Old files such as pictures and music disappears everytime I flash a new rom. Old Pictures are only accessible via quickpic or file explorers and no music player (except Poweramp) detects old songs too!
This only happens to files in internal storage!
I thoroughly checked but there is no .nomedia file in those folders.
As you can see in these screenshots, download folder only shows 3 pictures in stock gallery app but all pictures are visible in es explorer and quickpic!
I have found a thread with similar problem but that is very old
( https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...y-suddenly-t1834123/post30282389#post30282389 ) ( this problem is explained in this thread)
This problem is not solved and is very wierd. Anyone who is facing similar problem?
If anyone got a workaround or fix please share!
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Hi guys. I have a little annoying problem with my Gallery app.
It shows most of my pictures twice and I can't manage to fix that.
I've tried to delete the app folder from sdcard, but it always shows my pictures twice
Anybody with ideas?
Had the same problem on JPH after upgrading. In the end I had to copy everything off and format the external SD card. Been fine since.
Thanks, I'll try this right now
Edit: It worked But I suspect that you can only delete all thumbnails from DCIM folders in internal and external SD and cooliris folder from Android/data. It should work that way
delete everything from the gallery and copy your pictures over again, worked flawlessly for me.
Hi all,
Not sure am I only one have this problem. Let say I have mp3 songs with image tag of the singers. Everything look fine on my PC, then I copy over to the Note 3 SD card.
Using my note 3 in music player or file folder, some of the image tag is incorrect, for example Will Smith photo appear in many of the chinese song or song which is not belong to him.
I copy the same file back to my PC, the image tag is correct.
I try delete the ones on the sd card and copy again from my pc, still the same probvlem.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Hope I can find some answers here
I have tried all the advice given in Hardwarezone but still unable to solve it
i put all my picture and music in my ext sdcard. when i want to play some music or to browse my picture using stock app, it cant detect the files. so using es file explorer i browse to my ext sd card and see .nomedia file is created. i deleted it and remount my sdcard then all my pic and music come back. after a while, about 3-4 hrs, i want to play some music but cant coz it cant detect my music located in sdcard. i checked my sdcard and .nomedia file created again. did anyone having problem like mine?? know how to solve this annoying problem? thank you
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i put all my picture and music in my ext sdcard. when i want to play some music or to browse my picture using stock app, it cant detect the files. so using es file explorer i browse to my ext sd card and see .nomedia file is created. i deleted it and remount my sdcard then all my pic and music come back. after a while, about 3-4 hrs, i want to play some music but cant coz it cant detect my music located in sdcard. i checked my sdcard and .nomedia file created again. did anyone having problem like mine?? know how to solve this annoying problem? thank you
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I have the same problem. With no Fix. But I have a lot of jpg on the ext card. Not sure if it's doing it to stop slowdown
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.?
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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...
hello every one..
i have a problem in original whatsapp (sorry this media file doesn't exist on your sd card whatsapp) , and the media still downloaded and i cant see it.
my sd card is work fine in saving pictures taken by camera,i can access to files in it with pc or local file apps, except ES file explorer (sd card is not found), not rooted ,EMUI 5 Anderoid 7.0
how can i fix the problem, my friends send me pics and i cant see it :crying:
please help me
any ideas
I have exactly the same issue. Tookk me a while to realize it was on SD, but now it is confirmed. If I take pictures (or I receive pictures on whatsapp) they are fine for a few mins and than they disappear. In some cases just a few mins after disappearing I can find an icon with a triangle and a !. Did anyone else experience it? Is Huawai aware of this issue with their phones?