[Ans] Images Showing Black | Cannot Generate Thumbnail | Cannot Play This Video | In Android Gallery

[Ans] Images Showing Black | Cannot Generate Thumbnail | Cannot Play This Video | In Android Gallery

You might wonder that the same images and videos that you watched yesterday in your gallary, you might not be able to open today. This is one of the most frustrating bug for every adnroid user. We from Try3Steps will provide all possible fixes for this problem. 

Please Follow the below steps to avoid Images Showing Black | Cannot Generate Thumbnail | Cannot Play This Video | In Android Gallery problem:

1. Delete/Rename the .thumbnail folder in your android.

 Most of the cases fixing the .thumbnail folder will fix the ablve problem. So, To rename or delete the .thumbnail folder please follow the below steps:

    a. Open File manager

    b. The naviget to the root folder.

    c. Find the .thumnail folder and delete/rename it.

    d. Restart your android phone.

    Note: If you going for the rename option then, don't forget to delete the '.' in your new folder name.

2. Check the momory space in your andorid.

 Most of the cases this might be the root cause of 'Cannot Generate Thumbnail' problem. We would suggest you ES Explorer app to perform this step,

    a. Go to the play store and search for the ES file explorer application.

    b. Install and open the ES File explorer application.

    c. There you can see the options like "Analyze"

    d. So, Analyze each of your internal and extenal SD cards.

        e. Then perform the delete or manage your files if you about to exceed the limits.

3. Using recovery tools to get the deleted files back:

 Although there are many recovery tools are availble in the internet like TestDisk, Undelete 360, PhotoRec, Pandora Recovery, MiniTool Partition Recovery, Wise Data Recovery, Puran file Recovery, Recuva etc,. Our preference is Recuva. It is one of the top most trending Recovery software. follow the below steps to recovery the deleted files from your andoid phone through pc with recuva software.

    a. Download the Recuva.exe flie for the trusted provided from the internet.

    b. Install and open the application.

    c. Now, Just click on open and give your corresponding disk to proceed.

    d. After scaning the entire device you will get the consolidated list.

    e. Select the required file to recover and click on 'recover', It will prompt for the folder to recover - give the folder.

Note: Giving the same folder/drive where the file is initially present will make the process slow and ineffective. Give the folder path occordingly