Xperia 10 - 5.1.0.8 - Media scanner doesn't work

Bug Reports
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5.1.0.8

REPRODUCIBILITY: permanent
OS VERSION: 5.1.0.8
HARDWARE: Xperia 10 Dual SIM
UI LANGUAGE: german
REGRESSION: yes

DESCRIPTION:

Media scanner doesn’t work

PRECONDITIONS:

Have photos, mp3 audio files, mp4 videos stored on the device

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

  1. Launch a) Gallery app, b) Media app, c) LLs vPlayer
  2. Check for media data
  3. See 0 files for all media types in all apps.

EXPECTED RESULT:

See my a) photos, b) videos, c) videos and possible to a) view photo, b+c) play video

ACTUAL RESULT:

No photos or videos displayed, 0 displayed

MODIFICATIONS:

Storeman, Chum

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

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How can I start the mediascanner manually by CLI?

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How about to use the sailfishos utilities, especially the refresh the tracker database: Tips and Tricks | Sailfish OS Documentation

Or in the CLI for SailfishOS 4.3.0 or later: tracker3 reset -s

Both ways are describe in the linked docs.

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I had the same issue on 10 III, Sailfish utilities solved this. I also mentioned that in the release thread…

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It seems the tracker index was removed on boot on my 10II after the update. Music and images started to appear after 15 minutes or so.

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Thanks for your replies. So now i’ll run a test now: boot the phone, connect to USB power, reset media database freshly (now called ‘Localsearch’) the same way as I did 5 times in the last days, and then let it run in peace on this beautiful sunday without any experiments or tinkering.
At afternoon, a few hours later, i’ll see if it helps and will report.

edit: Also resetted the Packet-Cache and rebooted right now. So now the xperiment starts.

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I have noticed slightly higher power consumption in the wake of (some?) previous updates, and concluded that tracker indexing was probably the cause.