Android phone is a very smart phone , it can scan your Media Files (Images and Videos) from anywhere on your phone and put them in the default gallery (for everyone to see). What if i want some of my pictures / Videos to be private i.e. can be seen only by me ? Maybe there is an app in the market that can put all my private files in a safe locker which can only be viewed by me…
Well there is such an app –> Hide it Pro and best part is its FREE and runs on Android 1.6 and above
Below is a tutorial on to how to use this app
The moment you launch the app you’ll be presented with a screen similar to the one below. Wtf ?? i did not want an Audio Manager app. What the heck is this. Well this is just a disguise to hide the app itself.
To go to the Actual hide it pro. Long Press on the Audio Manager Icon to access the actual Hide It Pro. btw this Audio Manager is full functional. You can change all the volumes from here directly.
The moment you First install and Run the app you’ll be asked to Select a Lock Screen Type . Select any one from Pin based or Password Based. Then enter the pin/password you want to use and set up a recovery email.
Once the setup is complete you’ll be taken back to the audio manager disguise screen. Long press on the title to go to the lock screen. Here you enter you pin/password to login
Enter your password and click Login. Next you’ll be shown your Pictures and Video Vault.
To hide the files in your vault Go to your default android gallery. Select the pictures/videos you want to hide –> click Share –> Select Audio Manager from the popup. Now from here you can create a new folder (in the vault) or save to an existing folder in the vault. For this demo i am saving it in a new folder with name “Kung Fu Panda”
To view the hidden files Go to Vault –> Click on the Pictures –> Now you’ll be presented with two Albums Random and Kung Fu panda (the one you just created) Click on your Album and browse images in the inbuilt gallery. Click on the arrows to go to next and previous images (or you can Flick forward and backwards) , double tap to zoom in/out and pan around . You can even start the Slideshow and set up duration of photo change.
To unhide all the images Long Press on the album and select Unhide. To unhide a single image long press on the image on the thumbnail view and select unhide
Before exiting Please ensure that you have hidden the files by running the Media Scanner by going to Vault and clicking Run Media Scanner in the Options Menu
FAQs
Q : I have hidden the files but it is still showing in my picture gallery
Answer : Please ensure that you have run the Media Scanner after you hide your files. To run the Media Scanner . Go to Vault and Click Run Media Scanner from the options men
Update: We now have official facebook page. So you can connect with us there as well . Search for Hide it pro on facebook and Like us 
Update 2: Vault location : ProgramData/Android/Language/.fr/
Hi, i used the app and it is a very good one. I have a question.. my nexus recently has problems and it dosnt seem like it will work again, i use the app to hide some files, if i install the app in another phone, would i be able to see my files, or how can i recover them?
Just use the same SD card and you should be fine. all your hidden data will be back
Same thing here. how do you find the pictures once you hide them? what is the folder they are in? both pictures and videos. can you send me the location?
I would like to know the location of the folder as well. Thanks. :/
Also, it would be nice if the files/pics hidden in the program could be encrypted so a search for “jpg” on the sd card did not pull them up. thanks
Does it pull them up now… or if it does can you view those pics with a file manager ??
When i updated the app. It was not able to locate my previous files. I have only found the thumbs of the images in my explore. Not able to locate the actual file. Iv tried everything. Downloaded the app again did not work. Please help
I am unable to unhide the video files.my device is samsung i 5801.
what error does it gives
two suggestions:
1. Please support video formats that aren’t supported by the gallery (e.g. flv)
2. Please allow # and * in your call manager so that prefixes can be added to numbers e.g. showing or hiding the caller phone number
I have the numeric keys showing for pin. I can enter pin, but there is not an “enter” or “next” button. Please advise.
It will log in automatically once you enter the correct pin
I have the problem as Brandon…sent me the same response. Thanks
HI. Great App!!
one problem. i have chosen to autohide after 10secs, but the app stays open unless i back out of the app by pressing the back key multiple times. am i missing something? shouldnt the app go back to audio manager if i dont use my phone or the app for 10 secs? i have tried other settings (like instantly) too and same thing.
i have an epic 4g.
thanks
update: looks like it works sometimes, but not always. to be sure, i have to back out of app. suggestions?
The autolock setting works only after you exit the app. like by pressing the home button.
I’m looking to import a large number of files into HideItPro. Can you send me the location of the .MyVault folder?
sent
Please let me know that too..
sent to your email
I have this same question.
sent the location to your email
I too have the same question-plz send location
sent to your email…
I have the same question as well – plz send location
sent you.
Hi Anju,
Congrats on the great program! Secondly, I hid some pictures and two of the pictures still appear on my gallery. They are in my hidden pictures folder but their shell is still there. The problem is that now I can’t delete the picture or it’s shell because it doesn’t see the file, the delete button is grayed out. I ran Media Scan and it didn’t help, also pulled the battery out to reboot. Do you have any suggestions??
HI there , is there anyway of hiding text messages ? I have an HTC hero Droid 2.1 ,have tried , but to no effect Ta big “H”
Not yet, but coming soon…
What is a rooted phone?
I’ve had an android phone for only a few days, so this term is new to me.
Thanks.
I suggest to Google it and read up. It’s kin to jailbreaking an iPhone to be VERY general. Get used to your new phone before you delve into rooting your phone is my personal advice.
How do you move a video that was sent to you via text message into the Hide it pro app? Droidx. Thanks for the input.
Save the video from the MMS to your phone. Then you can browse to it in the Gallery and hide it like any other file. After that delete the MMS.
Hello! First I want to congratulate you on the application, is excellent and very helpful.
I am writing to suggest an idea. It would be very useful to have profiles of concealment in the application, and can quickly switch between them. For example, we may have a profile that does not keep anything hidden and have one or more than one where you have several different things hidden for each profiling, and able to switch quickly between them, after entering the key ofcourse.
Well, that’s my idea, I hope I have been clear and get your interest.
Thanks again for the application is very good.
So keep up the good work.
Greetings from Uruguay. Aoshi.
Prior to the recent update, the files were located on the SD card under the folder .myvault . Now I can not seem to locate them under any explorer. . . Understandably it makes it hidden, but I use to use it to transfer files at a later date. Where are they located now?
sent you the location at your email.
Please send that to me as well.
Thanks. =)
sent you too…
Please send the directory to me aswell.
Many Thanks!
Please send me as well…….. thank you. Can’t find the hidden files manually
sent to your email as well
Can you PLEEEASE send it to me as well??? I also can find the files…Please Please Please Help!!!!
I was thinking the same thing. I’m also unable to locate the files that were hidden to a folder with the same title. Please help!
Thanks for your correspondence from my previous post. Restarting the launcher worked, and it is nice to see you incorporated that action into the app itself in the update, well done.
One more thing though; hiding an app omits it from the launcher panel, but not from the list of applications in the ‘manage applications’ section of the phone’s settings. Fix?
Thanks
Hi,
I find the application very useful n I like the disguise used in the form of the audio manager although I did realise a couple of problems which I wanted to ask if were normal n if could be fixed in the next update
Firstly I realised that once u unhide your previously hidden photos,they don’t return to their original folder in which they were stored but instead they are just placed as individual files on the memory card. I find that quite bad as this way the memory card doesn’t look very organised as u have picture files just hanging around in the card. Also I saw a problem with the thumbnails that appear along with the folder names in the picture gallery of the audio manager, as they show the thumbnail of a photo of a previously hidden photo although it may not be actually hidden at that moment,i am hoping that there is a solution to the problems i’m facing or hopefully can be rectified in the next release
Thanks
Prakash
v2.5 solves both these issues. Please use that one or above