What was on my one x

Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

I have lots of pictures on my phone and when i instaled JB (previous was GB) my phone was so much slower insted of faster..then i instaled some cpy monitor program and see that media server is always using 70% to even 100% of cpy all the time.
Then i saw that my empty storage after a while got much less.
After searching my internal storage i found that media server created 2 hiden files in dcim/.thumbnails directory which were bigger then 1gb..then i delete them and put .nomedia file all over the place but after few hours that files would be recreated and grow also bigger then 1gb (that 2 files were bigger then all off my pictures on phone together!?)

So what did i do.
I deleted that 2 files again and create 2 folders with same name so that files can not recreate them self..and it worked files never recreated not there not on some other place ..it saved me lot off space and phone start to work normaly and i did not notice any slowdown in gallery (but i like quick picture more)

I hope that this someone help.

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Any updates ?

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Any updates about this issue ? I have this problem with my HTC One X, but it only started after i upgraded from ICS to JB.

Info:
HTC Sense version: 4+
Android version: 4.1.1

MediaServer is using between 25 - 45 % battery constantly.

This is kind of annoying, because the One X isn't known for its long battery life to begin with.

I can't believe this problem has been around so long without a solid fix. You would think google would be on top of this.

I'm having it on my S3 and it makes a great phone a misery.

Originally Posted by wizzbang3

I can't believe this problem has been around so long without a solid fix. You would think google would be on top of this.

I'm having it on my S3 and it makes a great phone a misery.

I have HTC One X. Problems started after updating to JB.
MediaServer kept my phone wake for about 1.5 hours during one charge and it was always in the top 2 items of the battery usage list.

I solved the problem by doing this:
1. In menu Apps -> Media Storage, Force stop then Clear data.
2. In DCIM folder delete .thumbnails folder which contained two 350MB database files for me and the thumbs.db file if it is present.

After that go to Gallery app and try to see your photos. Media Storage process will restart and recreate all the thumbnails. Close gallery and just leave your phone for a while while it recreates thumbnails.

After it's finished check the gallery if all the thumbnails are there and restart your phone from the power menu.

After reboot all your ringtones and notification sounds should be back to default ones. Just set them again.


After that I only had one database file in DCIM/.thumbnails folder which was 150MB instead of 2x350MB. After next charge MediaServer was keeping my phone for only 22sec wake. Of course if I take a new picture with the camera it will activate but only for couple of seconds per image.

It finally worked and my phone feels so much smoother without MediaServer constantly working in the background.

I noticed one more thing. I have a new folder in DCIM folder called Corrupted which is just bunch of small thumbs.db files and folders which do not take too much space.

I had the problem on my samsung galaxy 7 inch 2 pad after the last OS update. Without root access; I was able to disable the "Media" service (which seems to be 'MediaServer' in the battery view) in application management (under the view all section) and the problem stopped. Disabling it broke the built in Media player (blue and white icon of a music note) so I disabled it, also, for good measure.

PowerAmp seems to be working fine without the Media service app / be a viable replacement. I've yet to add new music to see if it finds it and I don't view pictures on that pad so I don't know what other havoc doing this might cause with Gallery or the camera.

I know most of you would already know this but for everyone else; Pandora still works / it didn't need the Media service.

But on the bottom line; power use is back to normal (pad can sleep 16 hours and use 0-1% battery).

You should go ahead and star this issue logged on code.google.com:

https://code.google.com/p/android/is...ummary%20Stars