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SD-card problem with photos?

Alright so when I take a photo, it saves just fine, and stays on it, But when I take the card out and than put it back in, they're erased for ssome reason. It just sstarted doing it yesterday, every picture I have saved from previous times stay there, only the new ones get erased. And its not only pictures i take. If I download an image off the web, when I pop my SD out than in, those get deleted to. So far videos dont get erased though. Anyone know why this is happening? I just formatted it now to troubleshoot but that didn't work
I'm running Syndicate frozen 1.2 and genocide kernel.
Thanka.
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I just got a new class 10 sd card and I'm having a similar problem. I had to reflash SRF 1.2 for testing reasons and photos between flash were lost as well.

Same here, at first I thought it was EF02, still havnt narrowed it down. For me it happens when I copy ROMs, tweaks.zipz to the sdcard from pc, but what fixes it for me is just clicking/selecting the file, then unmount, it works...
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Is everyone using Genocide 2.0 kernel?
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Make sure you ALWAYS unmount your phone on the pc and turn off usb storage on your phone before unplugging. Prevents data corruption.
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Are the photo files going into the LOST.DIR folder on the sd card or are they just disappearing?
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musclehead84 said:
Are the photo files going into the LOST.DIR folder on the sd card or are they just disappearing?
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Doesnt go into the LOST.DIR folder. And the space frees up on the SD card.
So its officially only doing it to the photo format files. I formatted my SD and than put everything back on it, put it in my phone, it scanned and it all showed up just fine.
Problem occurs when I take the SD out and than put it back in, the media scanner re-scans it and now every picture was deleted. All the videos, music files, zips, etc all stood on the SD card.
Just wondering why the heck only the images are being tossed...
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SemiGamer said:
Doesnt go into the LOST.DIR folder. And the space frees up on the SD card.
So its officially only doing it to the photo format files. I formatted my SD and than put everything back on it, put it in my phone, it scanned and it all showed up just fine.
Problem occurs when I take the SD out and than put it back in, the media scanner re-scans it and now every picture was deleted. All the videos, music files, zips, etc all stood on the SD card.
Just wondering why the heck only the images are being tossed...
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Same here and only happens on my new class 10. Shoot Me went save successfully either.
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The Root said:
Same here and only happens on my new class 10. Shoot Me went save successfully either.
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Whats your ROM/kernel setup?
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Srf1.2/twilight1.1.1
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Srf1.2/twilight1.1.1
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Guess that means its not genocide. I'll try flashing back to Srf1.1 to see if that helps anything.
EDIT: So far so good with Srf1.1.1. I'll keep you guys updated.
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Nevermind still does it on SRF1.1.1/twilight.
Guess only thing I can do now is odin than try reflashing everything.
Nobody has found a cure yet?
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I found another forum that says it's an Android problem.
Ack.
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I read somewhere that there is a 2gb limit per folder so maybe make sure those folders you are saving to is less than 2gb.
Hope that is the problem, cause I don't have that problem yet - I have a lot of different folders like birthdays, family and friends, automobiles, videos, etc.
Good luck, keep us posted!

I'm thinkin it may be somewhat my fault afterall. Whenever I normallu remove my SDcard I just pop it out without going to settings and unmounting ffirst. If I yo to settings aand unmount before I take the card out now the ffiles stay on it so far. I guess thats my "fix" for it if that keeps working correctly.
So anyone having this problem, unmount in settings/SD card and storage before removing the card and see it the files you'd normally lose stick.
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mouseglider said:
I read somewhere that there is a 2gb limit per folder so maybe make sure those folders you are saving to is less than 2gb.
Hope that is the problem, cause I don't have that problem yet - I have a lot of different folders like birthdays, family and friends, automobiles, videos, etc.
Good luck, keep us posted!
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I followed those rules. Also had to reflash the rom when a theme I was testing got stuck in a boot loop. Pics I had saved before thereflash disappeared after the reflash. I've formatted the card twice, as well.
Edit : K0nane says format using windows, someone phone format causes corruption.
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Are u anybody u guys having this problem on the stock sd card? Maybe it had something to do with whatever sd card younguys have. I have the stock card and I have never had any pics disappear on me and I've taken my card out quite a few times.
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musclehead84 said:
Are u anybody u guys having this problem on the stock sd card? Maybe it had something to do with whatever sd card younguys have. I have the stock card and I have never had any pics disappear on me and I've taken my card out quite a few times.
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I'm using the stock one.
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SemiGamer said:
I'm using the stock one.
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I am not using stock card but a class 4 card. Over the 4th of july weekend I had Google services error, gapps error, a popup saying I had to wipe data partition it was corrupted, pictures all got wiped out...in 3 days. Had to Odin 3 times and only twice ever before that. At first I thought it was Genocide 2.0, then I thought maybe the ROM I was using, now I have no clue but no issues either. Hope maybe it was an Android System deal and they fixed it...but I lost all of my good wallpapers damnit! Lol
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I'm going to try k0nane's solution.
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Apps2sd card

So I can't get this to work. ... anyone know why? Something about storage emulator. ...
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I have to ask.. why? My GN2 shows that I have 9.3 GB free... I understand the need for this on the older devices like the OG EVO where int storage was scarce but on our kind of devices with so much memory... what is the point?

Really? It's pretty common knowledge that Google removed that functionality from Jelly Bean.
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http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-n...sd-card-with-rooted-galaxy-note-2-app2sd-mod/

works great
i bought a 64gb class 10 sdcard and followed that video (can't put links yet) but someone posted the link in this thread and it's working great.
I did have some trouble moving the apps, but i am a noob with android, I just uninstalled it all and re-downloaded them on playstore (couldn't figureout titanium pro) it downloaded on the new 64gb, all the apps run great i didn't notice any lag at all, everything seems to be downloading to the 64gb I'm HAPPY!

Well I stand corrected.
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What's common knowledge to one obviously isn't too another. Thanks for those that have given passive feedback .
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chazglenn3 said:
Really? It's pretty common knowledge that Google removed that functionality from Jelly Bean.
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I suppose it's more of a piece of ming thing. I guess I just don't feel comfy when I'm limited. In the end of I can't get it to work if be Ok. ... I just like having the option
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I also like to have the option and I am glad to see that it can be done.

I got a 64gig card as well, and really don't see the point using apps2sd anymore. 10gb free on the phone is a lot of apps, but I'm also a pretty light user compared to most.

Unfortunately, running you SD card as internal memory puts a tremendous amount of strain on the card. There's a high chance of corruption at some point in time, then you're screwed. I prefer something like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.slf.ListglApp

ipradel said:
i bought a 64gb class 10 sdcard and followed that video (can't put links yet) but someone posted the link in this thread and it's working great.
I did have some trouble moving the apps, but i am a noob with android, I just uninstalled it all and re-downloaded them on playstore (couldn't figureout titanium pro) it downloaded on the new 64gb, all the apps run great i didn't notice any lag at all, everything seems to be downloading to the 64gb I'm HAPPY!
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If you pull the card will it automatically swap to internal?

kronium said:
Unfortunately, running you SD card as internal memory puts a tremendous amount of strain on the card. There's a high chance of corruption at some point in time, then you're screwed. I prefer something like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.slf.ListglApp
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will check this out....i got the out of space notification this morning
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[Q]SWAP,anyone?

Can anyone explain me how we can use swap on buzz since our recoveries dont have that option?
What are the advantages?
Does it really burn sdcard or it is similar to overclocking burns processor chip?
Help is appreciated.

gobz said:
Can anyone explain me how we can use swap on buzz since our recoveries dont have that option?
What are the advantages?
Does it really burn sdcard or it is similar to overclocking burns processor chip?
Help is appreciated.
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It will degrade your sdcard. Infact i lost a 2 GB sdcard for this.
It does improves performance a bit but i wont rexommend u.
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gobz said:
Can anyone explain me how we can use swap on buzz since our recoveries dont have that option?
What are the advantages?
Does it really burn sdcard or it is similar to overclocking burns processor chip?
Help is appreciated.
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As said above it certainly degrades SD card life.I didnt loose any but mine 8gb class 6 sd card became so slow that copying a 70mb file used to take about 20mins to copy!
So I had to buy a new one,but yes there is a noticeable change in performance using swap.But just to get that bit of performance boost,you might end up being frustrated the other way,so not recommended.

Well i used swap Nothing strange happen with SD card... i used only 256 mb which is more than enough.
I used it with "system control pro" app, as it let you set swapiness, vf cache preasure and drop caches.
If you experiment with those values you can get something good. And also if you dont do it right you will get random reboot 1 times a day, or freeze sometime when it full that swap but does not drop cache... depending how you set it, you can get multitasking improved
If you have time try it. Sure kernel must support swap as you know it alrdy i guess...
Good luck :good:

massofsin said:
Well i used swap Nothing strange happen with SD card... i used only 256 mb which is more than enough.
I used it with "system control pro" app, as it let you set swapiness, vf cache preasure and drop caches.
If you experiment with those values you can get something good. And also if you dont do it right you will get random reboot 1 times a day, or freeze sometime when it full that swap but does not drop cache... depending how you set it, you can get multitasking improved
If you have time try it. Sure kernel must support swap as you know it alrdy i guess...
Good luck :good:
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CoZ u have no worries of sdcard. I lost 2GB card in this, though i was thinking that 2GB is very less and often had storage issue but guess what i lost that 2GB card :crying: and now i'm using 1gb card. So u can imagine, also include a cwm backup in 1 GB + roms.
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alamgirqazi said:
CoZ u have no worries of sdcard. I lost 2GB card in this, though i was thinking that 2GB is very less and often had storage issue but guess what i lost that 2GB card :crying: and now i'm using 1gb card. So u can imagine, also include a cwm backup in 1 GB + roms.
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Hmm... I did almost everything with that swap thing... for a long time... and my sd card is just fine

massofsin said:
Hmm... I did almost everything with that swap thing... for a long time... and my sd card is just fine
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Well then bad luck foR me.
Though i dont care about it anymore
Cm7 nightly doesnt needs swap coz its fast.
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Thank u guys for ur vibrant responses.
There is internal swap as well.

And use teracopy on pc.
It will blow your mind inside out.

gobz said:
And use teracopy on pc.
It will blow your mind inside out.
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teracopy doesn't do anything special when you have a damaged sd card !

gobz said:
And use teracopy on pc.
It will blow your mind inside out.
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What would teracopy do?
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Wasimk32 said:
teracopy doesn't do anything special when you have a damaged sd card !
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Have u locked dirty ratio to 20

gobz said:
Have u locked dirty ratio to 20
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Im not suggesting fix for broken sd Im just suggesting a better way to copy

gobz said:
Im not suggesting fix for broken sd Im just suggesting a better way to copy
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Either way my sdcard cannot be fixed bcoz my pc just doesnt reads it.
The situation is like " where is you God now " when the pc doesnot reads the sdcard in any way
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alamgirqazi said:
Either way my sdcard cannot be fixed bcoz my pc just doesnt reads it.
The situation is like " where is you God now " when the pc doesnot reads the sdcard in any way
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Ask me!
Ive a burnt 16 gb transcend pen drive.
16 gb of music + video are lost in a deep abyss..

Didi u guys tried to read it on linux? Fixed my hdd and mp3 player storage long ago... I guess if linux won't read it its broken lol
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massofsin said:
Didi u guys tried to read it on linux? Fixed my hdd and mp3 player storage long ago... I guess if linux won't read it its broken lol
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Will try on ubuntu.
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Loosing Files

I have reaently rooted my phone with Galaxy Note 2 Toolkit. All works fine except one thing - I keep loosing my MP3 files
I copied some mp3 files over to my SD card. Next day they were gone.
fter this had happen several times I decided to re-root my phone again. After the procedure I copied mp3 files over again and they were on
the card for about 2 more days. Today they're all gone.
I noticed that when I use Samsung KIES application and install some files into the music folders using Kies, after some time those files are gone as well. Installed antivirus, scanned, no virus found.
Any idea's what could cause this to happen ?
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Are they on your external sd card? If so I would guess it's going bad or you bought a cheap ebay one that's not actually the listed capacity so it overwrites your oldest files as you put more stuff on there (just a shot in the dark here, but that's what some cheap ones do)
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What brand/size sdcard do you have
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What brand/size sdcard do you have
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thank you all for replies and your time!
the card is 64 Gig /made in China of course.
I don't think it is the card quality in this case. I have had SD cards in the past which were loosing data, but usually when this had happened all data was lost not just some specific file type. This is more lie an effect of a:
- some softare making updates
- virus or mallware
Like I said I have another folder on the same level called PFD whith about 100 PDF files, and this folder remains untouched, and the same happens for my picutres. I do not loos pictures on the card, the the only thing that gewts deleted is MP3
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What brand/size sdcard do you have
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Dude nice pic. That is all.
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Constant "Media" battery drain...

I did a search and found one or two threads with a few suggestions but all went cold after a few pages...I have followed those threads suggestions and have reformatted my internal and external SD cards along with a factory data reset with no avail. I'll attach a screenshot...thanks xda'ers for any help you can offer.
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Btw I'm currently stock rooted...thanks again guys
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Got any apps that would keep using Media service? When you force stop it does it come back again?

Yeah it does but I can't figure out which app would be the cause...been monitoring with better battery stats and doesn't list a contributor. Uninstalled music hub with titanium backup and I don't use Google music...can't seem to lock down the cause.
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You use stock browser?

You could try Avast Mobile Security. It has a feature called Network Meter that shows each apps MiB usage. Good luck!

I use Next launcher...thanks for the input guys I'll keep ya posted
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Avast was informative but only listed the same results as battery in settings...didn't specify. Thanks for the suggestions guys!
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Update...Media scanner continues to run
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Which release of stock rooted are you on?
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Media scanner running is often a function if background syncage or of playing media.

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Which release of stock rooted are you on?
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Stock rooted MC2
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Skripka said:
Media scanner running is often a function if background syncage or of playing media.
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Yeah I've been trying to figure out if that's the case but I keep sync off and mostly just watch movies I've put on my ext sd card..maybe my sd card is the problem?
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What size is your sd card? I had this happen with a 32 gb one time. Switched to 16 and all has been fine. It also might be a corrupt file on the sd if it is the sd.
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Yeah I've got a 32 gb, have had it in this thing since I got it when the note 2 came out...haven't had any issues until recently. I did notice when I popped it out overnight then put it back in today the media scanner went nuts for a while (the pic I attached)
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What size is your sd card? I had this happen with a 32 gb one time. Switched to 16 and all has been fine. It also might be a corrupt file on the sd if it is the sd.
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this ^^^ may be your issue. a corrupt image,music,video file somewhere on your sd. a lot of ppl say to back up everything on yer sd card to a pc, and then reformat, then add back the contents. i know that stopped it for some. otherwise youll have to figure out what file is corrupted.
when i had a corrupted file, it was a picture that had about 80% of the image on it and the other 20% was just grey. (yep that was corrupted) so i deleted it..
this wonderful app also stops your 'media' process/scanner. you can disable it and enable it and it worked wonders for me in the past, but now CarbonRom has a media scanner toggle built in
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.addz.mediascannerroot please read description and use at your own risk.. like maybe make a nand first.
just an FYI, the service that gets very high when youre listening to lots of music is 'mediaserver' - which is not related to the 'media' process

Thanks to everyone for all of your input! You guys have been a huge help knocking this little annoyance out!!
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Yeah sounds like you're having issues with the external SD. Mediascannerservice is what scans for media on SD cards. I've had that issue before and it was a pita! Reformatted and everything was fine till I added all my files then it returned. One of the files (a movie) was no good. It got corrupted and would still play so I never thought anything of it till I tried *watching* the whole movie one day and it cut off with an unsupported message at like 40 mins through. Once I deleted that and rebooted never had the issue again.
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RayTrue04 said:
Yeah sounds like you're having issues with the external SD. Mediascannerservice is what scans for media on SD cards. I've had that issue before and it was a pita! Reformatted and everything was fine till I added all my files then it returned. One of the files (a movie) was no good. It got corrupted and would still play so I never thought anything of it till I tried washing the whole movie one day and it cut off with an unsupported message at like 40 mins through. Once I deleted that and rebooted never had the issue again.
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I'm thinking that's exactly my problem...I've reformatted it twice but still puts media scanner in overdrive. I've weeded out all the movies I'm bored with and only left a few..today it's a little better but still kept cpu awake running for ten min. Thanks for your input!
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I would like to say thanks to everyone after finding this thread and reading everyone post I did find a bad video and thats was what was causing my media wake lock thanks again everyone :thumbup: on this
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