Notes on keeping the photos that matter
Why gallery favorites go missing, how photo metadata actually works, and how to get a phone library under control without gambling with it.
Why Your Gallery Favorites Disappear When You Back Up Your Photos
You starred a few hundred photos out of twenty thousand. Then you moved to a new phone and every star was gone, even though the photos came across fine. Here is the reason, and what actually preserves a favorite.
Samsung Gallery Favorites Disappeared? Work Through This First
The Favorites album shows nothing while thousands of photos sit safely in your gallery. Some causes are recoverable in under a minute. Others are not recoverable at all, and it is worth knowing which is which before you spend an afternoon on it.
How to Back Up Only Your Favorite Photos on Android
Backing up twenty thousand photos to protect four hundred is a poor trade. Here are the realistic ways to back up only what you starred, compared honestly, including the manual method that works but nobody sustains.
Freeing Up Phone Storage Without Gambling With Your Photos
Your phone is full, photos are the cause, and every option seems to involve deleting something you might want later. Here is how to reduce that to a decision you can actually verify before you commit to it.
Favorites Gallery is nearly ready
It finds the photos you starred, backs up only those, and writes the rating into the file so it cannot be lost again. One email when it lands, nothing else.