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I’d remove the .nomedia file, reboot, and let the phone re-index everything
That could absolutely explain why some folders aren’t showing up in Gallery.
Android ignores media inside folders containing a .nomedia file
Interesting. I actually found a .nomedia file in one of the folders that should contain photos.
Not sure how it got there.
Another thing to check:
Look for a “.nomedia” file in any affected folders. Sometimes Android stops indexing media if one of those files appears where it shouldn’t.
Smart move.
Whenever storage shows full but files appear missing, I always make a backup first before touching anything else.
Good point. I’m copying everything over right now. It’s taking forever because there’s a lot of data.
Before trying too many fixes, I’d connect the phone to a computer and copy everything you can still access. Having a backup gives you room to experiment.
Yeah. I forced a media rescan and rebooted. Most folders came back afterward.
Did you end up fixing it?
I had almost the exact thing happen on my S21 after a One UI update.
Photos were still physically on the phone, but Gallery acted like they didn’t exist.
That’s encouraging.
Usually if image files still exist, the problem is software-related. Could be a media database issue after the update.
Just tried that.
It actually found a lot more image files than Gallery is showing. Some are inside folders with weird names I’ve never seen before.
Try a different file manager and search the entire storage for JPG files.
Samsung’s file manager doesn’t always make it easy to spot everything
Yeah, I checked.
The DCIM folder is there, but the Camera folder only contains a handful of recent photos. Definitely not thousands of pictures.
I removed it and restarted. A bunch more photos came back, but not all of them.
Definitely progress though.