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YouTube hq

anyone know how to make YouTube play in high quality by default ? only one rom does this on its own and that's aloysus . I know when on wifi it will but I'm mostly on 3g. maybe there's on option on YouTube itself to do this ?

rw6497 said:
anyone know how to make YouTube play in high quality by default ? only one rom does this on its own and that's aloysus . I know when on wifi it will but I'm mostly on 3g. maybe there's on option on YouTube itself to do this ?
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The version attached below will play in HQ by default.
Install through adb:
Code:
adb remount
adb push YouTube.apk /system/app
adb reboot
Install through Astro, or similar:
Code:
Place the file on your sdcard
Open Astro
Find YouTube.apk on your sdcard -> Click & Hold it -> Edit -> Move
Go to /system/app directory
Menu -> Edit -> Paste
Reboot your device
Enjoy!
-mak

.mak said:
The version attached below will play in HQ by default.
Enjoy!
-mak
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Sweet. Thanks a lot.

getting the hang of using adb, worked like a charm.
thank you!

Glad to help

not sure what I did wrong but I couldn't get this to work. I didn't do ab method cause I rarely have access to a computer. did astro way and it wouldn't allow me to paste on system / app. I used Linda and that allowed me to copy / paste. I rebooted and tried YouTube but got same ole normal quality. I took a a look back at system / app and saw that YouTube apk was indeed there and it was. LOL this seems so simple and really isn't a huge deal but would be really nice for me to get this to work

not sure what I did wrong but I couldn't get this to work. I didn't do ab method cause I rarely have access to a computer. did astro way and it wouldn't allow me to paste on system / app. I used Linda and that allowed me to copy / paste. I rebooted and tried YouTube but got same ole normal quality. I took a a look back at system / app and saw that YouTube apk was indeed there and it was. LOL this seems so simple and really isn't a huge deal but would be really nice for me to get this to work
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it didn't work because you didn't do the adb method like stated above. hur dur ;-)
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rw6497 said:
not sure what I did wrong but I couldn't get this to work. I didn't do ab method cause I rarely have access to a computer. did astro way and it wouldn't allow me to paste on system / app. I used Linda and that allowed me to copy / paste. I rebooted and tried YouTube but got same ole normal quality. I took a a look back at system / app and saw that YouTube apk was indeed there and it was. LOL this seems so simple and really isn't a huge deal but would be really nice for me to get this to work
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Go with the ADB method, it'll work. Make sure you push, not install, install will fail with a message to the effect of same version already installed.
-mak

installed it last night, it actually makes the YouTube app worth using. where did you get the apk from?
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If using astro or any other file manager you have to turn on the root settings. Also setup the SU and then mount the system via the app. I use ES File Explorer. Works great, in sure.
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I did it with root explorer but when I rebooted the App was missing all together. Not listed in app drawer. I will give adb a shot but my adb drivers are all jacked.

Thanks for the apk.
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Izeltokatl said:
If using astro or any other file manager you have to turn on the root settings.
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Turn on root settings ? How ?

hallstevenson said:
Turn on root settings ? How ?
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Anyone ? I don't see any sort of setting in Astro. Tried "Linda" file manager too and saw nothing.

[Q] Double Image in Gallery

Hi there..
I update my SGS to Froyo last 2 days.. and yesterday I apply Voodoo 5 on it.
But today I just noticed that any images from my external SD will appear double in gallery.. dunno when it started to happen.. is there any way to fix this?
thanks

Im my case was 5 for each original, and with a lot of problems to delete the "non-real" ones...

thats hurt.. anyone can help here?

Yup! Just go to Application Manager, then easily clear cache for Media Storage! Ta-Da! No more duplicate images!
(It made my ringtones reset, but I could live with it!)

Eienkei said:
Yup! Just go to Application Manager, then easily clear cache for Media Storage! Ta-Da! No more duplicate images!
(It made my ringtones reset, but I could live with it!)
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thanks for suggesting.. but it still appear double..
crap.. now i'm also lost all my ringtone

Got a Mac? It happened for me when Spotlight indexed my storage after mounting it one day. I used root explorer to delete all the Spotlight files.

Don't have a Mac but i will try use the root explorer like u said..

Hello, i got the same problem, what i have noticed is that a clone of my sdcards is found at /sdcard/ and the original is at /mnt/sdcard/ have not tried to delete /sdcard/ yet since i want to backup my external one before, but i will tell you how it went.

is FROYO 2.2 officially available in INDIAfor samsung Galaxy S.can any one confirm please?

If you have Root Explorer
GO into /dbdata/databases/com.android.providers.media
and delete both the internal and external files
Reboot

elhpianist said:
If you have Root Explorer
GO into /dbdata/databases/com.android.providers.media
and delete both the internal and external files
Reboot
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Great hint, just wondering though if there is any way to have an app or script run at boot-up to do this for you, so people don't have to do it manually every time their gallery has a fit?

Google Voice on Honeycomb

How are y'all who are running honeycomb getting google voice to work? I've seen people post that they're running it, but I get the error posted here:
http://nookdevs.com/Honeycomb_App_List#Google_Voice_v0.4.2.13
I'd REALLY like to run GV. Any help much appreciated!
Thanks!

anyone? ability to send sms is really the only missing feature on this thing now. would really love to get it working. thanks!

Google Voice is the only missing feature??? I need Google Voice, Google Docs, printing, and FLASH. My gawd, how could they ship the XOOM with no FLASH? Oh yeah, they were trying to beat the iPad 2 to market.

gv
Per google voice forum, and a google employee,n the app is in the works. No eta

It seems like if you can "restore" your data from another android device to google voice installed on Honeycomb, it can work. You just need to get past that set up screen. See, for example:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11919203&postcount=653
I'm going to work more on this at home.
EDITED FOR SUCCESS/WINNING:
--------> Okay, got GV working:
Uninstalled GV from my Nook. Made sure /data/data/com.google.android.apps.googlevoice/ was gone.
Reinstalled GV. DON'T START THE PROGRAM YET! The next step takes place also in /data/data/com.google.android.apps.googlevoice/
Moved copies of my 2 /shared_prefs/ files (com.google.android.apps.googlevoice_preferences.xml and VeryPersistent.xml) from my Nexus One to my Nook Color.
Started the app, and it works perfectly!

How do you use GV without a mic?

drazil22 said:
How do you use GV without a mic?
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this is for Google Voice, not Google Voice Search.

Has anyone else with a nook tried this from the XDA forum?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=984111
I am having the same issues that everyone else is having on the xoom. After restore the data, it force closes as soon as I launch Google Voice. If i don't restore it will not get past the first screen. I am using a Samsung Galaxy S phone to backup. Will keep trying different ways.

gotrubberducky said:
Has anyone else with a nook tried this from the XDA forum?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=984111
I am having the same issues that everyone else is having on the xoom. After restore the data, it force closes as soon as I launch Google Voice. If i don't restore it will not get past the first screen. I am using a Samsung Galaxy S phone to backup. Will keep trying different ways.
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did you try uninstalling completely first? I got the force closes before I started fresh.
then I copied the two settings xml files l mentioned without having started the app. after that it worked great.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

fzr-r4 said:
this is for Google Voice, not Google Voice Search.
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So you're using it for SMS and vmail?

devis said:
So you're using it for SMS and vmail?
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yup.
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I tried installing GV the other day but I got to the end of the setup wizard where it asks for a phone number and couldn't think of what to put there. I believe even on the XOOM there is a "fake" phone number to apply to the settings that gets associated with the data plan.
Thoughts?

jetsaredim said:
I tried installing GV the other day but I got to the end of the setup wizard where it asks for a phone number and couldn't think of what to put there. I believe even on the XOOM there is a "fake" phone number to apply to the settings that gets associated with the data plan.
Thoughts?
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Wow, I hadn't heard of anyone making it past the first screen of the wizard on Honeycomb. Do your .xml files show some of your settings have been saved?

fzr-r4 said:
Wow, I hadn't heard of anyone making it past the first screen of the wizard on Honeycomb. Do your .xml files show some of your settings have been saved?
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Where would I be looking for this? Went poking around in Astro, but not sure where to look. Also, I just tried to pick a random phone number associated with my GV account (work phone) and it proceeded but still wanted to check my voicemail settings. Gets an error (popup) that offers to skip the check - but when I skip it the main area of the screen goes blank and the prev/next buttons go greyed out.

jetsaredim said:
Where would I be looking for this? Went poking around in Astro, but not sure where to look. Also, I just tried to pick a random phone number associated with my GV account (work phone) and it proceeded but still wanted to check my voicemail settings. Gets an error (popup) that offers to skip the check - but when I skip it the main area of the screen goes blank and the prev/next buttons go greyed out.
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they are two files in /data/data/com.google.android.apps.googlevoice/shared_prefs/
VeryPersistent.xml should read (substituting your actual gmail account, of course):
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' standalone='yes' ?>
<map>
<boolean name="ever_signed_in" value="true" />
<string name="device_primary_account">[email protected]</string>
</map>
com.google.android.apps.googlevoice_preferences.xml has a lot more.

Hm. Not seeing anything under /data even.

jetsaredim said:
Hm. Not seeing anything under /data even.
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hm, how are you looking?

Access /data with Root Explorer
jetsaredim said:
Hm. Not seeing anything under /data even.
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I suspect you're using ASTRO or a similar file manager; these cannot see the /data folder.
Go to the Market, purchase, & download "Root Explorer (File Manager)". Root Explorer can see /data and you'll be able to copy the required files.
Working assumptions: NC has a microSD card and does not have either Google Voice nor Root Explorer yet installed.
If you've already installed AND booted Google Voice on your NC and it didn't work, uninstall, re-install, and don't open it until step 12 below.
Process:
1) Install Root Explorer on a device with a working Google Voice install (Droid in my case)
2) Open Root Explorer and navigate to the referenced folder: /data/data/com.google.android.apps.googlevoice/shared_prefs/
3) Copy one of the two files using Root Explorer then navigate out to your sdcard and paste it to any folder (I created new folder on the sdcard "Google Voice Prefs" - could have just as easily pasted into my Dropbox folder, which would eliminate steps 5, 6, and the first part of 9 below)
4) Repeat step 2 for the other file
5) Plug your device (me: Droid) into your machine (me: Win 7) & access your SD card
6) Copy the two files from shared_prefs to your desktop
7) Download and install Google Voice on your NC from the Market
8) Download and install Root Explorer on your NC if you haven't already
9) Plug in your nook, access your SD card, and copy the two shared_prefs files from your Desktop to anywhere on the sdcard (again, I created a new folder called "Google Voice Prefs")
10) Using Root Explorer, copy file 1 of 2 and paste it into the
/data/data/com.google.android.apps.googlevoice/shared_prefs/ folder on your NC
Note: I had to create a new folder "shared_prefs" - no sweat in Root Explorer
11) Repeat step 10 for file 2 of 2
12) Exit Root Explorer, boot Google Voice, and enjoy!

|JKB| said:
I suspect you're using ASTRO or a similar file manager; these cannot see the /data folder.
Go to the Market, purchase, & download "Root Explorer (File Manager)". Root Explorer can see /data and you'll be able to copy the required files.
Working assumptions: NC does not have either Google Voice nor Root Explorer yet installed.
Process:
1) Install Root Explorer on a device with a working Google Voice install (Droid in my case)
2) Open Root Explorer and navigate to the referenced folder: /data/data/com.google.android.apps.googlevoice/shared_prefs/
3) Copy one of the two files using Root Explorer then navigate out to your sdcard and paste it to any folder (I created new folder on the sdcard "Google Voice Prefs" - could have just as easily pasted into my Dropbox folder and saved little time)
4) Repeat step 2 for the other file
5) Plug your device (me: Droid) into your machine (me: Win 7) & access your SD card
6) Copy the two files from shared_prefs to your desktop
7) Download and install Google Voice on your NC from the Market
8) Download and install Root Explorer on your NC if you haven't already
9) Plug in your nook, access your SD card, and copy the two shared_prefs files from your Desktop to anywhere on the sdcard (again, I created a new folder called "Google Voice Prefs")
10) Using Root Explorer, copy file 1 of 2 and paste it into the
/data/data/com.google.android.apps.googlevoice/shared_prefs/ folder on your NC
Note: I had to create a new folder "shared_prefs" - no sweat in Root Explorer
11) Repeat step 10 for file 2 of 2
12) Exit Root Explorer, boot Google Voice, and enjoy!
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worked perfect and now I'm running GVoice on my Honeycomb'd Nook Color
+1

fzr-r4 said:
It seems like if you can "restore" your data from another android device to google voice installed on Honeycomb, it can work. You just need to get past that set up screen. See, for example:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11919203&postcount=653
I'm going to work more on this at home.
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Unfortunately I've had no luck with this so far. I tried a couple of times. I even went in and moved my ENTIRE directory over. It still force-closes when clicking "Next" on the first screen.
My devices:
* Nook running HC v4 eMMC 2nd edition with the Gapps fix and updated build.prop ... Voice not working
* Captivate running stock 2.2 ... voice working
The Root Explorer instructions don't seem significantly different, I don't own it, and I'm adept at navigating Linux via adb so I don't see much need to try that. I also verified my permissions and ownerships matched the default.
Giving up for tonight, but hopefully can massage this into working as GVoice is pretty important to me. Otherwise I've been amazed at the quality of HC v4 given the lack of AOSP for Honeycomb so far.

[AUDIO] Ringtones, Notifications, and Alarms

Here is a collection of alarms, notifications, and ringtones collected from stock and various roms. This is a CWM flashable zip. If you enjoy this, remember to thank the devs here. I just made a collection from their work. If anyone has other audio from other devices they want added just let me know and I'll recompile.
List:
Captivate Stock
Atrix Stock
Armani Stock
Andromeda
Cognition
Continuum
Dragon
Phoenix
Serendipity
Twingerbread
Talking Notifications
and others I may have forgotten.
Now converted to Edify! These are flashable from the newer CWM.
Grab them from my signature

Red_81 said:
If anyone has other audio from other devices they want added just let me know and I'll recompile.
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I don't have the audio, but it would be beyond awesome to have the audio from the original Nokia 5100 :]
Anyone know of a site that has audio from old phones?

mipakr said:
I don't have the audio, but it would be beyond awesome to have the audio from the original Nokia 5100 :]
Anyone know of a site that has audio from old phones?
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I found an online MIDI converter, converted them to wav, and then over to ogg. I've attached a CWM flashable zip to this post with the 5100 ringers. I can't stress enough about doing a backup before you apply this as I haven't tested it yet.

Red_81 said:
I found an online MIDI converter, converted them to wav, and then over to ogg. I've attached a CWM flashable zip to this post with the 5100 ringers. I can't stress enough about doing a backup before you apply this as I haven't tested it yet.
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For those that don't want to CWM flash you can extract the files and place them manually.

KonaZXIII said:
For those that don't want to CWM flash you can extract the files and place them manually.
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Yep, that is also possible for those who don't want to let it automatically place the files for them or who want to pick and choose the tones they want.

I updated the original post with my corrected Audio file (removed duplicates) and included a link to download the stock Captivate tones as well.
Enjoy!

Great package! I flashed without any issues, but I am seeing duplicates of some of the files. If I look in the directory where they are with Astro, I am only seeing single copies of some of the files.
Any ideas? How can I clean this up?
Thanks for posting these BTW!!
--Matt

mattsternc said:
Great package! I flashed without any issues, but I am seeing duplicates of some of the files. If I look in the directory where they are with Astro, I am only seeing single copies of some of the files.
Any ideas? How can I clean this up?
Thanks for posting these BTW!!
--Matt
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Try another reboot. If that doesn't work then go into settings --> applications --> manage applications --> all --> media container. Force a stop and clear data. Reboot. That should force another fresh media scan with no cached data.
What duplicates were you seeing? That way I can along double check my source files.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

A couple of questions... if we don't want all of them, can we just delete the unwanted ones out of the zip before flashing?
Also, if we should want to just direct load them onto the phone (assume that is possible?), where should they be put?
Related to direct loading, there seems to be beaucoup file manager apps; anybody tried a bunch and find a clear winner?

movrshakr said:
A couple of questions... if we don't want all of them, can we just delete the unwanted ones out of the zip before flashing?
Also, if we should want to just direct load them onto the phone (assume that is possible?), where should they be put?
Related to direct loading, there seems to be beaucoup file manager apps; anybody tried a bunch and find a clear winner?
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1. If you delete the ones you don't want then it won't be flashable through CWM
2. You can direct load them to /system/media/audio/ and then notifications or ringtones or alarms
3. I use root explorer
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

You can also make a dir on your SD card internal or ext like this.
/media/audio/notifications or ringtones or alarms
and they will be seen and you can set them as ringtone/notification/alarms just like you can with the build in system ones

Red_81 said:
Try another reboot. If that doesn't work then go into settings --> applications --> manage applications --> all --> media container. Force a stop and clear data. Reboot. That should force another fresh media scan with no cached data.
What duplicates were you seeing? That way I can along double check my source files.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
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I tried what you suggested and I'm still seeing the dupes. As a data point, I was using whatever came stock with Cog 4.0 (clean flash from stock) and Cog 4.2.2 (upgrade over top of 4.0). Not sure if there were dupes before, but confident there were not.
Here is a list of the dupes:
AT&T Tone
ATT Tone (this one is lower volume .... going to try and delete via Astro)
Bird Loop
Bollywood
Calypso Steel
Classic Bell
Digital Phone
The floor
Gutta tone
Luminescence
Noisy one (Noisey one .... spelling difference, but same tone)
Popple Tone
Pure Tone
Samsung Tune
Single Tone
Winter
As I said before, I only see one file in the list when I look in the directory with Astro.
Let me know if there is anything else you need!!
Thanks for looking at this as well!
--Matt
P.S. -- I also just noticed that there are dupes for the notification tones now as well. I'll reply back here with a list in a little bit.

mattsternc said:
I tried what you suggested and I'm still seeing the dupes. As a data point, I was using whatever came stock with Cog 4.0 (clean flash from stock) and Cog 4.2.2 (upgrade over top of 4.0). Not sure if there were dupes before, but confident there were not.
Here is a list of the dupes:
AT&T Tone
ATT Tone (this one is lower volume .... going to try and delete via Astro)
Bird Loop
Bollywood
Calypso Steel
Classic Bell
Digital Phone
The floor
Gutta tone
Luminescence
Noisy one (Noisey one .... spelling difference, but same tone)
Popple Tone
Pure Tone
Samsung Tune
Single Tone
Winter
As I said before, I only see one file in the list when I look in the directory with Astro.
Let me know if there is anything else you need!!
Thanks for looking at this as well!
--Matt
P.S. -- I also just noticed that there are dupes for the notification tones now as well. I'll reply back here with a list in a little bit.
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How large is the zip file you downloaded? I think you might have one of the older ones.

Red_81 said:
How large is the zip file you downloaded? I think you might have one of the older ones.
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The file that I downloaded is 27.49mb (28,823,899 bytes). Is that an older one?
--Matt

Nope. That's the most current one. I'll do a little more research and see if I can find out why you're getting duplicates.
Did you run the CWM version or did you extract them to a folder on your sd card?
Also try deleting the data/cache from the media storage and then another reboot.

Red_81 said:
Nope. That's the most current one. I'll do a little more research and see if I can find out why you're getting duplicates.
Did you run the CWM version or did you extract them to a folder on your sd card?
Also try deleting the data/cache from the media storage and then another reboot.
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I ran the CWM version. I tried the deleting data/cache again and had the same result (no change).
--Matt

Make sure you're doing both media storage and media container then followed by a reboot
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

You also may want to check for an extra media/audio folder structure
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

Pmac25 said:
You can also make a dir on your SD card internal or ext like this.
/media/audio/notifications or ringtones or alarms
and they will be seen and you can set them as ringtone/notification/alarms just like you can with the build in system ones
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If you do this, will the media player see them as "music" and include them in the "playable things" inside the media player app?

movrshakr said:
If you do this, will the media player see them as "music" and include them in the "playable things" inside the media player app?
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I notice my Ringtones created by Ringdroid do show up and they are in a folder like that.
You can exclude media by directory by adding a file to that directory called .nomedia

Music & Gallery App Problems

So here's my problem,I've been using democracy 2.1 and tried to flash other custom roms like idroid, aokp ics, and cm10..now everytime I flash these roms and test it the music app dont work,whenever i touch the play button It will say the playlist is empty,I check the library to find my songs and they're not there,same thing happens to the gallery,no pics nor videos,but I can perfectly see pics and play videos and music through the file manager,at first I thought that the apps are not working properly so I installed a bunch of other gallery and music apks but still the same,I dont know what just happened,so please help..thanks in advance

open dev tool go to media provider and tap on scan sdcard
if don't work check for .nomedia file in /sdcard, music folder, video folder and picture folder

jhimzter said:
So here's my problem,I've been using democracy 2.1 and tried to flash other custom roms like idroid, aokp ics, and cm10..now everytime I flash these roms and test it the music app dont work,whenever i touch the play button It will say the playlist is empty,I check the library to find my songs and they're not there,same thing happens to the gallery,no pics nor videos,but I can perfectly see pics and play videos and music through the file manager,at first I thought that the apps are not working properly so I installed a bunch of other gallery and music apks but still the same,I dont know what just happened,so please help..thanks in advance
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backup sd card on pc
format it
then again copy evrything
IT WORKS!!!!

Shank73 said:
backup sd card on pc
format it
then again copy evrything
IT WORKS!!!!
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I've already done formating my sd card and it does'nt work.
dheeraj (dhlalit11) said:
open dev tool go to media provider and tap on scan sdcard
if don't work check for .nomedia file in /sdcard, music folder, video folder and picture folder
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sorry for being a noob but where can I find the dev tool?cant find it here in democracy rom,maybe its not installed here.
I see .nomedia on the sdcard,what will I do with it?
Im currently using the democracy 2.1,its the only rom where gallery works but music app dont
thanks

just delete .nomedia file from sdcard and reboot device

killar_aka_arabu said:
just delete .nomedia file from sdcard and reboot device
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Thanks..it worked