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USB file transfer from pc problems

Hi all, I have been having this problem for a while and now i am tired of it. For sometime, when transferring files from my pc with win 7 to the my phones external sd, its moves really slow. the progress bar, time remaining and speed all moves very slow. When using any other devices it works correctly so i know its something with the epic. For instance, it may say its going a 1mb per second but it sits there and about every five or maybe even more seconds, it updates the speed or time remaining but shows barely any progress...

Do you have the official drivers installed? And dumb question is it a high speed USB port (2.0+)
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It could be related to the speed of your card, the quality of your cable, and even which usb port you use. Or a combination of the three.
Try changing one of these, especially the cable or usb port and try out an app called sd tools. It will give you more information about actual read write speed to your card.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ales.veluscek.sdtools&hl=en

What do you mean official drivers? And thank you sir i will give that app a try
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vlug said:
What do you mean official drivers? And thank you sir i will give that app a try
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The official one from Samsung. Windows will find a driver to use for this phone(generic). You can find the download link in one of sfhub's one click Odin threads.
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mp4.tmp from video recording?? **SOLVED!!!** - corrupt MP4 file repair

I'm using Task & Ktoonsez ROM
I recently recorded a series of videos. A few of the files are saved as mp4.tmp which is unreadable by any video player on the phone. I also have not been able to get any program on the phone or computer to open, play, or covert these files.
Each video file is 720p, around 10min long, and ~600mb. Each mp4.tmp file has a .mp4 file counterpart that is 0kb.
I don't think this is a ROM issue, but I think it's the camera software that's supposed to repair/process this file maybe?
Help is greatly appreciated. I would really like to save these files somehow if possible. If they are corrupt, I don't need the audio, just the video.
Thank you,
-Bob

Have you tried renaming the mp4.tmp to .mp4? Your simply changing the file extension but theoretically enabling video players to properly detect what they are.
You can either transfer them to your computer and then change them or even do it on your phone with a simple file viewer from the Market.
Hope that helps!
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g2tegg said:
Have you tried renaming the mp4.tmp to .mp4? Your simply changing the file extension but theoretically enabling video players to properly detect what they are.
You can either transfer them to your computer and then change them or even do it on your phone with a simple file viewer from the Market.
Hope that helps!
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Yeah I thought that would work too. Alas, I was wrong...

Interesting. Have you tried renaming and then using a video player like vlc? Vlc for the Mac/PC can play just about anything. If that still doesn't work I'm at a loss my friend. I've never been successful with editing a unviewable file before.
One other thing. Have you tried other extensions? For instance .3gp or .avi? I'm not sure what format cm10 natively records, but I'd try that as well before giving up.
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g2tegg said:
Interesting. Have you tried renaming and then using a video player like vlc? Vlc for the Mac/PC can play just about anything. If that still doesn't work I'm at a loss my friend. I've never been successful with editing a unviewable file before.
One other thing. Have you tried other extensions? For instance .3gp or .avi? I'm not sure what format cm10 natively records, but I'd try that as well before giving up.
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Yup, tried every extension I can think of and VLC as well as many other players. Thanks for the effort though. I still hope to solve it. The file size is right so I know there's information in there.

***SOLVED***
******SOLVED**********
Answer found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35172352#post35172352
Thank you XDA once again. :victory:

help..my note3 photos and videos file are unable to open
hi,
can someone email me the solution?
i cant access the link to resolve my corrupted file.
recently i notice it keeps happening,
could it be a bug in andriod os or note3 or sd card issue? i using a 64sd.
my email is [email protected]
thks in advance.

eatkabab said:
Yeah I thought that would work too. Alas, I was wrong...
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I left the oringal file name and just deleted temp and it worked. you should try that. I didnt have to download anything extra.

for me .please?
i would like plese the link also so i can fix an importantt broken video 3gpp.tmp my mail is [email protected] thank u very much

g2tegg said:
Have you tried renaming the mp4.tmp to .mp4? Your simply changing the file extension but theoretically enabling video players to properly detect what they are.
You can either transfer them to your computer and then change them or even do it on your phone with a simple file viewer from the Market.
Hope that helps!
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woukd you please send me the solution?
my e-mail address is [email protected]
thank for your help
I appreciate it a lot!

[Q] Funky Storage Issue

I've got a Sprint Galaxy SIII, SPH-L710 16GB, no SD Card. When I connect the device to my computer (WinXP, latest Samsung Drivers Installed) I'm able to see files I have downloaded to the storage via the device itself, as well as an .apk that I moved over from my computer, but I'm not able to see the various folders (DCIM, Foursquare, Music, Goomanager, Etc...) Is there something I'm missing here? Phone is running CM10.1 JellyBro.
**In the attached screenshot you can see the various files and folders, when I try to access the storage on my desktop, all I can see are the GAPPS.zip file, and the WhatsApp.apk

I know when I connect mine (vistax64) it pulls it up as a media device should be able to see it under my computer. If not I would look under your media player settings. Or you may wanna check to see if USB debugging is checked on your phone
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Patrickw6789 said:
I know when I connect mine (vistax64) it pulls it up as a media device should be able to see it under my computer. If not I would look under your media player settings. Or you may wanna check to see if USB debugging is checked on your phone
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Thanks. I actually tried that. USB debugging changed nothing. When I threw an SD Card in though, it suddenly was able to see SOME of my folders... I'm gonna do a clean wipe and start fresh, using the CM10.1 Official Nightly. I really need to get this remedied. I'll circle back once I have some results.
Should be studying for my MA Life Insurance license, and not buggering with my phone... oh well.

Try a different USB port on the computer
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GiantJay said:
Try a different USB port on the computer
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Thanks. Unfortunately, that didn't work for me. I'm trying to make sense of the file system on this device, Emulated, Vs SDcard and ExtSDcard...

What happened to my pictures?!

I've been trying out various 4.2 ROMs over the course of the past few weeks, only to return back to 4.1.2 each and every time. I always manage to get all of my files transfered back from that dreaded "0" files without any issues. That is until yesterday. After deciding that I'm still not sold on 4.2, I flashed back to 4.1.2, transfered all of my files, and then restored a backup from just before flashing. Apparently, now I can't view any of my pictures. They're in the gallery but they're all greyed-out and I cannot view them. What happened and is there any way to get them back to normal? I'm extremely disappointed as they're all quite meaningful to me... Help!
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Try any other gallery app such as QuickPic which is available on the Play Store. I hope this solves your issue somehow

ahmadallica said:
Try any other gallery app such as QuickPic which is available on the Play Store. I hope this solves your issue somehow
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Tried it. Same outcome. Bummer. Thanks though!
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If you can access them via any file manager, then I suggest to take them to your PC and ensure that they are viewed correctly on your PC. If so then they are safe and just restore again or flash a new ROM and put them back. Hope this helps

ahmadallica said:
If you can access them via any file manager, then I suggest to take them to your PC and ensure that they are viewed correctly on your PC. If so then they are safe and just restore again or flash a new ROM and put them back. Hope this helps
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Yeah, they're visible just not viewable, if that makes any sense to you. I'll try transferring them to my computer now to see what happens. Thanks again!
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OK. Connected to computer. Every picture pops up as a file as they usually would. However, every time I try to view a picture, I get "Photo Gallery can't display this picture because it is an empty file." Ouch. Sounds like they're lost and gone forever...
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d00dr said:
OK. Connected to computer. Every picture pops up as a file as they usually would. However, every time I try to view a picture, I get "Photo Gallery can't display this picture because it is an empty file." Ouch. Sounds like they're lost and gone forever...
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Did you try restarting your GNex to see if they will not be grey?
Assuming you have some pictures in the DCIM folder, then try accessing them from storage/sdcard0/DCIM not /sdcard/DCIM then sending them to PC to check one more time.

ahmadallica said:
Did you try restarting your GNex to see if they will not be grey?
Assuming you have some pictures in the DCIM folder, then try accessing them from storage/sdcard0/DCIM not /sdcard/DCIM then sending them to PC to check one more time.
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I rebooted a couple of times and even reflashed the ROM yet still get the same result. When I try to open one of the greyed-out pictures and click on details, I get - Path: /storage/sdcard0/DCIM/Camera/IMGxxxxxxx.jpg
That help at all?
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d00dr said:
I rebooted a couple of times and even reflashed the ROM yet still get the same result. When I try to open one of the greyed-out pictures and click on details, I get - Path: /storage/sdcard0/DCIM/Camera/IMGxxxxxxx.jpg
That help at all?
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OK so did you send them from /storage/sdcard0/DCIM/Camera/ to PC then check if they are viewed successfully on your PC?

ahmadallica said:
OK so did you send them from /storage/sdcard0/DCIM/Camera/ to PC then check if they are viewed successfully on your PC?
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The "0" file no longer exists as I deleted it after transferring all of the files back to my SD card. I always use ES File Explorer and the cut and paste method. Must be something happened when I tried to transfer them this last time...
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d00dr said:
The "0" file no longer exists as I deleted it after transferring all of the files back to my SD card. I always use ES File Explorer and the cut and paste method. Must be something happened when I tried to transfer them this last time...
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Are you talking about the 0 folder on the /sdcard/ ???
I was talking about /storage/ directory which you can only access if you have root and enable it in ES File Explorer.

ahmadallica said:
Are you talking about the 0 folder on the /sdcard/ ???
I was talking about /storage/ directory which you can only access if you have root and enable it in ES File Explorer.
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Yes, I was. I will go into ES File Explorer now and enable it and give it a shot. Thank you so much for your time! I really appreciate it!
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This is what I see:
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Hi, I'm having a similar issue, been trying to fix it by flashing different versions and lock/unlock combinations, but all my files are screwed up, can't seem to fix it. I too get grey/black photos and videos, but what's worse is that I can't access any of the files through regular PC exploration.
I used Nexus Root Toolkit v1.6.1 to backup my stuff, but it gave me this problem :/
If I find a way to fix it, I'll let you know

d00dr said:
This is what I see:
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Honestly, this is the first time I see such pictures with this yellow triangle. I do not exactly know what this means but if these images are lost then they would not have shown at all I guess, so I will try to search for a solution on the Internet and will let you know if I found anything. For the time being, I hope some other more experienced members will be able to help you much bettER. Good Luck!

This is the first time I've encountered this issue as well. I'm at a loss... Its strange, all of the files are there but have that little yellow triangle and contain no data. My only hope is that they're still in there... somewhere.
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Genmita said:
Hi, I'm having a similar issue, been trying to fix it by flashing different versions and lock/unlock combinations, but all my files are screwed up, can't seem to fix it. I too get grey/black photos and videos, but what's worse is that I can't access any of the files through regular PC exploration.
I used Nexus Root Toolkit v1.6.1 to backup my stuff, but it gave me this problem :/
If I find a way to fix it, I'll let you know
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Sorry to hear you're experiencing a similar issue but also glad to hear I'm not the only one! Let's hope there's a solution out there somewhere!
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d00dr said:
This is the first time I've encountered this issue as well. I'm at a loss... Its strange, all of the files are there but have that little yellow triangle and contain no data. My only hope is that they're still in there... somewhere.
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Check the following two things:
1- If you go to the details/properties of any of the images, is there a logical size for each of them?
2- Does it show the same yellow triangle when checking the pictures via /data/media/0/ , /storage/emulated/0/ , and /sdcard/ ?
I am just trying to collect more information so hopefully other members also can help you bettER

ahmadallica said:
Check the following two things:
1- If you go to the details/properties of any of the images, is there a logical size for each of them?
2- Does it show the same yellow triangle when checking the pictures via /data/media/0/ , /storage/emulated/0/ , and /sdcard/ ?
I am just trying to collect more information so hopefully other members also can help you bettER
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Here's an example of one of the "picture's" properties. And no matter which way I check them, they all have the same yellow triangle over them...
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ahmadallica said:
Check the following two things:
1- If you go to the details/properties of any of the images, is there a logical size for each of them?
2- Does it show the same yellow triangle when checking the pictures via /data/media/0/ , /storage/emulated/0/ , and /sdcard/ ?
I am just trying to collect more information so hopefully other members also can help you bettER
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Do you know if there's a way to extract files from an .AB (Android Backup) file for windows? I want to know if my pictures and videos are really in there; after running an SD rescan, all my files disappeared from the SD Card and I can't see them on the PC or phone, I'm starting to believe the backup I made with Nexus Root Toolkit just made some "ghost" image of the files but they are actually gone.

Need help with getting media off my galaxy nexus

So Im needing a little help. I just got the note 2 and want to get all my pics and vids over to my note. I know there isnt an sd card for the nexus. But I plug my phone into my laptop and click import pictures and videos and it goes up to about 1073 pics and vids and then just stops. Nothing else works. Ive also tried to just look for the file where all my pics are at using ES File or astro file. And I cant seem to locate where they are at. Can someone point me in the right direction please. I would appreciate it. Thanks
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npainter7 said:
So Im needing a little help. I just got the note 2 and want to get all my pics and vids over to my note. I know there isnt an sd card for the nexus. But I plug my phone into my laptop and click import pictures and videos and it goes up to about 1073 pics and vids and then just stops. Nothing else works. Ive also tried to just look for the file where all my pics are at using ES File or astro file. And I cant seem to locate where they are at. Can someone point me in the right direction please. I would appreciate it. Thanks
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I would recommend using "AirDroid" app. It is convenient to select pictures/videos and download them to your PC and then transfer it to your Note2. Alternatively if you have ADB installed that's probably the fastest way. Simply use the commands *adb pull /sdcard/DCIM*

You're complicating things too much. Browse to your phones media folders after you connect to your desktop and then just drag the drag to where ever you need them saved on your PC. Then, do that in reverse for your Note.
Don't import anything. That's for people who don't know how to use a computer. Always drag and drop.
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CADude said:
You're complicating things too much. Browse to your phones media folders after you connect to your desktop and then just drag the drag to where ever you need them saved on your PC. Then, do that in reverse for your Note.
Don't import anything. That's for people who don't know how to use a computer. Always drag and drop.
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Well when I open any media files nothing is in them. I know how to drag and drop files.
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