Way to modify "next photo number" on new android phone

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Quote from: b!z on November 14, 2014, 07:09:53 PM

You could also do batch rename. Thanks for sharing.

Yes, I was told that is a solution too, except I wasn't going to copy the old photos and videos to my new phone. They take up too much valuable space. I just want the photo numbers to start from where I left off with an empty DCIM folder.

Thanks for your reply anyway Cheesy

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You could also do batch rename. Thanks for sharing.

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I got a new android phone and my old phone has 1500+ photos on it. I want my new phone to number photos from 1600 and on. I found a way to do it and it is quite easy. Want to share this method, might help someone here.

Take 2 photos and 2 videos on your new phone, you should get:
IMAG0001.jpg
IMAG0002.jpg
VIDE0001.mp4
VIDE0002.mp4
Connect your phone to your computer. May need to confirm a message on the phone about usb connection.
I don't need to download anything and my phone appears as another drive in "My Computer"
Browse the files in the internal storage or the external sdcard and look for the "DCIM" folder.
Rename the above four files as follows:
IMAG0001.jpg > IMAG0003.jpg
IMAG0002.jpg > IMAG1600.jpg (new number you want to start from)
VIDE0001.mp4 > VIDE0003.mp4
VIDE0002.mp4 > VIDE0200.mp4 (new number you want to start from)
The idea is to create a file name collision to trigger a filename rescan. The phone was supposed to use "IMAG0003.jpg" as the next filename, but it already exists. So, a rescan will force phone to use "IMAG1601.jpg".
Unplug your phone and take another photo and video. Their filenames should skip to your target number.

Hope this works for you!

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