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Where is the ringtone directory?

Where are the ringtones (stock) located at? There are a few in there that I have but my wife doesn't and she wants it. I have a custom rom but I imagine the directory location is the same.

System/media/audio/ringtones
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as you might already know, you can also add a folder on your sdcard (same directory naming as above, but replace system with sdcard) and it'll register those as well-- easier to add and remove regardless of rom switching.

Is Google down?

Looks like it's back up now.

digging up an old thread since my question is related: When i go to choose a ringtone(say for instance in text messages) it brings up some ringtones that are no longer on my phone that i know of. they were installed from zedge which i dont use anymore. I dont see these particular files when browsing System/media/audio/ringtones nor are they on the sdcard. How can i clean this up?
Thanks.

nyr35blue said:
digging up an old thread since my question is related: When i go to choose a ringtone(say for instance in text messages) it brings up some ringtones that are no longer on my phone that i know of. they were installed from zedge which i dont use anymore. I dont see these particular files when browsing System/media/audio/ringtones nor are they on the sdcard. How can i clean this up?
Thanks.
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My guess is that Zedge saved it onto your SD card in a different folder.
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RandomKing said:
My guess is that Zedge saved it onto your SD card in a different folder.
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yeah i checked all over that too, thanks.
edit: all of a sudden the fake files are no longer there. strange. lol. maybe something refreshed when it did a scan, who knows.

decalex said:
as you might already know, you can also add a folder on your sdcard (same directory naming as above, but replace system with sdcard) and it'll register those as well-- easier to add and remove regardless of rom switching.
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That would be awesome if I works
I always just added them to system/.../...
Ill test this eventually
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Something's not right here... what's using up all this space?

I deleted all my music, ISOs, and movies, because I was running out of space. After I deleted it all it showed:
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Saying 6.48GB (13.2GB-6.72GB) is being used.
There's no way I have 6.5GB worth of stuff on my tablet... so I Ctrl+A, Right Click, Properties:
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That shows 471MB... so um... what's going on with the rest of ~6GB?
*EDIT*
Went through settings and checked out the internal storage:
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What?
That doesn't match my PC readings at all. And in fact, the math doesn't work either:
1.13 + 1.75 + 6.29 = 9.17GB
13.24GB - 9.17GB = 4.07GB.
Where's that 4.07GB, according to the tablet?
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did you download the transformers movie? that uses up about 2gb... to delete i had to go into play movies app, manage space and delete from there
Printerscape said:
I deleted all my music, ISOs, and movies, because I was running out of space. After I deleted it all it showed:
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Saying 6.48GB (13.2GB-6.72GB) is being used.
There's no way I have 6.5GB worth of stuff on my tablet... so I Ctrl+A, Right Click, Properties:
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That shows 471MB... so um... what's going on with the rest of ~6GB?
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micks_address said:
did you download the transformers movie? that uses up about 2gb... to delete i had to go into play movies app, manage space and delete from there
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I checked just now, and nope.
I'm aware that the Nexus 7 uses the internal memory for apps as well, but there's no way I have ~6GB worth of apps installed... that must be several thousands of apps (note that app data are installed on the 'SD Card', so it shows up in the /data).

After your, 'CTRL+A' and right click properties how long did you wait to get your value?
Go away for 5mins leaving it running and you will probably find it has changed sum what, you find it does stick for 30secs or so at times.

I had to switch my Nexus off then back on before the storage space updated when id deleted a few things.
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I don;t supposed you know what the free space was reported as when you first got your nexus 7 ? If there is something hinky, then it may have been misreporting fr omthe get go.
All I suggest is backup everything you want to keep and then factory reset your Android. Run through config and see what it reports used and free as. If it's still wrong, then return your tablet.
Oh - are you using a custom rom? If so, that could be the cause.
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Dazzh82 said:
I had to switch my Nexus off then back on before the storage space updated when id deleted a few things.
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Yeah thats because the MediaStorage (or MediaStore or something like that) service / task takes a while to update sometimes. Waiting normally results in an update, but a reboot will always do the trick.

MTP is pretty buggy. It doesn't show every file or folder that's currently on the device through Windows Explorer. Hoping Google will acknowledge and fix it soon, or even better - bring back USB Mass Storage.

you will also find that windows does not indicate the free space on a drive gained by deleting files until the recycle bin has been emptied, this is because the files arent cleared from the drive until you do this. did you empty the bin before checking the free space?

MTP is buggy.
I recommend downloading ES File Explorer and add ur desktop to local server, and send the files through the network.
also, ESFE has an SD card analyst that can check what's using up ur space.

If you are rooted and have made any Clockworkmod backups, they take up a healthy amount of storage

Dazzh82 said:
I had to switch my Nexus off then back on before the storage space updated when id deleted a few things.
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Yeah thats because the MediaStorage (or MediaStore or something like that) service / task takes a while to update sometimes. Waiting normally results in an update, but a reboot will always do the trick.
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Rebooted my tablet and it now says about 9GB of free space.
Thanks

micks_address said:
did you download the transformers movie? that uses up about 2gb... to delete i had to go into play movies app, manage space and delete from there
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are you sure the movie is downloaded to the tablet or streaming off gplay?

I have similar problem
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Rebooted my tablet and it now says about 9GB of free space.
Thanks
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Deleted movies do not release space, until a reboot. Is there any method to make it release space without a reboot? Now it makes the use very inconvenient. Thanks.

Get Maximum Battery Out of Stock JellyBean ROM (plus fix Media draining much battery)

This method is the best I figured out and it works pretty well!
I discovered the main cause of battery drain on JB is the 'Media Scanner'. I dont know exactly what the issue is, but it DRAINS your battery! I thought it was a corrupt file in my phone that was causing Media scanner to get stuck and scan for loong periods instead of 2 - 3 minutes which it should take regularly. (btw media scanner is launched every time you restart your mobo or make changes to your media files as far as i know). I formatted both my Internal and External SDs but it still didnt help. Now use the following Steps below to solve these issues.
1. Download Media scanner ROOT.
This app - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.addz.mediascannerroot
2. Download Media scanner also
This one - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.addz.mediascanner
3. Always set 'Power saving' option on phone on. I can assure you that you'll hardly notice the difference in performance when you turn on power saving.
Having said that, if you want more brightness, you can increase from toggle or just tick auto by the side of brightness level settings right there in your notification bar.
Also, if you need to game or use heavy app that require alot of system resources, just turn off power saving.(Because power saving slows down your processors Maximum state)
How to use the apps mentioned in numbers 1 and 2.
First one is to stop it (Media scanner) from ever scanning. So open that one with ROOT at the end of the name (Grant SU prompt), then hit disable media scanner button wait for it to work. Just one or two seconds.
Sometimes you might open your gallery and notice a file is missing or you might not see even a single picture or vid in it.
ONLY NOW! can you open the second app dat DOESN'T contain ROOT at the end of its name.
Just open it and then hit the back button to close. thats all!
What this does if to call the media scanner you disabled earlier with first app so it can scan your SD Cards and your gallery will display your files.
You can read the application descriptions on Play store for better understanding.
If you notice that these steps still doesn't help you with your battery drain issue, try disabling Motions and Animations in debugging options too. Both in settings. Then test battery again and see how good it works.
IMPORTANT: You also want to change PhilZ recovery Backup format from .dup to .tar as this might be the reason why Media scanner goes crazy. How to - Reboot into recovery, select Backup and restore, then select 'Choose backup format', then hit tar. Now delete all previous backups done in .dup format and then hit 'Free Unused backup Data' or go into phone, delete the folders of the backups done in .dup and then delete evreything in blobs folder. Now do a fresh Nandroid which will now be in .tar format. ( Always Have a Nandroid backup on your phone , it can come in handy! )
REMEMBER: What works for one person, might not exactly work for everyone. Everyone does have 100% same hardware. .So take it easy while throwing your shots at me. I just decided to share this.
I hope this helps some solve their battery issue.
Please hit thanks if this helps you.

Below are apps you can just freeze in Titanium Backup so as to ensure they do not use up valuable system resources. Meaning more Free RAM and also of course! Extended Battery Life. I hope it helps you!
Allshare Play
AllShare Service
ChatON (convert to user app then delete if you want)
Dropbox 2.1
Dropbox 1.0
GameHub 2.0
Google+ (convert to user app then delete if you want)
Google Search (Voice Search - turn off if you dont use, if you need, hit defrost! )
Group Cast
Help
Kobo
Maps (convert to user app if u want)
Mini Diary
Mobile Print
Polaris Viewer
PressReader
ReadersHub
Samsung account
Samsung Apps
Samsung Backup
Samsung Cloud services (All of them - i dont use it)
SNS 1.1.0
Software Update v2
Software Update v5
Talkback
Voice Command
Yahoo! Finance
Yahoo! News
Zinio
Also safe to freeze these ones but you will get FC's in some parts of ROM. U will never get if you dont go there tho... Factory Test, Try Panning (Pan to edit tutorial), WlanTest.

Best way to get maximum battery life out of the phone is to not use it.
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prabhjots said:
Best way to get maximum battery life out of the phone is to not use it.
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Exactly. Even though I don't use things such as maps that often, I like it to be available whenever I want to use it.
Can't really see the point of trying to turn this phone into a dumb phone.
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Basil3 said:
Exactly. Even though I don't use things such as apps that often, I like it to be available whenever I want to use it.
Can't really see the point of trying to turn this phone into a dumb phone.
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I know. Freezing maps? Seriously?

eggman89 said:
I know. Freezing maps? Seriously?
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As i never have use for it. And it takes valuable system resources. Btw, if i have use for it. I hit Defrost! Simple!

Basil3 said:
Exactly. Even though I don't use things such as apps that often, I like it to be available whenever I want to use it.
Can't really see the point of trying to turn this phone into a dumb phone.
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Thats the point of Freezing and not deleting bro! Also, why we have Toggles.

If you don't use google now turn it off and you're good to go
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Here is another thread abot unneccesary apks in system. But my personal opinion, they dont delete from system, just freeze:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1634624
Regards

miro666 said:
Here is another thread abot unneccesary apks in system. But my personal opinion, they dont delete from system, just freeze:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1634624
Regards
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Yes, freeze to be safe. Unless you are 100% sure then u can delete

eggman89 said:
I know. Freezing maps? Seriously?
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Maps is always useful, going somewhere you don't know, finding out where you are on a bus or train in the dark, find somewhere, see if you can look through your window on street view, the uses are endless

delsus said:
Maps is always useful, going somewhere you don't know, finding out where you are on a bus or train in the dark, find somewhere, see if you can look through your window on street view, the uses are endless
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LOL! I'm in Africa. Maps not dat accurate. But good enough...

IMPORTANT: You want to change PhilZ recovery Backup format from .dup to .tar as this is the reason why Media scanner goes crazy.
How to
Reboot into recovery
Select Backup and restore,
Then select 'Choose backup format', then hit tar.
Now delete all previous backups done in .dup format,
Then hit 'Free Unused backup Data' or go into phone, delete the folders of the backups done in .dup,
Then delete everything in the 'blobs' folder located in 'clockworkmod' folder...
Now you should do a fresh Nandroid which will now be in .tar format. It will complete way faster ( Always Have a Nandroid backup on your phone , it can come in handy! ), And finally, only have one Nandroid on ur phone at a time. If you need more than one, keep the rest on ur pc and most important one on phone.
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Dumb phone.......
Basil3 said:
Exactly. Even though I don't use things such as maps that often, I like it to be available whenever I want to use it.
Can't really see the point of trying to turn this phone into a dumb phone.
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I want to use the Internet when I want to use it. I don't want my phone going online by itself. That means I use an APN to keep my phone offline until I want to go online. I also use a screen off and lock when I am finished doing what I want. I use the built in Power Saver. The new Advanced Mobile Care also seems to help. I just checked my battery usage and I am at 3 days and 9 hours on an S3 i9300 running a great ROM. I am using Omega v33.2. I tried Omega v35 and went back because of battery life. This ROM appears to be flawless and I have found no glitches at all. Of course I'm a conservative user and don't play any games on the phone.

glalt said:
I want to use the Internet when I want to use it. I don't want my phone going online by itself. That means I use an APN to keep my phone offline until I want to go online. I also use a screen off and lock when I am finished doing what I want. I use the built in Power Saver. The new Advanced Mobile Care also seems to help. I just checked my battery usage and I am at 3 days and 9 hours on an S3 i9300 running a great ROM. I am using Omega v33.2. I tried Omega v35 and went back because of battery life. This ROM appears to be flawless and I have found no glitches at all. Of course I'm a conservative user and don't play any games on the phone.
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+1. Thanks for sharing bro.

Stanley, your play store links are not working..Could you give the names of both apps please???

Rescan Media Root and Rescan Media. By same dev. If you using Philz recovery, first delete all nandroid backups made in (.dup format) blobs. Before you try to use above apps.
Read the post tagged as IMPORTANT just above for full instructions.
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turning on power saving mode will cap your fps to 40 which definitely will have a hit on smoothness

stanley08 said:
IMPORTANT: You want to change PhilZ recovery Backup format from .dup to .tar as this is the reason why Media scanner goes crazy.
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Or just put a .nomedia file inside the clockworkmod folder?

bala_gamer said:
turning on power saving mode will cap your fps to 40 which definitely will have a hit on smoothness
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Yes, true! But funny enough.. Works smoothly on GS2.
boomboomer said:
Or just put a .nomedia file inside the clockworkmod folder?
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Yep! I tried it, didn't help. Someone should try again tho...

[Q] How to re-index/scan all the media on my i9505

i'm using android version 5.0.1 , I don't know what app caused this but :
- My Music is no more shown in the Music Player (only those on my external SD Card are shown).
- Same thing for my Photos, they're no more shown in the Gallery (only those on my external SD Card are shown).
is there a way to re-scan the SD card, I've used a lot of SD card scanners but either they crash or with no positive result.
Any suggestions ?
Thanks in advance.

Are you sure there isn't a .nomedia file in the photo and music folders?

GDReaper said:
Are you sure there isn't a .nomedia file in the photo and music folders?
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No there's no .nomedia file in both folders.

I suggest the feature on Device Control > More > Scan Media
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.namelessrom.devicecontrol

Clear the data for Media Storage and reboot. It'll rebuild on startup, wait a minute or so for it to do its work.

Technical said:
I suggest the feature on Device Control > More > Scan Media
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.namelessrom.devicecontrol
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I triggered that Media Scan func. didn't work
dave106 said:
Clear the data for Media Storage and reboot. It'll rebuild on startup, wait a minute or so for it to do its work.
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Did that too. no result

Mixlator said:
I triggered that Media Scan func. didn't work
Did that too. no result
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Media scan is triggered but it takes a bit long to be done. Did you wait?
But, indeed, I have waited 1h and not a different message appear (although the media scan seems to be ok...).

Technical said:
Media scan is triggered but it takes a bit long to be done. Did you wait?
But, indeed, I have waited 1h and not a different message appear (although the media scan seems to be ok...).
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Actually, i waited untill the end, rebooted. the issue isn't fixed yet.

Mixlator said:
Actually, i waited untill the end, rebooted. the issue isn't fixed yet.
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Sorry, I don't have a better solution...

Flashed a new ROM, problem solved.
For everyone who might be reading this post later, if you're on lollipop, don't bother those Scanners apps, you'll waste your time, if you're on Kitkat yeah, one might work, just look for "Media Scanner" or "SD card scanner", that will crawl the whole SD Card and re-index the files (pics & sounds).
if you're on Lollipop 5.0.1 and untill this day, no app has worked for me.
Thanks guys

another bug

Every time i set the HD Voice Recorder to save to the SD Card it doesn't i record tons of bird sounds then every few weeks i copy to the computer and discover they're on the internal memory. Thinking i forgot to change the setting I go in and change it. But then it happens again and again. Been going on since i got the phone in April. where's the damn software updates already? I have several issues with this phone a software update could fix. I'll be on to the next best thing if and when Verizon ever gives us a worthwhile update. Note to self don't go with LG phones again.

It works fine on my V20.
Selecting Save to Sd card automatically creates a folder HDAudioRecorder and a subfolder my_sounds. Are they present on your SDcard?
App version 5.30.22.

rubiicon59 said:
It works fine on my V20.
Selecting Save to Sd card automatically creates a folder HDAudioRecorder and a subfolder my_sounds. Are they present on your SDcard?
App version 5.30.22.
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Yeah the folder is there. I think it used to save it there but I can't remember if that was with the first phone before I exchanged it.
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Weird. I just tried again it was set to internal so I set it for SD card and clicked the home button after backing out of the settings. Went back to settings and it stuck. Made a test recording and it saved it to the SD Card. I'm not sure why it worked this time.
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Because I'm magic :laugh:
But give it a little time and a few recordings before considering it fixed.

rubiicon59 said:
Because I'm magic :laugh:
But give it a little time and a few recordings before considering it fixed.
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I went to record and checked the settings first and it was set back to internal again about a week ago.

That's weird, I've no idea why your external SD Card choice doesn't stick.
I've just reinstalled a rooted ROM today. After just being notified of your reply I've set up my HDAR to save recordings to SD card. I'll try and remember to check the settings next time I use it, although I don't think I use it as often as you do so maybe you could jog my memory by posting here again....