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    Gallery app showing black squares not preview thumbnails

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      • MrT10001M Offline
        MrT10001 @BarryT
        last edited by MrT10001

        @BarryT I presume you have rebooted the device?

        This is in file manager:

        screenshot20240210_121920876.png

        This is in Gallery:

        screenshot20240210_121949702.png

        Gallery shows it correctly (Apple Clown Fish).

        Xiaomi Redmi Note 7.... And more...
        I have too many devices...

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          BarryT @MrT10001
          last edited by

          @MrT10001 Yes, I have rebooted many times. Still showing the black squares.

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          • MrT10001M Offline
            MrT10001 @BarryT
            last edited by

            @BarryT Have you tried using one to change your phone wallpaper?

            Xiaomi Redmi Note 7.... And more...
            I have too many devices...

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            • VulpexV Offline
              Vulpex @BarryT
              last edited by

              @BarryT

              hej Barry your post reminded me of my own poat
              a problem that persisted from the beginning and some how solved it self.

              https://forums.ubports.com/post/78300

              Btw a reboot does not work the same as a shut down. Like when your wi-fi or bluetooth has trouble... A reboot wont solve it but a shut down and proper re-start will...for me anyways

              Dont know if any of this helps,
              But i've noticed improvements on my device
              over time. So no worries πŸ™‚

              Running UT on FairPhone4
              And loving it

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                OtaDr @Vulpex
                last edited by

                My problem with the gallery ( displays only black squares ) was solved by playing the new system installation over the usb cable
                (20.04 )

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                  BarryT @OtaDr
                  last edited by

                  @OtaDr I'm trying to avoid doing a full re-install. It isn't a big problem at the moment as I can get at my photos via the File Manager. I was hoping for a simple fix.

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                    BarryT
                    last edited by

                    It's going from bad to worse:-
                    I tried to re-install just the Gallery app, so I used the App Store to remove the Gallery app but now it refuses to re-install.
                    I have installed an equivalent photo management app called Imaginario which works correctly.
                    There is definitely something wrong with the Gallery app.

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                      Mario.CH @BarryT
                      last edited by

                      Hi @BarryT,

                      Have you tried the following in the Settings application?
                      Go to >> Settings >> Update >> Update settings >> Select Reinstall all apps.

                      Greetings Mario

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                      • LuksusL Offline
                        Luksus @BarryT
                        last edited by Luksus

                        @BarryT just do a reinstall with ubports installer, without wipe you wont loose any data.

                        Then if the Gallery app works again and still shows black thumnails try to execute in terminal:
                        rm -rf .cache/mediascanner-2.0/ .cache/lomiri-thumbnailer/ .cache/gstreamer*/*

                        After that, do a reboot.

                        Devices: BQ e4.5, Fairphone 2, Fairphone 3, Lenovo X605F, Pinephone, Moto Z2 Force, OnePlus5T

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                          BarryT @Mario.CH
                          last edited by

                          @Mario-CH Thanks for the suggestion.
                          This command updates all of the existing apps but it did not replace the Gallery core app that I chose to remove.

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                          • VulpexV Offline
                            Vulpex @Luksus
                            last edited by Vulpex

                            @Luksus thanks i tried your command and it worked for the gallery-app.
                            Sadly still no lasting change on the music-app
                            no thumbnails there... or if they a appear one scroll or changes within the file manger an back to black squares.
                            But thanks for another small fix.

                            Sorry @BarryT for hijacking/joining your post again. It continues to be problem for me, even after a fresh install. I wonder what the reason is for that goldfish like memory the mediascanner shows πŸ˜„

                            Running UT on FairPhone4
                            And loving it

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                              Escain
                              last edited by

                              I am having the same issue here.
                              Uninstalling and reinstalling the Gallery (click command) did not help.
                              Also, removing the cache rm -rf .cache/mediascanner-2.0/ .cache/lomiri-thumbnailer/ .cache/gstreamer*/* and rebooting did not help neither.

                              I did not tried to reinstall ubports with ubports installer, as this is my phone and I don't want to play too much with it.

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                              • VulpexV Offline
                                Vulpex
                                last edited by

                                Hej @BarryT
                                No idea if this will help you but I've noticed that when I'm connected to wifi and mobile data!
                                My gallery app shows the black loading squares
                                and my music app displays black squares too.

                                So if i stick to just wifi or just mobile data, the gallery app displays my pictures properly and the music player the available album covers.
                                If I'm to switch on both data connections
                                the problem repeats...

                                I dont know what causes this problem for you
                                but i think I've solved it for my Fairphone 4

                                Running UT on FairPhone4
                                And loving it

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                                  BarryT @Luksus
                                  last edited by

                                  @Luksus Apologies for the late reply.
                                  I have carried out a reinstall (no wipe) using the ubports installer but it did not reinstall the missing Gallery app.

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                                    arubislander @BarryT
                                    last edited by

                                    @BarryT have you seen this post?

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