[Q] about the file .thumbdata in DCIM

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what the hell is this file (.thmbdata3) in sd card>dcim>thumbnails.each time i free some space on my sd card ,this file getting bigger and take all the space (sd card becomes full).i dont have that much photos on gallary,so what is the problem???
gt i9000
ics4.0.4dark knight rom 5.5
i added a screenshot to see in attachment

it looks like nobody knows what am i talking about .....i think im going to flash a new rom again

i also have 2 .thumbdata files of 200 MB each in my /DCIM/.thumbnail folder
maybe it`s a bug since i only have few pictures in my phone

Think thats bad!

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Think that's bad. I have two thumbdata's both at 2gb each!

My partners Xperia S still had all her old thumbnails in her album even though she has deleted most of her pictures. So I googled how to remove them, the best solution I've found is go into settings, apps, all, media storage and erase the data. When I try to test it on mine the data is only a few mb. No where near 4gb!

Still I'll let you know if I find out.

its like an temp folder on windows,android makes an virtual protokoll from files and something,you can delete these file but its come back ever,i delete these file every day,because im addicted to flash,lol and i haved never problems.so delete it,its safe(my opinion).greeeeeetz

the best solution i found my self is: delete the big file thumbsdata and then never run the stock camera app,if you run it ,the file will be generated again consuming all your free space(me becomes 0 bites free ).......of coarse i cannot live without a camera app so i installed fx camera app.... it is good now but if i turn fx cam to video mod the problem comes again(it uses the stock camera app for video ,but not for photos),,,,,so i will not use video record option, until some hero comes with a fix

Yeah! That's it!

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Originally Posted by magician369

what the hell is this file (.thmbdata3) in sd card>DCIM>thumbnails.each time i free some space on my sd card ,this file getting bigger and take all the space (sd card becomes full).i dont have that much photos in gallery, so what is the problem???

Just copy name of that file (thumbdataX--x), delete that file, then create folder named the same as deleted file. No annoying thumbdata3 (my spend 2Gb) anymore!
Tested on Toshiba Thrive Tablet (ICS). No problems with gallery and camera apps.

Originally Posted by Kyonex

Just copy name of that file (thumbdataX--x), delete that file, then create folder named the same as deleted file. No annoying thumbdata3 (my spend 2Gb) anymore!
Tested on Toshiba Thrive Tablet (ICS). No problems with gallery and camera apps.

I will check this up...because untill now i cannot use my camera without generation of big files eating all my space no matter what rom..anyway u mean creating a new file with the same name right?

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new FOLDER with the same name as thumbdata-file

Untile now this works.i dont see any thumpsdata files.

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