hi,
i use a 512 mb SANDISK card for my mp3z. a while back i used file explorer to access the card and thus deleted around 4 tunez i got tired off listening to. i then resumed using my media player and while listening i was rather surprised that the file i deleted was still there. i further discovered that all the 4 song files were still present. so i used file explorer again..etc. the thing is; when you use file explorer either through the unit or through the laptop (using activesync) the 4 files were not present. but when i use media player the 4 songs would still appear. i clicked on "properties" for the song and it said that the location of the file was \storage card\recylced. so the question here is; how do i access this folder to completely delete the contents? or does this mean i have to reformat the card?
cheers
As the title says, when I connect my A500 to my Windows 7 pc many of the folders on the external SD card are not shown. I've dis-reconnected several times and tried pretty much everything I can think of. All Acer USB drivers are installed and the tablet is recognized by Windows. If I use a file manager on the tablet I can see all the folders on the SD card but they are missing in the SD card folder in Windows...
A500
Stock OTA ICS
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Thanks,
Justin
Hi maybe the folders have the attribute, hidden set so in widows they won't show. Set win explorer to Show hidden files and folders.
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It's normal for all Android devices using MTP as a storage access protocol over USB. The thing is MTP is using media database on the Android instead of a direct access to list directories and files. Media rescan is ommiting all files and directories which names start with a dot, and all directories which contain a file named ".nomedia". This is needed for Picture Gallery and Music player apps to hide content which is not meant to be accessed by them (like content for games etc - thanks to that images for games are not shown in picture gallery if the game stores images on SD card).
The downside is that MTP will not show all those files that are ommitted by media rescan. I don't know why they did it that way. It would be much better to just list and access files directly. I don't think it would be much slower (the slow part is the MTP transfer itself, not listing directory content).
hi, I have a car that only accepts usb flash drives to play songs, when I connect my s4, it won't recognize any folders.
so I installed drivedroid, created a blank image and copied some songs into it, so my car will recognize this folder as a mass storage device, and now it's working.
problem is that I have some songs on my music folder, and had to copy the same songs into drivedroid's image.
is there a way to access the folder that drivedroid creates from the phone itself, so I can use the music player with it?
where's that folder located?
thanks
I have a LOT of music on my phone (40 GB) I try to be meticulous about labeling the files so I can find them quickly.
Some of my files were mislabeled. These are all on my external micro sD card. It won't let me change the files with my phone connected to the computer and opening via file explorer. I drag the file on to my desktop them rename. Then I delete the file on the SD card then drag the new renamed and/or new ID3 Tag bag into the SD card. The process goes with no problems. I then restart my phone. For some reason the file is relabeled properly but stays in the same position? Any help please. Also, any help why I can't rename directly on the device using file explorer or even change the ID3 tag? Was never this way with any other phone?
Thank You!
I forgot to mention I have the ZE551KL model my computer is Windows 10 operating system the files are in the correct order when I go into the file manager program is just the Music app that came with the phone is where the problem is.
There's nothing wrong with the SD card I'm using. It works fine on my computer and on my v10. But for some reason on my v20 it is constantly scanning the sd card. Media files still show up but I cannot open them until the never ending scan ends. Also the music player also does not read the music on the card. I know this use to be an issue with older Android phones but I didn't expect my v20 to have this issue.
It says:
"Scanning media files... try again after scan is complete"
More details? App? Brand of sd card? Type of files? How do you have them organized? Do you have a .nomedia file where it shouldn't be? Etc.?
@rbiter said:
More details? App? Brand of sd card? Type of files? How do you have them organized? Do you have a .nomedia file where it shouldn't be? Etc.?
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200gb Lg Brand Micro SD. Using the stock file app . The pop up comes up on all types of media files.
I can still play files on es file explorer however apps such as black player and the stock music app do not recognize any media on the sd card unless I transfer it into the internal storage. I removed all .nomedia files from the card and the card works perfectly fine when plugged in to any other device.
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200gb Lg Brand Micro SD. Using the stock file app . The pop up comes up on all types of media files.
I can still play files on es file explorer however apps such as black player and the stock music app do not recognize any media on the sd card unless I transfer it into the internal storage. I removed all .nomedia files from the card and the card works perfectly fine when plugged in to any other device.
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Depending on how much media you have (hopefully less than available internal space) transfer everything to internal memory using es file explorer (or Root explorer - my preference) (avoid the Android folder - but backup any app data you have cause if any apps save their data to the sd card, it will be lost in this method along with any apps you installed to the sd card *just redownload them from play store*).
Then format SD card using phone.
Then transfer everything back to the SD card
FYI doing this changes the modified date of any photos/videos so the phone will think they're new. Only drawback of doing this. I had an issue with my Samsung 256gb card and that was the only way I could get it to fix.
I had to backup my files with my 200GB Sandisk to my laptop, format card for hahas, then retransfer back manually. Did my 90+GB of flacs while watching a movie and the other 40+GB overnight while sleeping.
I transferred stuff onto my 200gb SanDisk card that I had been using in my tablet. The files all showed in file Explorer but wouldn't show in gallery or music players.
There was a lost.dir folder on the SD card (along with others from the tablet) the folder seemed empty (didn't check for hidden files) I deleted the lost.dir folder and the phone can now see everything. (pictures all in gallery now as well as mp3s showing in music players)
Worked for me... Not sure if it will apply to your situation but I figured I'd share...
Same issue but different scenario
Hi All,
I am experiencing a similar issue with a specific app (only so far) - 9gag.
Whenever I download an image from their feed with the dedicated 'save' button, it will save it onto my internal storage (can't change the location of that via app), but it won't show in my gallery.
When I try to open the imaeg in the file explorer it says 'scanning media files... try again after scan is completed' - however, no matter how long I wait, I can't open it and it never becomes visible in the gallery.
I tried following things so far:
- reboot: it works, every time I reboot, all files are scanned and in the gallery, however, if I save further images, the new ones won't show up until I reboot again
- stop media scanning service and clear data: no effect
- rename folder: no effect
- rename file: this works, it shows up in gallery
- copy/move onto sd card: this works too, it shows up in gallery
As you can see, there ARE ways I can make the pics visible, but none of them is a sustainable way. I can't reboot or rename after each image I save, that's pure madness.
Any ideas what else I can try?
Oh and btw, all other apps do work, for example if I save files from screenshots, downloads, Line or WeChat, the phone does create a folder in the same way it does for 9gag and it is visible in the gallery with no problems, so it might be app specific? I also reached out to 9gag already but i don't think they will reply...