Can't Refresh SD Card - Old Playlists Always Remain

[roryok]

I'm having a really irritating problem with my Hero (running Android 2.1 / villainRom9.0.0)

When I sync playlists to the device using any app (SongBird, DoubleTwist, JRiver Jukebox, etc) It has no problem adding and playing the music, finding the new MP3s etc. However, all the old playlists remain on the device long after being deleted. This is very annoying, and makes it practically impossible to use as I could have 3-4 different versions of a playlist and only one works. I can manually delete all these old playlists but it takes time, and I want it to update automatically.

Things I've tried:
SDRescan: No effect.
MusicScanner: Locks up, no effect
using AndExplorer/LindaFilemanager to do an SD card refresh : No effect
Writing my own APK to run
sendBroadcast(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_MOUNTED, Uri.parse("file://" + Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory())));
... No Effect.
Turning off the phone and rebooting: No effect.

I'm going a little crazy here, I've tried everything sane and reasonable and nothing is working. All I can find online are instances where SDrescan worked for people or they did a factory reset (crazy)

Can anyone shed any light on this?

[sdy284]

have you tried hooking your Hero up to your PC and via the file browser, deleting the old playlists that way?

[roryok]

yes, that's how I'm deleting the playlists. The M3U files are gone from the SD Card. Connected via USB, deleted with explorer.