Hi, my cell phone is Droid x, which has 8G ROM in it. except for the system itself takes a few space, the majority is wasted. and now i want to put my music ,films, and maps in it. then i changed the permission of /data to 777, and copy music, films, maps(data of a navigation software) to /data. but to my disappointed, though films can be played, music & maps cannot be identified. does everyone has some ideas to make the most of 8G ROM? as i know, many, many android phone has 8G, 16G, and even 32G, so it should be a method to full use the space, otherwise the superfluous will be non-useful.
Any reply appreciated.
You said films could be played... I would guess you can play/use the other media you have, but having the application find it would be more of a challenge (IMO). Try using a file manager that sees root and selecting the file there to see if it plays.
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Root explorer is a great app on the market that really gives you freedom, but you do need to be rooted to use it.
Thanks a lot.
maybe i should change a media player to play movies which in ROM. but i mean that, is there a app that can map ROM files to SD card files, making all installed apps
identified files in ROM correctly and use those files just as they are in SD card? and i dont need another apps such as root explorer to open it. i have been looking for the app for a long time but get nothing. am i the only one need such a app?
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So i got my g tablet on black friday and love it so far as long as all i use it for is surfing the net... the tapntap is ok for now except that it does not see or recognize ANY of my media... only way i can seem to get it to work is with the.. es file explorer... it will open/play and see the media but in a completely un organized fashion. Id like to know if its just mine or is there a fix?? help?? ... cuz its going back if it is just mine or not fixable.. id love to change the ui like i have seen others do on here but im just not tech savvy enough anymore.. i haven't found any other threads with this issue so any help would be appreciated............. Thanks
Im totally new to this android thing.. i have a DROID but its always worked!! so lol never explored past the market...
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So i got my g tablet on black friday and love it so far as long as all i use it for is surfing the net... the tapntap is ok for now except that it does not see or recognize ANY of my media... only way i can seem to get it to work is with the.. es file explorer... it will open/play and see the media but in a completely un organized fashion. Id like to know if its just mine or is there a fix?? help?? ... cuz its going back if it is just mine or not fixable.. id love to change the ui like i have seen others do on here but im just not tech savvy enough anymore.. i haven't found any other threads with this issue so any help would be appreciated............. Thanks
Im totally new to this android thing.. i have a DROID but its always worked!! so lol never explored past the market...
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Is your media on the microSD? If so, then this is a common with tablets (not phones). The apps are still designed with phones in mind, where the microSD slot is /sdcard. But, on our device, /sdcard is the internal memory and /sdcard2 is the microSD.
The zPad firmware manages to get around this issue by mapping the microSD card as a subfolder under /sdcard, so apps can find content there.
roebeet said:
The zPad firmware manages to get around this issue by mapping the microSD card as a subfolder under /sdcard, so apps can find content there.
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roebeet,
Is that a prossiblity in a futre upgrade to TNT Lite? I bought a 16gb microSD card yesterday and it's pretty useless other than a storage device.
mmracing said:
roebeet,
Is that a prossiblity in a futre upgrade to TNT Lite? I bought a 16gb microSD card yesterday and it's pretty useless other than a storage device.
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I tried doing this awhile back, but failed. I think that the TnT framework expects the microSD to be on /sdard2. It's a combo of the init.rc and the vold.fstab, so ideally we should be able to change it if TnT hadn't thrown us a curveball.
I personally am OK with it as /sdcard2. I play videos off file explorer and music off the app "Andless" (which can scan /sdcard2). And ACV for comic reader can also scan /sdcard2. So it really depends on the app.
I put the music on /sdcard2 , and /sdcard and when I open up the music player still it says no files found
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I put the music on /sdcard2 , and /sdcard and when I open up the music player still it says no files found
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Most music players (including stock) expect the music files to be on /sdcard. They can't read /sdcard2.
It doesn't matter where i put the media... it wont load it... ive pretty much decided im taking the tablet back .... i cant justify spending that kinda money on something that cant do what my phone can.... such as play music videos pictures ... and flash player... i cant for the life of me understand why any company would release a product like this that isn't even complete on the software side of things.
Never mind i didn't realize i had to reboot the thing after loading media on /sdcard ... opps totally forget that i cant change my card on my droid without pulling the battery... thus automatic reboot... total after thought told ya i was new to this lol
Any other music players
roebeet said:
I tried doing this awhile back, but failed. I think that the TnT framework expects the microSD to be on /sdard2. It's a combo of the init.rc and the vold.fstab, so ideally we should be able to change it if TnT hadn't thrown us a curveball.
I personally am OK with it as /sdcard2. I play videos off file explorer and music off the app "Andless" (which can scan /sdcard2). And ACV for comic reader can also scan /sdcard2. So it really depends on the app.
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Has anyone had luck with other music players that can be mapped to access /sdcard2?
Andless works (thanks for the recommendation Roebeet) but it really lacks any fun-factor! I'd like to see album art, use id3 tags, and use play my music from /sdcard2. Poweramp can't do this (folder options are hard-coded).
I'll try the new Winamp beta later on tonight and report back. Thanks All!
MortPlayer Beta reads /sd2
treenuts said:
Has anyone had luck with other music players that can be mapped to access /sdcard2?
Andless works (thanks for the recommendation Roebeet) but it really lacks any fun-factor! I'd like to see album art, use id3 tags, and use play my music from /sdcard2. Poweramp can't do this (folder options are hard-coded).
I'll try the new Winamp beta later on tonight and report back. Thanks All!
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After trying 4 different music player apps, I stumbled upon Mortplayer beta. It reads .id3 tags, displays album covers, and most importantly for VEGAn users, it can read files from the gtab's microSD slot. Have fun all!
I use winamp and the music app in tnt-lite. Both use microsd card, read tags and use album art. The music app doesn't show album art until you pick a song, tho.
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I use winamp and the music app in tnt-lite. Both use microsd card, read tags and use album art. The music app doesn't show album art until you pick a song, tho.
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Were you able to get Winamp to read .mp3s from sdcard2? I tried and failed.
No media player will read my MP3 Tags. I just get a message that there is no music even though I have about 8gb of it. If I used a file browser I can locate an MP3 and select it, I am then give the option of which media player I would like to use to play the file. All players work. Well they all work until I switch to a different app and the file browser is closed.
PowerAmp, which can view files as well as MP3 tags, can see and play the files but when will occasionally go nuts. I will hear a morse code sound over the music, then the track with change, multiple times, and will end with the dialer making a phone call. All of this happens with the screen off.
I get the exact same issue with clean installs of MiUi (several versions), Virtuosity (V2 & V3) and Android Revolution HD 6.1.1. I have also formatted my SD card, in fact used two different SD cards. All give the same result.
Today it was suggested that it could be a hardware issue and that I should try a stock rom. I installed RUU_Pyramid_TMOUS_1.50.531.1. but no luck. Upon install the HTC media player saw no music.
I find it hard to believe that media players failing to read MP3s tags is a hardware issue when every other app works fine and they can access the SDcard for various files. But I don't know what else to try.
Software.
On ARHD, Go to Settings > Storage. Then wait for your SD Card to be scanned.
Most definitely software. I know the guy above me said it, but more or less for reassurance, that's a software issue. If it was hardware, you wouldn't be able to access anything on the card at all, or at the very least not be able to play files like MP3s.
Here's what I'm thinking. There's two major metadata tags; ID3v1 and ID3v2 I believe. Once, I has an issue where Android refused to read ID3v1 tags, it just ignored them completely. I use MediaMonkey for nothing but MP3 Tags, it's never let me down. Try putting some of your MP3s onto your PC and editing the metadata in MM, then send them back to the phone. Not sure what type MM encodes tags in, but they work for me just fine. Also, be sure to wipe your music player's data in Settings > Applications. This forces it to refresh it's caches on your music.
Good luck!
guys I agree, I can't see it being a hardware issue... but, I am running out of other options. I will try as many suggestions as I can, in full. I really don't want to go through he hassle of a warranty exchange.
@sromer
I did a clean install of ARHD, coming from stock. The default music player found no music. As suggested I opened settings>storgage to let the SD rescan, I even dled "rescan media" and "SDrescan" but no matter how many scans or reboots the same result. The media player does not see MP3s.
@sshede
I had the MP3 tag issue with an earlier android phone and now use MP3tag to edit all of my ID3s. The MP3s that are on my SD card were all viewable by my sensation in December, which is when this problem started. I have had my sensation since last summer. The problem started when I installed a MiUi update. Also I took the SD card out and put it in my SGS and MP3s work.
None of the ICS roms see music at first. Sometimes they can take a couple of hours before finding your music. This has to be rom related. The fimware should have nothing to do with it, and it's impossible to be a hardware issue. Alright, have you tried formatting the SD from within Android? Perhaps (and this is a real stretch) the allocation size is off in the Windows formatting tool and smaller bits of information are being left out? Purely speculation, and likely wrong, but we're troubleshootin' at this point.
Edit: I just reread the original post. Is there a nomedia file or something like that in your music's folder? If you were to add a new MP3 that hadn't been exposed to your Sensation, does it show up? The other thing to think of, if there's a folder called MIUI or miui on your SD, delete it. For good measure, take everything off your SD card that you made, any folder you didn't make needs to be left behind. This includes application folders, .android folders, etc etc. Format the card as FAT32, put all your stuff back on it. Make sure there's nothing in your folders that was created by Android. Nothing, seriously, nothing. If there are any files created by Android or android applications, delete them. Put the SD back in the phone, boot into recovery - not the already installed rom as it might put files back on the SD, wipe and freshly install a rom. This should ensure an absolutely clean installation with everything working fully.
Have you tried using a different SD card? OR back it up and reformat it. If that doesn't work.. Try another SD card. I wouldn't try warranty yet, it's a hassle and if worse comes to worst, they'll send you a ****ty replacement. Can't be the phone giving issues!
@sshede
I just formatted the SD VIA android. reloaded a few gb of music and they do not show up. This is all music that I have been able to view in the past.
Yes there is a nomedia file. I added new music (music which I could see before on other phones) and nothing.
I then reformatted the SD. I only loaded ARHD and Super Wipe. I flashed super wipe then ARHD. While in 4ext recovery I formatted the SD again before booting the rom. Mounted the SD and loaded a few gb of music and... it works... I still don't understand why two other android phones could see the MP3s an SGS and G2. Oh well at least it works for now.
Now I will restore the SD content and a nandroid of Virtuosity V3 and report back... thanks
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No media player will read my MP3 Tags. I just get a message that there is no music even though I have about 8gb of it. If I used a file browser I can locate an MP3 and select it, I am then give the option of which media player I would like to use to play the file. All players work. Well they all work until I switch to a different app and the file browser is closed.
PowerAmp, which can view files as well as MP3 tags, can see and play the files but when will occasionally go nuts. I will hear a morse code sound over the music, then the track with change, multiple times, and will end with the dialer making a phone call. All of this happens with the screen off.
I get the exact same issue with clean installs of MiUi (several versions), Virtuosity (V2 & V3) and Android Revolution HD 6.1.1. I have also formatted my SD card, in fact used two different SD cards. All give the same result.
Today it was suggested that it could be a hardware issue and that I should try a stock rom. I installed RUU_Pyramid_TMOUS_1.50.531.1. but no luck. Upon install the HTC media player saw no music.
I find it hard to believe that media players failing to read MP3s tags is a hardware issue when every other app works fine and they can access the SDcard for various files. But I don't know what else to try.
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Considering the fact you've tried a wide variety of different SD cards, ROMs, formatting, etc, I presume it's hardware.
Probably some bad connection in the headphone jack or on the board?
I'm no expert, but if I was in your situation I'd immediately just go get a new Sensation.
Remove all the songs except 2 - 3 than wait to see songs in the list. 8gb is too much
I have about 5.5 gb of music stored on Google Music.
I downloaded the Google Music app on my galaxy phone and then told it to make all my music available offline.
All my music downloaded and is available offline but I can't figure out where the phone is actually storing it and the amount of storage used only went up by ~3gb.
I knew at some point, but I don't use that feature anymore. I think it might have been on the internal sd . . . sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.music
If that's not it, install DiskUsage and find it. Should be fairly easy if storage use went up by 3 gigs.
That was it.
Thank you.
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I have a decent music collection which takes up 1GB on the SD card. The only problem is that My SD partition has barely any space left (PS1, N64, and Gameboy ROMs take up a LOT of space). My internal partition on the other hand, has 1.68 GB free which is perfect for my needs. So my question is, How can i store music on the internal partition and get music apps to recognize it. I have a T-mobile One S with hboot 1.06 (bought on launch day ) running the latest Cyanogenmod nightly and use the Apollo app for music
I wonder if you could use es explorer to move the games to a folder in your root? Not sure though if it will have any adverse.
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You should be able to move the games from the sd to internal vis the android app manager.
I already moved all the apps to Internal storage and using a root explorer i am able to move the music but Apollo doesnt recognize it
I have searched and am sure I have overlooked something here but I cannot seem to fix my factory music player problem (not Google Player). If all of my music is on the internal SD everything is fine but if I move it to the ext-SD, it cannot be found. The Google Player will still play all of my music but I don't care for the interface.
I have tried changing the directory on my ext-SD card numerous times, as well as using different file explorers to transfer the music files. I normally use the browser in Rom Toolbox to do all file transfer/copying and have no issues. I can't even just move the files, I have to copy them paste them in the new dir. and then go back and delete the old files. Can this be a SD card issuse?
My backups have saved and work but this music thing is driving me crazy. I am using a Samsung card with the TAB2 so it's no like I bought a knock off card from some online wholesale site. I know there has to be a simple fix to this but I just can't seem to find it. I am also rooted but running everything stock.
the only time i've seen anything like this happen is if I place a .nomedia file on my SD card to prevent the stock scanner from looking at the SD card for media files (atleast on my old SGP 4.0, thats how it worked). maybe you've done that at some point? have you tried other music players, there are MANY to choose from, personally I find the stock music app to be abysmal, if the ID3 tags are even partially damaged the files don't show up, I use poweramp, it has its OWN media scanner that won't skip files like the stock scanner does.
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the only time i've seen anything like this happen is if I place a .nomedia file on my SD card to prevent the stock scanner from looking at the SD card for media files (atleast on my old SGP 4.0, thats how it worked). maybe you've done that at some point? have you tried other music players, there are MANY to choose from, personally I find the stock music app to be abysmal, if the ID3 tags are even partially damaged the files don't show up, I use poweramp, it has its OWN media scanner that won't skip files like the stock scanner does.
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I haven't thought to look, honestly. I got the tab used at Rent a center, waiting for a new one (fastest delivery seems everyone sold out for Christmas). They let me use this one until mine comes in but was trying to figure it out because my buddy is gonna buy this one when I bring it back.
Different players do work, I use poweramp too but just wanted to see if it's a tab issue, thanks for the help. I pick mine up Monday so I may try an unroot then reset. He may just have to deal though, he's getting a decent (some scratches on back) Tab for 100 out the door.