[Q] Viewing Files on extSD Card - ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers

I have some PDF and JPG files on the extSD. Clicking directly on those files returns a "Load Failed" error for the JPG files and "File Moved or Corrupt" error from WPS Office for the PDF. Have cleared Data & Cache for WPS Office.
Moving the PDF files to the Internal SD, all Open fine. The JPGs are viewed fine in QuickPic from the extSD & OGG ringtone files play if I click on them.
Is there a setting or media "hack" I missed?
Thanks
Edit: It is a 128GB Samsung card. Was formatted exFAT. Reformatted to FAT, but no difference

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Cache files for media library?

yesterday i had a severe problem with the standard media applications (video/musicplayer and gallery).
none of them would show me any of my media files when started.
the video player said "no sd card inserted", the musicplayer crashed with "music database to large" right after i started it and the gallery showed no pictures at all.
i was able to start a video by directly clicking on it within the filemanager.
i removed the external sd card, but this behaviour did not change after that.
than i copied all content from the internal sd card to the external sd card, formatted the internal sd card within the phone and than moved all the files back from the external to the internal sd card.
i did NOT overwrite any files that were created after formatting the card.
this finally helped and the media applications now work again as before.
my guess is, that the media database somehow got corrupted and therefore i would like to know the file names where the database is stored.
than, if this happens again, i can just delete the relevant files.
Its a hidden file in /mnt/sdcard/.gallerycache/ delete that and media scanner should rebuild the cache.
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[Q] Music app and SD card on G2

Hi,
I have G2 with stock f/w (2.2) with build # 1.22.531.8.
Here is the issue,
I copied mp3 files from PC to the SD card (used USB cable).
when I start the music app or ringdroid, I can't see any files on my SD card. how ever I can select the files using "ES File Explorer" and play it on music app.
But no files show up on the music app.
Here is what I have done so far,
--> deleted all the ".nomedia" files from the card
--> backed up data and formated the SD card thru the phone
--> copied all the files back
Here are few other things that I tried,
--> removed SD card and inserted it back
--> unmounted SD storage and mounted it within the phone settings
The music files are copied to the /music folder.
Please let me know if I am missing something here.
Thanks for your time.
have you tried a different music player ?
and try putting them in /mp3 (works for me)
maybe format the sdcard on your pc

Media on internal storage not being picked up

Any media files I put on the internal storage are not being picked up by either the video player or music player. I can still access/play these files through the file manager. Any ideas on what could be wrong?
Thanks
Try Rescan Media by Aditya Talpade on the Market, solved the same problem for me.
There are two versions of the app one for rooted phones and one not.
Thanks, but that did not work.
The media scanner works and does pickup media on a microsd, but not on the internal storage.
I put a video file in the /sdcard folder of the internal storage and not the subfolders. Now the video application picks it up. Any idea what may be wrong with the subfolders? I did do a format of the internal storage.
Do you have a rogue .nomedia file lying in any of your subfolders?
oinkylicious said:
Do you have a rogue .nomedia file lying in any of your subfolders?
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Not in the usbStorage folder. There are .nomedia files in other subfolders.
You cant put anything in the /sdcard folder that's the folder that becomes the external micro sd card when you disconnect/unmount the drives.
Just make a new folder in the root of the internal storage and call it whatever you like. Then put your videos in there.
So just make folders in the /sdcard/usbstorage for media?
Just to confirm, what is the proper procedure for loading media onto the internal storage? Connect with usb utilities, copy media, disconnect?
Connect your phone in mass storage mode to PC.
Open Phone via windows explorer .
Make new folder video
Copy a few videos in to this folder .
Via file explorer on phone locate and open a video in this folder .
Should now see them as normal .
jje

[Q] ExFAT is read-only on GS4 (i9505)

I've got a 32 GB SD card which I've formatted to exFAT through Windows. The card works as expected when inserted in my PC; I can add, remove and change files. Though, I can not delete files I copied to it from my Windows PC when it's in my GS4, using stock Android 4.3. I can read files and strangely apps can read/write/delete files they create themselves. The problem is, if I delete a file in for instance ES File Explorer or any media player, the UI pretends to delete it (no errors given), but when I refresh the view, the file is still there.
I'm a bit stuck as it's a bit annoying having to move the card to my PC to delete files created on my PC.
Is there a low level difference in how Windows and Android devices handle exFAT? I can't format the card to exFAT from within the phone, it will only default to FAT32. I tried to download the "Official SD card formatter" from sdcard.org, but that one also defaults to FAT32 on 32GB SD cards.
Has anyone else had this problem? Not being able to delete files on an exFAT SD card? If so, how did you get around it without rooting the phone?

Moto X Play File Transfer Issue

I am having issues transferring most of my videos off my device onto my windows computer. All videos can be viewed and played on my phone but I receive an error code of
"Can't play, this file isn't playable. That might be because the file type is unsupported, the file extension is incorrect, or the file is corrupt. 0xc00d36c4" on my computer after I attempt to move the files.
All videos are transferred and saved as an MP4 file, and I can view the date created and the size of the file, although there is no length/run time indicated in the video details on my computer. I have no issues with the transfer of any photos, only the videos.
I did indicate that I am having issues transferring "most" of my videos, because the main bulk of them are stuck on my phone but for some reason, an odd video here and there will transfer successfully and I have no idea why as I am doing nothing different in the procedure of taking the video, transfer settings, or in the program on how to view them. The video details seem the same to me as well for the ones that are corrupt versus the ones that are successful, the only difference being the runtime is indicated for the successful transfers.
Any suggestions?
Squach said:
... All videos are transferred and saved as an MP4 file, and I can view the date created and the size of the file, ...
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Hi,
what's the file size of the videos and what's the exact SD card type - SD, SDHC or SDXC? And which ROM do you use? If an affected video file exceeds 4GB the reason could be the partition format. It seems that at least the LOS17.1 ROM doesn't support exFAT, but uses FAT32 instead (see posts #119 and #121). With FAT32, which is a usual partition type for SD and SDHC, the file size is limited to 4GB. SDXC cards usually use exFAT ("SDXC adopts Microsoft's exFAT file system as a mandatory feature"; Wikipedia SD_card, section Capacity/SDXC).
Windows seems to be able to read from and write to an SDXC card even if it's formatted with FAT32. But this ability could be limited to files below 4GB. And, in Windows you can't even format a SDXC card with FAT32, it only provides NTFS and exFAT.
If your video files are below 4GB or if you don't use an SDXC card the partition type shouldn't be your problem.
Regards
If the MP4 files can be played on your phone, your player on your PC may not support the file type. First, try other Player. If no, try other way to help you transfer your videos files from your phone to pc.

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