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Meda scanner taking long time to complete scan

Anyone know a reason why after rebooting phone the media scan takes a very long time?
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It depends on how much you have on your sd card. The more you have the longer it takes.

I wonder what the ratio to time being done scanning is , because i only have maybe 2-3 gigs worth of media and it takes like 10 minutes to finish scanning media

It isn't just the size of the files. The number of files that it has to check matters too. If there are any folders that you don't need scanned, put a file called .nomedia in that folder and the scanner will skip that finder and it's subfolders.
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any way to find out what its scanning and where, or is it scanning the whole sd card?

It scans the whole sd card, except for folders with the .nomedia file.

What is the purpose of the scan? If I put the .nomedia file in every directory what would happen?

Then it won't know where pictures are music are on your sdcard. For example, pictures in a folder with .nomedia will not show up in your gallery.

DiGi760 said:
Then it won't know where pictures are music are on your sdcard. For example, pictures in a folder with .nomedia will not show up in your gallery.
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So I can put .nomedia in many folders (like where apps are installed on the SD card) that I know no pics or music should be in.

Exactly what type of file does the .nomedia file need to be?

sbrown2680 said:
Exactly what type of file does the .nomedia file need to be?
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It doesn't matter. You can simply make it an empty text file. The media scanner just checks for a file with the name .nomedia. It doesn't care what kind of file it is.

will the .nomedia thing stop winamp from trying to play mp3(turns out they were .ogg) files that are simply sounds to a game? The game is dungeon hunter and the question is nearly academic because I don't really like it and will probably uninstall it in the near future.. But still, I want winamp to play my music mp3s, which are all in a folder /music and nothing else..
meh, I can just try it and see before anyone even reads this and replies..
SUCCESS! no more "raw1385" in my winamp playlist

dewey1973 said:
What is the purpose of the scan? If I put the .nomedia file in every directory what would happen?
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I think if you put .nomedia everywhere you will basically lose all functionality of gallery, etc. You may want to try "Rescan Media ROOT" from the market. It requires root, as you can tell from its name, but it lets you turn off the automatic media scanning and do it manually whenever you need (which is almost never in my case). That combined with judicious use of .nomedia has been wonderful.
I guess if you change what media is on your phone a lot, this will be less useful, but for me, it's saved a tremendous amount of time and helped convert my high-powered media-scanning device back into a phone.

do you think that the type of sd card , like the stock one that came with the phone might be lower quality and take longer or is there one thats extreme high quality ?

boominz28 said:
do you think that the type of sd card , like the stock one that came with the phone might be lower quality and take longer or is there one thats extreme high quality ?
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The sdcard included is only a class 2, but it has more than enough throughput for the media scan. You can get a class 4 or class 6 card, but I doubt it will make much of a difference in the amount of time the media scanner is running.

My phone has been getting stuck often on the media scan process. Sometimes it get's stuck in the middle, sometimes it never stops. I recently reformatted my sd but the problem still exists. Also, I often have trouble mounting the sd in recovery. I'm using a class 6 8gb transcend which I've had for about a year or more. Is it possible my card is just going bad and is there a good way to tell?

Its the phone for some reason when I was on di18 it was taking a very long time to scan after awhile it just got really short. Sorry I don't the exact reasoning but I re formatted my card and it didn't help.
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jirafabo said:
Is it possible my card is just going bad and is there a good way to tell?
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I guess you could try a different card with the same files and see what the difference in scan time is. Or try them both freshly formatted and empty.
There are always ways to test.

Public Service Announcement re: Dropbox

The update is absolutely THE single worst and cataclysmic update in Android history. Your grandkids will be asking you about the Dropbox disaster of 2011.
Anyways don't update it:
1. It will delete the Dropbox folder from your sd card,
2. Any files you want to save from the updated version of Dropbox must be "exported"; you have to choose the path every single bloody time,
3. "Favourites", or files available offline, are saved to android/data/data.
An analogy to drive it home: You buy a 2013 Porsche GT3, sight unseen, turns out the 2013 is based on a 1979 Lada chassis and drivetrain.

Haha, Thanks for the warning, I was just about to do my weekly updates too, I think I'll give this one a miss.
I suppose it's like going home with Liz Hurley and finding out she's Herrmann Munster
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I wonder how long until they revert back??!!

Your analogy is also 100% valid.
I made the mistake of backing up via Ti BU before I realized how bad the update was. I ended up extracting the old version from a nandroid b/u.
Re: reverting to the old version, judging by the reviews, it shouldn't take long!

I've just got myself 50GB on box.net using the exploit, I think I'm going to leave dropbox, it just keeps going down hill like a turd on a slippery slide.

dully79 said:
I've just got myself 50GB on box.net using the exploit, I think I'm going to leave dropbox, it just keeps going down hill like a turd on a slippery slide.
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care to share your "exploit" method? use pm, we dont wanna bend the rule here
TIA

I'm out at the moment but do a search in the forums, I think they're is a thread in the general section. It involves editing your build.prop to mimic an LG so be careful.

dully79 said:
I've just got myself 50GB on box.net using the exploit, I think I'm going to leave dropbox, it just keeps going down hill like a turd on a slippery slide.
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yeah me too.. i got 3.5GB space on dropbox and it's too small...
just google 50gb box.net/edit build. prop on SGS2
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And I thought I was just being a retard when I couldn't find my d-box folder while tipsy last night!
Here's hoping for a swift turnaround

mudferret said:
Anyways don't update it:
1. It will delete the Dropbox folder from your sd card
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What a load of BS. No files are deleted whatsoever. They have been moved to Android / data / com.dropbox.android / files / scratch.
So no more dedicated Dropbox subdir in root but finally in /Android. The way it should have been in the first place. Less clutter.
you have to choose the path every single bloody time
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Again, false. Let's say you export a file to Dropbox/Test/FCOL. Upload another file? Boom there we are, again in Dropbox/Test/FCOL, nothing to be clicked to get there.
The new update rules. It looks amazing. Finally the possibility to upload multiple files at once (not a whole directory at once though, alas), the image/mp3 preview is nice, etc.
Can't please 'em all I guess. That's fine, just don't spread FUD for nothing please.

No problems here with Dropbox .
jje

HERE'S THE GUIDE FOR OBTAINING 50GB FOR FREE!!!
You can register multiple accounts and gain 50GB for each account, i've created a couple and now have 250GB!!
Suck on that dropbox.

Pfeffernuss said:
What a load of BS. No files are deleted whatsoever. They have been moved to Android / data / com.dropbox.android / files / scratch.
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See point 3. No new info here. For me the new location is inconvenient.
Again, false. Let's say you export a file to Dropbox/Test/FCOL. Upload another file? Boom there we are, again in Dropbox/Test/FCOL, nothing to be clicked to get there.
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I say download, you say upload. The path of an exported file must be chosen every time. I didn't test upload, so I can't verify or refute your point.
Can't please 'em all I guess. That's fine, just don't spread FUD for nothing please.
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As long as 20% of users were kept happy, that's "success". Either way I'm onto another program now so it's a moot point. I applaud your use of acronyms however.

600 MB additional free storage
Hi all
Just found a smart way to increase your Dropbox account with 600 MB:
1 Sign into your existing Dropbox account (or create a new account)
2 Goto https://www.dropbox.com/free
3 Follow instructions ... and voila 600 MB additional free storage

Mittaa said:
Hi all
Just found a smart way to increase your Dropbox account with 600 MB:
1 Sign into your existing Dropbox account (or create a new account)
2 Goto https://www.dropbox.com/free
3 Follow instructions ... and voila 600 MB additional free storage
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Thank for sharing!

Thank you dude!

dully79 said:
HERE'S THE GUIDE FOR OBTAINING 50GB FOR FREE!!!
You can register multiple accounts and gain 50GB for each account, i've created a couple and now have 250GB!!
Suck on that dropbox.
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Enjoy uploading and downloading files one by one with crappy size limit. Wouldn't trade 5gb of dropbox i have for 1tb of box.
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Idan73 said:
Enjoy uploading and downloading files one by one with crappy size limit. Wouldn't trade 5gb of dropbox i have for 1tb of box.
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Who are you, dropbox sales team leader??!!
FYI, I do enjoy it, but your talking out of your arse.
I can upload/download multiple files with box and 100mb is MORE than enough for me.
I also find box more user friendly than dropbox and with better speeds.
So you enjoy being a dropbox fan boy and climb back under your bridge.

The problem with Box.net is that it doesn't have a free-sync option from the desktop. Desktop sync is for Enterprise/Paid users. Dropbox free quota is totally free by all means.

I didn''t like the update either. It now saves files in
/sdcard/Android/data/com.dropbox.android/files/scratch
which unfortunately is more complicated than
/sdcard/dropbox/
but it's here now and I don't know how to roll back. Also when opening a file with dropbox, does it auto-upload a file when saved? I'm not sure it does anymore...

Is there anyway to have my s3 install apps to my sd card

I understand the S 3 has an internal storage mine is 16 gigabytes. What I want or I'm trying to do is have my large games install to my external SD card. I don't know if there's a workaround for this I search the little bit and couldn't find any info I am still new to the s3. If anybody could fill me in I would appreciate it. Thanks in advance
More like the game data a few games I play are 1gig +. Any work around would be great
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Lockdo6307 said:
I understand the S 3 has an internal storage mine is 16 gigabytes. What I want or I'm trying to do is have my large games install to my external SD card. I don't know if there's a workaround for this I search the little bit and couldn't find any info I am still new to the s3. If anybody could fill me in I would appreciate it. Thanks in advance
More like the game data a few games I play are 1gig +. Any work around would be great
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try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849844
I personally haven't used this so I wouldn't be able to help you much. Just read through that thread for more information

Simple mate if your rooted download GL2SD from market its free and it works great.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.slf.ListglApp
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torres76 said:
Simple mate if your rooted download GL2SD from market its free and it works great.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.slf.ListglApp
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Downloaded the app but every time I try to play NFS:MW or GTA3 , the games ask me to download additional files even though I successfully moved the app data to my SD card. Need more internal memory...lol help!

Use Directory Bindhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
If you get lost in that thread you can follow my direction I posted in another thread. I copied it below. It basically allows you to have your game data stored to micro sdcard but its directory is binded to internal directory where the game data is normally stored. Its the same concept as GL to SD but I find works without any issues.
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Most games are stored in mnt/sdcard/android/data. So you need to create the same directory in your micro sd card for this to work. The other confusion maybe because when you add a new entry in Directory Bind you would think source is internal and target is extsdcard but its the other way around.
In root explorer go /mnt/extSDcard/ and create a folder called android and then a subfolder under it called data. (skip if you already have them)
Now go to /mnt/sdcard/android/data and you will see a list of games you've installed. An example in my case is Modern Combat 3. So in the data folder I will see a folder called "com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftM3HM" and within that folder is a subfolder called "Files".
Now we need to create the same folder and subfolder in your /mnt/extSDcard/android/data. (It's possible I didn't have to go as far creating a Files folder but I did in my case atleast for gameloft games)
Once you create the folders you can open up Directory Bind and Add a New entry.
Tap and hold the source field and it will open up a list of your directories.
You will point it to /mnt/extSDcard/android/data/com.123xxx/xxxxx then press Select.
Now tap and hold the mount field and go to /android/data/com.123xxx/xxxxx then press Select.
If you've already downloaded the game data when you opened up the game then check the box for "Transfer files from target to data." and then press Add.
Wait for the transfer to finish. When its done do a Bind Check in Directory bind. If you did it right then the floppy disc icon turns green. Any other color you did something wrong so compare both directories and correct any typos or maybe you pointed one or the other to the wrong directory.
Now some games are stored in just /mnt/sdcard/android/data/ and no subfolders. And I think some games are stored in months/sdcard/android/obb. Below are more examples of the ones I created.
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Any chance of this being implemented into a rom so it does it automatically??
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RnRexpress3423 said:
Any chance of this being implemented into a rom so it does it automatically??
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I dont know really. The mod has been around for a while now and its still manual mode. But its really not hard to do. All games and most apps are stored in mnt/android/data or mnt/android/obb anyway so its easy to just create the same folder in your micro sd. And if you already downloaded the game prior to using Directory Bind, you can opt to transfer data from internal to your new directory when you add a new entry. I can add an entry in less than a minute. Also any time there's an update to the game data via play store, the update goes to external micros sd since its binded so you dont have to do anything else.
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[TUT] How to get rid of automatically created .Thumbnails folder

Hello, I was going through a very serious problem since days. When we have few pics in Albums, it creates cache for those pics in memory qith folder name .thumbnails
Sometimes the size of these cache is more than 1.5GB+.
This is a big issue for devices like Xperia M, with very low internal memory.
So i got a way to solve this.
For that, you will need ES File Explorer. No root is needed for this.
You have to do is follow these instructions.
1. Open ES File Explorer.
2. Make the hidden files viewable.
3. Go to DCIM folder.
4. You'll see thumbails folder, delete it.
5. Now create new file and name it as ".thumbnails" without quote.
And you are done.
Click on "Thanks" is important before going to make this thing work. :beer:

Are you aware that despite reporting 1.5GB+ size, this folder takes only 30-40MB of your storage, right? It's an issue with the stock Album app that makes the database file size displaying incorrectly, replacing the stock version with an updated version in /system/app fixed that for me...
Also, preventing the folder being created cause a big performance loss in the Album app, since it'll always regenerate the thumbnails when you open the app, but after your guide the thumbnails won't be saved, so it'll do this all the time...

And additional info regeneration of the thumbnails every time you open album will cause more battery drain as it will increase the cpu load
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Well, this will be helpful for unrooted 4.1 XM single phones who are running on very lesser internal memory.
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Are you sure that the cache won't just be created again?
If the answer is yes, rather than the "how to", i would be interested to know why you think that it is a good idea to completely get rid of .thumbnails...

stamatis said:
Are you sure that the cache won't just be created again?
If the answer is yes, rather than the "how to", i would be interested to know why you think that it is a good idea to completely get rid of .thumbnails...
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Yes, I'm sure.
Im using it, and the cache folder will be gone for life and about battery life, how much battery life it should take? Very few, we worry about memory and not battery.
People gone foolish here.
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...how much battery life it should take? Very few, we worry about memory and not battery.
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I don't have a SD Card, but I have around 300-400 photos in the internal storage, in that case the battery loss will be noticeable (I tested your tutorial to measure and I lost 2% of my battery every time it regenerated the thumbnails). Also, the phone will get hot and laggy while regenerating the thumbnails, and it'll do this every time you use the Album app or the Photos widget. In that case I still prefer wasting around 30-40MB with the thumbnails folder than having the phone getting hot and laggy every time I need to access the gallery

Camera photos stored on MicroSD card.
Having the photos taken by the camera stored directly to the microSD card is not an option? [pause for effect]
I have a 64GB SanDisk Extreme, so it's faster than writing to internal storage anyway.
On 64GB nobody cares about a few indexing cache files...
In the Camera go to settings and change Data storage to SD card.
Basic 32GB Class10 MicroSD cards are cheap as chips these days.

No, camera can save in the SD Card normally, I just didn't buy a SD Card yet. My point is that even if you don't have a SD Card, the internal space you get freed by doing this tutorial (around 30-40MB) isn't worth because of the problems it causes (laggy gallery, phone getting hot, increased battery drain, etc)...

And here's a picture...
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No, camera can save in the SD Card normally,
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Sweet, I'm just so happy my stock 15.1.C.2.8 XPERIA C1905 ROM is different from everyone else then.
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You can move pictures, music and videos to SD card too via:
Settings -> storage -> Transfer data to SD card (under Miscellaneous).
This is a reactive process task as it doesn't proactively move stuff as you can do with a lot of applications and the camera via settings.
But handy to have when one wants to do an internal data cleanup to free up what one can of the ~2GB internal storage.

I never said that camera wouldn't let me save in the SD Card, I have the same options you mentioned in my stock 15.2.A.2.5 too. I was referring to the .thumbnails folder, it'll be on your internal storage, and following the OP tutorial you'll permanently disable it, saving a few megabytes from internal storage, but as I said before, these few megabytes you save by following the tutorial aren't worth because of the mentioned side effects the tutorial causes...

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I never said that camera wouldn't let me save in the SD Card,..
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Ah, sorry my mistake. I had hidden files.."hidden'".
True, you still get thumbnail files in /storage/sdcard0/DCIM/thumbnails/

photos disappeared

i was looking at my photos this morning and noticed some were not loading properly or were just blurring looking, and then when i went to send some via text nothing was loading. I then restarted the phone and all the photos were gone. I dont have backup and synced enabled, i went to look in the DCIM folder and there are no files in the camera folder. I am on pie, and am not rooted. I also tried another gallery app and that did nothing. Is there anyway to get the pictures back?
any help is appreciated.

infamous84 said:
i was looking at my photos this morning and noticed some were not loading properly or were just blurring looking, and then when i went to send some via text nothing was loading. I then restarted the phone and all the photos were gone. I dont have backup and synced enabled, i went to look in the DCIM folder and there are no files in the camera folder. I am on pie, and am not rooted. I also tried another gallery app and that did nothing. Is there anyway to get the pictures back?
any help is appreciated.
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That's super strange. What's your storage usage say? Is it showing something like only 16 GB used as if it's been all deleted?
This is why I do use Google Photos backup. It's unlimited full quality AND free. Sorry but I had to say it.
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EeZeEpEe said:
That's super strange. What's your storage usage say? Is it showing something like only 16 GB used as if it's been all deleted?
This is why I do use Google Photos backup. It's unlimited full quality AND free. Sorry but I had to say it.
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photo storage shows only .41gb but thats prolly wrong i had taken a lot of family pictures this weekend. Never had this happen before

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photo storage shows only .41gb but thats prolly wrong i had taken a lot of family pictures this weekend. Never had this happen before
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So you're saying in the part I circled in my screenshot it's only 0.41 GB? Sure sounds like everything got deleted.
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EeZeEpEe said:
So you're saying in the part I circled in my screenshot it's only 0.41 GB? Sure sounds like everything got deleted. View attachment 4583323
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yup, thats what it shows, and the same thing happened this morning. When i go to look at a picture it will load then i get the circle like its doing something and then all the photos i took yesterday got deleted again. No idea what is going on, i guess gonna have to reset the phone

And you're just trying to view the photos with Google Photos?
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yup, thats what it shows, and the same thing happened this morning. When i go to look at a picture it will load then i get the circle like its doing something and then all the photos i took yesterday got deleted again. No idea what is going on, i guess gonna have to reset the phone
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Check January 1, 2009 in your album
Did you ever find a solution to this? I just got this phone and was really upset to lose photos of our vacation in the middle of nowhere. I could find the thumbnails, but not the high quality images. I could tell they were somewhere because the photos app was making stylized images with them. One of them was titled New Year's Day 2009. My phone thinks it's Jan 1 if I turn it on where I don't have service. A lightbulb went off in my husband's head, he told me to check my photos by date and go back to 1/1/09. They were there!! An annoying problem I hope Google fixes, but I'm so happy to have my photos!