Why cant I delete a preload video file?

[anon(10311036)]

Hey guys! I notice every time a restart my device the video file called "preload" appears in my galery again! Its a little video showing a chamaleon and demonstrating the dolby vision. I already deleted the folder through the file explorer and i restart the phone, there it is again! I keeps coming back even when I delete and empty the trash! I wish I can get rid of this and also my carrier garbage! can anyone tell me an efective way to do that?

 

[anon(238680)]

You can't delete preloaded data or apps. You'll just have to ignore them.

 

[anon(10311036)]

You can't delete preloaded data or apps. You'll just have to ignore them.

I can delete it. The problem is that it cames back!

 

[anon(238680)]

I can delete it.

If it was deleted it wouldn't come back, you're not deleting it as you can't.

 

[anon(10311036)]

If it was deleted it wouldn't come back, you're not deleting it as you can't.

I select the file, delete it, and its gone. Because of that Im saying that I can delete it. But after restart the phone it appears againt. So I can delete, but it cames back.

 

[anon(238680)]

Yeah, okay, whatever you think.

 

[anon(10311036)]

Yeah, okay, whatever you think.

I'm not arguing with you, I just want to know how to delete this file

 

[chanchan05]

It probably resides in the system partition. You can't delete that.

It's like how other phones have preloaded videos (cough Samsung). They don't show up anywhere and you can delete them from gallery on a Samsung. But weirdly, you don't gain full space. Then if you factory reset, they're back like they were never deleted. Lol.

If your gallery has hide, just hide the darn thing.

 

[devaa]

Yup, same here. Freaking video keeps coming back...

 

[anon(10311036)]

Yup, same here. Freaking video keeps coming back...

At least it's not only me

 

[devaa]

At least it's not only me

Hahaha and you forgot their "life is good" ringtone in music aswell comes back..

 

[patruns]

I don't have that folder on a T-Mobile G6. Carrier bloat?

 

[anon(10311036)]

I don't have that folder on a T-Mobile G6. Carrier bloat?

Lucky you, mine is unlocked, but still have this.

 

[natehoy]

I'm not arguing with you, I just want to know how to delete this file

Unfortunately, if it's coming back at a reboot (and it probably would appear on its own again a little later even without a reboot), you cannot delete it.

What you are doing is issuing a system command to delete it. Since it is on the system side (that you as a user do not have write/delete access to) the OS is deleting the thumbnail of the video that is on read/write storage and then the command to delete the actual video fails (you don't have access to do that). So the video indexer loops around at the next reboot or periodic index refresh, and, hey presto, finds a "new" video and puts the thumbnail back.

If you rooted the phone, you would have write access to the system folders and be able to delete that file, and the system partition (which you cannot use for much of anything) would have more free space you couldn't use. It's really not a path I would recommend going down to delete an annoyance, but it's the only way you're going to make that video go away and stay away.

 

[Joenii]

Was searching the web for a solution and found only this post (, bit old I know) and I guess the explanation why it can't be removed is clear but no suggestions or solutions how to remove it from the eye in video or music players...

What I currently do is copy a .nomedia file (from another location using any kind of File manager) into the Preloaded folder.

Cheers

 

[LadySarah]

Can I ask you to upload these two files? I don't have them on my LG G7. They should be the same

 

[anon(10311036)]

Can I ask you to upload these two files? I don't have them on my LG G7. They should be the same

Im sorry, I dont have the phone anymore, im on a s9+