# Album picture on mobile

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-picture-on-mobile/43973>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 22, 2018, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-picture-on-mobile/43973 "2018-12-22T15:32:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Folliot](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@Folliot](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Folliot)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-picture-on-mobile/43973/1 "2018-12-22T15:32:35Z")

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I think I found a problem with mp3Tag. I put my music on my samsung A5 after changing caracteristics and it works. No problem. But if I change a second time the album picture and take the music on my phone, it keeps the old album picture. Do you have any solution?(i think the old pictures are saved somewhere on the phone)  
Thank you very much

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-picture-on-mobile/43973/2 "2018-12-22T15:58:30Z")

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see e.g. here:

> [@Album art not updating on phone](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art-not-updating-on-phone/41299/9):
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> Yes, that would be a test. If that fails, because the phone still shows something else, then it would be time to investigate if there are files in the file system that lead to old display or whether data is fetched from the internet (and that might be blocked) - such things.

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-picture-on-mobile/43973/5 "2018-12-22T16:43:26Z")

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> [@Folliot](#):
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> I think I found a problem with mp3Tag

> [@Folliot](#):
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> my phone, it keeps the old album picture

Looks like a phone problem to me.  
Unless you embedded 2 pictures.  
you could filter for those files with  
%\_covers% IS 2  
Or, just as the linked thread suggests:  
do not overwrite the files but  
delete it form the phone first,  
let the player notice the change,  
then add the modified file.

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**Author:** ![BOSSTAGGER930](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@BOSSTAGGER930](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/BOSSTAGGER930)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-picture-on-mobile/43973/6 "2019-02-04T21:53:19Z")

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I'm having the SAME ISSUE. I changed the photo, but when I transfer the NEW files to the phone, (Samsung Galaxy S5), I see the OLD picture.

I'm deleted the files from the phone, and transferred them again. I've wiped all the cache I can find from the phone. And, if I try and play the files on my desktop, with any number of players, I get the NEW picture.

Just can't figure out why the phone retains the old photo.

THANKS.

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**Author:** ![BOSSTAGGER930](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@BOSSTAGGER930](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/BOSSTAGGER930)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 11:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-picture-on-mobile/43973/7 "2019-02-04T23:26:53Z")

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OK: Since I have "NO LIFE," 😃 I tried it a few more times and FINALLY the new picture appears on the cell phone. Persistence! Thanks.

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**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-picture-on-mobile/43973/8 "2026-02-09T12:27:49Z")

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