i have 3 different music downloaders, i am trying to clean my sd card. Can i move all 3 music download files to just one file folder??? also, i have NAND Android installed on my hd2, but some folders called .android_secure, android and application Data. Do i need these files stored on my sd card?
Yes, you need your app data and android.secure folders. If you delete them, either some apps will lose data or not work, or the folders will be recreated anyways, or both.
You can move your music downloads into another folder, but your music downloading apps will likely recreate the deleted folders and put your new music downloads in them again.
Personally, I download all my music from fetchmp3(dot)com thru the browser, and they download to the 'download' folder. Then I rename them and move them to a folder named 'Music' on the root of my card.
I prefer all my songs to be in one folder, since I use TinyPlayer and it doesn't scan the card for audio tracks, it's directory based so I have it set to my 'Music' folder (so much better than having to deal with a playlist littered with ringtones and system sounds)
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yeah, my music player does play my notification/ring-tones, Why is that?
Its because it scans the entire phone/sd card for audio files. Theres ways to 'hide' ringtones and system sounds from it, but its a pain. Thats why I just use TinyPlayer.
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Whatever I do the music app or any for that matter, just doesn't read the music off the SD card. Dunno what else to do. Tried formatting the card and naming the folder "Music", still no success. I'm not rooted, only got my phone about a month ago and exchanged it already but still the same problem. Does anybody else have the same problem? How can I fix it? Cheers
Are other apps able to pick up your music?
mateash2002 said:
Whatever I do the music app or any for that matter, just doesn't read the music off the SD card. Dunno what else to do. Tried formatting the card and naming the folder "Music", still no success. I'm not rooted, only got my phone about a month ago and exchanged it already but still the same problem. Does anybody else have the same problem? How can I fix it? Cheers
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I've just downloaded winamp from the market and copied an album to media folder on sd card and it found it straight away, try copying to media folder (if you have it) or just copying to sd root
odevans said:
Are other apps able to pick up your music?
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nope, not even stock alarm or the math alarm app
seanicca said:
I've just downloaded winamp from the market and copied an album to media folder on sd card and it found it straight away, try copying to media folder (if you have it) or just copying to sd root
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right dude, copied some songs on to sd root and it worked (finally!!!) but would prefer to have all the music in a folder. so when you say media folder what exactly do you mean? renamed my music folder to both "Music" and "Media" and it didn't pick up any of them. Any idea how to get it to read my folder music?
mateash2002 said:
nope, not even stock alarm or the math alarm app
right dude, copied some songs on to sd root and it worked (finally!!!) but would prefer to have all the music in a folder. so when you say media folder what exactly do you mean? renamed my music folder to both "Music" and "Media" and it didn't pick up any of them. Any idea how to get it to read my folder music?
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Does your folder either have a period at the beginning of its name, or does it contain a file named ".nomedia"?
Android will ignore any music/image/video files in a folder that has a period at it's start (like ".Music"), or any folder that contains a file named ".nomedia". (and any sub-folder it may contain)
Dude ur a genius!!! That ".nomedia" bastard of a file was in there. Cheers man
mateash2002 said:
right dude, copied some songs on to sd root and it worked (finally!!!) but would prefer to have all the music in a folder. so when you say media folder what exactly do you mean? renamed my music folder to both "Music" and "Media" and it didn't pick up any of them. Any idea how to get it to read my folder music?
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Glad your sorted
I created my media folder, inside the folder i have 3 more folders named ringtones, notifications and videos my music i just transfer the album to this and leave as is.
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Hey,
Can u tell me what name of the folder with pre-installed songs is ? I've erased them, so now I don't know where I should transfer my music into (from PC, via USB). Its not "music" for sure, 'cause it doesnt exist...
Thx in advance.
Shouldn't make any difference. On my DHD i have several different folders with music. The phone scans through the whole SD card for files. Can't see how it's different on the Note, but if the Music folder doesn't exist, then make it yourself.
There's nothing wrong with the SD card I'm using. It works fine on my computer and on my v10. But for some reason on my v20 it is constantly scanning the sd card. Media files still show up but I cannot open them until the never ending scan ends. Also the music player also does not read the music on the card. I know this use to be an issue with older Android phones but I didn't expect my v20 to have this issue.
It says:
"Scanning media files... try again after scan is complete"
More details? App? Brand of sd card? Type of files? How do you have them organized? Do you have a .nomedia file where it shouldn't be? Etc.?
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More details? App? Brand of sd card? Type of files? How do you have them organized? Do you have a .nomedia file where it shouldn't be? Etc.?
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200gb Lg Brand Micro SD. Using the stock file app . The pop up comes up on all types of media files.
I can still play files on es file explorer however apps such as black player and the stock music app do not recognize any media on the sd card unless I transfer it into the internal storage. I removed all .nomedia files from the card and the card works perfectly fine when plugged in to any other device.
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200gb Lg Brand Micro SD. Using the stock file app . The pop up comes up on all types of media files.
I can still play files on es file explorer however apps such as black player and the stock music app do not recognize any media on the sd card unless I transfer it into the internal storage. I removed all .nomedia files from the card and the card works perfectly fine when plugged in to any other device.
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Depending on how much media you have (hopefully less than available internal space) transfer everything to internal memory using es file explorer (or Root explorer - my preference) (avoid the Android folder - but backup any app data you have cause if any apps save their data to the sd card, it will be lost in this method along with any apps you installed to the sd card *just redownload them from play store*).
Then format SD card using phone.
Then transfer everything back to the SD card
FYI doing this changes the modified date of any photos/videos so the phone will think they're new. Only drawback of doing this. I had an issue with my Samsung 256gb card and that was the only way I could get it to fix.
I had to backup my files with my 200GB Sandisk to my laptop, format card for hahas, then retransfer back manually. Did my 90+GB of flacs while watching a movie and the other 40+GB overnight while sleeping.
I transferred stuff onto my 200gb SanDisk card that I had been using in my tablet. The files all showed in file Explorer but wouldn't show in gallery or music players.
There was a lost.dir folder on the SD card (along with others from the tablet) the folder seemed empty (didn't check for hidden files) I deleted the lost.dir folder and the phone can now see everything. (pictures all in gallery now as well as mp3s showing in music players)
Worked for me... Not sure if it will apply to your situation but I figured I'd share...
Same issue but different scenario
Hi All,
I am experiencing a similar issue with a specific app (only so far) - 9gag.
Whenever I download an image from their feed with the dedicated 'save' button, it will save it onto my internal storage (can't change the location of that via app), but it won't show in my gallery.
When I try to open the imaeg in the file explorer it says 'scanning media files... try again after scan is completed' - however, no matter how long I wait, I can't open it and it never becomes visible in the gallery.
I tried following things so far:
- reboot: it works, every time I reboot, all files are scanned and in the gallery, however, if I save further images, the new ones won't show up until I reboot again
- stop media scanning service and clear data: no effect
- rename folder: no effect
- rename file: this works, it shows up in gallery
- copy/move onto sd card: this works too, it shows up in gallery
As you can see, there ARE ways I can make the pics visible, but none of them is a sustainable way. I can't reboot or rename after each image I save, that's pure madness.
Any ideas what else I can try?
Oh and btw, all other apps do work, for example if I save files from screenshots, downloads, Line or WeChat, the phone does create a folder in the same way it does for 9gag and it is visible in the gallery with no problems, so it might be app specific? I also reached out to 9gag already but i don't think they will reply...
Music, pictures and movie directories keep reappearing on my sd card. I delete them and they reappear. WHY??? And how can I remove them permanently???
Thanks
xjaysfan said:
Music, pictures and movie directories keep reappearing on my sd card. I delete them and they reappear. WHY??? And how can I remove them permanently???
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Because your OS creates them automatically.
You shouldn't remove them permanently in my opinion, but here's how to do it:
Let's say your folder is named music .
In order to prevent its recreation do the following:
Delete music folder
Create an empty file named music (It has to be the exact same name. Not Music etc.)
Done
There cannot be two files with the exact same name, which means the folders cannot be recreated (yes, folders actually are files in linux' world).
I save Songs and Videos in Songs Folder and Videos Folder created in MicroSd Card inserted in my Samsung M30s.But they disappear after some time.How to keep them secure in these folders?
Maybe you have some service enabled on your phone that wipes memory from files not used for a certain period of time, or moves them to the cloud. You know your phone best yourself. Did you connect the microSD as external memory or internally?
Which might be that services?Can you name some for an example?I connected the MicroSd as External Memory.
Look first in this application, where you have selected a directory in the external memory.
You can also move files to another location on the microSD yourself before they disappear in the location where they disappear.
ze7zez said:
Look first in this application, where you have selected a directory in the external memory.
You can also move files to another location on the microSD yourself before they disappear in the location where they disappear.
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Thank you ze7zez.First I shall try moving these files to already existing folders in the Sdcard watch whether they are disappearing.Afterwards I shall report the result here.
Do not use directories that the system or applications have posed.
Create a DATA directory yourself and move files to it.
Thank you ze7zez,
As you advised,I moved the Video files to the Movies folder and the Audio files to the Music folders.You know these folders are designated by the Phone itself whien I inserted the MicroSd Card for the first time.Then I watched for a day to see whether the files are disappeared from these folders.I found that those files are there still in these folders.Now I want to know why these files vanish from the folders created by me?
Describe /the actions you perform/name the applications you use/ that place files in directories where they later disappear.
I used File Manager Plus Application to move video files to Videos Folder and Audio files to Songs Folder.These Videos and Songs Folders were created by myself in the Sdcard.And these files were moved from the Send Anywhere Folder in the Sdcard itself.And to my dismay this Send Anywhere Folder itself was also created by myself in the Sdcard.Also the files in this folder remain in tact.They won't disappear.
So did the files disappear from the "Send Anywhere" directory?
What application placed the files in "Send Anywhere"?
The files did not disappear from the Send Anywhere Folder.They are still there since 3 days.This SendAnywhere directory got these files by transferring from another phone using Send Anywhere App.