[Q] Media files disappeared - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi, i got major problem! Im using i9300 and Slimkat 4.4.2 rom, newest version.
I installed another cam app, Snap cam and changed folder where app saves pictures. Same folder that my perviosly cam app use: Sdcard1/dcim/camera
Then screen went black, and i realize that ALL MY MEDIA FILES ARE GONE. In this folder but in all other folders also. Like whatsapp folder all pictures are gone!
I think it is impossible to delete +300 pic and many videos in 1 sec, so can somone tell me where the hell is my all media files or are they really gone?
Tryed to search on ES but cant find any... Gallery say no files detected....
Thanks.

Villelj said:
Hi, i got major problem! Im using i9300 and Slimkat 4.4.2 rom, newest version.
I installed another cam app, Snap cam and changed folder where app saves pictures. Same folder that my perviosly cam app use: Sdcard1/dcim/camera
Then screen went black, and i realize that ALL MY MEDIA FILES ARE GONE. In this folder but in all other folders also. Like whatsapp folder all pictures are gone!
I think it is impossible to delete +300 pic and many videos in 1 sec, so can somone tell me where the hell is my all media files or are they really gone?
Tryed to search on ES but cant find any... Gallery say no files detected....
Thanks.
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Read this >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/info-flashed-4-2-sdcard-data-t2274218 << and use a root explorer to search where it tells you..
This usually happens when installing a new rom as mentioned in the above guide..I have never known it to happen when changing folders but worth having a look anyway..

tallman43 said:
Read this >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/info-flashed-4-2-sdcard-data-t2274218 << and use a root explorer to search where it tells you..
This usually happens when installing a new rom as mentioned in the above guide..I have never known it to happen when changing folders but worth having a look anyway..
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Hi, i did try do how this topic say, but i canĀ“t see any files still..

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Gallery & Music Bug on CM10

hello, i just flashed CM10 (jellybean by Joker) on my photon, but i can't acces my photo and music, i open gallery but nothing to display, and i open music but nothing my music too in here, but in my file explorer my music and my photo fully display and complete.
someone can help me for fix the gallery & music? Please:crying:
( i'm sorry for my bad english )
vinividivici92 said:
hello, i just flashed CM10 (jellybean by Joker) on my photon, but i can't acces my photo and music, i open gallery but nothing to display, and i open music but nothing my music too in here, but in my file explorer my music and my photo fully display and complete.
someone can help me for fix the gallery & music? Please:crying:
( i'm sorry for my bad english )
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anyone??????
For me this happens when I first boot up. It shows that there is no music in play music, and no pics in the gallery app. I usually just wait, and it fixes it self. Idk why this would work, but try using a file explorer (I us es file explorer) and playing a couple of songs through that. One time play music recognized my songs after doing that, but I don't know if it was because of that.
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vinividivici92 said:
hello, i just flashed CM10 (jellybean by Joker) on my photon, but i can't acces my photo and music, i open gallery but nothing to display, and i open music but nothing my music too in here, but in my file explorer my music and my photo fully display and complete.
someone can help me for fix the gallery & music? Please:crying:
( i'm sorry for my bad english )
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There's a setting somewhere in system settings that you can switch to use internal storage. I've never had a problem and with the os recognizing media with that checked. Requires a reboot though.
still not work buddy, please any other fix? :'(
vinividivici92 said:
still not work buddy, please any other fix? :'(
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i've got same problem too, but nothing help
CM10 Gallery fix
knjng said:
i've got same problem too, but nothing help
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Try to view your sd card from a computer or a file browser, look for sd card1 , sdcard2 .. if you have this its just because of the new
base through the cm10 system. It no longer uses EMMC as the path, easiest fixes are under settings-advanced-use internal storage or copy sd card1 into sdcard0 where the path is looking for music and pictures. That should fix it!! Try to reinstall cm10 if that didnt work, fresh wipe, and before your phone boots up the first time, pull the sd card out and let it boot completely then add the sd card back. GOOD LUCK
Team DevDigitel said:
Try to view your sd card from a computer or a file browser, look for sd card1 , sdcard2 .. if you have this its just because of the new
base through the cm10 system. It no longer uses EMMC as the path, easiest fixes are under settings-advanced-use internal storage or copy sd card1 into sdcard0 where the path is looking for music and pictures. That should fix it!! Try to reinstall cm10 if that didnt work, fresh wipe, and before your phone boots up the first time, pull the sd card out and let it boot completely then add the sd card back. GOOD LUCK
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thanks for reply, but i have try those methods, but nothing happen
knjng said:
thanks for reply, but i have try those methods, but nothing happen
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Im going to need some more info to better assist you then.
Of course you have the moto photon..
What kernel are you using? 1.3 should be the only one stable for a daily driver.
Try re-dowloading the rom from Jokersax.com and do a complete hard reset in CWM recovery.
Please verify you are using the jokersax recovery v3 NOT V4 .. v4 has a known issue when flashing gapps.
Try to do the hard reset 2x before doing any flashing. Hard reset all, clear the devlik cash as well 2x to avoid any issues.
At this point, going into mounts and storage you might want to go ahead and mount and format ALL the storage locations, pull the sd card out so it dosnt recieve a wipe. You may also want to remove your media from the sd card , format and only move back the DCIM picture folder for now.
Once your to that point, install cm10.. do not do anything else.. boot up and test the rom for boot, once you have boot, just go back into recovery and start flashing anything you need. i suggest the latest gapps, the cdma data fix, and mms fix 2 try this.. then re-boot and allow android to upgrade your fixes. once you have booted, go into the settings and choose the advanced-use internal.
Open voice dialer and say open APNS ( once opened it should be BLANK ) i know dont worrie, just hit your menue button and click return to deafault, then re-boot and your data connection, mms and pic mail all should be perfect. Add the sd card in and open gallery. give it time to refresh, mine took almost 2 minutes for pictures to load. If not i would use ( ROM TOOLBOX) or equivilent app that will allow you to browse your directorys with full access to make copys or rename items. Find the storage location and find the sdcard0 and sdcard1.. make a copy of the dcim folder in the sdcard1 that actually has the pictures there, and copy the folder to the other side as well so they are identical.. ICS doesnt look for EMMC anymore and is designed to have the two spaces for memory to support some apps..
Reboot after the copy and try to veiw pictures and music.. Apollo music is my favorite but seems to have some issues working well with google play music as well.. it seems if you run one dont run the other one unless you have closed the process out, I HAD ALOT OF FC issue without doing that each time.. Also use ROM MANAGER to run a fix permissions or do it inside the Recovery mode.
Verifiy some of this information for me and we can get this straightend out.. If you feel that ive helped or resolve the issue let me know!!
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Team DevDigitel said:
Verifiy some of this information for me and we can get this straightend out.. If you feel that ive helped or resolve the issue let me know!!
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Also i forgot to mention to copy the music as well. I would do ALL the copy work from inside the phone not from a computer at this point knowing that the computer does not see the storage spaces correctly, ROM TOOLBOX PRO has given me the best results.. Also try NOT having internal storage selected first and see what shows up if anything. You can also keep the card out and take a picture to see what side your phone uses to view/save the photos and thats the place old pictures need to be as well to be viewed.. I know you might be frustrated at this point but take each step one by one and see what has changed and the results that came from the change.. i didnt do ANY build prop edits, any changes to the rom and have EVERYTHING running on my mypho.. (even videocam records for me on 3rd part app and mapping) PM me if you need links to downloads and if im in good coverage i can let you pull from my drop box privately if needed.. GOOD LUCK

[Q] Is there a way to install a previous Gallery version?

Im now on Android 4.4.2 KitKat with CM 11 and theres no option to add an album in the Gallery app... is there an option do download a previous version of the gallery with the option to add albums?
Thank you
There are some free gallery apps on the Play Store which will save you the hassle. Otherwise you would have to find the appropriate gallery .apk that can run on your rom and by using root explorer replace the one already there and then set permissions. Make sure you have searched this fully, this sort of question may already be answered and an extracted file of the old gallery may already be available, also make sure the previous version has that option or this will be pointless
~DemonLord~ said:
There are some free gallery apps on the Play Store which will save you the hassle. Otherwise you would have to find the appropriate gallery .apk that can run on your rom and by using root explorer replace the one already there and then set permissions. Make sure you have searched this fully, this sort of question may already be answered and an extracted file of the old gallery may already be available, also make sure the previous version has that option or this will be pointless
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i dont care i can do all this process... can you help me with the file?
and do you know galleries that have the option to add albums? because i searched a little and i didn't find...
eliast9 said:
i dont care i can do all this process... can you help me with the file?
and do you know galleries that have the option to add albums? because i searched a little and i didn't find...
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I looked around and couldnt find anything myself. Its possible to extract it from the files of an older version whose gallery you want but i cant help you there sorry . Also i never needed the album option, so you can try a couple of apps of the play store or post in the original rom's thread as a request and there the devs could help you
Drop the gallery app to system/apps in place of the gallery app you have .
You are on non Samsung firmware so presume GApps should have gallery .

Hide-it-pro pictures disappeared!!

Hey guys, searched around and couldn't find an exact answer on this.
Today I was adding a video to the Hide-It-Pro app and after it completed all of my pictures within the app have disappeared! I am not real happy about this. I searched the suggested locations on the phone and unhide files and folders... but nothing was found. I also downloaded the program suggested by the app manufacturer but it does not recognize my phone. How can I get these photos back?
I have a stock, non-rooted Galaxy Note 2 running the most current version of android, 4.4.2 I think....
And if the file containing those photos were somehow deleted, is there any way of recovering it?
Please help and thanks in advance!!
rsmokinjoe said:
Hey guys, searched around and couldn't find an exact answer on this.
Today I was adding a video to the Hide-It-Pro app and after it completed all of my pictures within the app have disappeared! I am not real happy about this. I searched the suggested locations on the phone and unhide files and folders... but nothing was found. I also downloaded the program suggested by the app manufacturer but it does not recognize my phone. How can I get these photos back?
I have a stock, non-rooted Galaxy Note 2 running the most current version of android, 4.4.2 I think....
And if the file containing those photos were somehow deleted, is there any way of recovering it?
Please help and thanks in advance!!
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Hey Champ. Try this using your file explorer your picture should be in this directory:
Program data/android/language/.fr/pictures
Same here
CharliexCharger said:
Hey Champ. Try this using your file explorer your picture should be in this directory:
Program data/android/language/.fr/pictures
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Same thing happened to me. Tried to hide a video agian and agian. Finally the video dissappears from the gallery but is nowhere to be found. Tried looking in. Fr folder, and recovery software but nothing at all. It really sucks. I know it ia my fault because i did not pay attention to the Kit-Kat update and that i think is the cause.

install stocked app on samsung galaxy young

hi guys ,
m new here. i am into a problem. i ropted my device and using root explorer deleated gallary app on my samsung young.
since then im not able to set wallpapers. other image viewers might be flashy but coming down to basics and considering third party app size and functionality are no match for stocked gallery app.
i followed numerous ways of getting back the default app installed but its usless.
1)i downloaded secgallery2.apk and its odex file moved them to system/app .rebooted device
secgallery2 files was searched in google. i didnt specify model of my phone. wen i tried to. it just gave me result for galaxy y.
i changed the permission(rw-r-r) and checked ownership(root)
2)tried to install using system installer ..its says installing andp then success but wen i look for the app in menu its not there .nor even functional.hence not installed.
3) i tried to install gallery3d with above two methords no joy.
4) i dnt hav computer
can anyone give me a solution please
aquilian said:
hi guys ,
m new here. i am into a problem. i ropted my device and using root explorer deleated gallary app on my samsung young.
since then im not able to set wallpapers. other image viewers might be flashy but coming down to basics and considering third party app size and functionality are no match for stocked gallery app.
i followed numerous ways of getting back the default app installed but its usless.
1)i downloaded secgallery2.apk and its odex file moved them to system/app .rebooted device
secgallery2 files was searched in google. i didnt specify model of my phone. wen i tried to. it just gave me result for galaxy y.
i changed the permission(rw-r-r) and checked ownership(root)
2)tried to install using system installer ..its says installing andp then success but wen i look for the app in menu its not there .nor even functional.hence not installed.
3) i tried to install gallery3d with above two methords no joy.
4) i dnt hav computer
can anyone give me a solution please
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install Quickpic
it can do anything a stock gallery does and it's way better than stock.
just use once.
press thanks if I helped you.
@SidDev said:
install Quickpic
it can do anything a stock gallery does and it's way better than stock.
just use once.
press thanks if I helped you.
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but cant set wallpapers on lock screen ...anyways thanks
and i also tried terminal emulator
... this last one has high hopes may be command i entered is wrong may be
....
Download a rom based on the same update version you are on and extract the files you need and replace in /system/app with the right permissions and reboot.

Recover deleted photo files?

So I accidentally deleted the whole gallery file on my galaxy s3 when I'm in the My File "app".
Don't ask me how....
I can still see the photos in the gallery, but the problem is I can't back up the files on to my computer, because the file don't exist.
I tried several programs, they either don't work or you have to pay.
Help???
Kenny243 said:
So I accidentally deleted the whole gallery file on my galaxy s3 when I'm in the My File "app".
Don't ask me how....
I can still see the photos in the gallery, but the problem is I can't back up the files on to my computer, because the file don't exist.
I tried several programs, they either don't work or you have to pay.
Help???
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Not possible. I bet you anything that after a reboot, those images will be goners.
File deletion equals permanently gone.
Sorry about that.
thenookieforlife3 said:
Not possible. I bet you anything that after a reboot, those images will be goners.
File deletion equals permanently gone.
Sorry about that.
Post thank, please?
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I restarted my phone several time, and the pictures is still there.
I can not play the video, but I can see the image.
The file no longer exist, i think if i clear gallery cache, the pics will be gone.
Is there any program to pull the pics out?
Kenny243 said:
I restarted my phone several time, and the pictures is still there.
I can not play the video, but I can see the image.
The file no longer exist, i think if i clear gallery cache, the pics will be gone.
Is there any program to pull the pics out?
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No, there's no program, as the picture files d o n o t e x i s t anymore. The cache still shows them, yes, but because the files are gone, you can't get the pictures.
Kenny243 said:
So I accidentally deleted the whole gallery file on my galaxy s3 when I'm in the My File "app".
Don't ask me how....
I can still see the photos in the gallery, but the problem is I can't back up the files on to my computer, because the file don't exist.
I tried several programs, they either don't work or you have to pay.
Help???
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Read this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/info-storage-nexus-5-data-info-loss-t2534010
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...de-internal-memory-data-recovery-yes-t1994705
Files are gone when the block is overwritten and what you describe as a picture is the thumbnail of your video.

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