My files and Walkman? - Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
Is there no my file app on the Z1? I can not find it.
Other questions - how do you make the Walkman app look for music in your sd card?

mlhdk said:
Hi,
Is there no my file app on the Z1? I can not find it.
Other questions - how do you make the Walkman app look for music in your sd card?
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Mine came installed with file commander, but you can easily download 3rd party ones such as ES file explore from pay store.
As for the Walkman app, mine scanned my SD card fine, there doesn't appear to be a manual scan mode, so I'd suggest u un mount your sd card in store and re mount it see if that helps.
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media scan
Or try rescan media from the play store free app (works for me)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.addz.mediascanner&hl=en

mlhdk said:
Hi,
Is there no my file app on the Z1? I can not find it.
Other questions - how do you make the Walkman app look for music in your sd card?
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Wait a bit, turn it off and on again and it will scan the content of your internal and external sd card automatically. But it may take some time.
As for file explorers, there are hundreds of them on the market

Thanks. I normally use astro for file handling, I was Just wondering if there wasn't any default. I tried rescan and turn off and on phone with no luck. If I pick a mp3 via astro it opens and play in Walkman, but walking only shows the preinstalled songs..
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mlhdk said:
Hi,
Is there no my file app on the Z1? I can not find it.
Other questions - how do you make the Walkman app look for music in your sd card?
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mlhdk said:
Thanks. I normally use astro for file handling, I was Just wondering if there wasn't any default. I tried rescan and turn off and on phone with no luck. If I pick a mp3 via astro it opens and play in Walkman, but walking only shows the preinstalled songs..
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OK, someone already mentioned that file commander comes with the rom.
Just give the media scanner some time. It is a process that takes some time. Leave your phone with screen off for a bit and it should find it.
Also, make sure there is no .nomedia file where you have the media stored. I also keep mine in a folder called music on my external sd card.

Nothing seems to work with make the files show up in the play (Walkman) So I will try format the card and see if that helps. Btw I didn't have the file commander installed default.

mlhdk said:
Nothing seems to work with make the files show up in the play (Walkman) So I will try format the card and see if that helps. Btw I didn't have the file commander installed default.
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Do you have a network locked handset, as mine is unlocked and unbranded so that could be why you don't have the app.
As for your music not being recognised by the Walkman app sounds pretty strange... before formatting the sd card you should try clearing the cache from the Walkman app, as to me it sounds like a software glitch.
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hopefully you've sorted this now!
also if you just want your music files in the walkman app, just click on settings (top right) and then open settings and disable 'music unlimited' under service settings. Now the walkman app will only show your downloaded music and none of their streaming stuff

My handset is unbranded and unlocked. I formatted the scarf,
My handset is unbranded and unlocked. I formatted the sd-card and copied the files back n the card. Now everything is working But I not got the file commander - so I quess it's not preinstalled here in Denmark
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mlhdk said:
My handset is unbranded and unlocked. I formatted the scarf,
My handset is unbranded and unlocked. I formatted the sd-card and copied the files back n the card. Now everything is working But I not got the file commander - so I quess it's not preinstalled here in Denmark
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ok, just search for explorer ont he market and use that. Its better than file commander IMHO

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ext_card

Maybe one question too much, but I put it anyway
The system with with builtin sdcard and a separate ext_card are driving me nuts.
I am not asking about to put apps in ext_card, my question is how to use it.
Movies is easy, the movieplayer founds the movies in my ext_card. So does as well the Album app - it founds all my pictures.
But what about the music-app???
Sony delivers the amazing Walkman-app but it does not support files stored in the ext_card??
I can easily fill my phone with 10 Gig music.
Don't tell me to use Spotify or Google Musik - I already does.
Sometimes I want to listen offline on my own special music - and I want to store it on the ext_card!
One weird thing;
I installed Spotify as specified in this forum - it stores the offline music on the ext_card.
I did an initial sync to check that everything worked well (with the latest Spotify update)
Actually, my Walkman app found that music!
But it does not find anything later on.....
How to use the ext_card in best way??
All my music is my external card and the walkman reads it fine...just clear the data in walkman app and media scanner from settings and wait for the media scanner to find it all again.
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And also check that you do not have any .nomedia files in those folders, otherwise the media scanner bypasses them
Tried to clear out data in Walkman app but no success. Where do I find "mediascanner"?
I have checked the .nomedia issue
goateye said:
Tried to clear out data in Walkman app but no success. Where do I find "mediascanner"?
I have checked the .nomedia issue
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settings/app/all/media storage
Thanks, found it but in swedish language
Well, now my Walkman is empty. Let´s wait and see!!!!
goateye said:
Thanks, found it but in swedish language
Well, now my Walkman is empty. Let´s wait and see!!!!
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Dont forget to reboot
gregbradley said:
Dont forget to reboot
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Feels like a noob (of course I am)
I works!
At least consistent. Nothing found on the ext_card. No movies, no pictures and no music.
Everything on sdcard is found
Well, well, let's wait a few reboots and see
gregbradley said:
All my music is my external card and the walkman reads it fine...just clear the data in walkman app and media scanner from settings and wait for the media scanner to find it all again.
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And also check that you do not have any .nomedia files in those folders, otherwise the media scanner bypasses them
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It works!!!!
Great, thanks!
goateye said:
It works!!!!
Great, thanks!
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No need to post your thanks. If you ever feel the need to thank somone hit the thanks button. Thats why its there

Storing MP3s as ring tones

I run into this EVERYTIME I switch phones.. even between SONY phones, they make this so difficult.
Where am I supposed to store my MP3 files so the phone's sound picker can see these files for me to select as ring tones? Why must this be so painful? my Xperia Acro V was able to just see ALL sound files and lets me pick anything. The Z... no
please help me
Thank you
You can set them as ringtones from the Walkman player or then you can create a folder called 'ringtones' anywhere on the internal memory or SD card and copy them there. Reboot and the phone detects them.
Install ES file explorer. When you want to set your ringtone, the Z will ask what program to use. Select ES and no problem. Been using this method since my first android phone LOL
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Don MC said:
You can set them as ringtones from the Walkman player or then you can create a folder called 'ringtones' anywhere on the internal memory or SD card and copy them there. Reboot and the phone detects them.
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This works perfect.
Sent From XPERIA Z ::: Stock, Locked & Rooted ( SLR )
Thank you so much for the tips everyone :laugh:
Just click on the music icon on the top when selecting a ringtone in settings
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[Q] Sony Walkman app not recognizing a song

I need some help with regard to the Sony Walkman app. It won't recognize a song (910 files copied to my phone, 909 songs available) and off course it's a big hassle to manually find the song.. Anyone know 1) a way to find the missing song, 2) why it's missing (read something about weird symbols in id-tags or something). Thanks in advance!
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Where did u copied the songs? SD or main memory? If its SD card just take it out and insert again. If its a main memory make
sure the folder is visibile by non root file commander. You can also try to clear cache and data of walkman app in settings.
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j0nthn said:
I need some help with regard to the Sony Walkman app. It won't recognize a song (910 files copied to my phone, 909 songs available) and off course it's a big hassle to manually find the song.. Anyone know 1) a way to find the missing song, 2) why it's missing (read something about weird symbols in id-tags or something). Thanks in advance!
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Maybe the song is in some other format that doesn't come under songs in the walkman app..perhaps it's recognising it as a ringtone or stuff..btw it's just one song lol...a number I could live with..
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GeoSpaceKing said:
Maybe the song is in some other format that doesn't come under songs in the walkman app..perhaps it's recognising it as a ringtone or stuff..btw it's just one song lol...a number I could live with..
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Yeah, i know... It just bugs me I guess.. You 'fixed' it I guess, by searching for the format, I found that the folder contained 909 songs, but iTunes contains 910 songs (used Synctunes). Will try to find the missing song in iTunes now. Thanks!
MinedSafe said:
Where did u copied the songs? SD or main memory? If its SD card just take it out and insert again. If its a main memory make
sure the folder is visibile by non root file commander. You can also try to clear cache and data of walkman app in settings.
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Fixed, but thanks
j0nthn said:
Yeah, i know... It just bugs me I guess.. You 'fixed' it I guess, by searching for the format, I found that the folder contained 909 songs, but iTunes contains 910 songs (used Synctunes). Will try to find the missing song in iTunes now. Thanks!
Fixed, but thanks
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Spoke too soon: Windows explorer tells me there are 910 songs in the folder, but when I select 'sort by type', I have 903 mp3's and 6 mp4a's. So one's missing, but when I scroll through the folder when I sort it by name, I don't see anything extraordinary.. I know this is not really a Xperia Z problem, but I guess I'll just share it right here, in the hope someone knows a little more

Music on external SD Card not recognised on AOSP ROMs. Symlink?

I've been using the XT for almost a year now and I have noticed this pretty annoying bug on AOSP ROMS.
I have about 10 gb of music in a folder called Music on my external SD card. They can be read fine with a file browser or Poweramp, but most of the other music players (Apollo and Google music) don't seem don't seem to recognize the folder, or any media from the external SD card for that matter. I have also tried creating a symlink from the ext-sd to the internal memory to no avail. From what I've read, FAT32 doesn't support symlinks.
Is there any solution to this? I'm pretty tired of using poweramp.
Geo2160 said:
I've been using the XT for almost a year now and I have noticed this pretty annoying bug on AOSP ROMS.
I have about 10 gb of music in a folder called Music on my external SD card. They can be read fine with a file browser or Poweramp, but most of the other music players (Apollo and Google music) don't seem don't seem to recognize the folder, or any media from the external SD card for that matter. I have also tried creating a symlink from the ext-sd to the internal memory to no avail. From what I've read, FAT32 doesn't support symlinks.
Is there any solution to this? I'm pretty tired of using poweramp.
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This trick works for me for other custom roms:
1) Get "Rescan Media" from the Play Store (it's by Aditya Talpade) but dont run it yet.
2) Go into Settings->Apps->All and scroll down to Media Storage. Click it. Hit Clear Data and then Force Stop.
3) Run "Rescan Media" app.
Then wait... phone may get hot for a bit. If that doesn't work (it's happened to me before), I would do the Step 2, restart the phone, then do step 3. Then let the phone sit for like 20 minutes.
Good luck
Gah!! I am trying to take my own advice after installing T Hybrid 18.1. And its not working for me. Sorry if.its not.working for you!
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Fail. Ok. This is what worked for me:
Settings->Storage
At the very top. "Scan Media"
Screenshot attached
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AOSP roms don't have that option and the "Rescan media" app gives a FC everytime I try to start it.

[Q] Transferred SD Card content problem

I successfully transferred the original SD card's content into my 64Gb Sandisk FAT32 using the instructions on https://support.oculus.com/hc/en-us/articles/204363723-Using-Your-Own-microSD-with-the-Samsung-Gear-VR-Innovator-Edition but now all of the video footages that's found within the Oculus folder shows up on my Gallery.
Is there a way to prevent the videos from showing up in my Gallery without interfering with the Gear VR from accessing those files? It's not a big deal but there's 7 folders clustering my Gallery which gets in the way of utilizing my other folders.
Thanks in advance :good:
krnxejl said:
the video footages that's found within the Oculus folder shows up on my Gallery.
Is there a way to prevent the videos from showing up in my Gallery without interfering with the Gear VR from accessing those files? It's not a big deal but there's 7 folders clustering my Gallery which gets in the way of utilizing my other folders.
Thanks in advance :good:
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Try add a .nomedia txt file to the folders
I tried adding it to the Oculus folder and restarted but my gallery still showed the files :\
It needs to be on each folder separate and check if oculus software will still see those folders.
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tried it for each individual folder but still no go
not sure what the difference is between the original SD card and my sandisk 64gb ..
krnxejl said:
tried it for each individual folder but still no go
not sure what the difference is between the original SD card and my sandisk 64gb ..
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What i did i found .nomedia file created by one of the apps and i copy that to folders like trailers, 360videos and more. Now they no longer showing in gallery but they are still accesible from oculus app. I have no idea what is proper format of .nomedia file so i copied existing one
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Does it need root? Seem to be able to add to some files but not others
Nope
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