Just a file, a folder is not good idea because the system will use the folder to write inside, creating a file the system can not create a folder .thumbnails because the name exist..
I tryed to create file, but when I opened gallery new thumbdata-file (2Gb) just rewrited my file (that I created) and problem still remained. But when I created folder it's works. I don't know how but this is the only way that has helped me.Just a file, a folder is not good idea because the system will use the folder to write inside, creating a file the system can not create a folder .thumbnails because the name exist..
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I can also confirm that the new folder method works on my Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G. I deleted the thumbdata file then created a new folder with the same name. No new thumbdata file recreated yet.
reboot your device, look in folders named LOST.DIR (on your internal memory and on your sdcard) - temporary files may be left in these foldersI deleted the thumbnails file (around 2gb) and even though it initially looked I reclaimed the space, next time I checked I still had 2 gb less free space even though there is no thumbnail file... I confirmed with SD Card analyst that used space was 2 gb less than what it was supposed to be.
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I deleted the thumbnails file (around 2gb) and even though it initially looked I reclaimed the space, next time I checked I still had 2 gb less free space even though there is no thumbnail file... I confirmed with SD Card analyst that used space was 2 gb less than what it was supposed to be.
i have this exact same problem with my 19505 s4. i deleted the 3.7gb(!) thumbnail file ok and stoppped it from recreating a new one. but the freed-up space is not showing.
I tryed to create file, but when I opened gallery new thumbdata-file (2Gb) just rewrited my file (that I created) and problem still remained. But when I created folder it's works. I don't know how but this is the only way that has helped me.Just a file, a folder is not good idea because the system will use the folder to write inside, creating a file the system can not create a folder .thumbnails because the name exist..
You can try creating a folder instead of a file(no need to set permissions). So far, it's working
rm -rf /mnt/sdcard/DCIM/.thumbnails && touch /mnt/sdcard/DCIM/.thumbnails
rm -rf /mnt/sdcard/external_sd/DCIM/.thumbnails && touch /mnt/sdcard/external_sd/DCIM/.thumbnails
i bet it is hiding somewhere. maybe it's slightly different on other phones.
the issue was that i had an ever-expanding sdcard/dcim/.thumbnails/.thumbdata3--1967290299 file being recreated every time i accessed the gallery viewer, even after that thumbnails folder was erased.
my device was keeping track of ALL the media files that were ever on it, not just the ones presently on it. so the more files that passed through my device, the bigger the thumbdata file kept getting. the external.db file contains a table that lists all media files along with a bunch of attributes for each. apparently this db file is used to generate the thumbdata file. all the info for deleted files just leads to more padding inside the thumbdata file, so it keeps getting bigger.
by trimming the table i meant to delete the records in the external.db that correspond to thumbnails for media no longer on the device. that file is an SQLite file, so to open it you need a special viewer/editor. i first used the SQLite Viewer that comes with Root Explorer. with that, i could see the all the redundant thumbnail entries. to edit it, i got the SQLite Editor, though i'm sure there are other ways. then it's a matter of recognizing which files it lists that are no longer on your device, and getting rid of those rows from the table. in my case the external.db file went down from 8mb to 500kb after i did that.
screenshot 1 showing tables inside external.db, using SQLite Editor
screenshot 2 showing 'thumbnails' table