It could be just that the card slot is dirty or some such. I would also try a reboot. Possibly, some other low-level piece of machinery got stuck. At any rate, I don't think this is a mediascanner problem. If the card isn't mounted, mediascanner can't possibly see it.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to mediascanner2 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1649313 Title: Mediascanner is not working Status in mediascanner2 package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Story: looks like this is a well known bug but there wasn't a bug report yet so I'm opening it. Mediascanner doesn't work in frieza_arm64 so files in sdcards aren't detected. Environment: current build number: 99 device name: frieza_arm64 channel: ubuntu-touch/staging/ubuntu last update: 2016-12-12 12:21:18 version version: 99 version ubuntu: 20161210 version device: 20161014.0 version custom: 20161210 Steps: 1º Put some media files(songs,videos) on a sdcard 2º Install the sdcard in frieza 3º Open music app or music/video scopes Current result: music app reports no songs were found and music/video scopes don't show the media files either Expected result: all files from sdcard r other external devices should be detected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mediascanner2/+bug/1649313/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp