[Q] Any way to delete empty/nonexisting files that show up listed? (ringtone/notif)

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For instance, I delete most of the notification and ringtones that come with a mod. In fact, I've deleted all of them. I've achieved this using Root Explorer with RW enabled.

But when I go into Settings > Sound > Ringtone\Notification, some names show up. I've tried deleting cache, etc. But no matter how many times I do this the names show up; even after restarting my phone.

2 vanished somehow, but I still have 1 left. Specifically it's called "Teleport". There's no real file and no sound to play from. So when I highlight it, it doesn't play, because I've deleted it. I just want the name gone. The nonexistent files don't show up in any music list or even in file manager such as Root Explorer.

It's been like this for a while. How can I fix this?

CM7/S-Off

I knew I couldn't get a response on this board, as always!

Have you tried going into Settings ->Applications and clearing data? Im not sure which at the moment (too sleepy to think that hard), but it may be stored in Media Storage Sound Set, HTC Sense.... Not sure if this would work, but could be worth a try.

If i am remembering correctly, dont clear data on Customization Setup/Settings as it could cause a problem. Not 100% sure im remembering right but ill try to double check that later if i have some time.

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Originally Posted by DocHoliday77

Have you tried going into Settings ->Applications and clearing data? Im not sure which at the moment (too sleepy to think that hard), but it may be stored in Media Storage Sound Set, HTC Sense.... Not sure if this would work, but could be worth a try.

If i am remembering correctly, dont clear data on Customization Setup/Settings as it could cause a problem. Not 100% sure im remembering right but ill try to double check that later if i have some time.

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Actually, it deleted all of my customized ringtones and notifications but still left unused ones. Time to Nandroid Restore! Ugh.

Thanks for the reply, though.

{edit} Actually, it usually refreshes the list on reboot. I'm going to copy my saved ringtones/notifications folders to the systems audio folders and bring them back. Going to see if, on reboot, the two system sound files that shouldn't be there actually disappear now.

aaaand. Nope.

Sorry about that! Didnt expect it to delete anything, just figured when the service restarted it would repopulate the data with what you DO have on your phone.
After restoring, are you still having problems? I am on SalsaSlide, and when I deleted system ringtones/notifications, it was immediately corrected on my list of ringtones available. So I don't think you should even have to restart the phone. (If it is working correctly of course!)
Anyway, sorry again for the unexpected result. Hope you got it worked out.

Still hasn't worked. But thanks for the suggestion. Restoring actually make a copy of them so I had two of each lol. I'll try and figure it out. I could clean it up, but those few that have been deleted just still list in the menu. It was with the ROM it came with, but maybe some data is stored in the backup? It would be, but I don't understand why I can't delete them?

Thanks again.

Just thought of something else that may be worth a try. It looks to me that the data is stored at /data/data/com.android.providers.media/databases/internal.db
If you have SQLite Editor, or something similar you can try to delete the entries manually. Or you can find and download sqlite3 (prob here on xda), place it in /system/xbin/ with correct permissions and try it out from the terminal. I havent tried this out, but seems to me it should work. Im sure i dont have to say it but back up the file first, of course!
Unfortunately I am not well versed on database editing, especially from terminal, so i doubt id be much help with specifics there, but i thought it may be worth the suggestion. If I think of anything else ill let u know. And i think i have sqlite3 at home so if u cant find it let me know and ill try to post it here later.

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Originally Posted by DocHoliday77

Just thought of something else that may be worth a try. It looks to me that the data is stored at /data/data/com.android.providers.media/databases/internal.db
If you have SQLite Editor, or something similar you can try to delete the entries manually. Or you can find and download sqlite3 (prob here on xda), place it in /system/xbin/ with correct permissions and try it out from the terminal. I havent tried this out, but seems to me it should work. Im sure i dont have to say it but back up the file first, of course!
Unfortunately I am not well versed on database editing, especially from terminal, so i doubt id be much help with specifics there, but i thought it may be worth the suggestion. If I think of anything else ill let u know. And i think i have sqlite3 at home so if u cant find it let me know and ill try to post it here later.

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Thank you, I will look into it!! I will report back here on the result.


{edit} they don't even show up in the SQ! Others do, but not those specific entries. I'm stumped. Oh well. Thanks for your help. You don't have to persist on this

Its no big deal really. Im pretty much just going from memory so it only takes a min or two to respond. And at least for me problems like this that are mostly just annoyances, really annoy me!

Was just thinking that if they r not listed in the database file, but the others are, then the problem is not there. Its being stored elsewhere....maybe in dalvik cache, or cm settings??
Im not sure where else to look right now but i did leave a few more ideas in ur other thread already so check that out.

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I don't even know what's going on anymore!

I downloaded and flashed the latest CM7 RC3, and I've gotten no freezes with that version.

Unfortunately, I didn't want to keep it! So before flashing on a full wipe, I removed the ringtones/notifications from the .RAR without unzipping it. Just simply deleted them. Everything flashed fine. I go into the Ringtones and Notifications options under Settings > Sound and there's about 4 new tunes from the rom that weren't even there before I flashed RC3 !

I delete them before flashing and a few show up. I can't take this anymore.