Android is one of the most important mobile and tablet operating systems today. Together with iOS, it controls almost the entire mobile device market without any problem presenting its respective users with smartphones with high quality and increasingly innovative and interesting specifications and features .
In turn, Android is also known for its extensive customization, but it is important to note that if you do not have due care and information about what is being modified or changed at that time, this can present a problem in the terminal , which will prevent the correct functioning of the same or even will not allow the installed apps to work correctly.
Next we will tell you a little more about the errors of the Android system and why they appear. Without further ado, stay with us and find out all the details, data and information related to these annoying and incessant events presented in our respective terminals.
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- Why does the Android Process Media error appear on my mobile?
- Google Sync: Check Storage Settings
- Possible solutions to the Android.Process.Media error
- Restart the mobile
- Clear cache and system data
- Reset app preferences
- Check in safe mode
- Perform a Hard Reset
- Alternative methods to fix errors on Android
- Disable media storage
- Disable Google Sync operation
- Activate or reactivate sync settings
- Check contact storage
- Enable disabled settings
Why does the Android Process Media error appear on my mobile?
They are all kinds of failures that almost completely prevent the operation of pre-installed applications , the default mechanisms and in some more drastic cases the system in general. These can cause us too many problems to the point that it is possible that the error presenting on the mobile has no solution.
Android errors usually happen for different reasons , some are easy to remedy, but others imply the possibility that our cell phone will not work again. Among the clearest reasons we can comment in case for some reason we get to delete something that we should not. As we know Android is very customizable and gives us access to almost everything, but we must be careful with what we touch.
There are extremely important folders and files within our mobile phone, these are usually housed in our file manager. If for some reason we erase something that we should not, the results can be both acute and extremely serious. In addition, this represents 70% of the errors seen in terminals with Android system.
Another possible reason is that we have made the mistake of downloading something without having any assurance of its veracity . This is normally seen when we deactivate the option of unknown sources and proceed to download an APK file from an alternative page or store. If we are not sure where we are going, we may be downloading a virus cocktail to our cell phone at the end.
On the other hand, there are also errors due to bad updates . In some cases, our smartphones have all the updates installed completely and we do not need any other. But despite this, it is very likely that the updates on other phones will continue to rise. This makes some people want to upgrade their phone at will.
This leads users to install updates not due to the terminal, causing that in the worst case, the operation of the mobile device collapses and ends up generating all kinds of errors.
Google Sync: Check Storage Settings
The Google Sync application is not available for Android; however, its replacement application is Google Drive.
To check, then, the storage configuration in Google Drive, we must enter the application, going to press the three lines that are on the left side in the search bar. Here we will see several sections; We will go directly to ‘Storage’ . Once we enter this option we will be able to view all the storage configuration: current storage, options to obtain more storage and related information.
Possible solutions to the Android.Process.Media error
As we have commented previously, errors in mobiles with Android system are very common, and the “android.process.media” is well known among them . This is an error mostly caused by some change in the structure of the phone. This usually happens when downloading an improper update or when a ROM (Read Only Memory) is installed incorrectly.
Restart the mobile
One of the solutions to the Android.Process.Media error is to reboot the device . To do so, we just have to press and hold the on / off button, and click on the ‘Restart’ option. Once this is done, when the phone is turned on again, we check if the error is still present.
The theme of doing this is that the mobile usually saves temporary history data for better system management; however, this data can get heavy and corrupt good processing
Clear cache and system data
Our first step to solve this problem will be to go to the settings and configuration section and then choose the “Applications” box. Once here we will look for the download app, we will enter and we will take care of clearing the “cache memory” . If this does not work we will have to prepare to erase the main data memory and then the cache again.
Reset app preferences
To do this, we just have to go to Settings> Applications and go to the three points in the upper right corner; There we will find the option to ‘Reset application preferences’ , clicking on it will open a window with the conditions, and we click on ‘Reset applications’.
Check in safe mode
This is another alternative to solve the problem. The phone has something called ‘Safe Mode’ that allows you to start the phone only taking into account the main applications , in addition to giving access to individually review each application to determine which is causing the problem.
We just have to turn off the mobile and then turn it on while we hold down the off button . Once we see the brand of the mobile on our screen (as if it were turning on), we stop pressing and go on to pressing the volume down button until it turns on. ‘Safe Mode’ will appear at the bottom.
Perform a Hard Reset
If none of these steps worked for you , unfortunately we will have to do a hard reset or factory restore to our terminal. This option will make our mobile device return to normal, but not once this is done will all type of file, document, photo, video or app previously hosted on our smartphone be deleted.
Alternative methods to fix errors on Android
It is possible that the error that appears is not specifically the one exposed before, or that some of the methods that we tried did not give results. For those situations, there are other workarounds that can help us solve the problem.
Disable media storage
To temporarily disable the media storage of an application, we must go to Settings> Applications. We enter the application that causes the problem and we will look for the storage options.
Finding the option ‘Storage space’, we deactivate it and with this new configuration we check if the error continues to appear.
Disable Google Sync operation
To deactivate the operation, we will go to ‘Settings’, then ‘Applications’, once we get it, we enter it and we can see the information of the application and we will also find the option to ‘Disable’, as soon as we click, it will remain temporarily disabled .
Activate or reactivate sync settings
To activate or reactivate the synchronization settings of our mobile, we will go to Settings> Accounts. Being there, we can see our active accounts . By clicking on the three points in the upper right corner, it will give us the option to auto-synchronize accounts; we can check the box or uncheck it.
Check contact storage
To verify where our contacts are being saved, we just have to enter the application, enter the three lines of the search bar and go to ‘Settings’. Once there, we go to the ‘Modify contacts’ section, where we will find the default account in which our contacts are being saved.
If we want to make an account change, we simply click and a window will appear to choose the new account.
Enable disabled settings
It is possible that your mobile is presenting an error because you have deactivated some setting that is required for the proper functioning of the system. Therefore, you can go to the settings related to the problem or the application, check which settings are enabled and which are not.
