Couple small problems - 8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General

Recently(couple days ago) Windows Media stopped finding music on my storage card. The files are no longer included in the library and if I update the library the files won't be added. I also can't change the directory to the storage card anymore. If I use the open file option I can open the storage card and play a file or folder but i cannot add the files to the library. Previously this worked fine. I haven't made any changes or anything lately and I am confused. Any ideas?
Also my camera button stopped working. It feels kind of loose. Pressing it has no effect. I can run the camera no problem, it is just the external camera button. I haven't dropped my device either. I've thought about cracking it open to check the problem out but figured I should ask here to see if it's common.
I'm running the official att WM6 rom on my 8525 and I have been since it came out. Neither of the problems started then. Please let me know if anyone has any idea on either problem!!! Thanks!!

degs said:
Recently(couple days ago) Windows Media stopped finding music on my storage card. The files are no longer included in the library and if I update the library the files won't be added. I also can't change the directory to the storage card anymore. If I use the open file option I can open the storage card and play a file or folder but i cannot add the files to the library. Previously this worked fine. I haven't made any changes or anything lately and I am confused. Any ideas?
Also my camera button stopped working. It feels kind of loose. Pressing it has no effect. I can run the camera no problem, it is just the external camera button. I haven't dropped my device either. I've thought about cracking it open to check the problem out but figured I should ask here to see if it's common.
I'm running the official att WM6 rom on my 8525 and I have been since it came out. Neither of the problems started then. Please let me know if anyone has any idea on either problem!!! Thanks!!
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Regarding media center, I have heard of a file getting corrupted and if you delete that file, it will fix it. I cannot remember the file name, but a little searching should find it.
Regarding the camera button, I can only suggest that you check the hardware button assignments and see if it got changed somehow.

Use explorer on the device and delete the metadata file from the storage card, then update the library through windows media on the device ans you should be good to go - it is very likely to occur again so stick a note in office just in case

thanks guys, I actually ended up finding the media fix on my own, had to do it a couple times now... The camera button is definitely a physical problem it has a loose feel to it, and does nothing upon being pressed. The button is correctly assigned.

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Can't make WMP10 see my 2GB card when adding to my library

It seems that when I switched from my 512MB micro SD card to my 2GB sandisk microSD card, windows media player could no longer see the storage card when adding to the library. When i select menu-->Library and select library drop down from the top menu, I only see my device and not the storage card. Is there something that i can do to resolve this? Is there away to reinstall WMP10 client on my 8525 without reloading my entire phone? I am howerver able to select Menu-->Library-->menu-->Open File and can see the storage card but who wants to do this each time i want to listen to music.
Thanks for any assistance.
Have you tried updating the library?
I have the exact same problem. I can see the card in file explorer and through the "open file..." menu in WMP, but it doesn't show up in the library. Adding the files from it to the library hangs not on searching the card (it finds the files on it) but it hangs on actually adding them to the library.
My card is a SanDisk Ultra II 2 GB. I thought it might have something to do with the 2GB threshold that was the origin of many problems in earlier (desktop) windows versions.
I am planning to try and test it with some other mediaplayer. Anyone has a suggestion which player to try?
hey guys, I too have experienced this exact issue and it just started about a week ago. I did not make/add changes.
For months, I have been able to see the library from WM10 and one day I realized the same symptoms as previously described. I'm not sure what the fix is.
Yes, I m having the same problem, just only recently, i didnt install and upgrade anything. Out of a sudden, I just can't see the 2GB Card anymore. Planning to perform hard reset on this weekend.
Delete the MSMetadata folder
Had the same problem. Here is how I fixed it.
On your storage card delete the MSMETADATA folder. Then update your Library again in WMP.
That fixed it for me.
Every now and then this also happens to me... Last 2 times I resorted to a hard reset...
But deleting the MSMETADATA folder did the trick for me.
Thanks!
Jörg
Missing data card in WMP 10
It's a known issue with HTC Hermes. HTC Europe told me it would be resolved with the next software upgrade. Well I am still waiting for that to happen.(Since Sept. 2006)
The workabout above is the only way to restore your data card in the Media Player, but you will find it "drops" out every so often. I am so used to this routine already that I can do it in my sleep.
This problem only seemed to occur on the earlier models. - Before serial no. 631...........
So I wonder about the software side as I have upgraded to the latest ROM and the problem persists!
Regards
Thanks guys. I removed the MSMETADATA and it resolved my problem. I am now able see the storage card in the library and have WMP search for new files in the library without failing.
Dang...Wish i had seen this thread before...I did thehard reset
On the up side i got rid of a lot of stuff i wasnt using
What do you know it worked for me too. Thank you big time.
Thanks for this thread
Was getting really confused why my card had dissappeared in Media Player. Deleting the folder did the trick. Thanks!
see this one its wm11 problem no htc
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/28840468/wmp11-and-windows-mobile.aspx
i cant find the MSMETADATA folder on my storage card? This issue is driving me nuts.
njmarchetti said:
Had the same problem. Here is how I fixed it.
On your storage card delete the MSMETADATA folder. Then update your Library again in WMP.
That fixed it for me.
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Yup worked for me as well - but I had to conenct from a PC and take a couple of goes at "refreshing" the root folder before I saw the offending folder to delete.....
seeing and removing MSMETADATA folder on ppc
jimi said:
i cant find the MSMETADATA folder on my storage card? This issue is driving me nuts.
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while you are in explorer on your pocket pc you have to go into "menu" on the bottom right of your screen and then click on (activate or check), "show all files" that way you will see the hidden files on your sd card an you can delete it
Solution: Use TCPMP.
Seriously, the ONLY thing I use WMP for anymore is WMA/WMV streaming and playback. As far as I can tell, WMP can't even do streaming MP3 playback; it chokes on every URL I give it saying the data is corrupted or it's a format it doesn't support.
MSMETADATA Deleting
First off thank you very f#@@king mucho!! This had been driving me nuts. I went into the file explore>storage card> menu>tools>options>view tab> uncheck hidden files>ok>the MSMETADATA folder should appear> delete that should fix your problem.
YEAH!
Searching here first really does help.
Problem still exists on Hermes WM6 official, and the workaround still works.

Corrupted Folders on Micro SD card.....

Hello all!
Yesterday, while trying to load a couple files and install a program, my Hermes kept locking up. Found out my Card was almost full. (Lexar XD 2Gb)
Turns out somehow during that process, it correpted two folders on my Card, the Programs Files and the Live Search Folders. I have no access to those folders (can open them, but cannot delete files) and programs using them like AvantGo will not work.
I tried deleting both on the Device itself, then on the PC (2 pcs, work and home) through activesync, and finally putting the card into a Card Reader and trying to access and delete from my PC. Nothing worked.
I then tried to Fdisk to find errors, but Fdisk would report it couldn't do it after 10 secs. Tried the reboot and check also, no go.
So it looks like a few folders are corrupted. Anyone know of any (preferably free) software that can fix this issue. Otherwise I'll trun to Frys and get a new card, but it has a lot of stuff on it and I'd rather not have to do that at this time.
I should mention, most of the folders work fine, all my music, pictures, file back up etc work ok. Its just those two upper lvl folders and anything inside them. Wierd!
Thanks!
Do not know any software which can fix the issues you described.
But you mentioned that you are going to buy another disk.
I don't believe that's necessary.
You should be able to format the disk. Usually formatting the disk should clean all the badly recorded parts on the disk.
You might also want to invest in a good back up software in the future for when similar occasions happen again.
Well, a quick google shows all sorts of software out there, most of it more for saving stuff (mostly image related) but others that are supposed to fix corrupted sectors supposedly, looking for peeps in here that have run into same problem.
Been planning on a new card at some point, 4-8gb would be nice, just wasn't planning on going that way quite yet.
And I back things up, but you cant back up installed programs, you have to re-install them. Like I said, all the Data and stuff is fine.....
A piece of software called DelinvFile might help. 15 day trial available.

Problems With TF3D Music screen

Hi Guys,
I have a fairly standard (a few basic tweaks here and tere) Touch HD and when I got it I removed the two demo tracks from it via the Music screen. I created a folder on my SD card called "Music" and loaded up a couple of music albums using direct transfer (ie not ActivSych). I then pointed the Music screen at the SD card, it did a search found the albums and listed them including the album cover artwork.
A few days later I decided to change the albums and deleted the two original albums I had previously loaded in favour of two more (by the same artist). The problem I have is that in the track list I can still see the tracks from the original 2 albums I loaded and where the cover artwork should be there is now a grey box with an exclaimation mark (!) in it. When i flick through the tracks on the "Playing Now" screen it passes over the no longer available tracks and skips to the next available track.
I'm assuming that the current track list is held somewhere in an xml file and that it hasn't update properly.
It could also be that I'm pointing to the SD card, where was the location of the original two demo tracks??
Any help appreciated..........
try taking the memory card out while you are in the tf3d music screen and then plug it back in. that should force it to update it's database. the two demotracks are stored in Device: My Documents : My Music
but once after a hard reset i saw them in Device: My Documents : MUSIC .. but anyway try taking the card out and see what happens
Thanks for a quick reply.
Since I posted I removed all music from the SD and now the "Music" screen just says "Searching". However if I go into the Library the original tracks are still listed and are still missing their album art. Obviously the dont play.
I have just removed the SD as suggested and done a soft reset using the button and.....They're still there exactly as described above....GGrrrrr.
Isn't it funny how the smallest thing can drive you NUTS....!!!!
i know i'd be annoyed if something i deleted stays there and stares right at my face lol i feel you man but i have no idea what to do other than taking the card out and plugging it back in while in the musicscreen. that did work for me once.. wait till someone more experienced than i am shows up cause you're not going to like my backup solution to this problem lol
did anyone find a fix for when you are in the song List and when you try to scroll the songs disappears?
inspireme87 said:
........ cause you're not going to like my backup solution to this problem lol
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Hard reset.....NNNooooo !!!!!
I'm tempted......but only when frustrated by the whole thing.
Somewhere out there a Touch HD Guru is waiting to enlighten me (hopefully)/
I had similar issue with my device - Only "Searching" was displayed on the "Music" screen.
I got over it by deleting the following file: My Device\Application Data\HTC\AudioManager_Eng. Then it recreated whole database from scratch.
MKo_1 you are a SUPERSTAR...!!!!!!
Deleted the file as suggested and all those nasty old files with there nasty old grey boxes have gone.
Days of frustration and pulling my hair out have all now been washed away in a haze of heady excitement.
All I can say is thank goodness for XDA Developers and especially MKo_1.
Long Live The Blackstone
WaveyKat said:
did anyone find a fix for when you are in the song List and when you try to scroll the songs disappears?
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We're already having a thread on this issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=463692&highlight=music+player+problem&page=3
But: there still isn't any solution...
MKo_1 said:
I had similar issue with my device - Only "Searching" was displayed on the "Music" screen.
I got over it by deleting the following file: My Device\Application Data\HTC\AudioManager_Eng. Then it recreated whole database from scratch.
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Thanks MKo_1 !
You solved my problem too !
You can fix the Artist lists etc not showing by flashing to a new custom rom - all of the new manila roms I have tried have solved this problem. I guess it just depends as to whether or not you want to flash your rom
I get the "searching...." problem in music player too. I tried to delete the file referenced but it won't let me. Just to confirm is it the directory named audioManager_Eng or the file of the same name with a .vol suffix? I tried both..... It managed to delete playlist for the directory but not the directory.

Phone freezes when I navigate to the music tab

Hi All,
I have a new TMOUS HD2 with the stock rom. I've flashed HSPL and I've added a few tweaks such as landscae mode. Nothing too much for now.
Problem I'm having is that every time I navigate to the music player it seems to hang and I end up getting the "send to M$" notice and phone's locked up. Then I have to restart the phone again.
I have the music stored on my storage card under Music/Artist/Album/Song and I have about 4 gigs worth.
Any ideas to what this could be? Appreciate the help.
mobi said:
Hi All,
I have a new TMOUS HD2 with the stock rom. I've flashed HSPL and I've added a few tweaks such as landscae mode. Nothing too much for now.
Problem I'm having is that every time I navigate to the music player it seems to hang and I end up getting the "send to M$" notice and phone's locked up. Then I have to restart the phone again.
I have the music stored on my storage card under Music/Artist/Album/Song and I have about 4 gigs worth.
Any ideas to what this could be? Appreciate the help.
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You flashed HSPL, but not a new rom?
I would start by putting just one or two mp3's on your phone's onboard storage, then pulling the card out, soft-resetting, and then seeing if your music tab finds and is able to play those couple of mp3's without locking up.
If it works fine then, you're probably experiencing the same issue many HD2 owners have been dealing with when accessing a large volume of files on the SD card. There's a number of suspected causes, mainly relating to the fact that the music (and documents) tab(s) index the whole contents of the card to find and catalog those types of files for quick use in the tabs. Therefore, a large number of files on the card seem to bog down not just those tabs but often the whole phone.
Another cause is believed to be the fact the factory card shipped with the HD2 is only a class-2 card, the slowest of all the speed ratings. If you have access to a faster card (class-4, -6, etc), even if it's a smaller size card, try that and see if it improves things any. If not, then your only other option right now is to reduce the number of files on your card until it doesn't lock up when sense tries to index it all. It's rumored that there's an update coming shortly from HTC/Tmobile, and I'm hoping that it might address this issue, but I'm not holding my breath.
I personally believe that the code used to do that indexing just isn't able to scale to the volumes of files seen now in the larger SD cards.
EDIT: Also, if you're not using it, be sure to turn off the "recent documents" tab...I don't know that it will clear up the problems with the music tab, but it can possibly help avoid lagging overall.
I can see what you mean about the indexing. Does it index each time the phone is rebooted or does it store the indexing in cache that's reused?
mobi said:
I can see what you mean about the indexing. Does it index each time the phone is rebooted or does it store the indexing in cache that's reused?
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I honestly wish I knew
I've been trying hard to come up with a solution to this issue, and I'm afraid that's one of the unknowns that I'm struggling with...how/when exactly the process is triggered, and whether or not there's any cacheing. I suspect that it indexes (in some form anyway) much more often than every reboot, as you'll see if you delete a music file, and see how quickly the list in the music tab reflects that change.
sirphunkee said:
I honestly wish I knew
I've been trying hard to come up with a solution to this issue, and I'm afraid that's one of the unknowns that I'm struggling with...how/when exactly the process is triggered, and whether or not there's any cacheing. I suspect that it indexes (in some form anyway) much more often than every reboot, as you'll see if you delete a music file, and see how quickly the list in the music tab reflects that change.
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Sirphunkee..I remember a while back when I first started reading this HD2 forum. Since before I was in the Wing Section. I read somewhere about copying a file to the startup in the windows folder. I cant remember exactly what file it was but it had to do with the music so when you woke the phone up it automatically started queing up the music that way when you went to click on the music tab it was already cached and ready to play?! I have yet to come across that thread again so that I could try it out?!
toreone said:
Sirphunkee..I remember a while back when I first started reading this HD2 forum. Since before I was in the Wing Section. I read somewhere about copying a file to the startup in the windows folder. I cant remember exactly what file it was but it had to do with the music so when you woke the phone up it automatically started queing up the music that way when you went to click on the music tab it was already cached and ready to play?! I have yet to come across that thread again so that I could try it out?!
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Ok cool, thank you! I hadn't heard about that one, so I'll go look for it and see if it gives me any insight. Did you have TF3D (the older version of sense) on your Wing, with a music tab? Maybe this is behavior that HTC added to sense at some point, with the same exact intent in mind...
you can disable the docindexservice perhaps it will be of some help. I don't use NRG ROM but the cook did put this cab out and you can give it a try, if it doesnt work just simply uninstall it and your settings will be back to normal
Disable Docindexer.cab
jfmckenna said:
you can disable the docindexservice perhaps it will be of some help. I don't use NRG ROM but the cook did put this cab out and you can give it a try, if it doesnt work just simply uninstall it and your settings will be back to normal
Disable Docindexer.cab
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Sweet! Thanks again Jimmy...I'm gonna dig into this when I get home this evening, and poke around in the registry area it changes (HKLM\Software\HTC\Manila\HTCService).
I'm curious if it just does the same thing as turning off the documents tab, or if turning off the service is a wider-reaching change. Since this is the personal handiwork of NRG, I'll ping him too, but I know he's busy.
there are a number of possibilities (though i agree its likely to be the indexing)
don't use sync to copy the music, use disk mode, or put the sd in the comp
excessively long path\filename.mp3
extended set ASCII characters in the mp3 tags,,,
i'd copy over a few dozen albums at a time, see if there's a noticeable point which problems start.
also some connected reading here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=640948
samsamuel said:
there are a number of possibilities (though i agree its likely to be the indexing)
don't use sync to copy the music, use disk mode, or put the sd in the comp
excessively long path\filename.mp3
extended set ASCII characters in the mp3 tags,,,
i'd copy over a few dozen albums at a time, see if there's a noticeable point which problems start.
also some connected reading here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=640948
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Hahaha thanks Sam...I JUST finished reading over the same thread LOL Very helpful, and it's given me some further insights into this.
toreone, the first think I noticed common to your problem and the one in the thread samsamuel posted is that your music has a rather deep file structure (4 layers deep). I haven't seen anybody mention that in the troubleshooting, so it might be worth seeing if the same volume of music, but no more than 2 folders deep, still gives the same issue.
Also, in that thread, sammybusse made and posted the cab below, which makes simple registry change related to chacheing: HKLM\System\StorageManager\Profiles\SDMemory\FATFS
EnableChache 1 (changed from 0 to 1). So, perhaps the problem stems from the fact that it wasn't chacheing, rather than doing it too aggressively..
I haven't had a chance yet to poke around with it, but I think it's certainly safe enough to try and see if it makes any difference for you (it helped some people in that thread).
Another solution tried there, that had some level of success, was making sure you don't have any of the mp3's set as "read only"
toreone said:
Sirphunkee..I remember a while back when I first started reading this HD2 forum. Since before I was in the Wing Section. I read somewhere about copying a file to the startup in the windows folder. I cant remember exactly what file it was but it had to do with the music so when you woke the phone up it automatically started queing up the music that way when you went to click on the music tab it was already cached and ready to play?! I have yet to come across that thread again so that I could try it out?!
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Here it is:
Go to your Windows folder and find the file "AudioManager_Eng.exe" Create a shortcut (.lnk file) of this file and put it in your Windows\StartUp folder.
mobi said:
Hi All,
I have a new TMOUS HD2 with the stock rom. I've flashed HSPL and I've added a few tweaks such as landscae mode. Nothing too much for now.
Problem I'm having is that every time I navigate to the music player it seems to hang and I end up getting the "send to M$" notice and phone's locked up. Then I have to restart the phone again.
I have the music stored on my storage card under Music/Artist/Album/Song and I have about 4 gigs worth.
Any ideas to what this could be? Appreciate the help.
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Try to sync your music with Windows Media Player. This worked for me.
Nibbley15 said:
Here it is:
Go to your Windows folder and find the file "AudioManager_Eng.exe" Create a shortcut (.lnk file) of this file and put it in your Windows\StartUp folder.
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Nibbley, when I did this, for some reason the file would only be renamed as AudioManager_Eng.lnk.exe. And once you do it, you can't seem to delete the file. Just a heads up.
do you have a more detailed way for doing this?
mobi said:
do you have a more detailed way for doing this?
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Here you go I created a shortcut and made a cab to put it in start up. Let me know how it works

Camcorder - "Bad Public Movie Atom"

Hello everyone,
I tried finding a solution for this on Google and through the forums here and fell short.
When I record mp4 files with the Camcorder on my HD2 that are larger than, say 90MB, they do not play on the device (when you tap the file, nothing happens). Also, when I copy these files on my Windows PC, Quicktime prompts a "Bad Public Movie Atom".
I cannot find a way to recover these files...and it does not happen with smaller mp4s.
Anybody experience this/found a fix for it?
Really? No one's experienced this? Sorry for being a little desperate and bumping this thread...but if anyone can help...would be much appreciated. I figured if anyone could help, it would be the guys at XDA. Thanks again.
Have you tried playing them with some other program?
Yes I have...Quicktime...RealPlayer...Windows Media Player...Media Player Classic...Divx Player. I always get a random error message about how the file cannot be played back. They will not play on my Archos 5IT either. Very frustrating. What is surprising to me is that no one else has reported similar behavior on the HD2, at least to my knowledge.
Doesn't make a whole lotta sense to me...as I frequently record stuff thats like 150+MB for my YouTube...and they work just fine. What kinda SD card and formatting are you using?
I am using the 16gb SanDisk SD card that came with the phone (class 2 I believe). I have not changed the formatting since I bought it.
Well man, that is just terrible all the way around...uhm, have you tried hard resetting? I am at a total loss here.
try open the file in some tag editor software, change any tag, save it. See what happens, and let us know.
try open the file in some tag editor software, change any tag, save it. See what happens, and let us know.
samsamuel said:
try open the file in some tag editor software, change any tag, save it. See what happens, and let us know.
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Thanks for the tip. Installed Mp3Tag v2.46a. When I try to save the tag I get an error message: "File cannot be opened for writing". The file is not set to Read Only...so I am not sure why I am getting this message.
ah well, it was just something i came across on google.
Well, seems that I found the root to the problem. I backed up all the contents of my SD card to the computer, then formatted the SD card, using the format function on my HD2. After I restarted and copied all my backed up content back, the camcorder now shoots videos normally...and they come out much smaller in size than before. The down-side is, the corrupt videos I took before will not work, and I still have no way to fix them, even after trying all the suggestions that come up after a Google search.
I just felt obliged to share...if you are shooting corrupt videos with your HTC HD2...format your SD card, and it will solve the problem for future videos.

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