First thing first, sorry if my english is not that good. It's not my main language.
Okay, so, my phone is Vivo Y16. It's android 12. I bought it last year. I don't remember what month or day, I just remember that at the time I need to buy new phone ASAP because my then current one is having problems and I need my phone for work.
My problem is, whenever I download a new image and save it in sd card, the image won't show in gallery. I downloaded the image using chrome btw.
The first time I recognize this problem was actually the day I bought the phone. After I come home from the store I bought the phone from, I plugged it into my laptop and transfer an image to my sd card > download folder to use as wallpaper. After that when I open the gallery (it's called "Album" in my phone) the image won't show. Then I use the file manager and look at the sd card > download folder. The image is clearly there. I can see it. I can open it. But for some reason it won't appear in gallery. Then I change my mind about using that image as my wallpaper because it's kinda bleak and it's the same image as my laptop wallpaper so I don't want to get bored looking at it. So I used the phone's stock wallpaper instead and think nothing about the gallery problem.
A few month pass by, and for some reason I need to look at my gallery. Then, there is that image. It shows in the gallery. I was like, how? Why? I don't understand at all.
Then today I downloaded some new images for a reference for my novel writing. I saved the image in sd card > download folder. But when I look at the gallery, the image won't show. I used the file manager again and check the folder. The image is there. I can see it. I can open it.
So I did an experiment. And this is what I got. Image taken from my camera and saved in sd card > DCIM > camera shows in gallery just fine. Image downloaded using chrome and saved to internal storage > download also shows just fine in gallery. But, image downloaded using chrome and saved to sd card > download won't show in gallery. I checked using file manager and it's clearly there. I tried deleting the gallery's cache but it didn't work. The image still won't show. Then I restarted my phone and finally the image shows in gallery.
I did these experiment one more time just to make sure. And the result is the same. Image downloaded to sd card > download folder won't show in gallery unless I restarted the phone.
Why is this? I don't want to keep restarting my phone after every image download. I thought maybe updating the gallery app will fix the issue but I don't know how to update it. It's a stock app not the ones downloaded from playstore.
So, my question, is there a way to fix this permanently? Also, just curious, what is actually causing this?
Okay, so, my phone is Vivo Y16. It's android 12. I bought it last year. I don't remember what month or day, I just remember that at the time I need to buy new phone ASAP because my then current one is having problems and I need my phone for work.
My problem is, whenever I download a new image and save it in sd card, the image won't show in gallery. I downloaded the image using chrome btw.
The first time I recognize this problem was actually the day I bought the phone. After I come home from the store I bought the phone from, I plugged it into my laptop and transfer an image to my sd card > download folder to use as wallpaper. After that when I open the gallery (it's called "Album" in my phone) the image won't show. Then I use the file manager and look at the sd card > download folder. The image is clearly there. I can see it. I can open it. But for some reason it won't appear in gallery. Then I change my mind about using that image as my wallpaper because it's kinda bleak and it's the same image as my laptop wallpaper so I don't want to get bored looking at it. So I used the phone's stock wallpaper instead and think nothing about the gallery problem.
A few month pass by, and for some reason I need to look at my gallery. Then, there is that image. It shows in the gallery. I was like, how? Why? I don't understand at all.
Then today I downloaded some new images for a reference for my novel writing. I saved the image in sd card > download folder. But when I look at the gallery, the image won't show. I used the file manager again and check the folder. The image is there. I can see it. I can open it.
So I did an experiment. And this is what I got. Image taken from my camera and saved in sd card > DCIM > camera shows in gallery just fine. Image downloaded using chrome and saved to internal storage > download also shows just fine in gallery. But, image downloaded using chrome and saved to sd card > download won't show in gallery. I checked using file manager and it's clearly there. I tried deleting the gallery's cache but it didn't work. The image still won't show. Then I restarted my phone and finally the image shows in gallery.
I did these experiment one more time just to make sure. And the result is the same. Image downloaded to sd card > download folder won't show in gallery unless I restarted the phone.
Why is this? I don't want to keep restarting my phone after every image download. I thought maybe updating the gallery app will fix the issue but I don't know how to update it. It's a stock app not the ones downloaded from playstore.
So, my question, is there a way to fix this permanently? Also, just curious, what is actually causing this?
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