Problem with Internal SD Card and Google Music

[Zion800]

So I've reached my whits end and I need help! I think the internal SD card on my VZW Galaxy S3 is corrupted somehow. Here is my issue:

When I go to the /sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.music/cache/ directory, there is nothing in there. I have stored many albums for offline use, and finally purchased an external SD card to use for Google Music. I tried using Directory Bind and the Script Manager (SManager) method to create a sym link between my SD card and the Google Music directory and here is what happened: the symlink was created, if I created a test folder, it would show up on the external SD card. With Google Music, however, it would save all of it's files on my internal SD card. The only reason I know this is because my free space would go down on my internal. I have yet to find where it's saving those files, but they're not accessible (even with a search).

I have tried 2 types of factory resets and none of them have fixed the issue. The factory reset found under settings doesn't even erase the internal SD card. So I tried typing *2767*3855# (***WARNING: IT WILL NOT CONFIRM WITH YOU AFTER YOU TYPE THAT. IT WILL INSTANTLY DO A FACTORY RESET AFTER YOU PRESS THE #***).

I am using the stock rom and am rooted using GS3DebugFSRoot method. Let me know if you need any additional information.

So, does anyone know how I can fix my issue?

 

[rp683]

Mine is like that too, i think it's so you can't share your music illegally.. I may be wrong though, just a guess

 

[Zion800]

I figured it out last night!

The cached/offline music for Google Play Music is now located in /data/data/com.google.android.music/. There was nothing wrong with my SD card or anything like that. Once I found the correct directory location, we were good to go. Most other guides say the offline/cached music is located in /sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.music but it wasn't for me.

Hope this is helpful for everyone!

 

[lowg]

Hmmm, I just checked my device and it looks like I have music cache in /sdcard/Android/... and /data/data/... It does look like album art is only on /sdcard/Android.

Would like to try this so am curious did you mount -o bind both paths to get it working?

Sent from my Galaxy S3

 

[toddbecker]

I figured it out last night!

The cached/offline music for Google Play Music is now located in /data/data/com.google.android.music/. There was nothing wrong with my SD card or anything like that. Once I found the correct directory location, we were good to go. Most other guides say the offline/cached music is located in /sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.music but it wasn't for me.

Hope this is helpful for everyone!

How did you find this location? Did you use a tool to do some sort of search, or just stumble on it?

I have a Motorola RAZR M and have the same issue you are having. I cache Goole Play Music and wanted to use Directory Bind to redirect it to my external SD card, but I can't find the local cache directory.

I have a question posted on the RAZR M forum, no responses though, except someone directing me to this post.

How did you ultimately link the directories, with Directory Bind or SM?

 

[toddbecker]

I was able to find the offline cache on my RAZR M using Storage Analyzer with root access. I found the files at /data/data/com.google.android.music.files/ which was a directory I could not find using other tools.

I was then successful setting up a link to my external SD card using directory bind.

WooHoo, 10+ GB of music on my phone.