welcome to AF!!!!!!!

are you using the file manager that comes with the device? have you tried others like es file manager? either both ways you should be able to sort your files by at least alphabetically.

 

Yes, using a file manager will give you the ability to rename each file.

 

Sorry I can't really help with the problem as don't have the phone but can I say if you try a different file explorer please don't use ES file explorer. Maybe they've sorted their act out since I last used it but I wouldn't trust that one as far as I could throw it

 

hmmmm never had any issue with es before. anyways there are plenty of file managers out there that you can use.

 

Maybe they have sorted themselves out then. Honestly I liked it but then all of a sudden they started spamming my lockscreen and popup notifications. I guess the mass exodus made them rethink their policies

 

Make a playlist and turn off shuffle?

 

You can use an app called "AutomaTag Editor" which is basically an automatic tag editor (those embedded names are called tags). It's designed to work automatically, but you can use it manually too. It does the job in both ways pretty well.

However, you can try finding a setting in your music player like "sort by file name" (some may just say "sort by name", you'll have to try if it works) or something similar before you remove the tags. It might save your time.