[MCPE-144801] Worlds missing after 1.18.0.20/1.18.0.21 beta update.

List of worlds is missing after 1.18.0.20/1.18.0.21 update (not sure which one exactly) and new worlds are not found in the same storage folder as before: internal storage/games/com.mojang

Please fix this as soon as reasonably possible. Tried everything, force stop, cache/app data clear, reinstall with no results.

Side issues, minor:
Doesn't always keep Microsoft/Xbox login after closing app (last 2 years or so).
Sometimes (not often) doesn't load player defined skins (long time issue).

EDIT: 10/16/21 @ 02:23 CDT
Yes, the game was updated through the Play Store's beta brogram. I already mentioned reinstalling. Also, I don't seem to be able to access the contents of android/data. As far as the ADB logs, I'm not exactly sure how to access those as my knowledge of ADB is somewhat limited.

EDIT 2: @ 02:42 CDT
Issue resolved by using a PC connection and copying the entire com.mojang folder to android/data/com.mojang.minecraftpe/files/games, however this doesn't change the fact that for some reason MCPE no longer recognizes the games/com.mojang location as external storage.

Linked issues

is duplicated by 17

MCPE-144820 [Experimental] Worlds Missing from game Resolved

MCPE-144824 Worlds not showing up on world list Resolved

MCPE-144891 World not showing up on phone and only on game Resolved

MCPE-144904 Minecraft's old data is not detected Resolved

MCPE-144915 with the update, my whole world disappeared for the second time. Resolved

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[Mojang] Mega_Spud (Jay) 2021-10-15T11:03:02Z

Could you please let us know some more information:

Did you update the game through the Play Store?
Did you uninstall and reinstall the game?

Please note: We have this article available with steps to try and relocate your worlds https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/4411299967629 which you might find useful.

[Mojang] Mega_Spud (Jay) 2021-10-15T11:04:33Z

Additionally, you might like to provide the ADB logs from your device, from when you start the game. (Please only do this if you are comfortable and familiar with using debugging tools, and please do not share anything here that might contain personal information.)

Christopher Gurrea 2021-10-15T22:00:44Z

In my case I didn't update the game. Yesterday night it was working as intended and the next morning It behaved as if it was just installed and none of my worlds appeared. It could've updated in the background.

One thing I noted is that if I create a new world in beta in external storage it won't appear on the world folder in the file system. I suspect that it's being stored internally in the app.

Shawn Allen price 2021-10-15T22:15:31Z

1.18.0.21 bata I that this would not do this please git the next update with the fix of the world's and packs show up again!

Roberto 2021-10-16T04:26:49Z

Mine dissapeared too, but after searching I noticed that after updating & turning to the beta the worlds on the folder "games/minecraft/minecraftworlds" were not showed on external/app, so I moved them to "android/data/minecraft" & there was other minecraftworlds folder, I moved my worlds there &them appeared again!

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Dylan Andrés González Torres 2021-10-16T07:28:35Z

Hace 40 minutos apague mi consola una nintendo switch cuando volví a jugar hice todo normal cuando entro a el mundo y aparezco muerto que un esqueleto me mato pero yo no me salí cuando el esqueleto me estaba matando me mato mientras cargaba el juego lo peor fue que mis cosas desaparecieron entonces aver si podían arreglar este error

Infinirex Sterben 2021-10-16T07:57:39Z

por favor cree un nuevo informe de errores para ese problema

(Using Google Translate, hopefully makes sense)

[Mod] EVGENSYPERPRO 2021-10-16T09:52:32Z

Isn't this a duplicate of MCPE-144726?

Infinirex Sterben 2021-10-17T07:18:41Z

Not exactly. This addresses the fact that the latest update doesn't accept the usual games/com.mojang location. Regardless of the manual fix it's still an issue as not everyone has access to a PC, and a manual fix is only a temporary solution. Unless the devs intended for this. Though I don't remember it being in the list of new features/modifications/fixes.

Mineliver 2021-10-17T14:51:42Z

The folder has been moved because of Android 11. Android 11 uses scouped storage and forces apps to make their main directory in the Android>Data folder

Mineliver 2021-10-17T14:52:06Z

This is due to Minecraft recently upgrading to SDK 30 (Android 11)

Mineliver 2021-10-17T14:53:01Z

But they could've done a code to move all data from the old directory to the new one.

Infinirex Sterben 2021-10-17T21:06:28Z

That, and they could've at least warned people. I didn't notice any indications that this was going to be a thing, either on the Fandom wiki or the Play Store.

Error . 2021-10-18T15:39:46Z

I've run into this problem, but not only were the worlds not there, but any non-marketplace resource or behavior packs. I tried to re-import the world, but the world import always failed. I tried to create a world within the beta to see if the world would be placed in a new folder, but it wasn't, at least not in the "games" folder that the packs, worlds and such are usually stored in. I got the packs and world to show once, after uninstalling, reinstalling, and switching back to external storage, all after fiddling around with settings, trying to get them to appear, until I saw Minecraft had to update again, even though it was already updated, and I updated it, which undid my getting my packs/worlds to appear. After trying to do what I did before and more, I was forced to switch out of the beta to get my packs/worlds back, since I didn't realize Minecraft was apparently searching in its folder in the Android/data folders. I do wonder how I managed to get my packs and worlds to appear in the beta at one point, if the files were moved to the Android/data folder. Unfortunately, I... don't have a PC. Just a Samsung A50 and a Samsung Chromebook 3. Another note, the 1.18.0.20 beta was fine with my worlds and packs, it was the 1.18.0.21 update that made them disappear.

Infinirex Sterben 2021-10-18T18:13:46Z

Maybe try asking a friend with a Windows PC as all you need to do is copy a folder.

Marek Kedzierski 2021-10-19T12:12:03Z

There is a clear information about this in 1.18.0.21 beta release notes (https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/4411290325901-Minecraft-Beta-1-18-0-21-Xbox-One-Windows-10-Android-) along with link to article that describes how to move this data.

Infinirex Sterben 2021-10-19T17:15:08Z

Again, mostly requires a PC, especially for devices w/ android 11+. And using a 3rd party file manager isn't all that safe and often requires root access. Some "improvement" this turned out to be.

JAYESH Mer 2021-10-21T08:38:16Z

I tried to move folder from games to android/obb and Android/data but unfortunately it didn't work and then I tried to turn my old World into .mcworld and tried to export it in game but it shows that " failed to export World "

Error . 2021-10-21T15:53:57Z

It seems that the change of the location effectively made the "external storage" option useless, as now it essentially stores its files in the same place regardless of which storage option is selected.

Tech Zero 7 2021-10-23T02:12:38Z

New storage location will delete all the content when we uninstall Minecraft. This will be a huge deal where joining beta is so hard that we need to reinstall Minecraft. If we could have a new option to backup worlds from the new directory to folder which won't get erased when uninstalling would be good too.

Mark Dave Pios 2021-10-23T02:31:36Z

It still working, it still doesn't appear my worlds in the latest beta version on 1.18.0.23

iSkaDoodle 2021-10-23T16:59:43Z

Just found a solution for this problem for Android try using zarchiver and go to Android > data > com.mojang.minecraftpe > files > games > com.mojang > minecraftWorlds and then try and moving it to games > com.mojang > minecraftWorlds. Hope this helps

Alvin Balarao 2021-10-24T03:47:27Z

still not appearing in file manager the folder name "Game" doesn't show in 1.18.0.23

Hexer 2021-10-24T05:30:29Z

Yes I do experienced this. Basically, this bug vary on the version of the game. That's why before I update the game, I make sure I have a backup of the previous version and test the buggy area before concluding and delete the backup app.

FancyFlame 2021-11-19T07:23:26Z

I would suggest Minecraft to start a ftp server binding to 127.0.0.1:* (not 0.0.0.0:*) when starting game, so that external softwares could access the internal files through the network.