So i formatted my SD card after copying everything to my PC and back and now my gallery is empty while my pics are on the SD. I've cleared the cache in "media storage" and "Gallery" apks and even went into recovery to clear davlik and cache but no go?
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Need help. I have partitioned sd card with cwm. Plugged it in computer to put rom on. It brings up the prompt to format card . I did that. But rom didnt boot up after installing. So i wiped form cwm. When i did wipe data/ factory reset it was wiping. And whilst wiping it says no apps2sd ext found. Skipping wipe of sd ext or something . Whys that?
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hawwy said:
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Need help. I have partitioned sd card with cwm. Plugged it in computer to put rom on. It brings up the prompt to format card . I did that. But rom didnt boot up after installing. So i wiped form cwm. When i did wipe data/ factory reset it was wiping. And whilst wiping it says no apps2sd ext found. Skipping wipe of sd ext or something . Whys that?
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a) Format card with SDFormatter (Full Overwrite/Size Adjustment On)
b) Partition with CWM 1GB Partition, 0MB Swap.
c) Done!
Im trying to format my internal storage. It seems there is always data retained after deleting everything from the internal storage in windows. So before i do another clean install of a rom i want to start fresh. The problem is when i go into Philz and format /sdcard it isnt doing anything, the retained hidden data is still there. Is there a easy way to format it and start fresh? Cheers
I have a similar question, does formatting internal sd also wipe everything (except system) from root (/)?
If I do a fully wipe. Wipe of internal storage + data and the other how can I install the Rom if the sdcard folder is empty?
I want to know the whole criteria of Lenovo-A3000 storage, I mean it has an Internal Storage, also an SD card, So:
1- is SD card included inside the Internal Storage?
2- is SD card separated by accessed through the Internal Storage?
3- is SD card totally separated?
and Now, if I choose to wipe data/ factory reset from some recovery tool like CWM, is that will wipe all data including SD card data?
and at last, why the device reads the SD card as it's at /data/media directory while this is not obvious when accessing the Internal storage through some file manager or through the PC usb ?
MuhammedRefaat said:
I want to know the whole criteria of Lenovo-A3000 storage, I mean it has an Internal Storage, also an SD card, So:
1- is SD card included inside the Internal Storage?
2- is SD card separated by accessed through the Internal Storage?
3- is SD card totally separated?
and Now, if I choose to wipe data/ factory reset from some recovery tool like CWM, is that will wipe all data including SD card data?
and at last, why the device reads the SD card as it's at /data/media directory while this is not obvious when accessing the Internal storage through some file manager or through the PC usb ?
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Internal SD card is just an emulated storage. This means, that the INTERNAL STORAGE (not accessible without root privilegies) is /data and INTERNAL SD CARD is /data/media. When you wipe data/cache using recovery, it wipes /data and /cache EXCEPT /data/media. When you wipe INTERNAL SD CARD, it wipes ONLY /data/media
Great Info
MirXas said:
Internal SD card is just an emulated storage. This means, that the INTERNAL STORAGE (not accessible without root privilegies) is /data and INTERNAL SD CARD is /data/media. When you wipe data/cache using recovery, it wipes /data and /cache EXCEPT /data/media. When you wipe INTERNAL SD CARD, it wipes ONLY /data/media
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many thanks for these great info :good:
Great topic from TWRP
I found also this great topic from TWRP team which declares clearly the Data/Media behavior
Gallery Not Showing Ext SD Card Photos from non-DCIM folders
Storage permission = ON
Attempted Methods:
Unmount -> Remount
Unmount -> Remove card -> Remount
Restart Phone
Clear Cache
Force Close -> Clear Cache -> Delete App Storage (Gallery App)
The gallery will not show any files other than ones in the DCIM folder taken by the built-in camera.
Gallery will not show any photos from any other folders (without .nomedia file) from the Ext-SD Card
Tested another 3rd party gallery app, which shows the photos, but don't support HEIC photo format
Please help!
klau1 said:
Gallery Not Showing Ext SD Card Photos from non-DCIM folders
Attempted Methods:
Unmount -> Remount
Unmount -> Remove card -> Remount
Restart Phone
Clear Cache
Force Close -> Clear Cache -> Delete App Storage (Gallery App)
The gallery will not show any files other than ones in the DCIM folder taken by the built-in camera.
Gallery will not show any photos from any other folders (without .nomedia file) from the Ext-SD Card
Tested another 3rd party gallery app, which shows the photos, but don't support HEIC photo format
Please help!
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Does it have storage permission turned on?
bp328i said:
Does it have storage permission turned on?
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Yes, it does. It only shows the photos on the Ext-SD Card which were taken by the Camera but nothing else.
I can even open ANY Ext-SD Card files in Gallery if it's called upon from a file manager.
klau1 said:
Yes, it does. It only shows the photos on the Ext-SD Card which were taken by the Camera but nothing else.
I can even open ANY Ext-SD Card files in Gallery if it's called upon from a file manager.
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When I get home in a few hours I'll pull my SD out throw some photos on it from my PC and see if my gallery can see them.
I just put a jpeg on the root of my SD card and it shows up fine in my gallery.
Sorry I couldn't help more.
bp328i said:
I just put a jpeg on the root of my SD card and it shows up fine in my gallery.
Sorry I couldn't help more.
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On the contrary you discovered a new clue,
Following your test, I replicated storing on root, and Gallery indeed shows the photos.
Basically Gallery is only cataloging photos from new folders on the SD Card.
This means clearing the Gallery app data and cache is not clearing everything as it's still able to selectively exclude folders it thinks must be excluded.
I don't have an issue - I am able to see all existing and new folders and or images that are on my EXT SD Card as well as those on the device. No issues at all that I Can see.