My Real Experience ( what I’ve learned through research it can be absolutely incorrect right it is sharing😊😊😊😊😊)
😊I want to share a real issue that happened with me so others can learn from it.👇👇👇👇👇
✅️I installed an AppLock app (from F-Droid) and locked my Gallery. ➡️App used: AppLock by Pranav Purwar ➡️Gallery app: Samsung Gallery
👇👇I gave the AppLock following permissions: 👉Accessibility permission(Accessibility permission क्या कर सकती है: Screen पर क्या चल रहा है पढ़ सकती है App open/close detect कर सकती है Button press simulate कर सकती है Overlay दिखा सकती है)
👉Appear on top 👉Background unrestricted access
✅️Initially everything worked fine. Later I removed the lock from Gallery.
👇👇After some time, when I opened Gallery, I noticed (abnormal UI): 👉“Set Essential Albums” message in blue clour 👉Some folders were missing 👉Some folders visible but completely empty 👉Inside empty folders it showed “Add folders instead of add files or photos ” option
👇👇After clearing Gallery cache and data: 👉Empty folders disappeared 👉Only current folders remained 👉Missing photos never returned
🤔🤔🤔 What actually happened (Technical explanation)
Android does not directly show photos from storage. ✔️It uses a media database (MediaStore). 👇👇Likely sequence: 👉Gallery was locked ( Accessibility permission active) 👉System ran media scan 👉AppLock + Accessibility interfered during scan 👉Media database became partially corrupted 👉Android reset media index 👉Old entries were lost 👉then System created fresh empty structure 👉 then Gallery showed abnormal UI 👉when I cleared cache and all data it forced full rebuild
👇👇Two possibilities in such cases: 👉Database corrupt but files still exist (recoverable) 👉Database corrupt and files already deleted ➡️In my case, recovery apps like DiskDigger could not detect the missing files, so they were likely deleted.
❗ Important This was NOT malware or hacking. It was a system-level media database corruption caused by interaction between: 👉Accessibility permission 👉Overlay behavior( Appear on top permission) 👉Android media scanning 📌 Learning Never lock system apps like: 1)Gallery 2)Camera 3)Settings 4File Manager 👉with third-party Accessibility-based AppLocks. ✅️Use built-in features like: ✅️Secure Folder ✅️Android media system depends heavily on database integrity. ✅️Interfering with it can cause permanent media loss.
Haan notes me to pahle se hi hai,ese hidden nahi tha,kya aap bta sakte hai ki Gallery lab me private album " support private storage to keep images and videos in hidden area" options ka use kaise kare on kar diya hai lekin pta nhi kya change hua,album lock to" album-entry- locks option se lgaya hai Vaise ye lab use karna safe to hai na kyuki upper notice hai ki it's unofficial, do not change below options...,it can cause unexpected corruption or wrong behavior "
Okay. Hide album mere device me bhi hai but mere device me Gallery setting me nhi hai,Gallery open karne par upper right side me three dots par click karte hai to hide album ka option aata hai whan se toggle on karne par hide aur off karne par unhide hota hai
