Hi, I have cleared data for "media store" app in app manager, now the music app is showing no media.
Why I did it, because I could not find some music files in music app after the 1.29. update though they were still there as mp3 files in the storage (also I have PowerAmp and it has no issues) I have restarted the device, but it did not help, also tried by activating USB mode to disc drive then back to storage again considering with this could work as mount/unmount and does the trick, but no success. I do not want to do a hardreset if it is avoidable as well.
Is there a way to force HTC music app to rescan storage for media files?
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Download extended controls and you can have a toggle that forces a media scan.
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You might also find a dedicated app in the market.. search for 'media rescan' and use the one that works best for you.
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have tried with 4 different apps from market but none of them solved the matter. There is not a such option in the music app, actually no "settings" at all.
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There's no command that I know of in the menus. You might need root to run it? But I doubt that.
Android should rescan every now and then.
You could also try clearing the media players cache.
also.. Power amp has this feature buildt in
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I know, hv been using Poweramp since earlier, it is awesome, no any such issues with it. Also hv tried with clearing cache and data for music app too, no success. More interestingly, have also applied reset to factory settings, but still same. I think the only thing left to do, hard reset from boot menu, it will wipe everything.
Any other suggestion? before doing that are more than welcome.
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just a thought, how about moving your mp3s to another folder using a file manager on the phone and reboot, it may pick them up that way
Yes, it did the trick.. not renaming the music folder or moving to another place using folder explorer app in the phone but created a brand new folder when connected to windows pc as storage and moved all my mp3s into this new folder, and finally it worked, thanks for the tip mate, it was so easy
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Yes, it did the trick.. not renaming the music folder or moving to another place using folder explorer app in the phone but created a brand new folder when connected to windows pc as storage and moved all my mp3s into this new folder, and finally it worked, thanks for the tip mate, it was so easy
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even creating a new folder didnt solve the problem for me. seriously guys any way to solve this issue?
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I just noticed, my audio files aren't showing up in the music app either :S
Plus, I'm not the only one with this issue.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1837120
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Hey,
So this happened day before yesterday, on CM9 beta 5, my photos didn't show up in my gallery, I booted into recovery, mounted and unmounted my sdcard, cleared cache and stuff, to no avail. Today, I installed HTC One maXimus 3.0 with a full wipe, but didn't fix anything. However, what I've noticed is, if a picture is placed in the root of a folder in the sdcard, it shows up, but only if I cut and paste photos there, the ones already in the folder didn't show up either.
What I mean is:
I have a folder, /sdcard/DCIM.
The pictures that were in that directory didn't show up either. But, when I moved pictures from sdcard/DCIM/100Media to sdcard/DCIM, they showed up in the gallery.
I have another folder, /sdcard/pictures.
It has two folders inside it, 'Screenshots,' and 'Instagram.' Those photos weren't showing up either. But, when I moved them into /sdcard/Pictures, they showed up.
The biggest problem, even the pictures I take on the camera, don't show up in the gallery.
The only thing I believe is left is for me to make a backup of my sdcard, then format the sdcard, put everything back, and create new folders for the pictures and place em there.
If you have any suggestions other than that, please post it here. Id really appreciate it and will remember to hit the thanks button too!
-theDroidfanatic
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Anyone? I'm really worried :/
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Check to see if there is a .nomedia file in your root directory. If there is, delete it and rescan.
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Check to see if there is a .nomedia file in your root directory. If there is, delete it and rescan.
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I deleted the file, and rebooted, problem is all there. How do I rescan?
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Check that the file has not reappeared. I think this is a bug from ROM Manager which has just been fixed in the latest version. So may need to update ROM Manager too.
The .nomedia file tells the photo gallery and music player that there is no media there and to ignore any it sees. If it is in the root directory then it will not see any media files in any directory
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It isn't there, and I don't have Rom manager :S
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I even deleted .showme, no luck :/
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You may just have to wait a while and it will update the gallery/music automatically. Sorry I can't be more help, but if you did have that .nomedia file, it would have stopped your apps seeing the files
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Also try deleting the app data
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See my post "reset the mediadatabase". ICS stores every medialink in a database, so that no other app has to search mediafiles (vids, pictures and music) in the storage everytime. If this database is corrupted, ICS will not find any new data by this moment. The way I described in my post fixed the problem.
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Also try deleting the app data
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See my post "reset the mediadatabase". ICS stores every medialink in a database, so that no other app has to search mediafiles (vids, pictures and music) in the storage everytime. If this database is corrupted, ICS will not find any new data by this moment. The way I described in my post fixed the problem.
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Thanks guys! The photos started appearing today, just had to cut paste them here and there, and now all is good! thanks so much for your help
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I am having an issue probably not rom related where my music player wont find any songs. I accidently deleted the Music folder on my android. I quickly replace it with the same exact name Music in the same exact spot and added my music back into it. Now it wont appear.
In application manager clear data and force stop. Then open the app again. It should rescan for your music.
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In application manager clear data and force stop. Then open the app again. It should rescan for your music.
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Didnt work man. Still same old songs and no new ones being added. Ive tried all the sd rescan apps still nothing. About to do a full restore really getting annoyed.
reset. wipe everything.
Two other things you can try first. Find Media Storage in app manager and clear data there.
Try putting the music folder elsewhere and rename it music2 or something. May scan the new folder...
Otherwise, yeah, probably factory reset is the best bet.
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One question do you have a sdcard ?
If so make a folder called music on your sdcard from your computer and place the music files in there and you should see your files then.
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We have been blessed with so many devs for the incredible 2, that it can be easy to flash a new Rom often. My question is this:
How can I keep my google music that I keep on the device to each Rom? That way I don't have to download it each time I flash a new Rom or update one with a full wipe?
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We have been blessed with so many devs for the incredible 2, that it can be easy to flash a new Rom often. My question is this:
How can I keep my google music that I keep on the device to each Rom? That way I don't have to download it each time I flash a new Rom or update one with a full wipe?
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Do you mean music you keep on your sd card?
It should be in the cache folder on the sdcard. /sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.music/cache/music
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Do you mean music you keep on your sd card?
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Not exactly. It is my music that I keep on device so I am not steaming. So maybe yes.
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I found that location. Can I I just copy and paste into another file on the root of the sd card?
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Not exactly. It is my music that I keep on device so I am not steaming. So maybe yes.
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Music on your sd card under mnt>sdcard>music, shouldn't be affected when you flash a rom.
If you recently flashed a rom and it is no longer showing up, you may have a media bug that seems to be going around. I would recommend reading through the rom thread to see possible solutions.
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Music on your sd card under mnt>sdcard>music, shouldn't be affected when you flash a rom.
If you recently flashed a rom and it is no longer showing up, you may have a media bug that seems to be going around. I would recommend reading through the rom thread to see possible solutions.
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I am getting ready to flash another Rom. I copy and pasted the location above with the google cache the file seems to have all the music it is just all as numbers in a mp3 format.
So I guess I will give it a whirl and post back.
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I am getting ready to flash another Rom. I copy and pasted the location above with the google cache the file seems to have all the music it is just all as numbers in a mp3 format.
So I guess I will give it a whirl and post back.
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fyi...if you do have the same problem many of us had, flashing a rom may not correct it, but deleting a file on your sd card root called .nomedia may fix it even without a flash...
I failed :banghead:
I am going to try another file manger and see if I can have a better success copying and pasting.
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I failed :banghead:
I am going to try another file manger and see if I can have a better success copying and pasting.
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You really need to be more specific with what you are trying to accomplish. If you are wanting google play music to just remember what music you have in your account, titanium backup works very well for me, I believe it also keeps the music that got cached by play music to play offline.
If it is music you proactively transferred to your sd card and your phone isn't seeing it, you need to reconsider my advice of searching through the rom thread for a fix. I don't believe you have mentioned which roms you have tried, nor did you acknowledge if you had looked for the .nomedia file.
Your correct,sorry about that.
I am trying to keep the google music cache. (i think). I have done something to tb in the settings or something to where it won't restore it.
Tb just has so many things you can do with it that I think I have messed some stuff on it. Maybe with having different profiles.
Maybe I should just clear all my data with it and start over. And then backup my phone three easy I have it now?
And no I have not found the nomore file. Would that be under the music or somewhere else in android?
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Your correct,sorry about that.
I am trying to keep the google music cache. (i think). I have done something to tb in the settings or something to where it won't restore it.
Tb just has so many things you can do with it that I think I have messed some stuff on it. Maybe with having different profiles.
Maybe I should just clear all my data with it and start over. And then backup my phone three easy I have it now?
And no I have not found the nomore file. Would that be under the music or somewhere else in android?
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The .nomedia file would be in the root of your sd, but that won't apply if you want to just preserve your cache info. Here is what I would recommend, although I haven't used profiles in titanium, so take it fwiw...
In each profile of titanium, tap on google play music and tap delete. Then go into manage apps, tap on google play music, clear data.
Then go into google play music, make sure it signs your account in, let it run the process of finding all of your cloud music.
When that is done, go back into each profile of titanium, backup google play music, flash new roms, profit...
I don't know if it will work, but I think it is your best shot.
Okay I still am missing something. I cleared all data in google music.
I uninstalled the app.
I cleared all data on TB.
I deleted all the files on the sd card for TB.
I reinstalled both apps and set it up.(meaning getting all my music to on device.)
I backed up everything.
Flashed new rom (ukb)
Restored my apps and data.
=fail it just installed the app not the cache, to tell google that it is there. Unless TB does not save the music? So now I am unsure what to do?
I guess I will have to get all my music in a folder and place it on the sd card somewhere (which in turn I am nit sure where; in order for gmusic to see it.
Any other thoughts or suggestions would be much appreciated!
Now that we have the leak for the dinc2 I am sure there will be some fun stuff to flash soon!
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Hi,
On my stock gallery app my videos from whatsapp not shown.I installed quickpic from market and that app shows the videos.
Someone else have this issue?
I'm on ARHD 9.4.2 and have tried fullwipe but no luck
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feuerkette said:
Hi,
On my stock gallery app my videos from whatsapp not shown.I installed quickpic from market and that app shows the videos.
Someone else have this issue?
I'm on ARHD 9.4.2 and have tried fullwipe but no luck
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install this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.droida.nomedia&hl=en
find the folder where the videos are stored, make it red (if its currently white) then make white again.
reboot.
IF after a reboot, they still aren't showing, go into settings>apps>gallery and clear data. (then reboot again)
if that doesn't work, try a normal file explorer (make sure the settings within this explorer are set to view system files) and browse to the folder. look for a file called .nomedia and delete it.
then reboot again, might need to clear data for gallery app again. (and another final reboot)
sometimes straight after the reboot nothing at all will show, it can take a little while, so get on with everything else, go back to gallery in 10 mins and it should have re populated all your albums
Thank you for your help,but dont work for me.I think it's an issue of format.video from whatsapp have .MOV ending.I renamed them into .mp4 an then videos shown.
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Thank you for your help,but dont work for me.I think it's an issue of format.video from whatsapp have .MOV ending.I renamed them into .mp4 an then videos shown.
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Good to hear you got it working
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So, apparently none of the stock music players give any option to add local files/folders?
WHAT THE **** is the reason for this? Have to purchase every track from HTC or Google play to listen on my device?
Added songs to device in standard mp3 format. Can not figure out anyway to play them without downloading some ****ty third party file manager, navigating through the cluster **** android folder tree and selecting them each time I want to play.
Please help before I dig out my UT starcom PPC because it's more user friendly than the 'best phone you can buy'
I hope I'm a total noob idiot and there is something preposterously easy I missed. Please help.
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I put it in the /sdcard/music folder and it's detected automatically... Though I don't think it even needs to be in that folder for Android to detect it. Not sure where you're going wrong.
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What format files are you putting on the phone?
My Sprint version finds all my local music (in MP3 format) on the SD card fine with both Google Music and HTC Music Apps.
I just created a 'music' directory on my sd card and filled it up. I have a mix of mp3 and flac in there. Music player found it and played.... you don't have to buy from Google.
For that sh** you want Apple.
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So, apparently none of the stock music players give any option to add local files/folders?
WHAT THE **** is the reason for this? Have to purchase every track from HTC or Google play to listen on my device?
Added songs to device in standard mp3 format. Can not figure out anyway to play them without downloading some ****ty third party file manager, navigating through the cluster **** android folder tree and selecting them each time I want to play.
Please help before I dig out my UT starcom PPC because it's more user friendly than the 'best phone you can buy'
I hope I'm a total noob idiot and there is something preposterously easy I missed. Please help.
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How did you add them? If you are using a wireless transfer like ftp or one of the apps out there, it may not work. Let me know how you added and i'll tell you how to fix.
Downloaded rar from Google drive. Extracted files into
/downloads
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Fixed. Thanks. There is something wrong with my folder tree. Will only recognize files if they are in /music. Problem is that third party 'file manager' can't read the storage on my phone properly, created/displaying 3 to 4 copies of diff folders, sd cards (im only using internal storage), etc. Had to try 4 diff /music folders to find the right one.
Is there a native file Explorer that I missed? I've noticed that some programs are in the phone without having icons in launcher. 'Voice recorder' is one. I can open it with google now voice, but it shows up nowhere in my launchers.
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Downloaded rar from Google drive. Extracted files into
/downloads
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Simply use a file manager and move everything you downloaded to another directory and move it back. When you extracted the files, the system never implemented them like if you were to transfer using windows or aft on a mac or htc sync. The system doesn't actually know they are there. If this does not work, dowload that rar on your computer and manually move music to the device, it will pick them up automatically
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Downloaded rar from Google drive. Extracted files into
/downloads
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What format are the music files in?
Are you sure you actually extracted them?
I wouldn't keep music in "Downloads" that seems like an awkward place to keep it and might be treated specially.
I consider downloads a "Temp" folder that I can wipe any time because it fills up with junk over time.
Also are you rooted? There are issues of 3rd party apps accessing the external SD Card.
You may have two /downloads one on external SD card and one on internal SD card.
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Simply use a file manager and move everything you downloaded to another directory and move it back. When you extracted the files, the system never implemented them like if you were to transfer using windows or aft on a mac or htc sync. The system doesn't actually know they are there. If this does not work, dowload that rar on your computer and manually move music to the device, it will pick them up automatically
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That's nonsense. That sounds like you never really extracted them. And when you "copy" them you are actually extracting them.
Once extracted they should be EXACTLY like you copied them there. If you are doing it right.
Some compression formats and browsers make it look like they are extracted, but they are not. You are just browsing within the RAR or ZIP file.
You need to explicitly "Extract" to somewhere else.
The best test is. Delete the RAR file. If you still see the files then they are extracted and no need to copy them back and forth.
But again. I think downloads is a bad place to keep your music.
Still ridiculous to not allow me to manage my own library.
Let Apple dumb it down for everyone. We aren't buying their products for a reason, and this is it.
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They were definitely extracted and moved to several locations. Each time (before I found the 'correct /music) I could use a file manager to force open them in a media player, but they were never added to the library until copied into the magic music folder.
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Thanks again for all the help. XDAers = $$
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You can get poweramp if you want to manually manage directories. There is no magic music folder btw, stock app picks up any folder but i'm glad you got it working.
If you do get PowerAmp, make sure you untick everything except your Music folder (under Settings>Folders & Library), or you'll have ringtones and notifications show up, too.