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Hello,
weird question, i can see a folder in Astro that has wallpapers, but I can't see the wallpapers when looking at the same folder in Gallery.
In fact, i can ONLY see 1 file in that specific folder when in Gallery.
If I go to Astro, I can see all hundred files...
I tried to set wallpaper (i have launcher pro plus) and it gives me the option of Astro or the Gallery. When I try Astro, and I see the wallpaper, it doesn't change the wallpaper. it's the same one i already have. When I choose gallery, i can only see that 1 file....
could this be because I disconnected it before the computer was finished ejecting it? How do I fix this?
I wold go to settings>manage applications>all> click on the gallery.apk and clear cache.
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Thanks for the suggestion, I cleared a good 5mb of cache, but I still have the problem. I see like a fraction of the items in folders I know should be full...really frustrating.
Is there a way to copy everything on my card to my computer? I mean, Everything?
Last time I switched cards, I noticed that my copy was less mb than my original, and all the apps that I had moved onto my storage card, I had to download.....
Have you tried clicking on the photo while in Astro, then getting the prompt to view in gallery?
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Hey, I just tried it, but when the prompt comes up, the options are " astro" and" view picture" , doesn't say view in gallery....
Do permissions not totally get copied over when copying files from sd card to computer and back? Thinking the solution might be to wipe my card and try again...
Ok, this is weird, I have no idea what is happening. So now, even while looking around on my computer, files are missing in folders where I know there should be files.
Could this be a virus? Something I downloaded?
AND, now, like, hundreds of pictures are missing that i took...like 1gb worth, maybe over a thousand...
could this have happened when i unplugged my phone prematurely?
is there a way i can recover them???
Connect device to pc, as a drive, use pc search function to search sd for *.jpg
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it's not good, i'm missing it, i think. i went from like, 14gb filled on my sd card to 2 filled....
on my mac i'm using the search function for .jpg, and so many things are missing. wallpaper's i've downloaded, etc.
i dont' mind trying to find the wallpapers again, but i dont' know if ther'es a way to recover those pictures that i've taken. mostly because they're of my kids, etc. i know they're just pictures, but if it's possible, like the info is hidden on the card somehow...
i used this command to show hidden files...
"defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE"
so i can see everything i think.
1. if i format my sd card, how can i ensure that my apps that have transferred to sd stay?
2. if it's a virus, should i not recopy everything back over to my sd card when finished? could it even be a virus, or more likely cuz i pulled it out before done...
Abnormal termination before completion is likely what made it wonky. If you reformat sd, all contents will be gone, but apps can be d/l again. Search for *.jpg yields nothing? Idk how search works on mac - you certain you are searching sd and not internal memory?
Download and run Lookout if concerned about virus, however unlikely.
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the weird part is that i wasn't transferring some of the files that were erased...
and also, it was acting weird, like i ejected it, but wasn't responding, or something, so i pulled it, and then got the "your device wasn't removed properly,..."
thanks for the help;.
i do have lookout, so i guess if lookout didn't see it, then i should be okay...
yes, i'm certain i'm searching teh sd card....i can't believe so MUCH has gone, but oh well, i can't take it w/ me when i'm dead, it's just a thing.
(was reminded about Japan and the Tsunami at church today, made me realize my big huge sd card problem (while it has its importance) wasn't so important after all...)
if it's gone, it's gone, right? do you think i should reformat? i feel like stuff goes in a black hole on the card, now.
thanks again for your help!
oh, btw, what about my apps that are on sd? when i reformat my card, i think the apps will be gone...
well, rather than try and figure out how to copy my sd card w/ hidden partitions, i just moved my apps onto my phone manually, and now i'm reformatting my card and moving what was left back onto my sd card.
hope it's not wonky now... will let you guys know if everything shows up.
SO FRUSTRATING.
okay, went through and formatted everything, etc., (even formatted phone storage by accident, doh) but i put stuff back onto the card, and stuff is still not showing up!
why would it be available to be seen from the computer, but it doesn't show up in gallerY?
Could your SD be near the end of its life? Sorry about your loss on the pics.
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thanks, i appreciate it.
i don't know what happened, but i think i was reading my gallery wrong, as well. what's happening is that it's not quite updating to what's on the card, and i'll put something on my card, but it's not reflected right away.
maybe i'll do a hard reset, anyways... might help.
Sounds like you have a defective card. The same thing happened to me a while back. You can try to reinstall everything but it will most likely die again shortly after.
Hey everyone. I have been using my GSM GN for about a month now.
Lately i have noticed something odd about about a few app file size. I havent seen it mentioned anywhere so im not sure if its something wrong with my phone or its a more common issue.
issue number 1 : In setting, when i choose storage it takes up to a minute for the phone to calculate.
issue number 2: Something is odd about the size of the apps. For instance the google+ app is 21.10mb on my phone(just the app not including the data or usb storage app/data) on the market the app size is 8.33mb... i erased and reinstall the app and got same results.
another example is the kindle app. size of app alone(again without the data) is 25.22mb on the market 9.14mb...
a few other apps are the same.
Issue number 3: Google currents app I just erased it because it increased to 389mb on my phone this number included about 320mb of usb storage app which i have no clue what it means and i had no way to erase.
Any ways sorry for the long post, I guess im just worried that something is wrong with my phone and im hoping to hear from u that u all have the same issues
Happy new year
issue 1: the more data you have on the phone the more it'll take. i have 5GB used and it can take up to a minute on mine, but normally only about 20-30 seconds.
issue 2: Never trust the sizes on the market. depending on your phone/OS version it can and will be different. and most of the time the size listed on the market is the download size.
i'll take your two examples.
Google+ for me is 27.93Mb. i've seen people who's G+ is over 100MB.
the app is 21.10MB, same as you. and then 4.06Mb for data (app data) and 2.77MB for USB storage, which most of the time is cache files that would normally be on your SD card, but since the 'sd card' of the Gnex is virtual it just says usb storage data.
Now on my Nexus One. Google+ is 5.12Mb (moved to the SD) and has only 84Kb of data. and no usb storage data is listed because it's actually on the SD card and was not listed in gingerbread.
issue 3: Currents is a data hog like no other. (though i'd love to know why the amazon appstore is 107Mb on my GN for some reason)
My currents app is 12.29Mb, but i have 93.57Mb of usb storage. if you go to:
sdcard/android/data/com.google.android.apps.currents/files
you'll see what that storage is. and basically it's all cache. Currents will cache the articles and pictures on your SD card so you can just go right into them without having to wait for things to load. And because of that, the more sites you ad, the more it grows.
i hope this helped explain things to you.
I seem to have an issue with my internal storage in the Settings app. When I select Storage to display how much I have used it showed 277 mb used in Pictures,videos. I had about 16 pictures/videos in there, along with a bunch of "empty" places. I deleted those empty places and cleared the cache, no difference. I checked the gallery and it showed the same pictures, along with videos from a couple of games, and one game I had uninstalled, Shadowgun. There were two videos and two "empty" videos for Shadowgun. I deleted these four, and instead of going down the amount of space used for Pictures, videos actually went up to 410 mb used. One more thing on these videos, the two were the same, except that one had a path listed under details and the other one did not. All four were the same size, about 30 mb. Any ideas?
Jim
You could try using SD Maid to help you out. Sometimes thumbnails generated by the gallery result in huge (300+ mb) sizes (SD Maid could get rid of them and additional unneeded files for you).
I'm also having problems with internal storage, I'm getting low space warnings with almost nothing installed. I reloaded from stock image and after reinstalling my apps it said I was only using 1gb, my tablet is used as a car stereo so no photos are taken and all media is on the sd card but now 3 days later it says I am using 4gb of internal storage without adding any new apps or adding anything to the tablet also I am noticing my tablet lag horribly sometimes when coming out of sleep. any help would be appreciated
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I'm also having problems with internal storage, I'm getting low space warnings with almost nothing installed. I reloaded from stock image and after reinstalling my apps it said I was only using 1gb, my tablet is used as a car stereo so no photos are taken and all media is on the sd card but now 3 days later it says I am using 4gb of internal storage without adding any new apps or adding anything to the tablet also I am noticing my tablet lag horribly sometimes when coming out of sleep. any help would be appreciated
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Since you have it in your car, I'm guessing your using GPS nav?
There seems to be a bug with the GPS caching. Check the data/GPS folder for a ton of dated txt files (something like gl-2012-07-01-9573859.txt). And delete them. That folder can grow to a few gb of space of not cleared.
You will have to be rooted to see and mod the GPS folder. Your only other option if you not rooted is to factory reset.
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Since you have it in your car, I'm guessing your using GPS nav?
There seems to be a bug with the GPS caching. Check the data/GPS folder for a ton of dated txt files (something like gl-2012-07-01-9573859.txt). And delete them. That folder can grow to a few gb of space of not cleared.
You will have to be rooted to see and mod the GPS folder. Your only other option if you not rooted is to factory reset.
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Its good to know whats causing it I will probably stray away from using the gps as much.
I'm not rooted and probably wont root as I am only weeks away from swapping out the acer a100 for a nexus 7. I already have a buyer lined up for my a100 and don't want to risk anything before the sale
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I had this issue one of the culprits: gogle play, clear that cache it also stores mp4.
Before owning the Note 2, I had the S3. The problem with the scared happens on both phones.
When I first got the Note, I removed the sdcard from the S3 and put it straight into the Note.
No media showed up. Formatted in phone, transferred media, all working as it should.
Today, add a video to card, doesn't show. Add a photo, doesn't show.
Format card, transfer media. Nothing shows up.
Am reluctant to buy another card as I tried three Cards in the S3, and the problem was present with all of them.
PS using root explorer I can find all the media, and play them in their respective apps.
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saldawop said:
Before owning the Note 2, I had the S3. The problem with the scared happens on both phones.
When I first got the Note, I removed the sdcard from the S3 and put it straight into the Note.
No media showed up. Formatted in phone, transferred media, all working as it should.
Today, add a video to card, doesn't show. Add a photo, doesn't show.
Format card, transfer media. Nothing shows up.
Am reluctant to buy another card as I tried three Cards in the S3, and the problem was present with all of them.
PS using root explorer I can find all the media, and play them in their respective apps.
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solution might be here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
Thanks, for some reason that works for my videos, but not with photos and music!!!!
And that is more of a workaround than a solution. Ideally I would like for it to work as it should. Impossible for me to go back to stock as I will always need root to vieww my media(ok, I will probably always be rooted, but I want the option)
Edit: tried again and my music and photos are now showing (using Directory Bind)
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Ive had issues like this on my EVO. Try installing a "media scan" app from the market. It rescans all media content on the phone and then if you want you can remove the app after its done. I had 2 years worth of photos on my 16GB SD class 10 and no pictures or video thumbnails / pictures at all would show. Ran the app and fixed all the issues.
I did try a couple of those apps yesterday.I dont know if either one worked.I mean I know nothing showed up, but it was as though they never actually run.
Same issue
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I tried formatting several times and copied the data back, nothing helped. Also copying files from my comp to the sd card and internal storage in the phone is very slow. I bought the device yesterday, its stock unrooted.
I don't believe media (pictures/video) show up until mediascanner detects them and sticks in some internal database.
So just copying files onto your external card and popping it in isn't going to work.
media scanner is normally triggered during a reboot, and some apps can trigger it. (generally via 'rescan media' buttons).
Also make sure you don't have a .nomedia file there, as that causes media scanner to skip the directory.
( media scanner can really grind on directories with tons of files )
- Frank
ChodTheWacko said:
I don't believe media (pictures/video) show up until mediascanner detects them and sticks in some internal database.
So just copying files onto your external card and popping it in isn't going to work.
media scanner is normally triggered during a reboot, and some apps can trigger it. (generally via 'rescan media' buttons).
Also make sure you don't have a .nomedia file there, as that causes media scanner to skip the directory.
( media scanner can really grind on directories with tons of files )
- Frank
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I tried a different memory card from my old Sensation and it read the files perfectly... can any of you help me with the copying speed.. it took me 35 mins to copy 1.20GB... just to be sure i i tried to copy the same date using the same data cable and the same usb port, onto my wildfire, and it copied it pretty fast. Any idea ?
HTCfreak! said:
I tried a different memory card from my old Sensation and it read the files perfectly... can any of you help me with the copying speed.. it took me 35 mins to copy 1.20GB... just to be sure i i tried to copy the same date using the same data cable and the same usb port, onto my wildfire, and it copied it pretty fast. Any idea ?
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It sounds like the Sensation card just has slower transfer rates. While your wildfire has faster transfer rates but you are experience issues on the phone side.
Just to confirm, you have formatted both cards the same way and one works and the other doesn't? If possible try to format the card from the phone. Have you tried a sandisk card?
Daniel
dachness said:
It sounds like the Sensation card just has slower transfer rates. While your wildfire has faster transfer rates but you are experience issues on the phone side.
Just to confirm, you have formatted both cards the same way and one works and the other doesn't? If possible try to format the card from the phone. Have you tried a sandisk card?
Daniel
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Both the cards are Sandisk 8gb cards, both formatted on the Note 2. I transferred data to card A when its in the wildfire, i formatted the card and put it in the note and formatted it again, and tried to copy the same data to card A, it takes more than 3times the amount of time... data transfer has been slow to the card while its in the note
I have read somewhere that there is a " .nomedia " folder somewhere. Delete that and see what happens.
nm8 said:
I have read somewhere that there is a " .nomedia " folder somewhere. Delete that and see what happens.
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Also on top of that, when you formatted the SDCard did you format in the PC or in your phone through recovery? You will want to format through recovery.
I would recommend upgrading to an ext partition and then formatting again (if you don't need the ext). I have found that even formatting the SDCard on some roms (because the way they work) it doesn't wipe everything and upgrading the to ext actually changes the file system of the SDCard rather than a quick format. Then only copy your media back to the card. Dont copy everything like .android, data, and stuff like that. Just what you want to keep.
HTCfreak! said:
Both the cards are Sandisk 8gb cards, both formatted on the Note 2. I transferred data to card A when its in the wildfire, i formatted the card and put it in the note and formatted it again, and tried to copy the same data to card A, it takes more than 3times the amount of time... data transfer has been slow to the card while its in the note
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Is there any chance you have a counterfeit Sandisk card? Did you buy it from an authorized dealer? If buying from Amazon make sure you only purchase directly from amazon, LLC and not a third party vendor.
For reference which sandisk card do you have what class is it rated at?
Daniel
No the card is legit, i got it in the box when i bought the HTC Sensation and worked fine on the sensation. It has good copying speed if i put it in another device like my wildfire even now. I checked copying speeds yesterday using the same card in my wildfire and my new note, but it takes forever to copy data to the card while its in the Note. I have not rooted my Note yet. Its factory stock as of now.
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nm8 said:
I have read somewhere that there is a " .nomedia " folder somewhere. Delete that and see what happens.
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Tried that, and it worked. thanks.... But still having data transfer speed issues... i copied data to the internal memory and even that is slow... this problem is not limited to only my sd card, but also the internal memory
If your internal memory is slow I would consider that cause for concern. Perhaps try running benchmarks and comparing your results to those in the benchmark thread. It may be worth returning it for another phone if you can't find a solution soon.
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No the card is legit, i got it in the box when i bought the HTC Sensation and worked fine on the sensation. It has good copying speed if i put it in another device like my wildfire even now. I checked copying speeds yesterday using the same card in my wildfire and my new note, but it takes forever to copy data to the card while its in the Note. I have not rooted my Note yet. Its factory stock as of now.
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Tried that, and it worked. thanks.... But still having data transfer speed issues... i copied data to the internal memory and even that is slow... this problem is not limited to only my sd card, but also the internal memory
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you might have to reinstall your rom
Isn't the speed difference just to do with the way the Note 2 connects to the pc? I.E MTP as opposed to mass storage? I seem to recall my G.F's original Note is dog slow at data transfer in MTP but much faster in USB mode....shame the Note 2 can't do this, it's one of my reservations about buying it.
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Isn't the speed difference just to do with the way the Note 2 connects to the pc? I.E MTP as opposed to mass storage? I seem to recall my G.F's original Note is dog slow at data transfer in MTP but much faster in USB mode....shame the Note 2 can't do this, it's one of my reservations about buying it.
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Now it makes sense to me, thanks :good:
Is there any way to connect in USB mode rather than MTP??
Can I ask if anyone else suffers from the same problem as raised in the OP?
I would imagine its not "the norm" and yet I have had the same issue on both the S3 and Note 2.
Whilst, it is now working, I am having to use Directory Bind, for it to do so.
I put in a new 64GB card on Saturday, recognised straight away in Settings/Storage, formatted fine in the phone giving me 59+GB of free space.
Put media on it...nothing shows.
I cant ever see my phone not being rooted so it can be worked around,but it just seems strange that I have had this on both phones and yet nobody else seems to suffer from it.
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Now it makes sense to me, thanks :good:
Is there any way to connect in USB mode rather than MTP??
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For whatever reason I don't think Samsung enabled USB mass storage mode on either the S3 or the Note 2. It's the one thing that's holding me back from buying one at the moment because I use iTunes Agent to sync with iTunes, and that requires the device to be in mass storage mode when connected to the pc (or you can take the sd card out and put it in a reader, but I don't like to take the back off too many times as most phones end up getting really creaky). It's a real shame because I'm just itching to get one.
Have a look in the GS3 forum - I think there's a thread where someone has created an app that enables you to toggle USB mass storage mode, but I think you might have to be rooted and have a custom kernel. Don't quote me, that's from memory
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saldawop said:
Can I ask if anyone else suffers from the same problem as raised in the OP?
I would imagine its not "the norm" and yet I have had the same issue on both the S3 and Note 2.
Whilst, it is now working, I am having to use Directory Bind, for it to do so.
I put in a new 64GB card on Saturday, recognised straight away in Settings/Storage, formatted fine in the phone giving me 59+GB of free space.
Put media on it...nothing shows.
I cant ever see my phone not being rooted so it can be worked around,but it just seems strange that I have had this on both phones and yet nobody else seems to suffer from it.
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There are a couple of threads about this I think now. I browsed some last night. Sorry, I'm only on my phone at the moment so it's a bit awkward to try and find a link for you (what with having a Sensation with only a 4.3" screen They'll be on the first page or two I think.
My girlfriend's original Note had a similar problem with photos and media after connecting an external hard drive. Going into settings/apps and clearing data on the media storage app followed by a reboot sorted the problem for her.
Hi guys. I tried to browse for answers regarding this issue, but I couldn't find anything that worked for me,
I've gotten to a point where any time I either download a single picture from Whatsapp or take a photograph with my phone, I get the "There's not enough space in your device memory". I discovered that neither deleting apps nor manually moving them to my external SD card had any effect on this. I have tried many kinds of apps that move your apps to the SD card, but it hasn't worked. I installed an SDK on my computer in order that the phone would install apps onto the external SD card by default. This didn't make the issue go away.
This is very frustrating. I have double checked every single folder inside "sdcard0" and there are no big files taking up space. I'm running on a stock, non-rooted 4.1.2.
I recently deleted around 300 - 400 pictures from my external SD card and the following time I connected the phone to my computer, I noticed the phone's memory had like 400 mb of free space that it didn't before (and yes, I was ABSOLUTELY sure those pictures where stored in my external SD). But just a couple of days after that, the space issue got even worse than before, saying that I had no memory left at all (it would usually display the message when I had like 69 mb left, if I remember correctly). Using Cleanmaster helps like 4 out of 10 times, but thanks to it, I've noticed that the phone is creating 3 Photo thumbnails files: two which are 520 mb in size (stored in DCIM) and another one called Gallery Thumbnails which is 1.02 GB. I suppose at least one thumbnails file is created automatically after deleting it, but I don't understand why I have 3.
I found a thread made by someone with the same issue, and someone suggested to uninstall all Google Play updates, or something like that. I did that, and it didn't work.
I hope you can help me find a solution, and I hope I'm not posting this in the wrong place. Thanks in advance.
Could you show us a screenshot of your storage in settings?
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There you have all my storage information. The phone's not presenting the issue right now, and as you can see in USB storage, I have 500 mb of free space, but it's always like that: I have a lot of free space, and one or two days later I try to open a picture I just took or downloaded, and it says I have 0 mb left. I connect the phone to my PC and it shows the "phone" storage completely full.
What I don't understand is why it shows that I have 528 mb of pictures and videos in USB storage, when I'm 100% sure all that is stored in my external SD. Could it be that those 528 mb are actually a thumbnails file?
I am having the exact same problem! Running 4.1.2 firmware, this just recently started happening... I've reformatted the internal USB memory twice but the problem keeps reoccurring.
I try to get into the image gallery sometimes and it will say something like "You only have 50mb of space left, delete some files" and then it either forces me to quit or go into the file manager. But there are no pictures or video on my phone at all!
I've noticed that the DCIM folder on the internal memory was MASSIVE (600mb+ despite having no files whatsoever), so I connected it to my computer and manually deleted it and rebooted the phone, only to find that DCIM had replaced itself with a slightly smaller size (450mbs) and is continuously growing. Reformatting the USB every week or so is becoming a big hassle.
What's going on? Could the internal memory be fried? Is this a bug that can be fixed somehow? Any help would be greatly appreciated!