topic Re: internal memory consumed by gallery thumbnails in M Series

internal memory consumed by gallery thumbnails

epn — Sat, 08 Mar 2014 02:37:53 GMT

In my phone a large amount of internal memory is consumed by gallery thumbnails(about 750 mb).android app clean master is not effective.what should I do to get release this bulk memory????

Re: internal memory consumed by gallery thumbnails

alexrx — Sat, 08 Mar 2014 04:14:00 GMT

Hi there,

You need to delete the thumbnail folder and save your memory. Thereafter Andrioid will create a new thumbnails.

Connect your phone to a computer > DCIM > thumbnails > and delete all

Delete the thumbnail folder using Astro File Manager(for example) > \mnt\sdcard\DCIM\ .thumbnails > delete all and restart the phone.

Cheers.

Re: internal memory consumed by gallery thumbnails

_alexdon_ — Sat, 08 Mar 2014 06:25:57 GMT

Follow the suggestion above.If it keeps occuring,remove the file thumbnails... and make a new folder with the same name.

Re: internal memory consumed by gallery thumbnails

maelp — Sat, 08 Mar 2014 22:33:50 GMT

And how is it possible my .thumbnails is 2.48 GB big ?
Thanks

Re: internal memory consumed by gallery thumbnails

_alexdon_ — Sat, 08 Mar 2014 22:36:17 GMT

It could be all the thumbnails from all your photos on the phone.But do try what I suggested,remove the file and create a new folder with the exact same name.

Re: internal memory consumed by gallery thumbnails

maelp — Sat, 08 Mar 2014 22:44:04 GMT

First of all thank you for the quick answer.
I deleted the folder, but it doesn't seem to have any impact on the phone's storage..
And I don't know how thumbnails works so it seems qui strange to have a 2.5 giga folder on a 2.05 giga phone.
And it refuses to create a .thumbnails folder (using ES)

Re: internal memory consumed by gallery thumbnails

_alexdon_ — Sat, 08 Mar 2014 22:47:32 GMT

Try androzip.After you delete thumbnail file,create the folder and restart your phone.

Re: internal memory consumed by gallery thumbnails

maelp — Sat, 08 Mar 2014 22:54:21 GMT

I still can only create a non-hid (with a dot) thumbnails folder, which I think is useless..
And in fact I may have win ~100 mb, which is a good news because I'm always running short in storage
Thanks for your help though!

Re: internal memory consumed by gallery thumbnails

_alexdon_ — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 08:31:00 GMT

Go to settings-apps-all-media storage,force stop and clear data.Restart your phone.It should scan your whole media again.

Re: internal memory consumed by gallery thumbnails

karlok — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 12:06:23 GMT

my phone and even computer cant read my data (photos) after i force close media storage and restart my phone? please help me TQQQQ

Re: internal memory consumed by gallery thumbnails

_alexdon_ — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 12:10:07 GMT

Are you sure? It might take some time until it will scan all your data again.

Re: internal memory consumed by gallery thumbnails

karlok — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 12:34:38 GMT

how much time is needed?

Re: internal memory consumed by gallery thumbnails

_alexdon_ — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 12:36:05 GMT

It depends on how much media files you have.

Re: internal memory consumed by gallery thumbnails

karlok — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 12:38:24 GMT

it will rebuild my SD card media also? both my internal storage and Sd card is occupied but i cant see any photo. i also cant see them by connecting phone to pc

Re: internal memory consumed by gallery thumbnails

_alexdon_ — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 12:44:40 GMT

Yes,it should.You could boot in safe mode and let it scan your media:

http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/FAQ/How-to-boot-your-phone-into-safe-mode/m-p/348008

Re: internal memory consumed by gallery thumbnails

Vikky1292 — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 18:02:50 GMT

Kindly, Please help me too in dealing with the same issue.

I'll tell you my problem in detail. I own a Xperia M dual phone and It has a very limited phone memory.

The total space shown is 2.01 Gb. Used by Pictures and videos 1.15gb and available was around 260 mb. Whenever i delete some apps or clear cache the memory increases to a few extent. But the issue started when i tried to delete my pictures and videos from the phone.

Firstly, My pictures and videos showed 1.15gb of memory used by them. So, to deal with the isuue i deleted all my pics and videos in my phone. Still, the issue was there and it showed same amount of memory being used by them.

So, Secondly i used an app to clean the memory but still it continued and my internal memory still was consumed by gallery thumbnails.

So, I connected my phone in my pc and saw around that much memory in my .thumbnails folder being used.

So, Thirdly i went through this forum and deleted my .thumbnails folder and then created a new one with the same one.

The folder was deleted still it showed that 1.15 gb being used by pictures,videos. I deleted the folder, but it doesn't seem to have any impact on the phone's storage.

So, Fourthly, I went to settings-apps-all-media storage,force stop and clear data. And i restarted my phone. Even after scanning it showed only 260 mb available and 1.15gb being used by gallery. At this point too my phone doesnt have any pics or videos in my phone except just few.

So, At last i decided to boot it in safe mode and let it scan my media. I followed all the steps as in the link. To my amazement it reduced the memory used by pictures,videos(gallery) to 19.32 mb but still at this point of time the free memory is around 260 mb. The free memory did not increased. And i lost all my storage.There is a new .thumbnails folder too but no space increased.

Kindly help me. This problem will persist forever? or is there any solution? and is the phone non-functional now as i cant continue using this phone with so less memory & i cant continue with it. Lastly i cant afford a new phone. All my faith in Sony is lost which i used for the first time and maybe the last. Never had any problem like this with Moto, Nokia Lumia, Samsung & Micromax which my family members are using.

Waiting for your revert in anticipation.

Thank you!!

Re: internal memory consumed by gallery thumbnails

goelaakash90 — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 08:38:27 GMT

try this

1. delete the ".thumbnails" folder in the "DCIM" folder

2. after deleting, create a new file and name it ".thumbnails". (Create a new "file" not a "folder")

Hope this helps

Re: internal memory consumed by gallery thumbnails

Ansh1212 — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 17:29:22 GMT

Hi Aakash,

But which file is to be created? Means, We only get the option to create a folder. Could you advise how to create a file ? Or are you talking about any specific kind of file to be created ? I am not able to create a file.

Thanks in advance!

Re: internal memory consumed by gallery thumbnails

goelaakash90 — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 02:40:39 GMT

@ansh1212
Use file manager(explorer)
Download from play store

Re: internal memory consumed by gallery thumbnails

karishma1 — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 06:48:57 GMT

hi there,

i just saw your help reply to someone regarding the thumbnail thing.

if i delete the things conyained in the thumbnail folder, will everything else get deleted too.

like i opened them and i see that it has those photos which are stored in my galary. i dont want delete them.

so now i am confused that if i delete anyof them ones from the thumbnail, will i delete my phots from the gallary.