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duplicate empty songs, images

Hi
Since i upgrated the os from GB to ICS, i have a problem with the music player and the gallery they showing empty duplicated files. For example, if i go the the music player i will see every song that i had before i upgraded the os twice, one is empty and does not play, the second one is the real file songs that i addes after the ICS upgrad, showing well, only once. I can't even delete the empty song from the music player.
Same on the gallery app
How can i fix this?
Maybe there is an index file for those files so i can delete it?
I tried already clear data from the app manager
Thanks

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27607973&postcount=3

And I thought I was alone on this.
I tried unmounting SD and remounting, did not work.
Unmounting and rebooting neither
I can cancel these files one by one, after first finding out witch one if the wrong not working copy, but we are talking thousands of files, so not an option.
Any suggestions ?
ps. this is not happening to all files but I have not found a pattern yet.
Update: I now took the SD out and put it in the pc, did a little cleanup (but no double files to see on the pc), did a defragmentation (do not think it had any effect but it is a healthy thing to do), at the same time I rebboted Gnote without the SD.
After this, replacing the SD in the Gnote it appears my problem has gone....nice

Thanks
I just tried to unmount&mount, unmount&reboot without sd and i saw still dublicates but now both were empty because the music is on the sd that i put out that time. I tried and it didn't work
Slinbin - can you explain me again what you did?
I need to replace it with another sd and then to back again the original sd that i use?

I had them in triple... This is what I did.
First off, I had all my music and photos on my external SD card, I don't think this would work if they are on the internal SD storage.
Shutdown phone
Remove SD card
Restart phone
Music Player, All, Left click, Delete, Select all
Same for Gallery
Then shutdown, put the card again and restart
It took a few minutes for the indexes to be rebuilt while ICS was scanning the SD card and now all's good.
-- Be careful if you have Music and/or Photos on your internal storage because this may delete it forever!!! -

Same problem was with mine. Just go to application manager> all application and search media storage, music player, gallery application and just delete cache and data and restart. It will solve the problem a it force to re build data base
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shirhh said:
Thanks
Slinbin - can you explain me again what you did?
I need to replace it with another sd and then to back again the original sd that i use?
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I had all my pictures and music on the ext. SD.
Took it out
Rebooted GN without any SD card
(did cleanup and defragment on PC during this but do not think that helped removing the dublicates)
reinserted the SD
Viola ! it is working fine without the dublicates
PS: reading bcn_nospam's post above I think he/she ? has the better solution (now i do not have the problem so I can not test it) but a corrupt cache as reason for the doubles makes sense.

shantanubarik said:
Same problem was with mine. Just go to application manager> all application and search media storage, music player, gallery application and just delete cache and data and restart. It will solve the problem a it force to re build data base
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This would be the ideal solution. Do not panic after doing this.
This process basically cleares the cache and the Android OS will start finding all the media files (Photo, Audio and Video) .. then you should have a single copy of the ..
I did not try the Mounting an unmounting method...

I deleted the data from the music player and gallery application through: application manager> all application and search media storage, music player, gallery application. I then unmounted the SD card and re-mounted it. All issues corrected.
Is this a bug with ICS on the note??? I am routed and I have the Speedmod kernal running on the standard ROM. I would be good to know if the cause is a standard bug or something I have done?
Thanks

shantanubarik said:
Same problem was with mine. Just go to application manager> all application and search media storage, music player, gallery application and just delete cache and data and restart. It will solve the problem a it force to re build data base
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How do you remove the duplicates from the Cloud version of Google Music?

Duplicate Music Samsung Galaxy Note
I have the same issue, and working on my second phone.
Initially I thought this problem to be caused by Google Music, downloading and adding music files to the phone. So, I did a restore and stopped Google from accessing the web and syncing with online. But then it happened anyway. I'm also having issues with the photo gallery giving blank thumbnails for photos and not being able to access them.
Samsung has no clue about these issies. I contacted Samsung today,919/12 and spoke with a rep. The only advise the rep had was to clear the application cache, which DID NOT WORK for me. Or do a restore which I'd already done and landed me back at the same place.
Switched from Sprint to AT&T to get this phone but could have stayed with Sprint and gotten the Galaxy S3 which I understand is not having these issues.
As yet, a 2nd level rep has contacted me back with no fix, but suggested it could be a bad batch of phones and said I should try another from another city. So I'm going to take a 30 mile drive to the next city and do the second exchange I've done in the last 10 days.
Anyone come across a fix for these issue feel free to email me [email protected]
NealJ777 said:
How do you remove the duplicates from the Cloud version of Google Music?
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shantanubarik said:
Same problem was with mine. Just go to application manager> all application and search media storage, music player, gallery application and just delete cache and data and restart. It will solve the problem a it force to re build data base
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:good:thanks man this really helped me, this worked for me if anyone has this problem try doing this first.

Samsung Galaxy Note Duplicates
Didn't work for me.
sdvsf said:
:good:thanks man this really helped me, this worked for me if anyone has this problem try doing this first.
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Clearing data and cache solved the issue for me till next restart. What solved it was clearing data cache and dalvik cache. Try that.
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NealJ777 said:
How do you remove the duplicates from the Cloud version of Google Music?
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Okay. I deleted my full library from the cloud and I'm currently re-uploading my library.
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ruffrideralec said:
Didn't work for me.
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try doing what user: washin21 suggested. clear data cache and dalvik cache, and see if that works.:good:

chriswilson_m3 said:
I deleted the data from the music player and gallery application through: application manager> all application and search media storage, music player, gallery application. I then unmounted the SD card and re-mounted it. All issues corrected.
Is this a bug with ICS on the note??? I am routed and I have the Speedmod kernal running on the standard ROM. I would be good to know if the cause is a standard bug or something I have done?
Thanks
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I think its a bug with ics. Because my Sony Xperia ion is having this problem and my brothers atrix hd Had this problem

Welcome to the wonderful world of android. Erasing the media cache will solve the problem temporarily, but every time you reboot the device it will scan and duplicate all of the media database entities and create new empty duplicates. This renders any android device (nearly) useless as a media player.
I have verified that this issue exists on multiple roms on the following devices:
Droid Incredible 1: GB
i-9100: GB
i-9100: ICS
N7000: GB
N7000: ICS
In fact, I have yet to use an android device that doesn't encounter this issue. It seems like a pretty major issue for a smartphone to be unusable as a media player but no one else seems to complain much. I've wasted hours on this issue.

[Q] New SP....help!

After 2 years with an Xperia Arc it was time to "upgrade" and I decided on an SP
Why does it take so long to set up a new mobile to the way the old one was?
Anyway, I have used the SD card from the Arc and slotted it in to my SP. I have copied OfficeSuite Pro and a few other things to the card in the hope that I can transfer to my SP. Only problem is I cant seem to access the SD card on my SP to do the transfer.
Also, when I use Google on my new phone I get a predictive text and would like to stop this. Can the predictive text be disabled?
Finally, on my Arc I had an icon which was for internet. If I was using the internet and I wanted to look at something else, maybe my calendar, I could press HOME and open my calendar. Getting back to the internet page I was on meant closing the calendar and pressing the internet icon. My SP doesnt allow this as I dont have an icon to take me back to the page I was on. Can my SP be set up to do the same thing, and if so how is it done?
Grateful for help on this as its driving me insane!!
Thanks.

FXRStuarty said:
After 2 years with an Xperia Arc it was time to "upgrade" and I decided on an SP
Why does it take so long to set up a new mobile to the way the old one was?
Anyway, I have used the SD card from the Arc and slotted it in to my SP. I have copied OfficeSuite Pro and a few other things to the card in the hope that I can transfer to my SP. Only problem is I cant seem to access the SD card on my SP to do the transfer.
Also, when I use Google on my new phone I get a predictive text and would like to stop this. Can the predictive text be disabled?
Finally, on my Arc I had an icon which was for internet. If I was using the internet and I wanted to look at something else, maybe my calendar, I could press HOME and open my calendar. Getting back to the internet page I was on meant closing the calendar and pressing the internet icon. My SP doesnt allow this as I dont have an icon to take me back to the page I was on. Can my SP be set up to do the same thing, and if so how is it done?
Grateful for help on this as its driving me insane!!
Thanks.
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1. Install ES File Explorer from the play store and then goto sd01 , thats your sd card
2. You can disable predictive text by going to settings > language and input

The internal space is seen as SD card.
Your old SD card is seen as ext SD card.
You need a file manager to see both.
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Are you really use your arc correctly?
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Xperia Z1 and SanDisk Memory Zone App

Hello guys,
Not sure if this has ever been brought up before, but I could not find it in my searches.
I have been using this App, SanDisk Memory Zone on my previous Galaxy Note, with no issues.
Im able to back up my phone to many cloud based services with ease, such as Box, Drop Box, Google ect.
I just recently re-installed this app on my new Xperia Z1, but noticed that it does not see my SD card, only internal Memory.
The SD card is the same card i had in my Note prior, and it was seeing it OK with-in the app, so i would not think its a SD Card issue.
Also, other Apps that manage files and SD cards see my SD card with no issues.
Would this be a App flaw with the Z1, or is it just the way the Z1 maps its SD cards so it does not show in the App?
Are there any known work around?
I have msg the creator of the App, but no response!
Id love to use this app again on my Z1 like i have on my Note, as i love to back up my phone data to my Box account that has 50gb of storage available!

Bump

Newer used that App before but maybe the App need Root, do you had Root on the previous Device?

I had root on the Note yes but I used this app on the note before it was rooted and it would show the sd card.

andyid said:
I had root on the Note yes but I used this app on the note before it was rooted and it would show the sd card.
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Try to use different one app or update your phone to the latest FW.

eclyptos said:
Try to use different one app or update your phone to the latest FW.
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I don't really need another app. I just like this one the way it allowed me to back up all files to different cloud services. But not needed enough to use an other app.
My xperia z1 has the updated 4.3 that recently came out.
Oh well. Nothing major to worry about.
Thanks for the input.

I just got an update for the app, and now it sees my sd card!
Glad they fixed it!

[Q] Cant Delete Pictures!

Hey guys, need a little help here and wanted to see if anyone else had this problem. My pictures are being saved to my microsd card. If I use quickpic for my gallery, delete a pic, it's gone from the gallery. If I restart the phone, it's back. I've tried going in through astro and deleting the files, and it just hangs, won't delete anything. I was able to go in through the camera app, then review pics through the camera app and delete from there and it worked, but I have no idea why quickpic, the stock gallery app, and astro all can't delete the pics! Any help would be greatly appreciated.
And just to clarify, I'll delete a picture in quickpic, so it doesn't show up there. But if i go through astro and look in my pictures, the pics are still there, so when I restart the phone, it reloads the pics into the quickpic gallery.

Use build in file manager to delete stuff from SDCARD, google screwd everyone up by locking up sdcard functionality , the only way to fix it is by having root.

milhouse21386 said:
Hey guys, need a little help here and wanted to see if anyone else had this problem. My pictures are being saved to my microsd card. If I use quickpic for my gallery, delete a pic, it's gone from the gallery. If I restart the phone, it's back. I've tried going in through astro and deleting the files, and it just hangs, won't delete anything. I was able to go in through the camera app, then review pics through the camera app and delete from there and it worked, but I have no idea why quickpic, the stock gallery app, and astro all can't delete the pics! Any help would be greatly appreciated.
And just to clarify, I'll delete a picture in quickpic, so it doesn't show up there. But if i go through astro and look in my pictures, the pics are still there, so when I restart the phone, it reloads the pics into the quickpic gallery.
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ghost77 said:
Use build in file manager to delete stuff from SDCARD, google screwd everyone up by locking up sdcard functionality , the only way to fix it is by having root.
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Wow, that's unbelievable, I used the built in file manager and it worked, that's ridiculous that you can't even delete pictures from the stock gallery app either. Thanks for the help!

Man, what a pain. how can this even be an issue? unbelievable!

Not true. You can delete photo's from the stock gallery. I just did it with a photo located on my external sd card.
Also, from what I understand about the external SD changes Google made, it would be mostly the application developers fault if something like that doesn't work correctly. An app can only write to it's own folder on the external SD, but can read all. When uninstalling, the applications folder is also deleted. I imagine this would be very tricky with pictures as you don't want to store them in 2 locations. I guess this would actually render a stand alone gallery app and file manager app useless in Kitkat when dealing with external SD files.
Also, it says this on Quickpic's page in the play store, "Can't modify the external storage in Kitkat." Sorry bro.

Note 9 deleted photos appearing in gallery

Help needed! I have a Note 9 on At&t. I have attached the path where one of the photos keeps appearing. I do not have samsung cloud active so when I delete photos often times some of them appear a day later. I have went directly to the path and deleted them for them only to appear hours later. I did a search and located nothing so fear I may be the only one experiencing this.

Maybe you saved it in a cloud so it reappears... Try to synchronize or delete directly in the cloud if you done that.

These are just the cache not the original picture. You need to delete/clear the pictures cache.
The best program I found to do this is "Unseen Gallery" which is available on the store.
Hope this helps.
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rackumrack said:
Help needed! I have a Note 9 on At&t. I have attached the path where one of the photos keeps appearing. I do not have samsung cloud active so when I delete photos often times some of them appear a day later. I have went directly to the path and deleted them for them only to appear hours later. I did a search and located nothing so fear I may be the only one experiencing this.
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On my s9 note if you go to the menu option in the gallery settings you should see the option to disable save photos for 15 days before permanently deleted in trash.