SGS2 not reading music on sd card - Galaxy S II General

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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How to make HD2 detect ringtones in a folder "Ringtones" instead of "My Documents

How to make HD2 detect ringtones in a folder "Ringtones" instead of "My Documents
Is there a way I can create another folder somewhere in the SD Card titled Ringtones"" and make the phone recognize the songs in that folder as ringtones instead of "My Documents"?
start/windows/rings
it's already there...
telegraph0000 said:
start/windows/rings
it's already there...
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But that's located in the device folders..I was hoping to have my own folders in my SD Card. Is that possible?
you will kick yourself, but here goes.
in the root of your sd card create a folder called......... my ringtones
the down side is that the folder will be indexed by the music player.
samsamuel said:
you will kick yourself, but here goes.
in the root of your sd card create a folder called......... my ringtones
the down side is that the folder will be indexed by the music player.
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*Starts Kicking Self* Thanks =)
hehe, no worries. I think there is a way to stoip folders being indexed, i've just never bothered to look into it yet. Im sure there are threads about it.

Phone can't find music

Phone is rooted and at first no problem, could play music from the embedded player. But now whenever I install a ROM, it says no music found. I have plenty of .MP3 files loaded on my SD card. What gives?
Same problem, with my android
I'd say try putting all of your MP3s into a folder located at /sdcard/Music/
Even though I'm running a modified version of CM6.1 and have music in multiple folders. Both on the root of the sdcard and in subdirectories of random folders... All of them still show up in the stock music app :/
Have you tried rebooting? or an app that rescans the SD card for media?
http://www.appbrain.com/app/rescan-media/com.addz.mediascanner
xNotta said:
Have you tried rebooting? or an app that rescans the SD card for media?
http://www.appbrain.com/app/rescan-media/com.addz.mediascanner
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I would rescan the card

[Q] can music downloads be moved

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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Location of music folder???

Using Root Eplorer to find my music folder to no avail, trying to make a backup copy of my music to store in the external sd card. Any help is appreciated.
Seriously???
Is there that many folders in your memory??
/mnt/sdcard/mobile/music
What music folder? The music is wherever you put it.
thatoneguy247 said:
What music folder? The music is wherever you put it.
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Exactly. Put it in internal or external storage.
katinatez said:
using root eplorer to find my music folder to no avail, trying to make a backup copy of my music to store in the external sd card. Any help is appreciated.
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CAUTION
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there is a noob on the loose. Stay inside and keep all doors locked.
Noob level is 10/10
(If noob wanted noob could check each folder, or search the memory card with a computer, but noob is to much of a noob to do that)
DiskUsage visualizes your folder tree by how much data is in each folder. A music folder should be a sizable chunk of data and would point itself out quickly with this app.
katinatez said:
Using Root Eplorer to find my music folder to no avail, trying to make a backup copy of my music to store in the external sd card. Any help is appreciated.
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it doesnt come with a music folder by default, you create it yourself. so if there isnt one, that means you never made one. then it comes down to if you did not make a music folder, then where did you put all your music to begin with?

Galaxy S4 mp3 issues

Hey guys,
I just bought a new Galaxy S4 I9500 [Baseband Version - I9500JKUAMD9 Build Number - JDQ39.I9500XXUAMDE] + SanDisk 64gb microSD card.
I have a really strange issue with my music files, they are not recognized by the stock music player or any other player except VLC.
The mp3 files are on my external memory, folder 'music'.
The strange thing is that the players recognize only 10 out of 1700 songs, BUT when I'm browsing with ES browser to the mp3 files and renaming them, the music players recognize the renamed mp3s.
I've tried transferring the files by just copying them to the sd card and by using Kies, the same problem.
Can anyone tell me why do the music player recognize the songs only after renaming them?
Sounds more like a problem with the naming of the songs. Do a batch rename maybe.
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I'm not sure but deleting them all and copying again might help. also you can try an app named "scan media" for recognizing media files.
Hamoonfarsa said:
I'm not sure but deleting them all and copying again might help. also you can try an app named "scan media" for recognizing media files.
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I've tried everything, also deleting and copying them and all kinds off media scanners =[
Nothing works but renaming the files with ES File Explorer...
haygij said:
I've tried everything, also deleting and copying them and all kinds off media scanners =[
Nothing works but renaming the files with ES File Explorer...
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I'm having the same issue.
EDIT: I found a fix! Go to root of ext card. Make folder named Media. Drop your music and picture folders in that folder. Should now be seen in the players.
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