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Phone doesn't recognize files from SD Card

darker246

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Jun 15, 2015
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Ok, so my phone does recognize external SD card, but sometimes when i download or simply put new media files on it, my music player(every one i tried) and galery or video players doesn't recognize them. I know for apps like "Media Re-Scan" etc. but it's really annoying to do that for every file i put on SD, not to mention that it is rescanning whole SD card, which is 32 GB, and that takes up to 15 MINUTES. :)