N900 - Unable to view photos/songs/videos on phone but shown in phone memory
 

Hi, I'm new here.

Well recently my friend plugged in the n900 to a laptop (via USB cable) which runs on windows 7 ultimate and used mass storage mode to copy the pics onto the desktop. After removing the cable from the laptop we are now unable to view any photos/songs/videos on the phone. When i go to images it just says - (no images). The same goes for sounds and videos. But when I go to phone settings and view the memory details, it shows that there are files in the Images/video and audio clips. Also, when i plug the phone into the laptop I am able to view the photos. If I take any pics with my camera, it does not show in the images, but it shows them once i plug it into the laptop.

I hope I have not been to confusing in this post. :confused:

Any help would be greatly appreciated. :confused:

Regards.

Re: N900 - Unable to view photos/songs/videos on phone but shown in phone memory
 

how about a simple re-start of your phone?:)

Re: N900 - Unable to view photos/songs/videos on phone but shown in phone memory
 

I tried switching the phone off and back on.. But its still the same. :(

Re: N900 - Unable to view photos/songs/videos on phone but shown in phone memory
 

open x terminal..

root (enter)

tracker-processes -r (enter)

open up media player and it should find your folders..

Re: N900 - Unable to view photos/songs/videos on phone but shown in phone memory
 

I just tried this..

when i type root and enter.. it says root not found.

when i type tracker-processes -r then i get some stuff but then after i close it ... it still does not show the photos/videos/sounds on the phone..

Also, when i go to file manager, it shows all the pics/audio/video files there... but not when i go to media player or photos..

Is there anything else i could try? :confused:

Thanks alot.

Re: N900 - Unable to view photos/songs/videos on phone but shown in phone memory
 

hi, you need to install rootsh from the repos,,
then type the code in x terminal.
open media player and after a short while it should say updating media files..good luck

Re: N900 - Unable to view photos/songs/videos on phone but shown in phone memory
 

Hi shabbirk2c. This happened to me yesterday, which is strange, because it is the first time this has happened and I have had the device for nearly a year now. tracker-process worked for me, but I was just wondering if you have installed something just before this happened, because I have an idea what might have done it to my device. Did you install anything new recently?

Re: N900 - Unable to view photos/songs/videos on phone but shown in phone memory
 

rootsh is very handy, but it is not needed and should not be used to run tracker-processes

Re: N900 - Unable to view photos/songs/videos on phone but shown in phone memory
 

Hi.. my friend just called and told me that she is able to view the images/photos/videos/audio files on the phone now.. maybe it was the tracker-processes -r taking effect after some time.. i have no idea how... but its working..

Thanks alot Thumbs for all your help..

@bigears5000 .. no she did not install anything recently.. but i guess the tracker-processes -r worked..

thanks j.s and everyone..

hopefully this post will help someone in the future if they have the same problem.. :D:cool:

thanks again..

Re: N900 - Unable to view photos/songs/videos on phone but shown in phone memory
 

Glad it's now working.

Re: N900 - Unable to view photos/songs/videos on phone but shown in phone memory
 

Here's a rather manual suggestion:

Go to the folders on your N900 and 'move' the files from you memory card to the N900 memory. Then 'move' them back to the memory card (if you want to keep them on the memory card). That'll guarantee to view your pictures and media files.

I had that problem recently because I wanted to format my SD card. After reinstalling the contents on the formatted SD, the N900 could not pick up the photos and media files, and I noticed only contents on the N900 were displayed. Which prompt me to try the above manual method.

Note of caution, because I had a lot of pictures, it cause the N900 to temporarily hang and I had to restart it. To my horror, it changed the file name of the N900 to some BCMxxxxxx Initialization Configuration. You can easily reset that through your Bluetooth naming. Ref this thread http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...737#post908737

Re: N900 - Unable to view photos/songs/videos on phone but shown in phone memory
 

hi,sometimes it does take a while, glad its sorted