Hello i recently swapped from ARHD to pabx's [ROM][Feb 8] Jellybean 4.2.1 for Endeavoru AOSP Build [Kernel 3.1.10] #14 but im getting a strange problem sometimes im loosing all the media from my phone (photo's and music). It is still there when i try to mount it from recovery>mount USB.
Before installing the new ROM i wiped the whole sd card and transferred the media files trough MTP,and had no problems with listening to music from the phone until i restarted,then everything went missing. Any help is appreciated.
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Hi mate, try this:
Rescan SD
I tell you to do this first as I use this one.
Its not an app, you should just see "Media Rescanned" then check for your music again
If that doesnt work try this one:
Try this second
If not let me know and I'll help further.
Hello and thank you for answering those apps were the ones i first tried,but sadly it didn't work. Any ideas ?
Are you using any different media apps? Like PowerAMP etc? If so, Remove them for now.
Also, as you said, make sure all files show up in PC.
Restart Phone (MAKE SURE FASTREBOOT or whatever its called) IS NOT!!! selected. Turn Fastreboot off.
Restart the phone.
Re Scan media.
Re-check, let me know what happens
Edit (ROOTED) solution:
Another solution is, if your rooted, go to your Music App (In settings) Clear data/cache, Disable the music app.
Restart phone.
Then re-enable music app.
Voila, music should be visible.
(Same applies for Pictures, just follow the steps but for Gallery).
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Also simply try holding power for like 10+ seconds. You should see a reboot coming up. This is equal to a battery pull, whereas rebooting from the menu is a simple reboot.
I tried this i even wiped cache. I don't think it is related to the music app itself because even with File explorers like Astro and ES i can't seem to find the media files.
PS: I think the fastboot option is only in sense roms ,im with AOSP and didn't find any option of enable/disable this function.
You may wonder why I have so many resolutions for you, its because I had this issue:
My final idea for you to try, then I'm stumped.
This worked for me, but wanted to hold off as if you have alot of music, it can take a while.
Heres what to do:
Plug device into PC.
Copy Music folder (ALL OF IT, including the actual "Music" folder, to your PC Desktop.
When it has copied to PC, Delete it from the device (yes delete it).
Unplug device
Re-scan SD
Restart device
Plug device back in
Create a new folder named "Music" (CREATE A NEW ONE)
Open the "Music" folder you copied TO your PC.
Copy all the music into your new "Music" folder on device
Re-scan
Restart
Some of these steps may not be necessary (such as re-scanning twice) but DO ALL STEPS.
This resolved my missing music, let me know if it works for you. Goodluck.
Removed all media (music and photos) and added them again (trough Recovery>mount USB) then wiped cache and dalvik cache,rescanned sd and the problem is still there :/ The weird thing is that i get this problem only on Pabx's rom and not on any other. I had this issue on RC 11 then swapped back to ARHD ,now im back to RC14 and the problem is still there.
PS:Btw i reinstalled windows,and when i was seting up adb when i type adb devices i didn't get a list of devices as like there was no devices connected,but when i flashed the boot.img (fastboot flash boot boot.img) the boot.img flashed correctly i got the two OKAY's. Might it be related to this ?
Bah, so your not stock I now find out.
I also feel bad for telling you all these things, when it hasnt helped.
I would re-install ADB/Fastboot, and also add the path to your Fastboot/ADB to your envioronment variables. (Control Panel - Advanced System Settings - Envioronment Varibles)
Make sure you add it to the current list, dont replace anything, it should have a " ; " at the start and end of every variable.
That will make it so you don't have to CD into your fastboot/adb folder in CMD. You can use ADB from anywhere.
Also remove any and all drivers related to Android, just to be on safe side. (They'll be re-downloaded when device is plugged)
Ok it's done i flashed the boot.img, (I don't need to reflash the whole ROM right ?)
Now how should i transfer the music back to the sd card ? Trough MTP or Recovery USB Mount ?
PS:The problem is still there but i think it is because of the big /data partition. For now im going back to arhd. Thank you Wilks3y.
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Wondering if anyone can help...
on JB, stock google apps and system apps won't recognize my SD Card at all, while outside apps have no problem recognizing it...?
for example, stock Gallery app won't bring up my pictures, however Quick Pic has no problem. Root Explorer has no problem, Titanium Backup has no problem...but trying to access music or custom notifications for gmail/sms won't show up in the system apps (gmail, mms, etc).
another thing is when I plug my phone into my computer, none of my old files are there (but like I said they show up just fine with Root Explorer or any other file explorer).
I've tried every JB Rom available for Toro, yes I've tried SuperWipe, I've done it all.
Any ideas, fellas? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
philsfan said:
Wondering if anyone can help...
on JB, stock google apps and system apps won't recognize my SD Card at all, while outside apps have no problem recognizing it...?
for example, stock Gallery app won't bring up my pictures, however Quick Pic has no problem. Root Explorer has no problem, Titanium Backup has no problem...but trying to access music or custom notifications for gmail/sms won't show up in the system apps (gmail, mms, etc).
another thing is when I plug my phone into my computer, none of my old files are there (but like I said they show up just fine with Root Explorer or any other file explorer).
I've tried every JB Rom available for Toro, yes I've tried SuperWipe, I've done it all.
Any ideas, fellas? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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have you logged in to your account??? Cause I know sometimes if you are not logged in then your stock photo gallery will not show your photos....as far as not seeing them in your pc I don't know you might be shif out of luck cause if they are not there they not be there at all
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Same issue here....looking for a solution...
The files are definately there...I can open them from the device but not via USB and not using Gallery. Its as though its a permission issue but I ran a fix permissions using ROM Manager but no joy....
having the same issue too. hope to get solution soon.
aidanbree said:
Same issue here....looking for a solution...
The files are definately there...I can open them from the device but not via USB and not using Gallery. Its as though its a permission issue but I ran a fix permissions using ROM Manager but no joy....
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logged in.
files are definitely still there bc, as i said in OP, I can view them with Root Explorer and other file managers. Only with stock apps and system apps it seems to not see them.
i think it's a media server issue but i'm not educated enough on how to fix it
aidanbree said:
Same issue here....looking for a solution...
The files are definately there...I can open them from the device but not via USB and not using Gallery. Its as though its a permission issue but I ran a fix permissions using ROM Manager but no joy....
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Try this.
Hi efrant
Thanks for the suggestion. Gave it a go (tried it twice) but unfortunately it hasn't made any difference.
I'm having the same problem... I did notice that not everything under /data/media had media_rw as the owner/group but fixing it didn't fix the media server issue.
It's definitely a media server issue though as from what I've read it's responsible for listing the files when connected via MTP/USB so I haven't found a fix for it.
I've always thought MTP was flaky. I use ADB to transfer any files back and forth.
Downloading any SDCard rescan app doesn't seem to work... but what I have noticed that if you go to Settings -> Apps -> Running and look under Media, you should see that the service is stuck in the restarting state...
I/ActivityManager( 336): Process android.process.media (pid 2148) has died.
W/ActivityManager( 336): Canceling start item Intent { cmp=com.android.providers.media/.MediaScannerService (has extras) } in
service ComponentInfo{com.android.providers.media/com.android.providers.media.MediaScannerService}
W/ActivityManager( 336): Canceling start item Intent { cmp=com.android.providers.media/.MediaScannerService (has extras) } in
service ComponentInfo{com.android.providers.media/com.android.providers.media.MediaScannerService}
W/ActivityManager( 336): Scheduling restart of crashed service com.android.providers.media/.MediaScannerService in 1440256ms
W/ActivityManager( 336): Scheduling restart of crashed service com.android.providers.media/.MtpService in 5000ms
I/ActivityManager( 336): Start proc android.process.media for service com.android.providers.media/.MtpService: pid=2249 uid=10013 gids={1015, 1023, 1024, 1028, 2001, 3003, 3007}
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Sejanus,
Mine is restarting too.
I have noticed that if I use a file manager to duplicate an old file (e.g. photo) then I can access it...It looks like some sort of weird permission issue although I have tried all sorts of things to sort the permissions.
I'm using the GNex Toolkit V7.0 to pull everything from my virtual SD card /sdcard and then I'm going to delete everything, reboot, then push everything back to it, reboot, then see if that fixes it.
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I just tried, and it didn't work. Double checked, there was no file with a different user/group.
It seems that now my Media is not restart anymore, however I still can't see my files, neither through Google Music / Galery (although some show up), nor using USB to computer (only a few folders show up).
Therefore, nothing yet.
Any clues guys ?
Probably a solution! (at least it did work for me)
Guys, for those having issues with Media process, where Pictures & Musics don't show up, here's the solution that worked for me:
I got it from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21746289&postcount=2 (thanks Chrono_Tata).
Based on what Chrono_Tata wrote, I decided to create a ".nomedia" file in my main personal directory, where contains pictures, musics, personal files and so on.
(For those not familiar with Linux, the ". (dot)" in the beginning of the filename is very important! It means that it's a hidden file. You can create it through ES File Explorer)
For testing purposes, I copied some musics / pics to directories out of that my structure.
Then, stopped and cleaned data for: Gallery, Google Music and Media . Afterwards, restarted phone.
Bingo. It did work, and I could see the pics/musics outside my main directory (although it takes a while to re-scan everything, so wait! Gallery and Music will show nothing until scan is complete).
Well, after I realized it did work, I continued in the following way:
1) Delete the previous ".nomedia" file that I created
2) Create a new one under some sub-directory.
3) Repeat process for re-scan
I did it until I found which directory had an issue (btw, my pictures directory).
I think it might be related to thumbs.db file created by Win, but I'm not sure. Anyway, I still have to check carefully my structure to find the issue.
Hope it helps.
Regards,
Adriano.
Nice one!
For some reason the same worked with me. I seemed to have some 0k files that were perhaps causing issues. I used your process to clear things out.
Thanks Adriano!
aidanbree said:
Nice one!
For some reason the same worked with me. I seemed to have some 0k files that were perhaps causing issues. I used your process to clear things out.
Thanks Adriano!
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Basically resolved this by
1) Creating a new directory in /sdcard/DCIM and moved all photos from /sdcard/DCIM/Camera to this directory
2) Placed .nomedia files in almost every directory in /sdcard except the obvious ones (/sdcard/DCIM/Camera being one of them)
3) Copied a months worth of photos from /sdcard/DCIM/Camera_bkup to /sdcard/DCIM/Camera, rebooted the phone, checked the gallery to see if all the photos now appeared
4) Repeated until /sdcard/DCIM/Camera_bkup was empty... in the process I removed a bunch of older pictures that were legacy from a non-Android cellphone that I copied over from my first phone
This was after I fixed the media_rw/media_rw permissions that I found as when I used the GNex Toolkit to dump my SDCard and then tried to restore it, all the files had root/root user/group permission set.
There was also an issue with timestamps of some photos where they were actually placed in the future by a few days, which was annoying because as I slid back from a picture I had just taken to the gallery it would show me some other picture then the one I had just taken. This got resolved as the wrong timestamped photos entered the past.
I was on an MCR JB build... I hope I don't have to go through all these hoops when CM10 comes out.
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I've always thought MTP was flaky. I use ADB to transfer any files back and forth.
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It definitely is. I'll have files missing from the MTP listing, but when I go in and look on my phone, the files are clearly there. MTP is janky at best.
This has been driving me nuts, since when the I/O update came out I flashed and had the same issue, just reverted to AOKP from nandroid.
I have partially fixed the issue by going into Recovery and fixing permissions, now I can see and select ringtones and most my camera pictures. Still many files are not showing on gallery, but I guess its progress .
Edit: Forgot to mention that I tried 4.1.1 and still had the issue, I just reverted to a nandroid b/u of ICS.
i think this issue is caused because the storage is named "sdcard0" the normal should be "sdcard" i tried to change the storage name but "sdcard0" is reed only, so i can't change the name with root explorer maybe someone can try to rename it and see if this issue will be fixed.
any thing let us know because this issue is being annoying.
raidy said:
i think this issue is caused because the storage is named "sdcard0" the normal should be "sdcard" i tried to change the storage name but "sdcard0" is reed only, so i can't change the name with root explorer maybe someone can try to rename it and see if this issue will be fixed.
any thing let us know because this issue is being annoying.
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Having the same issues... wasting the WHOLE day troubleshooting this issue w/o any luck so far... I think I will end up going back to ICS and be happy with it until a solution is apparent. So annoying...! Jelly Bean is sooo fast!
Initially I thought this was a problem with Google Play / Apollo, but I realize now that when I plug in my phone via USB, I can't see any of the many, many folders and files present on /sdcard that I could see previously.
If I copy a "new" mp3 onto my Galaxy Nexus, it's recognized just fine by both Google Play and Apollo. However, none of my old mp3s (or files, for that matter) are recognized. They were placed in /sdcard/Music, a folder that I cannot see when I plug in my phone, only from the file manager running on the phone. The issue persists if I move an "old" mp3 from my music folder out into the sdcard root, it's still not recognized. This makes me think this might be permission related, but the file manager says that all files are readable and writable.
I've tried running "fix permissions" in both ROM manager and the CWM recovery, but it makes no difference. Any idea what has happened, and how to fix it so that I can use all my old files again?
edit If it's any help, I just ran ls -al in a terminal emulator and I can't see any difference at all between folders I can and cannot see. Example: I can see /sdcard/media just fine, because I created that folder from Explorer in Windows. Music in that directory works. I cannot see /sdcard/music. Here's the permissions:
Code:
drwxrwxr-x root sdcard_rw 2012-09-18 media
drwxrwxr-x root sdcard_rw 2012-09-16 music
This is a bit confusing.
When I try pulling and pushing a file with adb like so:
Code:
adb pull file.tar
adb push file.tar file2.tar
I get
Code:
failed to copy 'file.tar' to 'file2.tar': Read-only file system
I've tried remounting /sdcard in root terminals both on the phone and via adb, but I get mount: Operation not permitted. I'm thinking this might be because /sdcard isn't the actual path but I've tried /storage/sdcard0 and /mnt/sdcard as well and I get the same error.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
(This question was also posted on android.stackexchange)
adb push /sdcard/file2.tar
also, cm doesnt have root access enabled by default for adb.
/sdcard/ is already rw, otherwise apps couldnt place anything there. nor could we.
Sent from my i9250
Didn't realize I needed an absolute path, thanks! I now managed to push the file, but it does not show up under the "Galaxy Nexus" unit in My Computer. It does show up when I do an ls in adb shell though. Any ideas?
bajsmumsaren said:
Didn't realize I needed an absolute path, thanks! I now managed to push the file, but it does not show up under the "Galaxy Nexus" unit in My Computer. It does show up when I do an ls in adb shell though. Any ideas?
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try disabling mtp on the device; or rebooting, if you want to stick with mtp. maybe it has to refresh file list?
bk201doesntexist said:
try disabling mtp on the device; or rebooting, if you want to stick with mtp. maybe it has to refresh file list?
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Switching from MTP to PTP does nothing, the same files are shown ("new" files). I'd like to stress that if I take a picture for example, that pictures does show up both with MTP and PTP. New files work fine. It's the old files that I can see in the file explorer in the actual phone that just refuse to show up when I connect to my computer, and they are obviously also not recognized by apps in the phone (such as Apollo or Google Play).
I realize that I could work around this issue by just removing everything from my sd card and then putting it back, but I really want to figure out how this can even happen.
I'm no expert by far, but it sounds like when you changed ROM the"index"file for mtp isn't updates. Have you tried to run the media scanner?
Swype'ed on my CM10 Galaxy Nexus
Herman76 said:
I'm no expert by far, but it sounds like when you changed ROM the"index"file for mtp isn't updates. Have you tried to run the media scanner?
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If I've understood correctly, power cycling the device should trigger the media scanner. I just tried restarting, and it made no difference. (I've restarted the device several times since this problem occurred).
Opening the Gallery app still only shows me two pictures (I've taken two photos since the ROM flash), interestingly the thumbs are for other pictures lying around and after a while Gallery crashes. I use QuickPic more often though and that app behaves well, and shows all photos.
edit As a final resort, I tried doing a full wipe and reinstalling CM10 M1 completely, without restoring any settings or apps from any old installations. The issue still persists! Any files created with my now "old" CM10 installation no longer appear, even when they are moved within a folder where other "new" files are shown and working. This is starting to annoy me, but since this obviously is a bug in CM10 M1 I see no point in trying to spend time solving it, I'm just going to switch back to AOKP. Thank you for any answers and attempts at solving this.
edit2 Formatting /sdcard in CWM recovery fixed this, even though it might not be the most elegant solution.
Have you seen this?http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30288268
Basically what it suggests is that you go to apps via settings, find the "Media Storage" app (it's a system app) Clear data/cache, then reboot. This was my problem.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
I have a galaxy nexus running 4.2.1. I have been having this issue since the update to 4.2. I am not able to see all files when I have my device connected to a pc via USB. When I navigate to the folder on my PC it can be empty or missing the file I am looking to transfer to my PC. I am not sure if this is a 4.2 issue, but I have not have this issue in previous versions. I am able to transfer files via my websharing app, but these files are movies and are over 1 gb in size on average so I would like to get this working. Let me know what you guys think.
Oh I have this same issue on 4.1.1. This is very frustrating. Sometimes, some files even fail to copy to PC.
Overall, the file listing and copy operations from Galaxy Nexus to PC is very unreliable. The file copy was rock solid and even faster on my HTC Desire.
However, I can see all files and copy them successfully using an app called Airdroid, over Wifi.
This issue should not happen anymore after ICS, but try deleting the .nomedia file in your folders, this file tell the phone to not scan in that folder. Reboot, then wait for the media server to rescan, then plug it in.
If that don't work, clear your Media Storage's data (Settings -> Manage apps -> All -> Media Storage), then delete the folder "/sdcard/Android/data/com.google.providers.media", reboot and let it rescan for 10mins.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
eksasol said:
This issue should not happen anymore after ICS, but try deleting the .nomedia file in your folders, reboot, then wait for the media server to rescan, then plug it in.
If that don't work, clear your Media Storage's data, delete the /sdcard/Android/data/com.google.providers.media, reboot and let it rescan for 10mins.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
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That did it! Thanks for the info!!!
I am actually still having this issue on my galaxy nexus running 4.2.1. I am running a stock OS and not rooted. I am not sure what else I can do. After further testing I have come to find that I am not able to access any newly created file on my device when connected by a USB cable to a computer until I restart my device. I even went to the trouble of doing a factory data reset. I am able to access new files from my device or wireless via the websharing app, just not via USB to my computer running windows 7 32bit. I am not sure if an app I have installed could be causing this issue. All I know is I never had this issue with ICS. Let me know what you guys think. I am at a total loss with this.
Had same issue not sure of fix but found if i rebooted computer and device when i plug device in again it sees the new files, its like the computer only sees whatever files are in phone at the point of first viewing phone sd folders, so any changes after that arent registered until computer is rebooted.
I think rebooting gnex also helps embed any changes to files and folders.
Its a hassle but it works
sent via xda premium from starkissed noozxoide maguro gnex paranoid beta9.5
Just in the even that someone needs help with this issue. I ended up installing an app called "Rescan Media". All you have to do it tap the icon for this app, you will see a flicker on your phone and your computer will be good to see your new files.
"Rescan Media" app let me see ALL my files in windoZe 7
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Just in the even that someone needs help with this issue. I ended up installing an app called "Rescan Media". All you have to do it tap the icon for this app, you will see a flicker on your phone and your computer will be good to see your new files.
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Thank you.
It worked for me!!! Thank you. I can see ALL my Nexus 7 files from Windows 7 - I have NOT rooted my 4.2.2 - and it works fine!
Thank you for the advice.
It worked for my LG G2
eksasol said:
This issue should not happen anymore after ICS, but try deleting the .nomedia file in your folders, this file tell the phone to not scan in that folder. Reboot, then wait for the media server to rescan, then plug it in.
If that don't work, clear your Media Storage's data (Settings -> Manage apps -> All -> Media Storage), then delete the folder "/sdcard/Android/data/com.google.providers.media", reboot and let it rescan for 10mins.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
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Magnificent - I've been going crazy wondering why I can't see all my files on my new LG G2 on windows. I followed your instructions and now I can. Thank you.
Hello,
I have had my HTC One M8 for a while now but I wasn't really happy with the soundquality while playing through my headphones, so I looked for ways to improve it. I found a few methods and finally decided to give it a try. These methods require a root so yesterday I have rooted my phone for the first time. Unfortunately I am experiencing some problems now.
The rooting process went without too much trouble. I used hasoon2000's toolkit and have TWRP version 2.7.0.2 installed as recovery and used it to install the provided SuperSU, which didn't work at first. On the forums I found a newer version and installed that one, updated it and got it to work.
Now this is where I think I messed up: I read somewhere that when rooted, you are able to delete pre-installed apps from the phone. I downloaded SD maid and deleted Kid Mode, Zoe and 7digital. When I deleted Kid Mode I got an error saying it has crashed. I tapped away the error but from this point I couldn't go back to my homescreen anymore because my launcher kept crashing (com.htc.launcher crashed). I rebooted the phone and the launcher worked again, but the phone still seemed to be buggy.
After this I tried to install the snapdragon audio+ (this was my first choice for an equalizer). I downloaded the apk and moved it to the system folder using ES file manager. I installed but when I tried to use it (through settings in google play music app) my phone would crash. I uninstalled it and tried again, but when I tried to move the apk to the system map like before, my phone would crash everytime. I then found out the file I used doesn't work for lollipop so I figured that's what caused the crashes.
My next move was to try and install viper4android. I downloaded it from the Play Store and opened it. It told me it needed an installation of BusyBox so I downloaded that too. But when I opened the BusyBox app and clicked install my phone would crash again. After some searching I found that the HTC One M8 requires BusyBox to be flashed manually so I downloaded the file but when I tried to load it onto my phone I noticed this wasn't possible anymore.
Now when I connect my phone to my PC the PC recognizes it, but when I open the map in Windows Explorer it only shows three maps; .showme, _nero_sync and Ringtones. I know there should be more as they were there before. It also shows my phone's capacity as a total of 10GB (shouldn't this be 16GB?). Also when I try to connect it with Sync Manager it gives me an error everytime I reconnect the phone; Device unavailable. Please reconnect your device [4].
I have tried to reset the phone through settings, wipe with TWRP and fix permissions with TWRP. I also tried reinstalling Sync Manager and the drivers on my PC. What I'm thinking now is I maybe have done something wrong in the ES file explorer that would make the folders unaccessible.
My phone is running stock android 5.0.1 and my PC Windows 7 64-bit.
I hope someone can help me, Thanks.
P.S: Sorry for the long post, I figured I'd give as much info as possible.
@Steef076 First update recovery to the latest one (2.8.6.0)
Second if you go and delete vital or integrated parts of the stock rom you will get a lot of bugs. Third, viper4android requires to write system and you can't write system with the stock kernel, you need an unsecured kernel or unsecure it yourself.
10GB is right since 6 is eaten by android. At this point I would just revert to a backup or install any custom rom around here. Most are close to stock and with no bloatware and come with root. You can even clean them further using a tool called ROM Cleaner. It will most likely solve all your problems
Did the deleted system apps reappear after reboot, or do they remain "uninstalled"? If the system is write protected like TempestZ states, any deleted system apps should reappear after a reboot.
Revert your nandroid to restore the system apps. And you didn't make a nandroid, you really should before making any system modifications for the very reason that it allows you to revert if you run into problems.
Another good practice, is if you don't know what effect deleting a system app will have (such as "safe to delete" lists that can sometimes be found on XDA) you should first freeze the app with Titanium Backup. If freezing doesn't cause any issues, then go ahead and delete. If you do have issues, just unfreeze the app.
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Now when I connect my phone to my PC the PC recognizes it, but when I open the map in Windows Explorer it only shows three maps; .showme, _nero_sync and Ringtones. I know there should be more as they were there before. It also shows my phone's capacity as a total of 10GB (shouldn't this be 16GB?). Also when I try to connect it with Sync Manager it gives me an error everytime I reconnect the phone; Device unavailable. Please reconnect your device [4].
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No, Windows will never show 16 GB. It only shows "internal storage" partition, or the user accessible portion of the storage. A good chunk is reserved for the OS.
Does what is shown in Windows differ from what is shown in ES if you browse to internal storage?
Thanks for the replies. @TempestZ @redpoint73
First of all I managed to update twrp to 2.8.6.0 using adb/fastboot.
To answer your question @redpoint73 the system apps I had deleted indeed reappeared after reboot. Also I didn't make a nandroid before I deleted the files, as I did not even know this was possible. Now I have made a nandroid of my stock ROM that is working decently, except for the TV app keeps crashing (I'm not opening it) and the connection to the PC is not working properly (not sure if this is ROM based?). I have noticed when the phone is in recovery I CAN see the folders through windows explorer. HTC sync manager still doesn't find it though. I am working on finding a proper stock ROM or maybe flash a custom one to see if that will fix it.
I understand now that the OS is taking up the storage space. The space windows is showing is the same as ES file manager so I guess this is fine.
HTC Sync is a hot mess. It often causes more troubles than it solves.
One thing you can try (to see if it fixes the USB connectivity) is uninstall HTC Sync and all HTC drivers. Than connect the phone. Don't let it install HTC Sync. Go to Windows Device Manager, find the device. Then pick the option to manually select the drivers, and pick the generic "Android MTP device" (or something to that effect) drivers.
This doesn't work for everyone. But it worked for me to be able to "see" the internal storage of my M8 on my home PC (Win 7). Annoyingly, it seems to vary from one PC to another. My work laptop (also Win 7) works fine with HTC Sync.
Steef076 said:
So if I understand correctly, 'version-main' is the same as 'firmware' and 'software number' (found in settings)? If so, my current firmware seems to be 4.19.114.2.
Now, what you're saying is I should do an OTA but this isn't possible because I have a custom recovery right?
Also, when I want to flash stock rom and stock recovery or do a nand don't I need the files that fit my cidnum? How would your file work for me?
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If yours already on 4.19.114.2 then no need to do OTA as that the latest.
and my backup will bring back your device back to stock as you first bought it when restore with a full wipe.
Try to solve your problem first, only when you really need the backup then only I will upload ... let me know
ckpv5 said:
If yours already on 4.19.114.2 then no need to do OTA as that the latest.
and my backup will bring back your device back to stock as you first bought it when restore with a full wipe.
Try to solve your problem first, only when you really need the backup then only I will upload ... let me know
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Hello, sorry for the late reply.
I have decided to give a custom ROM a try. I now have ARHD 41.0 installed and it seems this took care of my problems. All the maps are showing in windows explorer and HTC sync manager is connecting properly with my phone again. Also no more crashing apps. Your backup would still be of much use for me as I am not sure I want to stick with a custom ROM and therefore would like to have a stock ROM backup.
Thanks in advance.
Dear all,
I have been using RMN5 for a while and this is the most f**cking annoying error in this phone (or MIUI's error - i got it in my LG F180L running MIUI7 a long time ago and it happened too)
Every time i connected the phone to PC, i got this problem, I've followed the tips on XDA about disable media storage and download (force stop only in RMN5) and reboot, ok it fixed for a while, but not for long, next time i connect, it happen AGAIN.
I'm so tired of this sh*t and want to get rid of it.
Please, somebody please show me the way.
Thank you
Don't disable those apps instead go to the app settings media storage and download and clear both cache and data, hopes this will solve the problem and move this post to question and answer thread. It belongs there.
you disabled critical system app and complained why you get error messages
This is the Android Media Scanner, looking for files to index on your storage.
Some options are:
Try creating a file called '.nomedia' in every folder, and the problem should dissapear. In that case you may have a corrupted file somewhere, so try to delete the .nomedia file in some of the suspected folders to see if the problem comes back (or google something like 'android.process.media .nomedia' for a better explanation or solution.
You can also enable debuggind (via developer options), to inspect the problem with adb logcat, or to install a logcat related app from Play Store, in case the dump that should appear at the time of the error contains some hint.
rgawenda said:
This is the Android Media Scanner, looking for files to index on your storage.
Some options are:
Try creating a file called '.nomedia' in every folder, and the problem should dissapear. In that case you may have a corrupted file somewhere, so try to delete the .nomedia file in some of the suspected folders to see if the problem comes back (or google something like 'android.process.media .nomedia' for a better explanation or solution.
You can also enable debuggind (via developer options), to inspect the problem with adb logcat, or to install a logcat related app from Play Store, in case the dump that should appear at the time of the error contains some hint.
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I'm having this issue after updating my Samsung GT-N8013 to lineageos 16.0. When you say to put a .nomedia file in every folder, do you litterally mean every single folder on both the tablet and sd card or a certain level of folder?
tcfulmer said:
I'm having this issue after updating my Samsung GT-N8013 to lineageos 16.0. When you say to put a .nomedia file in every folder, do you litterally mean every single folder on both the tablet and sd card or a certain level of folder?
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The .nomedia flag file will stop the scan in the directory it's placed and all of the directories contained in it.
I ended up reinstalling the the OS 16.0 rom for my Samsung N8013. It took a total of running the installation 3 times but it finally became stable.