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[Q] i freaking HATE MTP...how to transfer files to my phone?

sooo, how are we supposed to transfer files? I finally have my phone working "the way it's supposed to" so the PC sees it and it shows up as an MTP device. I can open and delete files on it, but whenever I try to transfer files, it just says copying... and stays there indefinitely...
i've been having to email myself things, or remove the sd card, put things on it, then copy/paste to the internal card...what the heck does Samsung really want us to do?
i need some help with this please...

Max_Pain said:
sooo, how are we supposed to transfer files? I finally have my phone working "the way it's supposed to" so the PC sees it and it shows up as an MTP device. I can open and delete files on it, but whenever I try to transfer files, it just says copying... and stays there indefinitely...
i've been having to email myself things, or remove the sd card, put things on it, then copy/paste to the internal card...what the heck does Samsung really want us to do?
i need some help with this please...
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I feel ya. I HATE mtp with a passion. That being said, the indefinite copying could be the result of a bad cable and/or a crappy computer.(seen both) my recommendation, fu*k mtp and just push everything with adb. that's what I do. If ur unfamiliar with adb get something like android commander or QTADB. Way less of a headache for me

Max_Pain said:
sooo, how are we supposed to transfer files? I finally have my phone working "the way it's supposed to" so the PC sees it and it shows up as an MTP device. I can open and delete files on it, but whenever I try to transfer files, it just says copying... and stays there indefinitely...
i've been having to email myself things, or remove the sd card, put things on it, then copy/paste to the internal card...what the heck does Samsung really want us to do?
i need some help with this please...
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Copy hangs do to cable, try a different one. It happen to me with my old nexus s 4g cable.
ON BLAZER 1.7 /JELLYBOMB 9

Well I could be worse macs don't recognize mtp so I have to use the other mode
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i just tried with the stock samsung cable, this time got a message saying the device wasn't responding or was disconnected, and the copying stayed there as well.
to the poster who said it's about a crappy computer, that's not very good logic. I can transfer file between my tablets, other phones, portable hard drives, etc. I can play the latest games, use very intensive programs just fine. i just can't seem to transfer via MTP. ****ty computer, or ****ty transfer protocol? i think the latter.

Make sure you have the right driver installed. Here is a link to install it manually if need be.

I had that problem then I enabled usb debugging now my pc recognizes it as a mass storage device and transfers files flawlessly. I would try that.

My PC wont install the drivers. Im pretty much completely SOL. Ive tried multiple cables.

Air droid is a alternative method.
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Thanks for the replies I will try them when I get home...
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Max_Pain said:
i just tried with the stock samsung cable, this time got a message saying the device wasn't responding or was disconnected, and the copying stayed there as well.
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The stock cable is terrible. It's a Samsung tradition. I'd rule out that as the problem by using a quality one.
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MadFlava said:
My PC wont install the drivers. Im pretty much completely SOL. Ive tried multiple cables.
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You have to uninstall old drivers first and reboot then plug phone in. Also if you have wifi then you can transfer files back and forth without a cable ot mtp.

MajorCinema said:
Air droid is a alternative method.
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+1 on airdroid. Also, try downloading and installing the toolkit for SG3, it's in the dev section and stiky. Use it to download and install the most recent drivers.
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Max_Pain said:
sooo, how are we supposed to transfer files? I finally have my phone working "the way it's supposed to" so the PC sees it and it shows up as an MTP device. I can open and delete files on it, but whenever I try to transfer files, it just says copying... and stays there indefinitely...
i've been having to email myself things, or remove the sd card, put things on it, then copy/paste to the internal card...what the heck does Samsung really want us to do?
i need some help with this please...
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I completely agree with you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/general/favourite-tp-t2925508

Can't put movies on the Note II

Hello,
When I try to drag & drop movies to my Note II I am getting an error. I did a search on Google and I the answer I got is that the phone isn't in UMS mode. Then I searched how to put my Note II in UMS mode but the answer was: it can't. Although the answer isn't positive I am just putting up a new thread, maybe someone actually does know how to do this.
Thank you!

Drumpie27 said:
Hello,
When I try to drag & drop movies to my Note II I am getting an error. I did a search on Google and I the answer I got is that the phone isn't in UMS mode. Then I searched how to put my Note II in UMS mode but the answer was: it can't. Although the answer isn't positive I am just putting up a new thread, maybe someone actually does know how to do this.
Thank you!
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Might help if you posted up the error you are getting.
Whilst the Note 2 doesn't support UMS, it does support MTP, so I am assuming, since you've mentioned dragging and dropping, that this is working and you are seeing your Note 2 as a device.
How big are the movies you are trying to copy onto your Note 2?
Regards,
Dave

foxmeister said:
Might help if you posted up the error you are getting.
Whilst the Note 2 doesn't support UMS, it does support MTP, so I am assuming, since you've mentioned dragging and dropping, that this is working and you are seeing your Note 2 as a device.
How big are the movies you are trying to copy onto your Note 2?
Regards,
Dave
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Hello Dave,
Thank you for your reply.
When I am trying to drag & drop the movie I am not getting a error specifically, but a window that comes up with the message: windows explorer isn't reacting.
That is correct, I am seeing my Note 2 as a device, in particular a portable media player. Actually it isn't a movie but a Sopranos episode. It's about 2/3 gigabytes big.
I really can't figure out why it doesn't work.
Thank you.

Drumpie27 said:
Hello Dave,
Thank you for your reply.
When I am trying to drag & drop the movie I am not getting a error specifically, but a window that comes up with the message: windows explorer isn't reacting.
That is correct, I am seeing my Note 2 as a device, in particular a portable media player. Actually it isn't a movie but a Sopranos episode. It's about 2/3 gigabytes big.
I really can't figure out why it doesn't work.
Thank you.
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Had the same problem...- use wifi file transfer PRO from market
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mayank_nigam said:
Had the same problem...- use wifi file transfer PRO from market
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I would like a faster solution for bigger files. But thank you anyways, I'll do it via this app till I got an solid solution.

Try transferring a smaller video file to see if that makes a difference. Do you have any problems transferring other file types (pics, text)?
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whatsitsnamenow said:
Try transferring a smaller video file to see if that makes a difference. Do you have any problems transferring other file types (pics, text)?
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I know if your memory is in FAT32 format you cannot place files on it larger than 4GB. Also if you are rooted there is an app(s) in the market for Samsung devices that switches your phone from MTP to the Android 2.3.3 USB Mass Storage Mode that might yield better results for you. I believe it is "USB Mode Switch" on Google Play. There is also a way to do it though ADB.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009 -> This link is for the SGS3 but may work as well.

Drumpie27 said:
I would like a faster solution for bigger files. But thank you anyways, I'll do it via this app till I got an solid solution.
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3rd time today I think im recommending goodsync If your devices are on the same network the transfer speed is around 2-4Mb/sec but beats connecting wires and such. Give it a shot.

Windows Explorer isn't reacting? Isn't it a problem with Windows but your phone?

whatsitsnamenow said:
Try transferring a smaller video file to see if that makes a difference. Do you have any problems transferring other file types (pics, text)?
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Other files are working correctly.
spotopolis said:
I know if your memory is in FAT32 format you cannot place files on it larger than 4GB. Also if you are rooted there is an app(s) in the market for Samsung devices that switches your phone from MTP to the Android 2.3.3 USB Mass Storage Mode that might yield better results for you. I believe it is "USB Mode Switch" on Google Play. There is also a way to do it though ADB.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009 -> This link is for the SGS3 but may work as well.
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Yeah it's something like that. Although the guy above said that the Note 2 cannot be put in UMS mode. I also can't find any program like that. Could you check it out for me please.
elevation_2 said:
3rd time today I think im recommending goodsync If your devices are on the same network the transfer speed is around 2-4Mb/sec but beats connecting wires and such. Give it a shot.
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I will give it a try, thank you. Also isn't this program the same as Dropbox?
jujuburi said:
Windows Explorer isn't reacting? Isn't it a problem with Windows but your phone?
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No, it's a common problem.

Perhaps you should mention what format video file it is. Natively it will only allow you to transfer mp4 files. Any other files and mtp will ask if you want to convert the file. Perhaps the mtp is trying to convert the video file before the transfer. That may be the problem you are experiencing.
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i did have the same problem and it was down to kies, i uninstalled the driver for my note 2 and uninstalled kies, redownloaded a fresh version of kies and installed.
the problem hasnt returned.
coming from htc, kies is the only thing i really dislike about samsung products, and will make me root if i can go back to simple plug in and pc recogise it as a hard drive like it did in the end on my gtab.

Drumpie27 said:
Other files are working correctly.
Yeah it's something like that. Although the guy above said that the Note 2 cannot be put in UMS mode. I also can't find any program like that. Could you check it out for me please.
I will give it a try, thank you. Also isn't this program the same as Dropbox?
No, it's a common problem.
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Similar to dropbox but much faster. Drop box syncs the same folders. With goodsync you can choose which folder to sync with what. Secondly dropbox stores data in the air, goodsync doesnt.

Drumpie27 said:
Hello Dave,
Thank you for your reply.
When I am trying to drag & drop the movie I am not getting a error specifically, but a window that comes up with the message: windows explorer isn't reacting.
That is correct, I am seeing my Note 2 as a device, in particular a portable media player. Actually it isn't a movie but a Sopranos episode. It's about 2/3 gigabytes big.
I really can't figure out why it doesn't work.
Thank you.
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What version of windows? Windows can not see the Note2 as an external hard drive-device to drag & drop to?
What about transferring the files to a micro-sdhc card on your pc then putting it in your Note2 (which you could transfer to internal memory if you want)?
Alternatively, what about uploading to Google Drive or Dropbox & downloading it to the Note 2?

Drumpie27 said:
When I am trying to drag & drop the movie I am not getting a error specifically, but a window that comes up with the message: windows explorer isn't reacting.
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I would suggest that if you are getting a message about Windows Explorer not reacting, the problem is more likely related to the PC, not the Note.
Have you tried on a different PC?
Regards,
Dave

foxmeister said:
I would suggest that if you are getting a message about Windows Explorer not reacting, the problem is more likely related to the PC, not the Note.
Have you tried on a different PC?
Regards,
Dave
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Also at times rebooting the PC can correct Windows Explorer issues..

foxmeister said:
I would suggest that if you are getting a message about Windows Explorer not reacting, the problem is more likely related to the PC, not the Note.
Have you tried on a different PC?
Regards,
Dave
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Is not the PC. I've seen this same problem many times since Google implemented MTP, it's complete garbage.
Windows is erroring because the transfer is damned slow that it just times out on large files. I've pretty much given up trying and just take the SD card out and plug it in to my card reader now; it's faster and actually WORKS.

FloatingFatMan said:
Is not the PC. I've seen this same problem many times since Google implemented MTP, it's complete garbage.
Windows is erroring because the transfer is damned slow that it just times out on large files. I've pretty much given up trying and just take the SD card out and plug it in to my card reader now; it's faster and actually WORKS.
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Thanks for confirming that..it's what I'd first do-suggested in this case..but what about users-devices without handy external storage (uploading & downloading from cloud services)?
https://www.google.com/search?q=Google+MTP

FloatingFatMan said:
Is not the PC. I've seen this same problem many times since Google implemented MTP, it's complete garbage.
Windows is erroring because the transfer is damned slow that it just times out on large files. I've pretty much given up trying and just take the SD card out and plug it in to my card reader now; it's faster and actually WORKS.
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Sorry, but I've transferred films larger than this without error, so I cannot agree with your findings.
YMMV, but thus far I have not had to remove the sdcard from my Note 2 in order to transfer a movie to my device. The largest individual file I've transferred came in at a shade under 2GB, but I've also transferred over 4GB total in multiple files without issue.
Regards,
Dave.
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Drumpie27 said:
When I am trying to drag & drop the movie I am not getting a error specifically, but a window that comes up with the message: windows explorer isn't reacting.
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I had a similar issue, the fix isn't exactly something you'd think of.
Do you have the DivX codec installed on your PC?
If yes, uninstall it. Doing so fixed the issue for me.
Any mkv file I tried transferring would crash Windows Explorer until I uninstalled the DivX codec.

[Q] Kies

Had a problem with Kies once before, but i want to try again. Somebody please help me with this: With my SGSIII plugged into my computer, and Kies open, which tab do i click on to copy all my music and photos into Kies, while still leaving the originals on my phone. Last time, i must have hit the wrong tab, because i lost all the music that was on my phone. Thanks to Dropbox, i was able to get it back. Thanks for any help that you can give.

grunt0300 said:
Had a problem with Kies once before, but i want to try again. Somebody please help me with this: With my SGSIII plugged into my computer, and Kies open, which tab do i click on to copy all my music and photos into Kies, while still leaving the originals on my phone. Last time, i must have hit the wrong tab, because i lost all the music that was on my phone. Thanks to Dropbox, i was able to get it back. Thanks for any help that you can give.
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Why are you using Kies? Just plug the phone in to a USB port (without Kies running) and you can access the phone as a media device (on windows 7 anyway). Just open up and choose the phone or card depending on where your information is stored. Drag and drop and it copies automatically.

why do you need kies again?
it's a lot slower than just copy and paste all your musics on the drive itself

pcshano said:
why do you need kies again?
it's a lot slower than just copy and paste all your musics on the drive itself
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+1

I use a MacBook Pro, not a PC.

aybarrap1 said:
Why are you using Kies? Just plug the phone in to a USB port (without Kies running) and you can access the phone as a media device (on windows 7 anyway). Just open up and choose the phone or card depending on where your information is stored. Drag and drop and it copies automatically.
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That's exactly how it worked when i had an HTC Vivid, but not with my SGSIII. I wish that it did.

grunt0300 said:
I use a MacBook Pro, not a PC.
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Then, Android File Transfer?

Alexandre-P said:
Then, Android File Transfer?
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Can't get it to recognize phone.

Just find the back up option. It'll save a copy of all your contacts, pictures and music as well. It's either on the left or in one of the tabs at the top.
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Monkeymannnn said:
Just find the back up option. It'll save a copy of all your contacts, pictures and music as well. It's either on the left or in one of the tabs at the top.
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Thanks. I'm trying to use Droid NAS, but it won't let me see the ext sd card. Sent an email to the developer, so we'll see what happens.

Please help

My wife had dropped her S3 on floor shattering screen. Now luckely insurance have sent a new device, but I need to get pictures that were one the device copied over (Failed SD card and phone writes pictures on internal memory). But when I connect phone to computer (Vista 7), it doesn't show up in Computer to be able see or access the contents of the phone. Phone does turn on and connects to WiFi as I hear same notification for Facebook and such at same time as her new and working device.
Is there any other ways to access it?
Any help would be greatly appriciated

Use a SD card to copy the photos from internal memory to SD card. If you had an SD card in the device that won't read then try a new SD card.
You can try new usb cable.
Make sure that you have the right Samsung drivers installed and working correctly (you can use the new S3 to test this). Download from Samsung website and install or reinstall if need to.
There are apps that allow your device's files to be accessed through WiFi. Like WiFi File Explorer Pro, WiFi File Transfer Pro, etc.
You can copy photos to cloud storage like Box, Dropbox, Sky drive, Amazon Cloud Drive, etc.
You can copy them to cloud photo gallerys like Google+ photos, Flickr, etc.
Bump, and S Beam can be used to transfer the photos.
If that doesn't do it, then out of luck.
Next time set the photos to be saved to external SD card. The settings should be in the camera settings (Note 2, S3, and S4)
FYI - this is Galaxy Note 2 forum. But that fine you post this here. Both Note 2 and S3 should be close enough to help with this.

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Do you have a custom recovery? If you have CWM I'd just use adb to pull the files.
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Thanks, guys.
Unfortunately the screen is completely black and shattered and I cannot see anything

If new cable doesn't work in allowing you to see the files in your device from computer, then you are out of luck. Sorry.
Next time set the photos to be saved to external SD card. The settings should be in the camera settings.
Again sorry for the loss of the photos.

djpaul said:
My wife had dropped her S3 on floor shattering screen. Now luckely insurance have sent a new device, but I need to get pictures that were one the device copied over (Failed SD card and phone writes pictures on internal memory). But when I connect phone to computer (Vista 7), it doesn't show up in Computer to be able see or access the contents of the phone. Phone does turn on and connects to WiFi as I hear same notification for Facebook and such at same time as her new and working device.
Is there any other ways to access it?
Any help would be greatly appriciated
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I know this doesn't help you with your problem but, you can set up dropbox to automatically upload pics as you take them. That's what I do and I don't have to worry about losing pics. They are generally on my pc before I get home from wherever I took them. Again, sorry I can't help you but, hopefully this helps prevent problems in the future
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Find a video tutorial on youtube for disassembly. Switch the internals from broken phone to new phone. Get needed files off phone. Swutch back internals when done. Be careful
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markusf21 said:
I know this doesn't help you with your problem but, you can set up dropbox to automatically upload pics as you take them. That's what I do and I don't have to worry about losing pics. They are generally on my pc before I get home from wherever I took them. Again, sorry I can't help you but, hopefully this helps prevent problems in the future
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Awesome idea. Google+ photos does the same.
To the Op - The ideas we are giving you is to have the photos automatically go somewhere that you can retrieve them without needing the device. SD cards, cloud storage and cloud photo gallerys are awesome ways to make sure that this doesn't happen again.
Again sorry for the loss of the photos and memories.
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Find a video tutorial on youtube for disassembly. Switch the internals from broken phone to new phone. Get needed files off phone. Swutch back internals when done. Be careful
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As a technician, I am afraid that the user could cause damage to the new device in doing this.
But yes, if hired to retrieve the photos and this was the only way then I would do this method. And still give them time to return the damaged device to the insurance.
Good idea.

You could possibly buy an mhl adapter and connect it to your tv/monitor and then copy the files to a new sd card or upload them to the cloud.
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blakkheartt12 said:
You could possibly buy an mhl adapter and connect it to your tv/monitor and then copy the files to a new sd card or upload them to the cloud.
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This seems like a good idea- unless you have to turn on the option to send signals to tv like laptops and such.
You should try what someone else mentioned- pushing with ADB if you have custom recovery. Go on youtube and find your custom recover and 'blind' navigate yourself through your recovery. (See where approx which option is where and press it and attempt to use ADB or something/)

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Coug76 said:
And as long a the digitizer isn't toasty too.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
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That would suck
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SDcard problem, media contents can not be detected

Hi yall, im using note 8 4g lte unrooted , samsung micro sd 32 gb . I prefer using music player and video player native apps as they really useful and friendly for me , especially love the virtual sound 7.1, great to watch a movie on it . Normally videos and music i download to sd card and the app will auto detect those media files but one day it stopped working, i coulndnt see my videos and music in both music and video player eventho i still can access them via file manager app but its kinda annoying , please help , i already try remove card n insert again, mount , dismount , restart, factory reset even try some app that force scanning medias but still coulnd help . dont tell me install 3rd app plz . Tks yall
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Hi yall, im using note 8 4g lte unrooted , samsung micro sd 32 gb . I prefer using music player and video player native apps as they really useful and friendly for me , especially love the virtual sound 7.1, great to watch a movie on it . Normally videos and music i download to sd card and the app will auto detect those media files but one day it stopped working, i coulndnt see my videos and music in both music and video player eventho i still can access them via file manager app but its kinda annoying , please help , i already try remove card n insert again, mount , dismount , restart, factory reset even try some app that force scanning medias but still coulnd help . dont tell me install 3rd app plz . Tks yall
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something similar had happened with me few days back. I think I resolved that by loading few videos from gallery or manually opening them with the video player Via es file explorer and telling it to play with stock video and music players
this happens due to media server crashing likely due to some corrupt file.

thanks so much, i have followed ur method but didnt work for me , im doing a backup and format the card and see how it goes
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kimbap said:
thanks so much, i have followed ur method but didnt work for me , im doing a backup and format the card and see how it goes
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I'm having the same problem! Started this morning. Only thing I noticed that was different was that a few apps auto updated while I was asleep which might have caused the problem. No media files on the sdcard are showing up in any apps other than file explorers and they are viewable/playable on stock apps through the explorers. I tried dismounting/mounting, restarting the phone, made a backup of the sdcard on the computer and formated it on the phone but still no luck. I tried moving the files to different folders in the sdcard as well as the root destination (if thats what its called, I put the files on the sdcard not within a folder) still nothing. When I copy a file from the sdcard to the phone memory only then do they show up, but moving them back to the sdcard does not fix the problem. When taking a photo, the file is saved in the same destination as my older files on the sdcard but the new image is the only one that shows up in the gallery. It's driving me crazy! Please help!
Apps that were updated included some samsung update. Could that have caused the problem?
Samsung Galaxy Note 2 GT-N7100. Not rooted.

I would try uninstalling updates for the video player from the App Manager. This should return the app to factory settings.
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CASz said:
I would try uninstalling updates for the video player from the App Manager. This should return the app to factory settings.
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Thanks for the suggestion, but after checking the video player is version 1.0 and there is no option to uninstall updates. I checked the music player as well (version 5.0.5) and theres no option to uninstall updates too. I uninstalled updates for samsung push service and samsung link since I think one of those two were the app that was updated yesterday, but that didn't fix anything.

Rats. I have found the larger SD cards to be unreliable.
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CASz said:
Rats. I have found the larger SD cards to be unreliable.
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SanDisk 64gb. You think that could be the cause of the problem? Although the packaging of the SD card had android marketing all over it and said something along the lines of "formatted for android" or "made for android" don't really remember. I've been using it for almost 2 months now and it's been fine up till yesterday. Plus the thing that's really confusing me is that I can still access everything through file explorers.

I know I had a problem with my 32 and had to fiddle; but could always read it on my computer. I read somewhere larger fails more frequently. Almost gave up but it stabilized. I'm storing photos straight to SD but switch back to on device if I want to make sure I get the shots. No trust.
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Try deleting the .thumbnails folder in the DCIM on internal sd card, another .thumbnails folder for video thumbs could also be deleted. Then unmount and remount external card. Might be good idea to clear data of media storage on settings/application manager.
Mine is 64 GB Sandisk Ultra too,

intelliriffer said:
Try deleting the .thumbnails folder in the DCIM on internal sd card, another .thumbnails folder for video thumbs could also be deleted. Then unmount and remount external card. Might be good idea to clear data of media storage on settings/application manager.
Mine is 64 GB Sandisk Ultra too,
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Thanks for the suggestion. After deleting both .thumbnails folders, clearing data from media storage in application manager and unmounting and remounting the external card, the only thing that changed is one song (that was on the internal sd) has finally showed up on the music player when it wasn't there before (which was a minor issue that was pissing me off so thanks!). The music and video files on the external sd however still do not show in the music and gallery apps but are still accessible through the file manager. I restarted the phone for good measure but still no luck.

I am using a sandisk 64gb card my videos don't show up in galary I have to use vlc player and they show and work fine.

Thanks
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intelliriffer said:
Try deleting the .thumbnails folder in the DCIM on internal sd card, another .thumbnails folder for video thumbs could also be deleted. Then unmount and remount external card. Might be good idea to clear data of media storage on settings/application manager.
Mine is 64 GB Sandisk Ultra too,
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I cannot thank you enough! I have spent days trying to fix this issue, I have tried everything but factory reset but this worked. Thank you!

my fix
I had the same problem on my nexus 4. I ended up moving all the music I had from my downloads folder (or wherever else) to a folder called music that I had created in the media folder on my internal SD. This did not fix all my music but 6-8 albums are now detectable by my phone (any app). There are still however a few albums this did not work with and I have not tried this with a video file. I also used an app called ES file explorer to let me create and move files on my internal SD. I hope this helps some of you guys and if someone figures out how to get all media to become detectable please post.

What is Samsung saying about this issue?