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Disabling media scanner for faster boot time?

Is there any way trouble do this without it not allowing u to view your media files. Is there a way to trick the system to make it believe its running anyhow?? Anyone?? Development?? Thanks.
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Only way to do disable it would jack stuff up. But you could put the .nomedia file in the root of the SDcard. But again that would mess a lot of stuff up.
I have found it makes it quicker if you put .nomedia in all the folders that you don't want it to scan. I only have 4 folder I allow it to scan.

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Kcarpenter said:
Only way to do disable it would jack stuff up. But you could put the .nomedia file in the root of the SDcard. But again that would mess a lot of stuff up.
I have found it makes it quicker if you put .nomedia in all the folders that you don't want it to scan. I only have 4 folder I allow it to scan.
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? can you explain? .nomedia, how would i do this?

Yea what is this no media file you speak of

popper668 said:
? can you explain? .nomedia, how would i do this?
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Its basically an empty text file. Anything on your sdcard that starts with a "." doesnt get scanned. So a .nomedia file placed in a folder keeps that folder and all sub folders from being scanned. Or you could name the folders with a "." in them. Ex: .images .wallpapers .videos
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You'll need to be rooted.. but there is an app called rescan media root. You can disable scanning in there so that it won't run when you first boot.. but if you need your media.. I.e. pictures, music, etc. (which I never do because I use mortplayer which builds its own library) you can turn it on let it scan and then turn it back off and everything will work fine.
cd's or tapes?

I'm sure you have your reasons for wanting to do this, but how often are you rebooting your phone that makes this an issue?
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socos25 said:
I'm sure you have your reasons for wanting to do this, but how often are you rebooting your phone that makes this an issue?
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Don't know about him... but everytime I changed something on my sd it would scan. Got kind of annoying.
cd's or tapes?

Ringtones/Notifications!!! NIce N easy way to get them without root or anything

ok so today i was playing with my phone and you know im a type a person who like to put lots of ringtones from other phones into mine so all this time i been pushing all the audio files from different roms into my phone(adb push .../system/media/audio/ringtones ).. DONT NEEED TO DO THIS NOMORE SINCE OUR PHONE HAS AN EASY WAY TO PUT WHATEVER AUDIO FILES NOW INTO THE INTERNAL SDCARD..
SO IF YOU WANT RINTONES ON YOUR PHONE DO THE FOLLOWING!!!
1.CONNECT YOUR PHONE TO PC (ROOT IS NOT NEEDED!!! NOR CUSTOM ROM OR KERNEL)
2. GO TO YOUR INTERNAL SD AND YOU ARE GOING TO SEE 2 FOLDERS INSIDE 1 FOLDER NAMED "RINGTONES AND THE OTHER ONE NOTIFICATIONS", ) JUST DROP WHATEVER FILES YOU WANT IN THOSE FOLDERS ANY AUDIO FILES WILL SHOW ON YOUR RINGTONES AND NOTIFICATIONS NOW!! WOW HOW NICE IS THAT..

I've been able to do this since owning a G1. Files can also go in a folder called 'media' (which still works up to this day on the S3) with subfolders titled 'ringtones' 'notifications' 'alarms' and 'ui'.

joselarajan87 said:
ok so today i was playing with my phone and you know im a type a person who like to put lots of ringtones from other phones into mine so all this time i been pushing all the audio files from different roms into my phone(adb push .../system/media/audio/ringtones ).. DONT NEEED TO DO THIS NOMORE SINCE OUR PHONE HAS AN EASY WAY TO PUT WHATEVER AUDIO FILES NOW INTO THE INTERNAL SDCARD..
SO IF YOU WANT RINTONES ON YOUR PHONE DO THE FOLLOWING!!!
1.CONNECT YOUR PHONE TO PC (ROOT IS NOT NEEDED!!! NOR CUSTOM ROM OR KERNEL)
2. GO TO YOUR INTERNAL SD AND YOU ARE GOING TO SEE 2 FOLDERS INSIDE 1 FOLDER NAMED "RINGTONES AND THE OTHER ONE NOTIFICATIONS", ) JUST DROP WHATEVER FILES YOU WANT IN THOSE FOLDERS ANY AUDIO FILES WILL SHOW ON YOUR RINGTONES AND NOTIFICATIONS NOW!! WOW HOW NICE IS THAT..
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This is nothing new. Android has always had this ability. This could be helpful to people that are new to android though.
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Where is there a good place to find different ringtones and notification sounds??? The ones on the SGS3 are not very loud and would like to pick a few good ones.
Thanks for the tip.

vinnyjr said:
Where is there a good place to find different ringtones and notification sounds??? The ones on the SGS3 are not very loud and would like to pick a few good ones.
Thanks for the tip.
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Try Zedge
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+1 for Zedge. Also search around XDA for ringtones ... you can find a lot of phone dumps that users have posted for download.

24dupo24 said:
+1 for Zedge. Also search around XDA for ringtones ... you can find a lot of phone dumps that users have posted for download.
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Yep i was gonna say try zedge its even easier and those files will be in there spot so essentially there is no work. Now if u want some cm ringtones different story

I 2nd that.
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sarni84 said:
Yep i was gonna say try zedge its even easier and those files will be in there spot so essentially there is no work. Now if u want some cm ringtones different story
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Even if you not rooted you can download cm9 and extract ring tones from media folder, but you can also find most if not all of them from zedge, btw maybe the op cane from the iPhone which is a pain to get ring tones, bonus tip stock player will let you choose any song as ringtones, if you want to trim it to an specific part get ringtone maker from the play store
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[Q] Music not showing up in music player(s) [SOLVED]

Looking for some help here. Long time viewer/poster, first time I've had a problem. Perhaps I can find help.
After a music transfer last night, my phone is no longer recognizing the files in my SD card's Music folder. The files can still be located and played through ES File Explorer and other file manager apps, but all my music players (Play Music, Winamp, stock HTC player) do not show them.
Upon searching the forums and the Internet, I have noticed this problem exists across multiple devices, and the solutions are easy to do and seem to work...for everyone except me. Clearing app data/cache, uninstalling/reinstalling, using SDrescan, searching for .nomedia files (none found anywhere), unmounting/remounting, wiping and reflashing my current ROM (DigitalKarma V8)...nothing works, and I am running out of patience. I am close to completely resetting the phone and reformatting the SD card (after backing up, of course...I'm not THAT stupid )
It's likely I may be doing something wrong, but to be safe, I want to see if there is anything I am either missing or overlooking in order to fix this common yet annoying problem. Help would be greatly appreciated.

Yeah the best step if you've tried everything would just be to reformat your sdcard because it sounds like something broke on that
OH. 1 thing before you do that, make sure that the permissions for your music is set to readable by everyone, hopefully that fixes it
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CNexus said:
Yeah the best step if you've tried everything would just be to reformat your sdcard because it sounds like something broke on that
OH. 1 thing before you do that, make sure that the permissions for your music is set to readable by everyone, hopefully that fixes it
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Wait, hold the phone. Using File Manager to search my SD card, I find a whole s***load of .nomedia files. ES File Explorer couldn't find them...guess I found a new file manager lol
Now to delete all those files and try this thing again...wish me luck.

Fixed! Looks like I did miss/overlook something, and deleting those .nomedia files took care of everything. Now that I have my music back (and a new file manager...well, not really new, I've used it occasionally in the past), I can get back to enjoying the piece of classic awesome we call the EVO 4G. Consider this case closed.

Put "[SOLVED]" in the thread title please
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Ah, I knew I forgot something. Thanks for the heads up. Like I said, first time I've had a problem/question.

MysticRhythms87 said:
Fixed! Looks like I did miss/overlook something, and deleting those .nomedia files took care of everything. Now that I have my music back (and a new file manager...well, not really new, I've used it occasionally in the past), I can get back to enjoying the piece of classic awesome we call the EVO 4G. Consider this case closed.
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That's exactly what you do is delete all those .NO MEDIA files. Also, there's an app called Rescan Media that will work

Task650 Customization??

Is it possible to customize the phone app in Task650? I'd like the stock phone app from 4.1.1 where the display is
larger and the name of the caller is also large.
Is this possible?? Otherwise, I like the Task650 ROM (finally loaded).
Thanks
DSSKing

RE: Ringtone Post in other forum
dssking said:
Is it possible to customize the phone app in Task650? I'd like the stock phone app from 4.1.1 where the display is
larger and the name of the caller is also large.
Is this possible?? Otherwise, I like the Task650 ROM (finally loaded).
Thanks
DSSKing
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I am not actually responding to this question but to the question you posted about using an mp3 file as your ringtone. I have one that I created years ago with an app called Ringroid and it let me capture part of an mp3 and set it as a ringtone. After every complete wipe, I drag that file from my external sd to my internal sd card and I can select it as my ringtone (it does not have the same extension, nor does it appear on the list as the other ringtones). I can, however, using ES file explorer select it as my ringtone (it lists all of my music, including the clip I use as my ringtone).

Thanks. I did that and it worked. Now on to the dialer issue.
Suggestions?
captican said:
I am not actually responding to this question but to the question you posted about using an mp3 file as your ringtone. I have one that I created years ago with an app called Ringroid and it let me capture part of an mp3 and set it as a ringtone. After every complete wipe, I drag that file from my external sd to my internal sd card and I can select it as my ringtone (it does not have the same extension, nor does it appear on the list as the other ringtones). I can, however, using ES file explorer select it as my ringtone (it lists all of my music, including the clip I use as my ringtone).
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dssking said:
Thanks. I did that and it worked. Now on to the dialer issue.
Suggestions?
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Stock 4.1.1 dialer will be touchwiz, which won't work on aokp roms, at least without some heavy framework modding. Even then I'm not sure it's possible. Best to look at dialer alternatives in the play store if you don't like the one in Task's rom.

Thank you. I've taken a look and nothing really jumps out.

[Q] GS3 Won't play music files

My GS3 will not play any music file. It wont even play Pandora. If I navigate to the file with a file explorer and try to play, it still won't play regardless of which media player I use but one.... I can play them with "Poweramp". Thats the only app I've been able to use to play my mp3s. I have no clue what's going on. I'm rooted. I seem to remember having to edit some system files to gain write access to my SD Card. I'm wondering if that have anything to do with this issue. I even roll back the updates on the Google Play Music app... No dice. I appreciate any advice.

bejamin96 said:
My GS3 will not play any music file. It wont even play Pandora. If I navigate to the file with a file explorer and try to play, it still won't play regardless of which media player I use but one.... I can play them with "Poweramp". Thats the only app I've been able to use to play my mp3s. I have no clue what's going on. I'm rooted. I seem to remember having to edit some system files to gain write access to my SD Card. I'm wondering if that have anything to do with this issue. I even roll back the updates on the Google Play Music app... No dice. I appreciate any advice.
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You changing the system file is most likely the cause. When i tried it my phone went all wonky and I wasnt able to view anything. Id either odin back to stock or flash a different rom :fingers-crossed:

I will see about setting the edited files back to original state. If this was the reason for the files not playing then why does Poweramp work? Also I'm not sure if Pandora should've been affected by that either. Though, I'll find the steps I use to gain write access to my external SD card and reverse them. Let u know how it go.
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bejamin96 said:
I will see about setting the edited files back to original state. If this was the reason for the files not playing then why does Poweramp work? Also I'm not sure if Pandora should've been affected by that either. Though, I'll find the steps I use to gain write access to my external SD card and reverse them. Let u know how it go.
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Poweramp must have not used that permission. Pandora most likely did. I'd flash a stock based ROM like wicked X or singularity if you want stock but still want that permission set by default
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I remove the line to the "permissions" file that I had edited. Same result. The edit that I did to allow write access to my external SD card was just adding some text (a new line of code) to the file. Nothing was removed from what was originally there. I agree that this may be the culprit but I'm not convinced. I'm pretty surprise that no one else seems to have this issue.
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bejamin96 said:
I remove the line to the "permissions" file that I had edited. Same result. The edit that I did to allow write access to my external SD card was just adding some text (a new line of code) to the file. Nothing was removed from what was originally there. I agree that this may be the culprit but I'm not convinced. I'm pretty surprise that no one else seems to have this issue.
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Hmmm. The only other suggestions I have are flash a new ROM, or Odin back to stock
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