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[FIX] ICS Media Server Battery Issue

Since the release of ICS on our phone I'd been having the issue of Media Server eating up 50-60% of my battery at all times and none of my pictures, ringtones or music showing up in any of the stock google apps. I know a number of people were having the same problem. I assumed it was kernel issue (it still might be) but i wanted to figure out if it's user fixable. To figure out what the problem was I pulled every last audio file off my SD cards and re-added them one at a time.
The problem seems to be with the m4a scanner/decoder in the media server. m4as use a different algorithm than mp3s so the 2 file types are scanned/decoded separately. The problem seems to be in my case that the ringtone for the facebook app pop which resided on my internal SD was hanging the scanner and blocking all the other media files on both SDs. Other m4as were causing problems too, none of which seem to be corrupt or dysfunctional. It seems that m4as scan before mp3s and m4as are more prone to catastrophic failure so they are the biggest offender.
tl;dr
The fix:
Step 1: Remove all m4as from your sd cards to a folder on your desktop via usb storage; ringtones and all. I dont have any AAC files (itunes format) but they are m4as as well so I recommend removing them as well.
Step 2: Add them back one at a time, each time disconnecting from your computer and checking battery stats. If the file is ok you will see media server fall off the list within a minute. If media server hangs at 50% then that audio file is your culprit.
Step 3: If the offending file doesn't show itself, remove all audio files from your sd; mp3, wav, aiff, whatever. Use a mp3 repair app (I use http://www.triq.net/articles/mp3-validator-mac-os-x for mac, theres eleventy-seven of them for pc. I dont claim to know which is best) to check and repair them and re-add them one at a time in the same procedure as step 2. Hopefully it wont come to this.
If none of these steps work start checking other media files. Corrupt video or image files might cause the same problem as they are all scanned by the media server.
Hope this helps

Not pulling 1.8k songs from my phone lol
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No one told you that you have to.

That is definitely a WORKaround....LOL!!!
Think i will just stick to the GB ROM's for now. I have 26gb of AAC (m4a) music on my phone right now. I do appreciate you taking the time to figure this out!!!!

It took me about 3 hrs to get it working properly and most of that time was spent getting all the 20GB of music off my phone onto my computer. The troubleshooting aspect went pretty quick.
I have no empirical proof that the issue is caused only by m4as but i have an inkling that it is, just based on what i went through during the fix. So unless you only use m4a and aac audio files it actually is pretty easy. You can actually use the mp3 repair programs while the files are still on your phone to cut out a large portion of the initial time consuming dump.

Thanks for the tip, but this definitely isnt a fix btw for the record. And here is my little rant. Not towards anybody though. Just to google actually since there is no answer from them whatsoever regarding this issue.
Whatever media files you might have "mediaserver" thing shouldn't happen. We could be downloading some new ringtones and wallpapers that are "corrupted"...(how the hell are we supposed to know if the files aren't corrupted. And what the hell does it mean by corrupted? Was something supposed to really even care that files are so called corrupted? )
Does your 3 year old mp3 player drain battery by just having a corrupted music file?
Google should step into this and fix it....

I had the same issue, in fact I posted about it 2 days ago in the Q&A section trying to find a solution. In searching, and I did a lot of it, I'm sure I ran across your thread in a Google search and started doing what you suggested.
In doing that, and then checking to see if it would still run after reboot, even after having very little media left on my cards, that stupid media server would not stop running. So it got old pulling of little by little so I finally just took everything off and reformatted both my internal and external SD cards. Now I never see the Media Server running in the battery stats.
I've been slowly adding stuff back in, paying attention to the server and it doesn't show it running constantly anymore.
I know it was a corrupt file that ICS didn't like somewhere, a MP3 or ringtone...something it was scanning and getting stuck on.
It's nice having a clean SD card again. After many flashes and different ROM's, I had so much crap on there, who knows what it could of been. But it solved my problem; and thanks for the heads-up because I was at a loss as to why I was having this issue and others not! Very happy now

Did help on my phone.
Thanks alot!

Is there any way to get Media Server to ignore directories? I think I am having issues with it hitting a WebM file.
TBH, I don't know why I want it to scan my files. I keep them in a fairly organised way and would probably be fine if it never bothered to scan for them.

add a blank file named ".nomedia" in whatever directory you wish it to ignore. all subdirectories will be excluded as well.

anfrey said:
add a blank file named ".nomedia" in whatever directory you wish it to ignore. all subdirectories will be excluded as well.
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What exactly does media server do, is it necessary to certain functions of ics, and could we just block it or remove it?
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Endoroid said:
What exactly does media server do, is it necessary to certain functions of ics, and could we just block it or remove it?
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U resurrected an old thread why?..
MediaServer is the media scanner, you can remove, but your libraries wont be refreshed, there ARE apps online that can be used to replace, and offer 1-click scan, & scheduled scan. But as of official release, (for me anyways) this is a non-issue.
Plz don't resurrect old threads.. thx

If he had a question about the thread then there's no reason why he shouldn't all the question in it. What do you want him to do, start a new one?
Thanks for the media tip. I didn't even know this could be a problem. But know I know how to trouble shoot it if it occurs.
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jayb222 said:
If he had a question about the thread then there's no reason why he shouldn't all the question in it. What do you want him to do, start a new one?
Thanks for the media tip. I didn't even know this could be a problem. But know I know how to trouble shoot it if it occurs.
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Yes actually, he could have simply made a response in Q&A section, considering this is a very old post for a very old bug that has been long since fixed
And considering all his questions, although are pertaining to posts topic, could have been answered with a google search, or even the lazy way (Q&A) would probably yeild results quicker, expecially since the topic doesn't actually suggest the presence of his question?,

doug36 said:
U resurrected an old thread why?..
MediaServer is the media scanner, you can remove, but your libraries wont be refreshed, there ARE apps online that can be used to replace, and offer 1-click scan, & scheduled scan. But as of official release, (for me anyways) this is a non-issue.
Plz don't resurrect old threads.. thx
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because i followed a link from a different forum, i have previously googled this issue, a few months back, and asked in my devices forum and no one answered. There is no official ics for my device and it is still an issue for me. I found this link and asked a question. Isnt the point of forums to help others, also this thread isn't THAT old, and really, wouldn't you rather ppl post in an already existing thread rather than spamming the forum with multiple threads on the same topic, like they do in the GT2 forum, which is as annoying as ****.

doug36 said:
Yes actually, he could have simply made a response in Q&A section, considering this is a very old post for a very old bug that has been long since fixed
And considering all his questions, although are pertaining to posts topic, could have been answered with a google search, or even the lazy way (Q&A) would probably yeild results quicker, expecially since the topic doesn't actually suggest the presence of his question?,
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Why do you care so much? I'm glad he did resurrect it cuz I had never seen this thread, now I subscribed to it for future reference.
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Same issue, still no fix...
Endoroid said:
because i followed a link from a different forum, i have previously googled this issue, a few months back, and asked in my devices forum and no one answered. There is no official ics for my device and it is still an issue for me. I found this link and asked a question. Isnt the point of forums to help others, also this thread isn't THAT old, and really, wouldn't you rather ppl post in an already existing thread rather than spamming the forum with multiple threads on the same topic, like they do in the GT2 forum, which is as annoying as ****.
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Hi, I've been trying to find a fix for this issue and after reading all posts and doing several Google searches, I still have not found a satisfactory fix. Removing everything and putting it back one by one is a VERY time consuming work around, but no fix. Stopping the service and replacing it with 1-click or scheduled sync is also not a fix. I am using the latest 1.6 Paranoid Android ROM and this issue started all on its own without me doing any updates to the music or videos. Only changes are new photos and new or updated apps. I hope a proper fix is found sooner rather than later.

frankie_p said:
Hi, I've been trying to find a fix for this issue and after reading all posts and doing several Google searches, I still have not found a satisfactory fix. Removing everything and putting it back one by one is a VERY time consuming work around, but no fix. Stopping the service and replacing it with 1-click or scheduled sync is also not a fix. I am using the latest 1.6 Paranoid Android ROM and this issue started all on its own without me doing any updates to the music or videos. Only changes are new photos and new or updated apps. I hope a proper fix is found sooner rather than later.
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What worked for me was moving everything from the SD card, formatting it, moving everything back and rebooting. Hasn't run since and I've been checking on it for the past few days.
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RTFOP said:
What worked for me was moving everything from the SD card, formatting it, moving everything back and rebooting. Hasn't run since and I've been checking on it for the past few days.
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Out of curiosity did you include .trash and lost.dir?
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Endoroid said:
Out of curiosity did you include .trash and lost.dir?
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It really is the only fix, and it works. I too started removing things one by one until I got fed up and completely reformatted both internal & external sd cards a few months back, and the issue never returned.
I had one of the Devs tell me it's always good practice when making a OS change, like GB to ICS to start with fresh reformatted cards; because you don't know what junk is left behind on the cards, that the new OS is not going to like. It works, you don't need to stop any services, and its worth the time.
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[FIX] IGO Primo FULL SCREEN on HTC ONE X

MOD EDIT: XDA Developers does not condone the sharing of warez!

Working perfect. Thanx

Not working for me
I get the message no sd card found or insert sd card. have the international version on stock..

Guys is it working for you on HTC One X without closing after some seconds? For me, iGo starts and after 3-4 seconds it closes. Somewhere was a solution posted that if i rename the DCIM folder on sd card to something else the problem is fixed. Indeed it is, but this is not a permanent solution since as soon as i snap a new photo, DCIM will be recreated.
Are you guys rooted by any chance?

stathis95194 said:
Guys is it working for you on HTC One X without closing after some seconds? For me, iGo starts and after 3-4 seconds it closes. Somewhere was a solution posted that if i rename the DCIM folder on sd card to something else the problem is fixed. Indeed it is, but this is not a permanent solution since as soon as i snap a new photo, DCIM will be recreated.
Are you guys rooted by any chance?
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I'm using custom ROM & of'coz I'm on rooted phone....

stathis95194 said:
Guys is it working for you on HTC One X without closing after some seconds? For me, iGo starts and after 3-4 seconds it closes. Somewhere was a solution posted that if i rename the DCIM folder on sd card to something else the problem is fixed. Indeed it is, but this is not a permanent solution since as soon as i snap a new photo, DCIM will be recreated.
Are you guys rooted by any chance?
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I'm completely stock on locked device. No problems here - app works well :good:

@SbTro, what about some credits?
what about not talking about warez?
and what about linking to the original thread, instead of creating a new thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801609

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Gdrive

hi all,its been a while since i had to ask for assistance ...... but its needed please.
ive placed zips into a folder on gdrive and clicked share,set to "anybody with the link" copied the link provided and tested the link.
the link opens with a list of the zips which is what i wanted to happen but how can someone just download the zip? when its clicked it actually opens the contents of the zip for individual element download!! i want people to be able to just download the zip? regards and TIA,slym.
R.V.3 (MokeeOs)

I think near the top there's a menu item called File and when clicked expands. At the bottom of that expansion is Download.
Alternatively, you can click Ctrl+S to start the download.

Lesicnik1 said:
I think near the top there's a menu item called File and when clicked expands. At the bottom of that expansion is Download.
Alternatively, you can click Ctrl+S to start the download.
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cheers. so that should work now then ! uploaded (all the ones i have left) my UCCW skins for xda members (including paid) :highfive:
Click the "FREE to XDA members in my signiture.
P.s Whilst im here i may as well ask ? I don't know where Ive been lately lol but i decided to reinstall my market updater today and i got an app when play updated "google services ???" any clue ? before i go on the hunt for explanation.

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cheers. so that should work now then ! uploaded (all the ones i have left) my UCCW skins for xda members (including paid) :highfive:
Click the "FREE to XDA members in my signiture.
P.s Whilst im here i may as well ask ? I don't know where Ive been lately lol but i decided to reinstall my market updater today and i got an app when play updated "google services ???" any clue ? before i go on the hunt for explanation.
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I think its something hope Google put in to allow apps to accept logins from your Google account . (No need to make 5000 accounts anymore)
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It's something like that. You should see the comments for that app One of them being mine
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Signdoc mobile <----- just WOW !!!

So . I got a new auto ins company and had to cancel my old policy . I called and they wanted me to come in and sign the papers. They are about 35 mins north of me. Did not want to make that drive. WAIT I HAVE A NOTE 2 WITH S PEN!!!! I asked would it be possible to send those docs in .pdf to my email? Certainly it was . She sent me the email. Now I was in samsung apps to see what "best Spen apps " they had and I cam across signdoc mobile. This is a .pdf / doc viewer that allows you to sign commerce grade signature < meaning your real sig not just typed letters > in sig fields on official docs. So I opened the .pdf signed the doc saved it and then it has a attach to email option , attached it sent it back off. Called to verify it'd worked < cause it had been the first time id used it and wasnt sure I did everything right. > . And the lady says " Wow , you did this from your phone? thats your real signature! " and I explained the note 2 and spen an sign doc mobile. She filed the paperwork cancelled my policy.
So right off the bat My beloved note II has just saved me 10 bucks in gas and the hastle of having to goto their office. God I love this thing.

Glad you find it useful. I have yet to find something, I'm sure there will be. I have not explored the s pen. But I still love the N2!

Nice idea but it seems to crash a lot. Great concept. Make have to invest in the paid version as this is only a demo.

dkb218 said:
Nice idea but it seems to crash a lot. Great concept. Make have to invest in the paid version as this is only a demo.
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Are you guys confusing demo with beta? Cause this worked fully featured for me . Didnt see one attribute of this app that didnt work , I dont understand. It worked for me? Im confused.

Thanks just downloaded. Great app. No crash yet.
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Interesting thanks. Is this app only in the Samsung app store or can I find it in the Google play store too?
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russds said:
Interesting thanks. Is this app only in the Samsung app store or can I find it in the Google play store too?
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I just looked and yes , not only is IT in there but once the app availability preview on the search front end I saw something called sign now that appears to be a similar app. So I imagine upon clicking the apps button after search youll probably find even more alternatives.

I would import the pdf file into the built in S Note program and edit it from there and sign it.

photrash said:
I would import the pdf file into the built in S Note program and edit it from there and sign it.
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Well as I said I had it emailed so I imported it that way by downloading it . Open signdoc it goes to a demo page then you look to the top of the window and you see a folder , click on that and I think you can scan right from there if it doesnt find it automatically . Once the document is open on the top right corner you see a pencil . Click on that it opens a box you can re size the box for the size of the sig field. And once you have it sized center the box over the sig field base line and click on the check on the top left of the sig box you opened and then it will open another window where you will actually sign . Once you sign and hit or click the check I forget which youll goback to the document and see a box over the sig. If the sig is good then you hit the menu button on the top left above the document and hit save or save as or attach to email . If the sig isnt placed right then hit the - button on the sig box and re position the sig box and do over .

It's a very good app came in handy. I drive a semi OTR only home 2 - 3 days a week, I just changed payment method for AAA had to sign a document, told my agent to email it to me, &I'll sign on my phone. Very simple, very fast.
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Why is there a black dude giving me a disapproving look in my Walkman?

This guy popped out in my Walkman "my music" page, and I have no idea who he is or why does he have that look of disapproval on his face.
Joking aside, why did he appear and how do I get him off my Walkman? Also, I don't have any black artist's music in my music library, and I never ran that awful "download music info" thing.

MarkMRL said:
This guy popped out in my Walkman "my music" page, and I have no idea who he is or why does he have that look of disapproval on his face.
Joking aside, why did he appear and how do I get him off my Walkman? Also, I don't have any black artist's music in my music library, and I never ran that awful "download music info" thing.
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he is an artist i guess
seem to have seen somewhere...cant recall thgh.... frgt it.
so i guess that there somethng wrng wid ur settings
frst untick settings like
download when connected to wifi/net
untick download id3 tags/albumart or anythng that sounds like it
then download quick pic (im telling this because its will be easy to list all of ur pics down ) tap menu and show hiddeb images ..browse evry folder and delete the file if u find any
but maybe this method could work .Am not sure thgh -settings-apps-mange apps-find ur music player-clear data and cache

lol :laugh: i think that's nate dogg

I dont know but, you made my day hahaha.

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I dont know but, you made my day hahaha.
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Hahaha it is funny, especialy the way you wroted the op.
I did also find wierd thing at least for me in my mob, one app showed by its self since yesterday, i looked in play store but nowhere fing the link, its a google service settings, never saw it before, green icon with a letter 'g' and teo little tools,
Does anybody have this? (i wanted to upload screenshot but dont know how with phone)

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Hahaha it is funny, especialy the way you wroted the op.
I did also find wierd thing at least for me in my mob, one app showed by its self since yesterday, i looked in play store but nowhere fing the link, its a google service settings, never saw it before, green icon with a letter 'g' and teo little tools,
Does anybody have this? (i wanted to upload screenshot but dont know how with phone)
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Yea. I have same app on my mobile! I didnt even look what it is!
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Kornezije said:
Yea. I have same app on my mobile! I didnt even look what it is!
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http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...tings-icon-its-just-google-play-services-3-0/
It's a Google+ update. Looks like a load of nonsense, especially if you don't use Google+...

Kornezije said:
Yea. I have same app on my mobile! I didnt even look what it is!
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Its included in the play store update..
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Holy sh*t. Your being haunted by the ghost of Nate Dogg!
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I fixed it. Looks like it was something that was downloaded at some point by the download music info thingy, I guess. Most probably one of my recordings that got misnamed by the download music info I must have ran at some point without realizing it.
In the SD, go to android->data->com.sonyericsson.mediaextra->artistimage, in there you will find some files named only by numbers with no extension, those are artist images that appear in some places in the walkman. You can rename them to give them a .jpg extension and then you can open them. I deleted them all, and now I don't have any weird guy popping up when I browse my music.
So yeah, you can do this to remove or possibly replace artist images in the walkman.

MarkMRL said:
I fixed it. Looks like it was something that was downloaded at some point by the download music info thingy, I guess. Most probably one of my recordings that got misnamed by the download music info I must have ran at some point without realizing it.
In the SD, go to android->data->com.sonyericsson.mediaextra->artistimage, in there you will find some files named only by numbers with no extension, those are artist images that appear in some places in the walkman. You can rename them to give them a .jpg extension and then you can open them. I deleted them all, and now I don't have any weird guy popping up when I browse my music.
So yeah, you can do this to remove or possibly replace artist images in the walkman.
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Make a thread for this..just in case anybody else gets the bejesus scared out of them lol
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