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Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them.

From Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them.
Date 2024-11-04 06:06 +0000
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On 4 Nov 2024 at 02:50:37, Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:
> On Sun, 11/3/2024 7:03 PM, micky wrote:
>> In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Sun, 3 Nov 2024 17:46:23 -0500, "Alan K."
>> <alan@invalid.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 11/3/24 05:37 PM, micky wrote:
>>>> Thumbnails, and what creates them.
>>>>
>>>> I have a lot of pictures on my Android phone, and I copy them all to my
>>>> laptop, and I copy all of them to my backup drive.
>>>>
>>>>   In
>>>> c:\users\[me]\appdata\roaming\MyPhoneExplorer\XiaomiRedmiNote8Pro[bunch
>>>> of numbers]\thumbnailcache\sdcard\DCIM, I have 5 entries, 4 created
>>>> today 3 of which are of photos I viewed today (and maybeeee the other
>>>> one?), and one created in April of a photo I viewed today.
>>>>
>>>> This implies, iiuc, that windows creates the thumbnail when I do
>>>> something, view the picture in any vieweer?   Some viewers?
>>>>
>>>> At any rate, the thumbnail is used mostly, or entirely??, when using a
>>>> file manager that displays the thumbnails, right?
>>>>
>>>> So I don't have to worry about copying them to a final location, and in
>>>> fact I can delete them all, right?  If I ever need one, Windows will
>>>> recreate it????
>>> Thumbnails will be recreated as needed if deleted at anytime.  The only downside is the need to
>>> remake them.
>>
>> Thanks.  It was disturbing because the file name is the same and it took
>> me a while to see that it was in a thumbnail directory.  I thought I had
>> failed to copy all my photos from the phone to the laptop, and unrelated
>> to thumbnails, later on I found out that was true.  Most of my pictures
>> were in external storage but over 100 were in internal storage and I
>> think I had never copied them from the phone.
>>
>> I've been using MyPhoneExlorer to both connect the phone and to copy
>> from it, and I have to compare the source and dest each time to see what
>> to copy, but maybe all I need to do is plug the phone into a USB port
>> and use any of the Windows-based backup programs that don't copy what's
>> already copied.  Like robocopy or xxcopy.
>>
>
> The phone doesn't have a drive letter (meaning it is MTP and
> not USB Mass Storage type).
>
> Your phone is meant to be a puzzle. Mission accomplished.
>
> *******
>
> https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/250944/how-to-make-a-full-local-backup-of-my-phone
>
>    "There is no method to make a full backup of android smartphones.
>     It is always only a partial backup"
>
> https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/226573/adb-pull-stops-after-first-error
>
> It's the stuff nightmares are made of.

I used to use TWRP to do a full backup of my Nexus phones.

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Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2024-11-03 19:03 -0500
  Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-11-03 21:50 -0500
    Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2024-11-03 22:17 -0500
    Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> - 2024-11-04 06:06 +0000
      Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2024-11-04 01:43 -0500
      Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-04 14:47 +0000
        Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2024-11-04 15:50 +0000
          Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-04 17:59 +0000
            Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-04 19:35 +0000
              Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2024-11-05 11:00 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-05 19:04 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2024-11-06 17:12 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-06 19:04 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2024-11-06 20:50 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-06 21:02 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2024-11-07 00:23 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-07 02:48 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2024-11-07 17:02 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-07 17:35 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2024-11-09 00:08 +0000
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                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2024-11-09 01:33 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2024-11-09 01:35 +0000
          Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-11-05 13:23 +0000
            Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2024-11-05 21:36 +0000
              Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2024-11-06 10:41 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2024-11-06 10:51 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-06 14:54 +0000
              Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-11-06 11:13 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-11-06 13:05 +0100
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-11-06 13:26 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-11-06 14:36 +0100
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-11-06 14:45 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-06 15:28 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-11-06 18:57 +0100
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-06 15:18 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2024-11-06 13:24 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-11-06 08:37 -0500
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2024-11-06 16:15 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-11-06 13:59 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-11-06 19:01 +0100
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-11-06 19:15 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-11-07 12:45 +0100
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-11-07 15:31 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-11-07 16:18 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-11-07 23:34 +0100
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-11-08 09:39 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-11-08 22:27 +0100
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-11-09 16:04 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2024-11-06 21:11 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2024-11-07 02:19 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2024-11-07 00:12 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-11-07 10:07 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2024-11-07 14:17 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2024-11-07 19:08 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-11-07 19:26 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2024-11-07 20:38 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-11-07 21:01 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2024-11-08 00:20 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-11-08 11:22 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-11-08 10:47 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-09 00:45 +0000
                Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-11-08 10:26 +0000
      Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-11-04 16:23 +0000
    Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-04 14:43 +0000
  Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-11-04 15:41 +0000
    Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2024-11-06 11:03 -0500
    Re: Thumbnails, and what creates them. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-11-28 12:54 -0500

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