Cant find music or gallery after ICS Update to Droid Bionic

By pulling the battery I'm sorry to say..you'll need to do an FDR. Since you're not rooted you can't back up your apps and app settings. Have you connected your phone to a computer to see if you can copy pics. and music? If you can just copy those folders to your computer,FDR then copy those folders back.

 

Yes you will have to completely reset up your phone if you d a FDR.

The red outline indicates motocast file. (similar to zumocast but updated version that is not completely functional on Bionic like zumocast.)

When you say cant access - I am assuming wont open up ?

You can try a couple of things before doing a FDR.
1. go into manage apps & find the gallery app & music app click on them & clear cache & data for the app.
this fixed my wife's camera app that would not open.

2. boot into recovery mode & do a system cache & data clear.
This will wipe out any data associated with all your apps and system info so they can start clean.
Some of these files appear to be getting corrupted when the ICS update is applied for some.

If that does not work there is a thread that specifically address the media issue that may help.

 

Has anyone been able access photos and music via a third party app, or is the battery pull corrupting it completly?

 

I am having the identical problem, so you are not alone. My phone was also churning on and on with the "Upgrading Media Database" until I took it off the charger for about 15 minutes and the battery uncharged completely. Obviously this is a flaw in the ICS upgrade that was provided to us. I'm hoping there are other ways to fix without doing a complete factory reset. How many other users had the same experience? For those of you who haven't yet upgraded, BEWARE!

 

The phone needs to be powered off and on a few times to let the update settle in. You might want to clear your cache.

I don't know if this will work, but maybe remove the sd card and transfer all the music, pictures and folders to your pc. Then replace the sd card and let the phone format it. Then move the stuff back. There should be a new LOST file appear so, don't try to put the old one in.

Unfortunately it seems that if you have a lot of music, the "Updating Media Database" can take hours. I have about 15 songs and 99 videos, but the install itself took about 40 minutes.

The best solution at the moment is to temporally move the music to your pc until the update is installed.

 

Let me step in and ask, my intention is not to hijack but is related.

Let me state, like an idiot, I did not back up.

Have I lost all my photos if I did what the original poster did?

Please tell me my photos are still on my phone somewhere.

I will be heart-broken if my photos are gone!

Thanks.

 

You try opening the apps manager and clearing data and cache for Gallery and My Music after a force stop?

 

I also did a factory reset last evening and it went much more smoothly than I anticipated. My photos from my gallery even reappeared. Google had backed up what applications I had downloaded, and started reloading them without any action on my part. I had to reset preferences and set up my email client again, but it wasn't too much effort.