Monday, May 30, 2011

Wrong Image Count On Android Gallery

Does your image count in Android's Gallery app show that you have 3500 pictures in a folder that only has 5? Here is a hopefully a quick fix to get this reset:

From your phone settings select applications>manage apps>all>media storage> and then clear data. Reboot your phone and it should reset after you media has been scanned.

If you are using custom ringtones for users, they will be reset (even with Ringo). So be ready to correct the settings.

This may only resolve the issue for a short period of time, but it will clean it up. Another fix that I've done that seems to have resolved the issue is to format my external SD card (this is where I store my camera photos).

Connect to your phone using your USB cable. Be sure you have access to your storage as a drive. Copy all the data from your SD card to a folder on your computer. Disconnect the USB cable and then format the SD card using the settings in your phone. Reconnect the USB cable and then copy your data back to your SD card from your computer. Reboot and you should be in business.

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