About three weeks ago I clicked on Gallery and instead of bringing up my pictures, a white screen appeared that said "Searching for photos & videos..." then a second or so later a big exclamation mark came up with the statement "No photos or videos found".
The pictures are on my SD card, I can still go look at them individually in the Gallery app, but Gallery doesn't know they're there anymore when I invoke the app itself from the desktop or app drawer.
The same thing recently happened with my music. I click on the Music app and now I get an exclamation mark and the message "No music found". But I can go to my Music folder and click on any single song in there and play it fine through the Music app.
The only way I've been able to fix the problem is to do a full wipe and flash a new rom from scratch (nandroiding back to a previous build doesn't fix the problem). Then I can go a few days running okay, but the problem always eventually returns.
And it doesn't matter what rom or kernel I'm using, the problem eventually returns, and a full wipe and flash is needed to fix it again (but it never stays fixed).
What's my problem? I can't put my finger on any particular thing I did to cause this problem.
Thanks for any help in advance.
Probably corruption of the files or f the sd card
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Try backing up your sd. Then format your card threw your pc and restore factory defaults. Then format your sd threw your recovery. Then put your data back on your sd and see if that helps at all.
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laie1472 said:
Try backing up your sd. Then format your card threw your pc and restore factory defaults. Then format your sd threw your recovery. Then put your data back on your sd and see if that helps at all.
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Thanks, how do I format the card from the pc? I don't have a card reader, so I'll need to do it while the card is still in the phone. But I do have a USB cable.
Edit: NVM, I figured it out.
def most likely a bad card. someone how it can corrupt. or it might possibly be that your actual sd card reader in your phone has stopped working. but most likely you have a bad card. im assuming you prolly already formatted it. howd it turn out?
I'm taking from your post in the other thread that formating your sd didn't work??? But also after you reformatted your sd threw your pc did you format it threw your recovery as well???
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I found this on a topic and helped me
"pitchbend:
SOLUTION: look in the root of your sdcard for a file called: .nomedia and delete it.
I had the same problem and that fixed it.
The .nomedia file is a file you can place in some folders to tell the gallery and music aps not to look for media there, to avoid images from apps (for example) being added to your pics gallery. For some reason you have the .nomedia file in the root of your sdcard telling the gallery and music apps not to scan the whole sdcard for media."
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Hey Guys,
maybe you've got a idea what might have happened.
Since a few hours, the SonyEricsson Tools don't recognize the SD Card anymore proper.
- I can't set ringtones that are stored on SD (in the correct folder).
- SonyEricssons Backup and Restore doesn't work anymore.
- While taking a photo with the built-in camera, the phone says: "Saving not possible".
- Mediascape and Gallery don't find any pictures anymore.
But Astro- and Rockplayer work fine, as Sygic Mobile Maps also does find the maps stored on SD. Beautiful Widgets is running with the Skins stored on SD...
Do you have a clue, what may have gone wrong?
Thanks,
McK
The first time I flashed 2.1 on my phone same thing happened to me. Did a reflash, but no luck.
Then, I formatted my SD via Settings on the phone and KA-BOOM... everything back to normal!
Not an easy road to go down, but it worked for me.
*sent from my X10i
Hi My_Immortal,
thanks for your reply.
I tried that too, via system settings --> SD Card & phone memory.
I had to tick "remove SD card" and then I was able to format it.
But it didn't make any change.
Do you have some further advice?
Did I use the wrong menu?
Kind regards to Greece ,
McK
McKebapp said:
Hi My_Immortal,
thanks for your reply.
I tried that too, via system settings --> SD Card & phone memory.
I had to tick "remove SD card" and then I was able to format it.
But it didn't make any change.
Do you have some further advice?
Did I use the wrong menu?
Kind regards to Greece ,
McK
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Oh, so the format didn't work?
Try these things, if you haven't already, then:
1) reformat the SD via the Settings menu (you used the right menu), then connect your phone and mount the SD on your PC and check the drive for errors (right-click on the Removable Disk->Properties->Tools->Check drive for errors) and make sure you tick the "attempt to correct" option. Then put some pictures, music, video on it, safely remove and check if Mediascape is displaying your content.
2) unfortunately, imho, the next option is repair via SEUS.
Let me know if any of it worked!
Greece is greeting you warmly too!!!
No success over here
I've put my SD card into a card reader and made a backup of the whole SD card to my harddisk.
Then I used Win7 to format it to exFAT to make sure my phone can't work with it.
Before I placed the SD Card back to the phone, I checked it via chkdsk.
Everything fine.
Then I returned it into the phone and the phone told me (like expected) that the card has to be formatted.
I ticked format, took a photo and --> "Saving not possible..."
I guess I've deactivated / uninstalled something via Titanium Backup that was wrong..
I'll make a fullbackup via TB this evening or tomorrow and make a SEUS repair of the phone.
Then I'll see, what happens and if its a software problem, caused by an too optimistic user
I'll keep you informed, as soon as something happens.
Greetings from Switzerland
McKebapp said:
No success over here
I've put my SD card into a card reader and made a backup of the whole SD card to my harddisk.
Then I used Win7 to format it to exFAT to make sure my phone can't work with it.
Before I placed the SD Card back to the phone, I checked it via chkdsk.
Everything fine.
Then I returned it into the phone and the phone told me (like expected) that the card has to be formatted.
I ticked format, took a photo and --> "Saving not possible..."
I guess I've deactivated / uninstalled something via Titanium Backup that was wrong..
I'll make a fullbackup via TB this evening or tomorrow and make a SEUS repair of the phone.
Then I'll see, what happens and if its a software problem, caused by an too optimistic user
I'll keep you informed, as soon as something happens.
Greetings from Switzerland
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Ah, you messed with system apps via Titanium, huh?
I've been there one two many times in the past...
I have now done myself a favor and only uninstall Moxier Apps, Wisepilot and Office Suite! I leave the rest untouched because the implications definetely don't worth the extra few MB, either on RAM or ROM.
Anyway, I bet the reflashing will solve your problem!
I'm not sure if it was TB.
I'll repaie flash the phone tomorrow in the morning and post the result.
Something strange happened this eve: I've been out to the Basel autumn fairy and tried to take a photo.
After a few tries my phone suddenly stated: saved.
I gave it a second and third try and voila: I can see these pictures in mediascape... But not the ones that are already around.... grml...
Hi My_Immortal,
o.k. looks like a classic pebkac... Or in this case: pebpac .
"Repairing" the phone helped till now.
But I couldn't resist poking around with TB again.
This time I heard on your advice and did it a little less agressive
I'll head now over to the "safe to delete" threads and will deactivate / uninstall the one that are proven 100% to be safe
Hey, I wish you a very nice weekend, have a good time
Hello
I downloaded an app called 'To Do List' and it created a folder called "download manager" on my SD card which i have since managed to delete.
However, everytime i boot my Hero, it takes a long time to start and always gives me the message that touch input settings is not responding and i have to force close. And then my keyboard does not work. Also, since installing this app my phone does not recognise the SD card. It says "Unavailable" in Settings > SD Card & Phone storage.
I put my SD card in a card reader and connected it to my PC and it recognises it and this is where i deleted the "download manager" folder.
Since then i have installed two different Roms and both are still giving me the same problem.
I have since deleted the app but i think the problem is there is a file called "download manager" in:
Settings > Applications > Manage Applications
When i click on it, it gives me the option to "Clear data" . So i click on that and it tells me it will permanently delete all of this applications data. However, when i reboot the phone the file is stiill there and running.
I'm no expert but i think this is what's causing the problem. Is there any way i can delete this file so it never comes back cos its really getting on my nerves that my phone isn't working properly.
I have done a factory data reset several times but still i have the same problem.
I have done the reset through Settings > Privacy > Factory Data Reset.
When installing the new rom i have done data wipe, cache wipe and dalvik wipe.
Still the little ****** doesn't go away.
Can somebody please help?
Thank you.
try an Sd card wipe as well when flashing a new rom.. including wiping your ext partition and then re forming.. that is if you are using an ext apps2sd
i'm reluctant to re-format my SD card because i have a lot of music/photos etc stored on there. i do have them backed up on my PC however it does take a long time to drag them onto my SD card.
I deleted the download manager file from my sd card so i'm guessing the problem file it stored on the phones memory.
Is there no way to delete files from the manage applications part on the phone?
Well I think you should give it a go.backup your photos and music and then re Copy them. Even if it does take up to an hour it maybe better than living with the annoyances
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Do you use apps2sd using the ext partition. Not wiping that would be a problem when flashing most new roms
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i re formatted my SD card and flashed a new rom and all seems to be ok now. took me a while but it seems to have paid off. Thank you so much for your help.
Your welcome.. slap the thanks button if you feel like it (cheeky)
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Hi guys
After running the 2.01.605.11 .zip RUU to get back to stock GB my ReZound dont reconize/mount sd card anymore.
any tips?
Thanks in Advance
Have you tried reformatting it?
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I think this happens when you mix GB/ICS firmware and ROMs. Try this:
http: //themikmik.com/showthread.php?12319-Rezound-Patches-for-SD-Mount-Points-on-Conflicting-Firmware
Not sure if related, but if I add photos and images to my sd card or even internal storage on my phone it doesnt show up in the gallery. I did a search on google and it led me to clearing my media storage data in the apps settings but after doing that my gallery was empty. After wuite a while, my gallery items seemed to have come back, but none of the new folders I added are showing up? If I use root explorer I can find the images and folders they are in but I can only open them from there one at a time. It wont let me share pictures or do anything with them. Is this a known issue? I'm on cleanrom de.
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Not sure if related, but if I add photos and images to my sd card or even internal storage on my phone it doesnt show up in the gallery. I did a search on google and it led me to clearing my media storage data in the apps settings but after doing that my gallery was empty. After wuite a while, my gallery items seemed to have come back, but none of the new folders I added are showing up? If I use root explorer I can find the images and folders they are in but I can only open them from there one at a time. It wont let me share pictures or do anything with them. Is this a known issue? I'm on cleanrom de.
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gallery is garbage. use quickpic from market. to fix media storage get a media scan app nut don't scan until you clear media storage first
Using an RUU and going from ICS to GB you might just need to do a factory reset from hboot and then reboot the phone and then you should be good. If that doesn't work reformat the SD card. I believe it happens because the SD card sometimes keeps the info from the previous version on there that's why you need to factory reset.
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are you try to flash another recovery ?
I had the same sd card problem.
Got that resolved now.
But I have a calling problem. I try to dial and phone reboots.
**edit** - I got the phone part working. Just reflashed the kearnel package and the update to it.
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Believe its an issue where mainver doesnt match hboot/fastboot and it wont allow your sdcard to mount. try this -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23169557&postcount=4
Copied a couple of GB of photos to my External SDCard.Rebooted phone, nothing showed up,but all videos and music that were on the card were still showing in Video Player,Gallery and Music Player.So I unmounted the card via settings ,remounted .now nothing shows up at all.
If I browse through Root Explorer I can see all my media,and when I look in Settings/Storage the card shows up.
I thought perhaps it was the card(only bought last week) could be the problem, so I stuck my old MicroSD card in which has some media on it, same thing.Any ideas?
Should have said.When I take a photo it is stored on the micro SD card.That works OK
Is it just teh gallery that causes an issue?
If so try what this guy suggests here to do a rescan of the media:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27787690&postcount=3
No, nothing shows up.No videos, no music and no photos
I decided to reset the phone (from Settings) .Set it up again and all seems well again
Today I added some more albums to my external SDCard.Again, after doing so,none of the new mp3s showed up.Removed SDCard, and like before, NOTHING on the SDCard shows up.So I thought I would do what I did last time and wipe the phone.This time though it didn't do the trick,and nothing is showing up.Even reinstalled the original stock ROM,still nothing.
Have tried with a couple of different cards with the same outcome, nothing on SDCard appearing on phone(I can see the card in My Files and browse all the individual files OK).
Assuming there is something wrong with the phone , I guess all I can do is return to store, however I did unlock the phone using Voodoo Unlocker.Can this be reversed?
Can anybody help??
Either with the SDCard problem or know whether the Voodoo Unlock is reversible??
TIA
This problem has resurfaced.Installed Omega 8.1 Rom .Opened Music Player., nothing there.Same for Gallery and Video Player.
The thing is I downloaded PowerAmp,added the folder that has my music in and it works fine. Open QuickPic and all my pictures are shown, as are my videos which I can play in Video Player.
I can transfer a song to my internal memory, it shows up. Transfer it back to extSDCard, it disappears.
After flashing a stock ROM the problem is still happening.
The strange thing is ,the phone recognises there is an external card.When I open the camera app, I get the pop up asking me if I want to store my photos on the sdcard.I do, and it works fineand any picture I take on the phone shows in Gallery).It just seems to be a problem with any media.Its doing my head in.
Please save me from having to go buy an iPhone4s, because as boring as it may be, it does,as they say "just work"
This sounds software-related to me. Have you tried flashing a stock ROM and testing without installing any applications to the device? It's possible that one of the apps you have installed is causing some sort of problem.
It is still possible that the external SD card has a fault though. Have you tried a different one? Additionally, why are you using the external card rather than the internal memory?
All roms for me never find video or mp3 on external sd card .
Notable that Kies places Video in DCIM/Camera folder if you ask it to transfer filers to ext sd card and likewise music on ext card is media folder .
jje
yes, tried 3 sdcards.
Have 10GB of music. 2GB of photos. So I need to use the external SDCard ,as I would already be out of room.
This has worked fine.The last week or so there has been no problem.I have been flashing ROMS, adding media to SDCard with no issue.
How about apps? Have you tried doing this with no other applications installed?
I havent, but I am going to do a full wipe flash again without installing any apps.
saldawop said:
I havent, but I am going to do a full wipe flash again without installing any apps.
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If you do that and it works ok, just install one app at a time until you find the culprit. Then uninstall it and email the developer!
JJEgan said:
All roms for me never find video or mp3 on external sd card .
Notable that Kies places Video in DCIM/Camera folder if you ask it to transfer filers to ext sd card and likewise music on ext card is media folder .
jje
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Well that cant be right can it. There surely would be little point in having an external SDCard in that case.You cant put apps on it, you cant put music or video on it? (well not if you want to use stock apps)
Well, that didnt work.Fresh install of ROM, no apps installed. No music/Photos.
So thats stock ROM, Omega 7.1 (last known working with that ROM) and Omega 8.1 flashed probably half a dozen times over the last 24+ hours.
The only music and vid that appear are the Samsung installed demo ones.
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Well, that didnt work.Fresh install of ROM, no apps installed. No music/Photos.
So thats stock ROM, Omega 7.1 (last known working with that ROM) and Omega 8.1 flashed probably half a dozen times over the last 24+ hours.
The only music and vid that appear are the Samsung installed demo ones.
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Weird. I have music and media stored on my external SD card, and everything reads and functions fine (on Wanamlite using Ninphetamin3).
Have you tried changing kernels?
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Weird. I have music and media stored on my external SD card, and everything reads and functions fine (on Wanamlite using Ninphetamin3).
Have you tried changing kernels?
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No I havent.If it is something I should try I will have to have a read up. I have only rooted and flashed ROMs, never changed Kernels.
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I have used drag & drop when phone is connected to PC, I have used a card reader.Card has been formatted in the phone, in the card reader.
I have used Easy Phone Sync ,just tried Kies and that syncs fine to the external card.
It surely must be a software problem.
saldawop said:
No I havent.If it is something I should try I will have to have a read up. I have only rooted and flashed ROMs, never changed Kernels.
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I have used drag & drop when phone is connected to PC, I have used a card reader.Card has been formatted in the phone, in the card reader.
I have used Easy Phone Sync ,just tried Kies and that syncs fine to the external card.
It surely must be a software problem.
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Definitely try flashing a new kernel - have a look through the dev sections.
It's worth reformatting the sdcard in the phone as well, using the phone software to do it - that should eliminate any weird permissions-related problems.
Hi guys,
I've been frustrated with this issue for a while. By using any kind of file manager, I can see my sd card (under /storage/sdcard1). Can copy file to and from. The same goes when I connect the phone to my PC. But when I try to read music from the sd card, it seems that non of the music apps can see the SD. The same goes with the gallery, can't see any pics from the SD. Tried to clear data from media service but still no luck.
I am using RR Rom, before when I used GB, didn't have any problem.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!!!
zvikam said:
Hi guys,
I've been frustrated with this issue for a while. By using any kind of file manager, I can see my sd card (under /storage/sdcard1). Can copy file to and from. The same goes when I connect the phone to my PC. But when I try to read music from the sd card, it seems that non of the music apps can see the SD. The same goes with the gallery, can't see any pics from the SD. Tried to clear data from media service but still no luck.
I am using RR Rom, before when I used GB, didn't have any problem.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!!!
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use 'Rescan media' app from store's to rescan ur media
also delete Data/cache of Music,gallery apps then reboot and see