Album not refreshing

[remoh]

Hello,

i have a problem with the Album app (on Xperia T, ICS).

From time to time i remove photos from folders of my sdcard, but i do it on my pc.

The Album app does not realize that, it only shows a placeholder for the photos i deleted.

How can i force the Album app to rescan the WHOLE phone?

I already tried deleting cache and data of the Album app, but it does not help.

[Uliwooly]

you can delete the thumbnails folder

[remoh]

Thanks, but which tumbnails folder?

Where is it located?

[Uliwooly]

on your computer > DCIM > thumbnails

or

use a file manager on your phone

[remoh]

Thanks, but it does not help. I have several other folders containing photos which does not even have a .thumbnails or thumbnails folder (checked with root explorer).

The Album app just does not realize that i removed photos.

There must be some kind of index file or something similar, i need to force Album to do a rescan of all images or delete its old index and build a new one from scratch.

[Uliwooly]

try this

settings > apps > all > album > clear everything (this shouldn't delete your pictures) >restart your phone

[remoh]

tried that again (including reboot) but it does not help.

(but as mentioned in my first post i already tried it before)

Still shows placeholder for the deleted photos

[Uliwooly]

if your pictures are stored on the SD card then

on your computer > computer > Xperia T > internal storage > sd card > DCIM > thumbnails > delete this folder

then restart your phone

[remoh · Accepted solution]

Found it after doing some research.

settings > apps > all > Media Storage

clear everything

After that album is empty and doing a comlete rescan

[Uliwooly]

excellent