I am having a different question!!
Is there anything in samsung s 5830 to share files from one phone to another via wifi??
I heard from my friend that he seen such file transfer but he don't know how to do it. So is it possible with galaxy ace 5830??
Try Hoccer, its free and its easy, or Estrong File Manager but this one requires to be Root
I've opened a thread about this in android apps but I think it better suited here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30349908#post30349908
saar17 said:
I've opened a thread about this in android apps but I think it better suited here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30349908#post30349908
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The problem is with ROM manager issues with the latest CM9 the the media scanner not working well. The latest ROM manager adds .nomedia files in media folder which apparently led to your issue.
Browse through your media files and folders using a file manager, delete all .nomedia files you see in any of the folders and reboot.
All should be well after that
If the problem still persists do let me know.
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Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
I've search and found and deleted 16 .nomedia files with Root Explorer and the problem wasn't fix.
saar17 said:
I've search and found and deleted 16 .nomedia files with Root Explorer and the problem wasn't fix.
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Have you rebooted your phone?
Were those .nomedia files you deleted all inside your media files?
Please answer
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
I also have this problem. I recently unrooted my phone and upgraded to ICS 4.0.4
I located several nomedia files; deleted them and then rebooted and it still not working. The only thing that works is putting my files on the external SD. But since it's only 2GB it not enough to hold my movies, music, and pictures.
Jokesy said:
Have you rebooted your phone?
Were those .nomedia files you deleted all inside your media files?
Please answer
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I've used Root Explorer to search my entire device!
and yes i've rebooted my device... twice.
saar17 said:
I've used Root Explorer to search my entire device!
and yes i've rebooted my device... twice.
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Try using your computer to search for any extra .nomedia files you may have missed.
After that I used kies to transfer some music to my external. rebooted my phone only for everything to be in working order again. The only thing that's not on my phone are my old screen captures from before the upgrade.
saar17 said:
I've used Root Explorer to search my entire device!
and yes i've rebooted my device... twice.
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ok
You will have to try to things, I'm sure one of them will work.
1. We need to forcing media scanner to rescan your media files.
- search for and download 'rescan media' in Google play.
-open the app and force rescan your media files.
-reboot your device and see if it works.
*** If first solution works, then skip the next solution
2. We will need to mount your SD card in recovery.
- Reboot to recovery.
- mount SD card (under mount)
-fix permissions (under Advanced)
-reboot your phone
-apply solution one
I'm waiting for your feedback
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Iunchbox- said:
Try using your computer to search for any extra .nomedia files you may have missed.
After that I used kies to transfer some music to my external. rebooted my phone only for everything to be in working order again. The only thing that's not on my phone are my old screen captures from before the upgrade.
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Done that.
The wierd thing is that if I move an audio file to the extrnel sdcard the music apps will find it even if I move it back to the internal storage!
the rescan app acting wired... there is no "start scan" button and once I try to renter the app it auto-close.
Both doesn't work
saar17 said:
the rescan app acting wired... there is no "start scan" button and once I try to renter the app it auto-close.
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Sorry about that.
try this one:Scan Media
Jokesy said:
Sorry about that.
try this one:Scan Media
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doesn't work.
P.S- does system and cache need to by enmount in recovery mount? those two are the only two the are mounted.
saar17 said:
doesn't work.
P.S- does system and cache need to by enmount in recovery mount? those two are the only two the are mounted.
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- I didn't get your question very well
did you try this solution already?
2. We will need to mount your SD card in recovery.
- Reboot to recovery.
- mount SD card (under mount)
-fix permissions (under Advanced)
-reboot your phone
-apply solution one
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Yes, it doesn't work
saar17 said:
Yes it doesn't work
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Ok.
Ask your previous again, please.
What kernel are you using?
Jokesy said:
Ok.
Ask your previous again, please.
What kernel are you using?
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Siyan.
saar17 said:
Siyan.
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ok.
This is the final solution I can offer.
You will need your Pc.
Please don't miss any step.
1.
- connect your device to your Pc
- move/cut your media files and folders to a location on your Pc (double check these folders on your Pc to ensure .nomedia files are not present in the folder)
- reboot your device
- If you have ROM manager installed, please uninstall it with titanium and reboot your device.
- Create new folders for your media files using any file manager on your internal SD card. Don't copy anything to them yet.
- Take a picture with your phone, check if it's showing in your gallery.
- reboot your device
- Check again if the pic you took the other time is still showing in your gallery
- Download QUICKPIC from market as a reference gallery app.
- open quickpic and see if the pic you took the other time is also showing there.
If the pic you took is showing in the gallery app, then you can proceed to step 2.
2.
-connect your phone to your Pc
-copy back your media files (don't copy the folders) to the new folders you created on your internal SD card in step 1.
-reboot your device.
-open both gallery app and quickpic to confirm if all of them are showing now.
Good luck and goodnight
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
Jokesy said:
ok.
This is the final solution I can offer.
You will need your Pc.
Please don't miss any step.
1.
- connect your device to your Pc
- move/cut your media files and folders to a location on your Pc (double check these folders on your Pc to ensure .nomedia files are not present in the folder)
- reboot your device
- If you have ROM manager installed, please uninstall it with titanium and reboot your device.
- Create new folders for your media files using any file manager on your internal SD card. Don't copy anything to them yet.
- Take a picture with your phone, check if it's showing in your gallery.
- reboot your device
- Check again if the pic you took the other time is still showing in your gallery
- Download QUICKPIC from market as a reference gallery app.
- open quickpic and see if the pic you took the other time is also showing there.
If the pic you took is showing in the gallery app, then you can proceed to step 2.
2.
-connect your phone to your Pc
-copy back your media files (don't copy the folders) to the new folders you created on your internal SD card in step 1.
-reboot your device.
-open both gallery app and quickpic to confirm if all of them are showing now.
Good luck and goodnight
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
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I can't find my photos folder
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I can't find my photos folder
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I don't seem to understand your point.
Did you mean your picture folders are missing when you browse through your files using a file manager or pc?
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
Jokesy said:
I don't seem to understand your point.
Did you mean your picture folders are missing when you browse through your files using a file manager or pc?
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
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Thank you so much man it did the job!
Can I reinstall ROM manager?
hey guys.
i am having a serious problem with my thumbnail data my phone is generating.
its in /sdcard/DCIM/.thumbnail and its growing like hell... when ever i delete it, it regenerates again when i open my camera app...
righit now its size is about 745mb and the size of my pics is not more than 200mb.
can't figure it out whats the problem.... i've tried all the solutions given on the forum but nothing worked for me...
its eating my memory please help...
i am using ics 4.0.3 xxlpx and siyah kernel v4.1.1...
help me thanx.....!!!!
asim_mahmood007` said:
hey guys.
i am having a serious problem with my thumbnail data my phone is generating.
its in /sdcard/DCIM/.thumbnail and its growing like hell... when ever i delete it, it regenerates again when i open my camera app...
righit now its size is about 745mb and the size of my pics is not more than 200mb.
can't figure it out whats the problem.... i've tried all the solutions given on the forum but nothing worked for me...
its eating my memory please help...
i am using ics 4.0.3 xxlpx and siyah kernel v4.1.1...
help me thanx.....!!!!
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backup ur DCIM folder on ur pc, then delete the folder DCIM from ur sdcard after that reboot ur phone and see
Sun90 said:
backup ur DCIM folder on ur pc, then delete the folder DCIM from ur sdcard after that reboot ur phone and see
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i did that already once but as soon as i start taking pics it starts building up again and when i have taken couple of photos like 50 or so the thumbnail data builds up to 450mb+ again....
Sun90 said:
backup ur DCIM folder on ur pc, then delete the folder DCIM from ur sdcard after that reboot ur phone and see
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and now it has made 2 thumbnail data files namely:
.thumbdata3--1967290299 746mb and
.thumbdata3-1763508120 770mb
ooooohhhh i am f****** up
please help....
asim_mahmood007` said:
and now it has made 2 thumbnail data files namely:
.thumbdata3--1967290299 746mb and
.thumbdata3-1763508120 770mb
ooooohhhh i am f****** up
please help....
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- Delete the .thumbnail files inside DCIM folder and subfolders
- Goto Settings - Apps - All -Media Storage, clear data
- reboot to recovery, wipe cache
- reboot phone, wait for 5 - 10 minutes, then test
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
Supercharged ParanoidAndroid 2.12
Dorimanx kernel 5.76B
GT I9100
Next phone: Galaxy NOTE II
Jokesy said:
- Delete the .thumbnail files inside DCIM folder and subfolders
- Goto Settings - Apps - All -Media Storage, clear data
- reboot to recovery, wipe cache
- reboot phone, wait for 5 - 10 minutes, then test
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
Supercharged ParanoidAndroid 2.12
Dorimanx kernel 5.76B
GT I9100
Next phone: Galaxy NOTE II
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no bro still the problem persists....
i took 2 photos and it made a thumbdata of 125mb again...........
any other suggestion??????
asim_mahmood007` said:
no bro still the problem persists....
i took 2 photos and it made a thumbdata of 125mb again...........
any other suggestion??????
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Maybe you have photos somewhere else? And it's creating thumbnails for those as well? No hidden photos in DCIM?
Cenobite_ said:
Maybe you have photos somewhere else? And it's creating thumbnails for those as well? No hidden photos in DCIM?
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nop.. i dont have any hidden photos in DCIM but i have photos downloaded from zedge and whatsapp......
but still it should not make such huge thumbnail files or should it?????
asim_mahmood007` said:
nop.. i dont have any hidden photos in DCIM but i have photos downloaded from zedge and whatsapp......
but still it should not make such huge thumbnail files or should it?????
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Same problem here with massive .thumbnail folder found when using Storage Analyzer app.
Problem is when I connect the phone up with usb and browse the .thumbnail folder cant be seen on my PC?????
Win7 with view hidden folder option enabled
webup said:
Same problem here with massive .thumbnail folder found when using Storage Analyzer app.
Problem is when I connect the phone up with usb and browse the .thumbnail folder cant be seen on my PC?????
Win7 with view hidden folder option enabled
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connect your device in Mass storage mode
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
Supercharged ParanoidAndroid 2.12
Dorimanx kernel 5.78
GT I9100
Next phone: Galaxy NOTE II
Jokesy said:
connect your device in Mass storage mode
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
Supercharged ParanoidAndroid 2.12
Dorimanx kernel 5.78
GT I9100
Next phone: Galaxy NOTE II
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How on JB?
When connected up it just says 'connected as media device' only other option is as Camera (ptp)
webup said:
How on JB?
When connected up it just says 'connected as media device' only other option is as Camera (ptp)
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I'm on Jellybean too and it works flawlessly
1. Goto Settings - Storage , Press menu button, select USB computer connection, enable Mass storage.
If that option is missing in your ROM, then try option 2.
2. Boot to CWM recovery
- select mounts and storage
- connect your phone to your Pc
- select mount USB storage
Your device should now be connected in mass storage mode.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2
I have an issue with the size of the thumbdata3 file in DCIM/.thumbnails on internal memory (camera is set to store to ext SD) at the moment it is 314MB on internal memory but the thumbdata3 file in the DCIM/.thumbnail folder on ext SD is less than 1MB (I only have around 100 photos and pictures on my phone) - but camera still works (other than in the scenario described below)
If I delete the large thumbdata3 file from internal memory and then attempt to use the camera, the photo is taken without any problem but when I try to view it in either gallery or QuickPic by clicking through from the 'last image taken thumbnail' in the camera and then click back to carry on taking another picture the camera FC's. It usually does this twice and is then absolutely fine - apart from the fact that the large thumbdata3 file has been recreated on internal storage.
I've tried it numerous times and every time the same results - delete thumbdata3 from internal memory, couple of camera FC's, large thumbdata3 file recreated, no more problems (bar the loss of 314MB of storage)
I've tried replacing the thumbdata3 file on internal memory with a copy of the smaller one from Ext SD, creating a blank thumbdata3 file and setting it as read only/no write permission and neither have helped.
Its a bit weird and annoying but I won't let it take the shine off my fun with CM9, however it would be nice to recover that large chunk of storage space to be put to better use.
All the same, many thanks Arco - Beta 1 is my first CM9 install and its great :good:[/QUOTE]
Hi - haven't full troubleshooted this issue yet, but see my notes here. I have the same issue (GNEX JB 4.1.1 stock) and for me it is caused by the app KeepSafe which hides/unhides pics/videos on your phone. Note I believe this is an interaction issue between this app and the media scanning functionality in JB (and I suspect ICS), and so there are likely other apps that have the same issue. For me it creates 1 or 2 .thumbdata3 db files each around 1.3GB.
Certainly, irrespective of app causing it, you can follow the steps to purge Gallery and Media Storage, resync your gmail account and they should disappear on their own. Opening the camera and taking a photo causes the db to come back at around 400MB with a single thumbnail - one of the test files I was hiding and unhiding with KeepSafe but has since been deleted. Can't really explain this behaviour!
Any way, I made some notes on what I tested, the results and some ponderings in case this helps someone work it out:
Thumbdata3
Hiding in keep safe seems to create both the thumbnails and thumbdata file.
Clearing data/cache for gallery and media storage removes all these files? So far doesn't seem to be the case. File and db still there after. Rerunning the media scanner now. Perhaps they caused it? Also forced resync of all items in gmail account. Thumbs and db now gone. Not clear if it was the media scanning completing or the re-sync, but steps to resolve issue now appear deterministic.
Tested with single pic. Restored. No thumbs. Re-hid, thumbnail appeared for this pic and a 435MB db file.
All thumbs were for pics hidden in keep safe. However previously there were far more thumbs. Speculate - cumulative issue thru successive hide/restore cycles, possibly due to file name collision avoidance.
Deleting pic in file explorer also causes the problem? Does not appear to be the case. Gallery/Media Scanner/Media Storage handles this manual intervention far better under ICS/JB. Previously, manually removing a picture rather than deleting it thru Gallery tended to mean the tile/thumb remained. Scanner didn't or didn't very effectively detect this. Probable algorithm change in ICS. Now it sees the deletion immediately. Possibly implicated in keep safe not correctly interacting with the gallery/media scanner properly under ICS/JB.
That solution helped mine Thrive Tablet (ICS ROM) get rid of thumbdata3 file: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35259164&postcount=7
let android developers know
It seems a problem with android 4+ I made a goo.gle link but haven't posted much here yet oQSfA is the extension of the url. If I am erroneously posting this, I am sorry. I have the same issue. If anyone can post a clickable link it might get stars quicker. It might be fixed in jelly bean, but I don't know.
Issue 39546: Files under DCIM/.thumbnails are eating away at SD card storage
have since done factory restore with formatting the stock SD. File is there, much smaller though 197 KB. No pictures to thumbnail, so it isn't necessarily solved. I did switch out cards (old 16GB to stock 4GB) before format and delete the .thumbnail file but that was recreated even with no pictures. I figured it may be my picasa account, but have since opened gallery. After letting more (from Picasa) picture and folder thumbnails appear than ever before my file is still small
.:banghead:
it still has not grown giant. I didn't disable any of TMobile bloat like I did initially, and have the blank SD. In the process of reinstalling apps reopening gallery and checking space with storage analyzer.
I still don't like not being able to choose internal USB or external storage SD. Most apps "moved to SD card" just move to USB storage. Interestingly tapatalk appeared to move to the real external SD card as did a few others.
I doubt this will be fixed on ICS. I can hope though. It seems like the app itself needs to use the external SD directory, but the stock gallery might never be updated.
Samsung galaxy blaze 4G with stock ICS 4.0.4. All the extra TMobile apps are a pre-installed, but not updated.
I don't claim to be knowledgeable enough to know what I don't know. I always reserve the right to be wrong.
Kyonex said:
Just copy name of that file (thumbdataX--x), delete that file, then create folder named the same as deleted file. No annoying thumbdata3 (my spend 2Gb) anymore!
Tested on Toshiba Thrive Tablet (ICS). No problems with gallery and camera apps.
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GT-I9100
ROM: XXLPQ
4.0.3
Having the same problem.
webup said:
Same problem here with massive .thumbnail folder found when using Storage Analyzer app.
Problem is when I connect the phone up with usb and browse the .thumbnail folder cant be seen on my PC?????
Win7 with view hidden folder option enabled
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Hi, i'm having a similar problem with my galaxy s3, i9300, 4.1.2 rooted.
within astro file manager i have 2 files inside storage/sdcard0/DCIM/.thumbnails folder which are taking up 6.5gb of phone storage space.
No idea why they are so big.
.thumbdata3--1967290299 (file size 4.29gb)
.thumbdata3-1763508120 (file size 2.26gb)
People have suggested deleting these files, however having only had the phone for 3 weeks, i'm reluctant to start deleting files i know nothing about.
So i want to back them up before i delete, but the file is not visibale when connected to pc, so cannot back them up.
Apparently with the galaxy s3 they have removed the ability to plug it into pc as a mass storage device, so the folder .thumbnails is unaccessable.
Can someone please tell me why these 2 files have got so big and how do i access the folder .thumbnails via pc.
I also so have a related question,
in astro file manager i have a folder called storage/sdcard0/.aptoide/apks, which is taking up 1.5gb.
I'm assuming they are the apk files for everything i've downloaded off aptoide, are these files still needed or are they ok to delete, like other apks can be deleted once installed.
Anyones help on these issues would be great, but i've only had an android phone for 3 weeks so be gentle with me.lol.
I'm an ex nokia symbian owner and must say symbian really sucks the big one compared to android, (sorry nokia, but true).
Sorry if i've replied or posted in the wrong place but new to xda and the world of forums to.lol