For the life of me I can't get the gallery to refresh after I add pictures to my pictures folder. Am I missing something or is this yet another bug?
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Took me 2 days to get some imported cam pics to show up.
Try killing the gallery in the task manager. Also try rebooting.
Android gallery has always been crap if not for picasa integration it would be totally useless. Try quick pic. Ugly but very functional.
Thanks..... I tried killing with task manager but no go.
Maybe I should just use Picasso... good lord.
I tried 3d gallery and it wont display correctly at all. Ill check out that apple you mentioned.
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Quick pick will work great for me. Thanks again.
Is there any app to view JUST Picasso pics that you know of?
*edit* Picasso tool works, but osmotic made for tab.. either way better than the pic delay of the stock gallery.
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Did you copy it from pc to tablet or form different location on your tablet to gallery folder?
If the second option don't use any file managers from the market. Instead use file manager that is included in touchwiz.
Don't know why but all other file managers don't move cache when moving photos.
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I did not use the stock file explorer, I used file explorer HD and in this case copied from SD card to the pictures folder.
Ya know, I like the idea of using qucik pic and picassa tool. I can upload to picassa from quick pic and when viewing I can use picassa tool, gallery, web , etc...
With quick pic I can easily hide or remove folders so I don't have this cluster of unwanted pics
I just demo ed the gallery from my media folder all together.
Kind of lame but it is what it is. ...
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Use stock explorer and you will notice that there is no problem with photos. Don't know why but I didn't have this problem on transformer.. Weird
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Android uses an internal database to remember multi-media files (pics, music and video) so that built-in apps like Gallery, Music and Video players can show them regardless which folder they are located. If you copied any such type of files to the tab using 3rd party tools that does not trigger media scanning, those files will never show up in these apps until next time media scanning runs.
On my Samsung Galaxy S phone, such media scanning is done everytime you power up the phone or disconnect the USB connection in mass storage mode. It is a slow and painful process on the phone.
On my GT 10.1, this process has been some what improved mainly because there is no USB mass storage mode. The default MTP mode will automatically update the database when file transfer occurs. The built-in File Explore can also properly update the database. But if you use 3rd party tool, chances are they will never trigger a media scanning process.
It doesn't matter which folder you copied your pictures into.
foxbat121 said:
Android uses an internal database to remember multi-media files (pics, music and video) so that built-in apps like Gallery, Music and Video players can show them regardless which folder they are located. If you copied any such type of files to the tab using 3rd party tools that does not trigger media sync ( file scanning), those files will never show up in these apps until next time file scanning runs.
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Don't want to sound like I'm shooting the messenger here... But... that sucks.
Really, I already have too many options to "open with". The last thing I want to do is remember to use the original file explorer to deal with pictures.
I'm really started to be reminded of a certain apple product... you need an app for that.
If someone just streamlined all the apps to work as one they'd have my money.
In any event thanks for your reply....
Media scanning is part of Android OS design. This is poorly designed and poorly implemented, IMO. On my phone, everytime I power up the phone, it renders my phone unresponsive for a minute or two (depending on how many files and whether or not I have an external SD card). The scanning process needs to scan the entire file system to make sure every media file is indexed in the database.
FWIW I worked around this issue with one of the random market apps for SD updating. There's a number that work, basically it just initiates a refresh manually. Alternately you can plug it into your PC with USB and then unplug it.
Got the name of any of those apps?
I realized you can't change the lock screen from anything but the stock gallery.....
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SDRescan, one of the oldest, still usefull apps in the market.
Rescan Media, pretty much the same app with a nicer icon and an auto quit option.
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Anyone know how to change settings so library only adds files from a certain folder? I have hawx installed which has 500 audio files and the music player has them all listed which is really annoying having to scroll through.
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theking52 said:
Anyone know how to change settings so library only adds files from a certain folder? I have hawx installed which has 500 audio files and the music player has them all listed which is really annoying having to scroll through.
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In any folder you do not want scanned by the media scanner for music and video, place a blank file named ".nomedia"
ah ok thanks. Blank file meaning even a document file or something specific?
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Glad this was asked. I was curious about the same thing. After installing some games, the music player includes some of the sfx in the playlists. Very annoying. I will try this fix as well.
Thanks for the post.
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In any folder you do not want scanned by the media scanner for music and video, place a blank file named ".nomedia"
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This works for all nested folders as well. And if you are rooted, you should also check out Rescan Media Root to rescan the sd card on demand. You can disable the startup rescan if you wish and use this as needed. I haven't yet disabled rescan on startup. It doesn't take too long. But if I add the .nomedia to a folder, it's faster to run this app, rather than connecting to a computer, mounting the sdcard and disconnecting to kick off the rescan.
Anyone else having an issue where when you take a few pictures, they aren't loaded into Media App? I have to force it to rescan the Storage Media to get the pictures to be seen in Media, I can view them in the Camera app but not the Media.
Just curious.
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Anyone else having an issue where when you take a few pictures, they aren't loaded into Media App? I have to force it to rescan the Storage Media to get the pictures to be seen in Media, I can view them in the Camera app but not the Media.
Just curious.
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Yeah seen that a few times .....
Yep same here.it usually freezes and I have to restart too.
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My movies weren't saving so I changed options to save to sd card.
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Make sure you don't have a nomedia file listed in your folder structure. Some how some way I put that file in mine and I couldn't see pictures any more. I think I was tinkering around and forgot about it. LOL
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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trundlenut said:
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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cartman09 said:
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.
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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
Little problem with too many pics in my gallery. A lot of them are album art
Is there any advice to stop these from showing in my gallery?
Thanks
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They must be in your download directory, when you save an image while browsing it goes there. Guess you could go into the directory and move the images elsewhere that the gallery app won't include. You could also uncheck images on device from showing in the gallery but I doubt you want to do that, I mean if your sending them all to say Dropbox, Facebook, Google or whatever and displaying those then you actually could go into content to display and click off device.
jcurran.jc said:
Hey
Little problem with too many pics in my gallery. A lot of them are album art
Is there any advice to stop these from showing in my gallery?
Thanks
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Use QuickPic from Play Store, and you can choose which folders to show i your gallery.
Just a suggestion if you want to use 3rd party apps to solve your problem.
How many years and this is still a problem???????
I still have not found the answer.
Do not want to install a 3rd party app.
.nomedia does not work.
embedding will take forever with the amount of albums one has.
tried renaming music folder to media but art still showed up in gallery.
Is there a quick and/or simple way of getting this done?