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samsung stock music player not finding/scanning media on memory card

this is giving me headaches now. The stock samsung music player is not finding music files on my memory card. i have tried following things:
- the card is FAT32 formatted, i formatted it using phone and moved everything over afterwards using windows explorer.
- applications --> media storage --> clear data
- there is no .nomedia file on my memory card
- mixzing/poweramp works but i want to try to fix this before i have waste money for something that should have been working out of the box.
- also tried using rescan media apps from play store
i am on rogers Galaxy s3, everything stock never rooted or modded.

Have you tried booting into recovery, clear cache and reboot?
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SaneinOne said:
Have you tried booting into recovery, clear cache and reboot?
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I have not however issue solved.
I feel so stupid, there actually was a .nomedia file in the root of sdcard, not sure which app created that but it was created in last couple of days because stock player was working fine couple of days back and I was using ES explorer that had option of hiding linux hidden directories hence it didn't show up before.
I did try using Kies to sync media but didn't try rooting as I read somewhere CWM created .nomedia at root of sdcard

[Q] Xperia S - sdcard folders and files disappeared

Hello,
Today I was trying to copy some files to my Xperia S via USB from my WinXP PC. When trying to copy the files, I got the message "the device has either stopped responding or has been disconnected" with the option to skip or cancel. This happened several times, and I plugged and unplugged the cable between tries.
After giving it up, I went to the phone and found out that all my files were gone. The folders disappeared and I can't find any pictures or media files (as well as any of the files that existed before - and I have show hidden files enabled in Android File Manager app). In Settings > Storage > Internal it says that I have 25 GB free (when I should have only 2 or 3 GBs left). The current folder structure viewable in the app is probably the folders for apps that after restart, recreated the folders.
However, if I connect to PC again, I can see the old folder structure in Internal Storage and the listing of the files inside it (the photos, etc). If I try to copy inside the SDCARD or to the PC I get the same message "the device has either stopped responding or has been disconnected" and I can't open any kind of file.
I think the data is still in the SD Card, but not accessible anymore. Has anyone experienced this before and can help me?
Thanks,
andré

is your phone rooted?

mharckk said:
is your phone rooted?
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No, mharckk

Me Too
nariz said:
Hello,
After giving it up, I went to the phone and found out that all my files were gone. The folders disappeared
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I too have this problem with my Game ROMs folder with my SNES and Genesis games. I'll run the emulator and then when I go to find a game the folder has disappeared. I have them saved on my PC so I just copy it over but an actual solution would be nice. My phone is rooted and ROMed.
Oh and I tried Titanium Backups but they sometimes disappear as well. I've never had that app work for me anyways always freezes and the backup is never restored.
It seems to me large folders and files not involved in the phones dedicated folder structure seem to disappear.

The best thing for you to do would be to root your phone and try the SD card mounting app which mounts the SD card in mass storage mode. MTP mode always gives such problem so and is unreliable..
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abcdjdj said:
The best thing for you to do would be to root your phone and try the SD card mounting app which mounts the SD card in mass storage mode. MTP mode always gives such problem so and is unreliable..
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Exactly. MTP has lots of problem.
I don't understand why Android use it.

Storage messed up?

Hello, I'm using pacman a really old version and before that I was using galaxy mod and when I tried to flash pacman and tried to restore my apps through titanium and I had no back ups at all and checked my files and my files were all gone everything I had, pics, music, important documents, backups etc they were all gone and I didn't do anything to erase the whole memory and I went trough recovery thinking it was an error and looked inside the internal storage and it gave the few list of folders.
All of then we're empty but none had any files bt at the very top it says /0 and somehow I selected that one and it showed all the files that were missing.. Documents pics etc... So I thought it was fixed.
I rebooted the phone nd went to storage nd the storage was clean and checked my files nd the files were still gone.. I used cyandelta app to update the rim and the /0 appeared so I clicked on it and it showed the whole files again.. So can anyone tell me what the hell happened??
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Sounds like everything is fine. Read this, should answer your questions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2158466

Amazing
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Missing songs from Google play music app

Hey I need help, ever since I got my s3 t999 and rooted it a week ago I'm not seeing my songs in the Google Play Music app but they show in my files using root explorer, I've tried copying and pasting them to the internal storage but I'm still not seeing them it only shows a few songs I recently downloaded when i have more then 300 songs. Is there a fix for this thanks guys

Where exactly are you putting the songs? In a folder?
I've seen others have this issue, the only way (from what I've read) to fix the issue is to place the songs on the root/main directory on either the SD card or internal storage.
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Try clearing data on media storage. Reboot and wait a while for it to rescan your device.
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I put them in the music downloads folder in the internal storage where it was on the SD card but they still now showing up, I've tired uninstalling and reinstalling the play music app and even try clearing data and rebooting and still nothing...I will try both solutions @Da Kine and @DocHoliday77 thanks guys will report back when finished

Still not working

What about just putting all of the songs in a folder named music. Then, Uninstall play music, reinstall it, then reboot the device.
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Best I can say is to start over clean. Odin flash the root66 firmware, factory reset from stock recovery, then copy your stuff back. Not all at once. Try just a chunk of files at a time and see if you can see them.
Btw, the factory reset will wipe internal storage. So back it up.
If it still won't see it, try temporarily uprooting from SuperSU. I'm wondering if it's a drm issue. Drm protected content won't work if you're rooted.
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Xperia S Deleted sdcard folder and general panic

While meaning to transfer all my junk from my old Xperia S to my laptop, I found the then foreign looking sdcard folder, empty save for another folder whos name I now forget, and deleted it, not knowing the havoc that would ensue.
The appocalypse happened as a result, and I can no longer find any of the 15gigglebytes of files I meant to back up. The internal storage says it's empty, no trace of the files in either the phone or via my laptop.
After reading through http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2080449 I downloaded SDmount and tried recovering the files with Recuva, but upon selecting Mount as Mass Storage in SDmount my computer won't recognise my phone at all, it doesn't react in any way once I've plugged in the usb cable, other than charging the phone.
Am I doing something terribly wrong? Is there any method I've missed? Is it possible to undo the damage by somehow restoring the sdcard folder?
Please help, I am at wits end here. It is a rooted Xperia S with android 4.1.2, my laptop is running windows 8.

I guess no,you can't recover it
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UchihaDareNial said:
I guess no,you can't recover it
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Is you for real?
EDIT: I have made progress. While reading through the SDmount thread it dawned on me that I had not turned on USB debug mode. My laptop now recognises my phone as an undefined mass storage device.
Now the lingering question is, should I wait for further directive from more helpful posters, or should I give Recuva or Photorec a try?
EDIT2: Photorec is doing its magic! It's ripping files out of that thing like a snowblower. Absolutely beautiful. No pictures yet, mostly .ogg files and the five demo movies you see running on demonstration phones in stores, but it's something!