hi,
i use a 512 mb SANDISK card for my mp3z. a while back i used file explorer to access the card and thus deleted around 4 tunez i got tired off listening to. i then resumed using my media player and while listening i was rather surprised that the file i deleted was still there. i further discovered that all the 4 song files were still present. so i used file explorer again..etc. the thing is; when you use file explorer either through the unit or through the laptop (using activesync) the 4 files were not present. but when i use media player the 4 songs would still appear. i clicked on "properties" for the song and it said that the location of the file was \storage card\recylced. so the question here is; how do i access this folder to completely delete the contents? or does this mean i have to reformat the card?
cheers
Hi,
I have problem I turned on File encryption and used it. Later I noticed that it is possible to copy files with ActiveSync without entering password. I started to think that it useless in the case if my phone will be stolen. I turned it off.
Yesterday, I wanted to copy photos from my HD2 but I can't do that. If I copy files by using ActiveSync 4.5 I receive empty files(size=0). If I copy file in the phone by using Explorer from DCIM folder to another folder the file size also is empty. I connected to PC and used flash as a disk drive in that case I saw encoded files, I copied them to the PC and looked in hex editor the files have some encrypted data.
I even tried to turn on encryption. I copied 1 file using ActiveSync and it has the same addition "94ab5ede.menc" as the files I can't copy.
Please help me. Those files are very important.
Just like the title says. When I connect my A500 to the PC to copy a movie over I will see multiple copies of the folders on my external SD card (currently are three copies of the folders showing). The internal SD card is fine.
If I go to the last "copy" of the folder on the external SD, I can copy files to and from, but if I go to any of the copies, it hangs and I have to unplug the tablet from the PC and reconnect.
Anyone know how I can get rid of these extra copies? If I use Es file explorer on the tablet, everything is fine. It is only when I use windows explorer that I get this problem.
updated drivers?
shadowmikeshadow said:
updated drivers?
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Drivers are latest.
I am getting ready to try an experiment. I am going to use windows explorer delete everything from the external SD while the tablet is plugged into the computer. I have a back up copy of all the files and I will re-copy them to the SD card (again using windows explorer) to see if it shows only one copy.
This must be a windows explorer thing since I only see one copy of everything when I am using Es file explorer on the tablet. I just find it amazing that no one else has had this problem before.
ANdroid 6.0.1 S7Edge
Geezuz....this shouldnt require a post to figure out, but.....
Because my good ol' KeepassDroid password app cannot write to a database file on the SD, I must move/copy the database file FROM the sd TO the internal phone storage when I get a new phone..
I plug the phone into the PC.
On the phone I drag down to notifications, select the USB Charging notification, change to "File Transfer"
Now the PC can see CARD and PHONE
I copy the file from the CARD to the PHONE
Disconnect.
On the phone I open my KeepassDroid app, navigate to tell it where the new database file is, and......
....wait for it.....
It shows up ON THE SD CARD
In anticipation of some of your well-meaning responses let me assure you that:
- I'm POSITIVE I'm looking at the file I JUST COPIED to PHONE and not the original file from SD ( I even renamed it in the PHONE location to ensure I wasnt screwin' the pooch there)
-I DO NOT want to get a NEW app because I don't want to re-enter dozens/hundreds of entries.
Its almost as thought Android 6.0.1 is allocating CARD space as "internal storage" space to "help" us stupid phone-users along (to which I say "stop helping")
Any sage advice?
There's nothing wrong with the SD card I'm using. It works fine on my computer and on my v10. But for some reason on my v20 it is constantly scanning the sd card. Media files still show up but I cannot open them until the never ending scan ends. Also the music player also does not read the music on the card. I know this use to be an issue with older Android phones but I didn't expect my v20 to have this issue.
It says:
"Scanning media files... try again after scan is complete"
More details? App? Brand of sd card? Type of files? How do you have them organized? Do you have a .nomedia file where it shouldn't be? Etc.?
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More details? App? Brand of sd card? Type of files? How do you have them organized? Do you have a .nomedia file where it shouldn't be? Etc.?
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200gb Lg Brand Micro SD. Using the stock file app . The pop up comes up on all types of media files.
I can still play files on es file explorer however apps such as black player and the stock music app do not recognize any media on the sd card unless I transfer it into the internal storage. I removed all .nomedia files from the card and the card works perfectly fine when plugged in to any other device.
Rexzon123 said:
200gb Lg Brand Micro SD. Using the stock file app . The pop up comes up on all types of media files.
I can still play files on es file explorer however apps such as black player and the stock music app do not recognize any media on the sd card unless I transfer it into the internal storage. I removed all .nomedia files from the card and the card works perfectly fine when plugged in to any other device.
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Depending on how much media you have (hopefully less than available internal space) transfer everything to internal memory using es file explorer (or Root explorer - my preference) (avoid the Android folder - but backup any app data you have cause if any apps save their data to the sd card, it will be lost in this method along with any apps you installed to the sd card *just redownload them from play store*).
Then format SD card using phone.
Then transfer everything back to the SD card
FYI doing this changes the modified date of any photos/videos so the phone will think they're new. Only drawback of doing this. I had an issue with my Samsung 256gb card and that was the only way I could get it to fix.
I had to backup my files with my 200GB Sandisk to my laptop, format card for hahas, then retransfer back manually. Did my 90+GB of flacs while watching a movie and the other 40+GB overnight while sleeping.
I transferred stuff onto my 200gb SanDisk card that I had been using in my tablet. The files all showed in file Explorer but wouldn't show in gallery or music players.
There was a lost.dir folder on the SD card (along with others from the tablet) the folder seemed empty (didn't check for hidden files) I deleted the lost.dir folder and the phone can now see everything. (pictures all in gallery now as well as mp3s showing in music players)
Worked for me... Not sure if it will apply to your situation but I figured I'd share...
Same issue but different scenario
Hi All,
I am experiencing a similar issue with a specific app (only so far) - 9gag.
Whenever I download an image from their feed with the dedicated 'save' button, it will save it onto my internal storage (can't change the location of that via app), but it won't show in my gallery.
When I try to open the imaeg in the file explorer it says 'scanning media files... try again after scan is completed' - however, no matter how long I wait, I can't open it and it never becomes visible in the gallery.
I tried following things so far:
- reboot: it works, every time I reboot, all files are scanned and in the gallery, however, if I save further images, the new ones won't show up until I reboot again
- stop media scanning service and clear data: no effect
- rename folder: no effect
- rename file: this works, it shows up in gallery
- copy/move onto sd card: this works too, it shows up in gallery
As you can see, there ARE ways I can make the pics visible, but none of them is a sustainable way. I can't reboot or rename after each image I save, that's pure madness.
Any ideas what else I can try?
Oh and btw, all other apps do work, for example if I save files from screenshots, downloads, Line or WeChat, the phone does create a folder in the same way it does for 9gag and it is visible in the gallery with no problems, so it might be app specific? I also reached out to 9gag already but i don't think they will reply...