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The Album app on my phone fails to detect some of the pictures I have after I moved them. I tried clearing the Album app's data but it didn't do anything. After looking around the internet, I found that one way to refresh media apps is to find the Media Storage system app on the Settings and then clear it's data. After I did that, I noticed my notifications on some messaging apps stopped having sound. When I tried to select a new notification tone for it, I found out that all the default ringtones and notification sounds are missing. Is there a way to get this resolved like maybe there's a directory where these tones are placed in the system, or am I SOL?

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After digging around, I found my notifications, ringtones, and alarm sounds are still in /system/media/audio/ but for some reason the ringtone selection dialog doesn't detect them. They don't have a .nomedia on the folder so it can't be that. Is there a way to force them to be rediscovered?

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    Restart device, wait for a few minutes for the database to be indexed again
    – beeshyams
    Commented Jun 22, 2017 at 12:38
  • I could've sworn I've restarted multiple times to no avail, but I'm probably having false memories. I'm restarting now to see if it does the trick. Will update.
    – user400424
    Commented Jun 22, 2017 at 12:41
  • Also see if clearing cache helps
    – beeshyams
    Commented Jun 22, 2017 at 13:17
  • Back after 30 minutes, still nothing. I've rebooted the phone already. What app should I clear the cache to?
    – user400424
    Commented Jun 22, 2017 at 13:23
  • Tough luck. Clearing cache is the same way as you cleared data. Long pressing on Storage of that app should show both options
    – beeshyams
    Commented Jun 22, 2017 at 13:37

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I had the exact same issue, I can't remember why but I know I cleared my media storage when trying to fix something. Of course, the guide I was blindly following never mentioned that it would silence my alarms as a byproduct 😱

Using the search "Media Storage" android tones gone, I found some good resources that led me to the ScanMediaPlease app, which forces the process to reindex the stuff. The app worked where rebooting failed for me.

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