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Remove Empty Music Tracks Created by Media Provider in Dev Tools of Custom Android ROM

For Pros : The solution is to reset the Data of ‘Media Storage’ under App Settings.

For Others : Please tolerate the pain of reading through my post.

I installed CyanogenMod custom ROM in my Sony Ericsson WT19i a couple months ago. Rest of my experience with my phone after that has been simply a honeymoon. Until I messed up with this option called ‘Media Provider’ under ‘Dev Tools’ in CyanogenMod.

Dev Tools - CyanogenMod

Dev Tools - Media Provider - CyanogenMod

Media Provider is used to simulate music tracks in your music player. After tapping the ‘Insert 20 Albums’ it created some 20 tracks (as expected) with satanic Latin names. At that time I had two music players – Apollo and Google Music, both of which reflected these ghostly tracks and often irritated by interrupting the playlist. Every time I had to skip the tracks manually.

Media Provider - CyanogenMod

After a deep web search I found the solution to remove the tracks. You may not find the audio files anywhere in your SD Card (But some people have removed it by deleting files inside a folder called ‘Media’. But lets stick to our method.)

  1. Go to ‘Settings’ in your Android mobile.
  2. Select ‘Apps’ under ‘Settings’.

    Settings - CyanogenMod
  3. Under ‘Apps’ navigate to ‘ALL’ tab (Just Swipe across the Tabs to select ‘ALL’ tab. The interface may vary in other devices / ROMs.)

    Apps - CyanogenModAll Apps - CyanogenMod
  4. Under ‘ALL’ tab select ‘Media Coverage’. It will open the ‘App Info’ screen of ‘Media Coverage’. Now tap the ‘Clear Data’ button to remove those empty tracks created by ‘Media Provider’. Warning : Some Users have reported that this method has reset their custom ringtones and alert tunes for all apps. But I haven't faced that issue.

    Media Storage - CyanogenMod

    Hope this would be useful for you. Your comments will always encourage me to come up with quick guides on common tech issues.
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