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November 14, 2014, 09:06:28 AM
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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!  Smiley
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November 14, 2014, 11:09:53 PM
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You could also do batch rename. Thanks for sharing.
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November 17, 2014, 07:50:49 AM
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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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