isn't a file called ".nomedia" there. .nomedia instructs the system to ignore that folder when scanning for image files. Delete it if you see it there.

 

[MMysyk85]

Re: Download Folder Missing In Gallery- HELP

I just looked using ES and couldn't find anything. I don't get it!

 

[AZgl1500]

Re: Download Folder Missing In Gallery- HELP

I just looked using ES and couldn't find anything. I don't get it!

"anything" as in the "Download" named folder does not exist?

If it does not, then use the file manager to create a new one. But I find it hard to believe that it just simply got deleted as you can't delete a folder that has files in it. And, the Download folder is part of the Android System.

 

[B. Diddy]

Re: Download Folder Missing In Gallery- HELP

The actual directory name is /storage/sdcard0/download (or /storage/emulated/0/download).

 

[MMysyk85]

Re: Download Folder Missing In Gallery- HELP

No I meant I used ES and looked all through my download folder. My pics and everything are there. There's no file that says no media.

 

[B. Diddy]

Re: Download Folder Missing In Gallery- HELP

Try going to the App Manager, select Gallery, and Force Stop, then Clear Cache/Clear Data. Don't worry about any warning messages--you won't lose your photos. When you open Gallery again, wait a few seconds for the image database to rebuild. See if it shows up now.

If that doesn't help, try wiping the cache partition, which also won't erase any personal data: Reset: Samsung Galaxy S 5 | T-Mobile Support

 

[wansattiawan]

For anyone who still cant make the download shows up in gallery, try this, its worked like magic!
in my files, i renamed the download folder to "download_old" and create a new folder an rename to "download"
and then i moved all the image from "download_old" to "download", and foila! its showing up in the gallery.