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When I open the HTC gallery app and select "Camera shots" it often only displays the first 15 photos and videos from the folder on the SD card (\SDCARD\DCIM\100Media). It does occasionally show more, but not always. Has anyone else noticed this behaviour? I'm sure of the content of this folder because when I use Astro file manager to open the folder I see all of the photos.
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Doesn't happen on my desire z
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Have just discovered that it's a common problem. I've now downloaded QuickPic and all is well....
Yes, I have that.
I have been moving the photos I take into a separate directory under DCIM, so as to separate them from the HTC example images, and this seems to force the gallery to rebuild its list of photos.
hopefully it'll be fixed in gingerbread update
I use Rescan Media which forces to rebuild the media db.
This problem is not related just to pictures, but to mp3's as well although not that common because usually you are not adding/removing music as much as pictures.
I have that same problem. Now using QuickPic as well and it works perfectly. That said, it shouldn't be necessary to install a 3rd party gallery just to make sure you see all photos.
One minor glitch with QP, though, is it will not allow me to upload videos to YouTube. For that I have to use the HTC gallery app.
I really hope the issue gets fixed with the Gingerbread update.
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I was starting to think I was going mad and hadn't actually taken some pictures. Just installed rescan media and the missing pictures have reappeared.
Thanks.
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Go to the directory and delete the .thumbnails directory, that will rebuild the cache. It works for me.
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Yeah but rescan media is quicker.
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I was starting to think I was going mad and hadn't actually taken some pictures. Just installed rescan media and the missing pictures have reappeared.
Thanks.
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Can you direct me to it? Its not showing up in the Market.
Something is very wrong.
To refresh for those that do not know...
Yesterday, I took about 100+ important pix. None of them saved. Only two videos were saved.
When I brought everything from the Gallery to the comp, there are 340 files totalling 2.31gb.
The past hour, I was instructed to try to duplicate the situation, so I took a bunch of pix and videos. Reached over 340 files. After doing a long video, I checked the Gallery to discover all the pix disappeared leaving only the videos.
So I hooked it up to the comp and browse through...they are all gone.
Something is very wrong here and this needs to be pinpointed and fixed.
i a having this same problem on a fresh wipe and install of rc1. but before i had rc1 this did not happen so i do not know what i did different this time around.
I found this problem last night, im on stock rom. Turned my phone off last night and this morning all files were visible. So, try rebooting phone and see mate.
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Its easier to use the Rescan Media app than restarting the phone. But thunderokc says that his pics are actually physically missing from the sd card, now that is a huge problem. In the usual case only the cache is corrupted, so its enough to rebuild it. But even after that, after some time they can disappear again for no reason..
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I use Rescan Media which forces to rebuild the media db.
This problem is not related just to pictures, but to mp3's as well although not that common because usually you are not adding/removing music as much as pictures.
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Great tip, thx!
My phone kept losing it's ringtones all the time... hope this works.
ive rebooted, change permisions reinstalled gallery 3d, used rescan any other tips nothing is working.
2nd this.. Rescan media solves my exact same problem
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ive rebooted, change permisions reinstalled gallery 3d, used rescan any other tips nothing is working.
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how about the standard gallery? Also check your SD card, see if those pics are really there (check it on a pc). I am not sure, but a wipe doesn't remove also all stuff from the sd card?
i have the same problem... Gallery and mp3 appear and disappear randomly.. Quickpic solves the gallery problem , but for me is impossible set a mp3 file as ringtone.
If i use rescan media the phone sees the mp3 and i can use it , but after a while the files disappear from sd (they are still in sd but the phone doesn't see them) and is set the default ringtones.
Try copying some more mp3 files. Usually "just" some of the latest media disappears. Yes this very stupid&annoying and as far as I know its still not fixed in the latest update...
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I put some mp3's in sdcard/music. They do not show up in the play music app. I hit settings, refresh, but they still don't show up.
What's the deal?
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I put a fair amount of music in that same location and I got an error about one file but all the others show up and play normally.
Maybe try restarting the app? Otherwise it might be something about the files themselves that the app is having problems with.
Try am app called "SD card rescan" that a worked for me with slight patience or try rebooting it
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Mine showed up eventually, the app seems to take its own sweet time finding stuff
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I had to wait a week for it to show that I had added songs to a playlist
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Mine take a reboot to show up.
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I have tried rebooting, turning the device off, etc. When I click on any of these mp3's, play music opens and plays the files. So the app has no problem playing these mp3's.
Obviously it's not rescanning the device.
Edit: still no joy this morning. Then I turned the device off and back on.
Now it shows up under artist, but not album. Is there some secret to making a folder so it shows up under albums?
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Now it shows up under artist, but not album. Is there some secret to making a folder so it shows up under albums?
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In whatever you're using to sideload the mp3's, you can make sub-folders in the target folder. If you're connecting from a PC with USB, you can simply make folders the same way you do on your PC. I did this, and now the folder shows up in the music library.
The Android OS have a system service called the "Media Scanner" that will once in a while scan your storage for media.
I read the thread and what is been reported is two different points:
1. Sometimes it really does take a bit for the scanner to kick in and start its thing. 99% of time you reboot it does perform a full scan, so rebooting and waiting a few minutes before checking always helps.
2. the music show under artist but not album, that is to do with the MP3 tags. If you check your mp3 on Winamp or iTunes there are options to change/edit the MP3 tags, where you can set artist name, album name, year, style, album art, etc, etc... if those info are correct in the file, it will show on the player in the correct section, if it is not correct, well.. fix it, then move to your device.
hope it helps.
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2. the music show under artist but not album, that is to do with the MP3 tags.
hope it helps.
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Well, it finally also showed up under albums. What's weird is it showed up under artists a few hours b4 it showed up under albums. What's up with that?
Another question: After copying MP3's to your device, even after they show up in the Play Music app, they do not get uploaded to your Play account?
I went out today and thought I would listen to this album on my phone. It didn't show up. Back at home, it doesn't show up on my computer's web browser when connected to my Play account. So is it a one way upload? Computer to cloud, but not mobile device to cloud?
Yep, the only way to upload is from the PC. The mobile app was never meant to do it.
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I put mine on Google's servers A lot easier to stream it all rather than worry about remembering to copy it to my phone and tablet.
Usually I do too. But I downloaded this album direct from the artists web site on my Nexus. Later I will connect it to my pc and copy it over.
It just seems so archaic.
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I was having some similar issues, but after trying out a few different things that seemed to work for others, mine showed up. Not sure exactly what was the magic trick, but a mix of restarting, rescanning, etc. seemed to help... Thanks all!
Hey guys I was wondering what is the best way to get all my music from my galaxy s3 onto my Nexus 7. I have over 200 songs and don't want to re download them all and was wondering what's the easiest method to get the from my s3 to my nexus 7 thanks!
Find a PC and copy them onto your N7!
Try Google Music! Just upload all your songs and play it on both devices. Works great for me.
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Try Google Music! Just upload all your songs and play it on both devices. Works great for me.
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Hmmm Im trying I cant seem to get it to work.
And when I try dragging my music files from my s3 to nexus 7 it always says it wont play try again or skip.
Wifi File Explorer to transfer wirelessly. USB OTG cable and either flash drive or card reader with card to physically copy. Mount the s3 via USB to your computer, copy files to PC, mount Nexus via USB and copy files from computer. There are more ways I'm sure. I didn't suggest Bluetooth because its too slow.
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Hi,
I cannot find this through the search function on this Nexus 4 forum, although it is very weird.
I have downloaded (with my browser) several MP3 music files (from the web and from my own dropbox) to my Nexus 4 phone.
I can play them by clicking them from a file manager and choosing Google music player to complete the action.
But ... they do not show up in the Google music player. Neither do they show up in a few other music players I have installed (and removed again).
There are two exceptions:
- All music files do show up in the built in music player of the ES File Manager.
- I have set one downloaded MP3 as the standard ringtone on my phone. That file shows up in any music player.
What do I do wrong? Why does a downloaded MP3 not show up in a music player, unless I set it as my standard ringtone?
I live in a country where the Google Play Music store is not supported. But the ringtone-mp3 does not come from there!
Did you move the songs to your music folder?
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I have the exact same problem. I have also moved the files to my Music folder!
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I have the exact same problem. I have also moved the files to my Music folder!
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Make sure there isn't a .nomedia file in that folder
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Make sure there isn't a .nomedia file in that folder
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But one thing that i thought was very weird was that, if i added an other song, it would show up...
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That is right! Just after I added them, I could see them! Very weird.
And yes, I moved them to the Music folder, but the ringtone I use (also a downloaded mp3) is still in the downlosd folder, and I can nevertheless see it.
A ".nomedia" file is hidden. You would need to have show hidden files enabled to see it.
[SOLVED] Use MTP from your Pc / laptop
Well, the problem has solved itself for me in the following way:
I am an Ubuntu user, and I upgraded to Ubuntu 13.04 yesterday evening.
Ubuntu (Lubuntu, Kubuntu etc.) 13.04 supports the MPT protocol Google wants us to use with our Nexus 4 'out of the box'.
I have read that Windows should do so too, but I cannot check that.
You connect your Nexus 4 to your PC or laptop and choose MTP (Media Tranfer Protocol) as the protocol to transfer files (I believe your phone chooses the other protocol by default). You do this from the notification area (where your notifications for new mail and app updates also appear).
Then you can copy music files from your PC / laptop to your phone to any directory in your phone. I suggest the Music directory. And, surprise, surprise, if you do it that way, the music files also appear in your Google Music Player!
The strange thing is, however, that you cannot transfer music files from your phone to your PC. It is a one-direction traffic. You also cannot delete files on your phone from your connected PC.
So if you want to make the invisible files on your phone visible in your Google music player, you have to delete them on the phone (from a file manager on the phone). I would copy them to Dropbox first, however. Then get them on your pc / laptop (by downloading them from Dropbox e.g.) and then copy them through the USB cable from you pc / laptop back to your phone. Strange, but that is how it works!
Do I understand this strange procedure? No, but it works. Enjoy!
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The strange thing is, however, that you cannot transfer music files from your phone to your PC. It is a one-direction traffic. You also cannot delete files on your phone from your connected PC.
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Negative! For me, using Windows 8 Pro x64. It works just fine using MTP, the only problem I am having is making folders. Then Windows Explorer crashes.
On Linux on my laptop (Linux Mint 14), i use ADB, which works just fine.
I only have this problem with two mixes from Never Say Die Records. But other songs works just fine...
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hey guys, i'm a super a noob...been on an iPhone 3gs for the last 2.5 years...:crying:
in any event, whenever i play an .mp3 it skips horribly. I've tried the stock music player & the ES file explorer media player.
I've tried dragging and dropping the file directly onto the lg from windows explorer as well as used the LG software to add music to my device?
any thoughts!? just got this today and pretty bummed by this at the moment.
okay, transferred a file via dropbox and it plays cleanly. So somehow the transfer of the file via the usb cable/pc caused the issue???
Maybe, if it continues reboot your pc and phone
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Maybe, if it continues reboot your pc and phone
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restarted, re-installed LG PC SUITE software and music playing cleanly that was transferred by that method.
Can also drag and drop into the Music folder now without issue. Don't know what it was, but I should have known Tech Support Rule #1 is restart and re-install. Thanks!!!