Hi, I am new to smart phone's-
have an issues or finding hard to sync my contents to desktop (Including contacts,setting,media,playlist,apps, backup etc similar to itunes). Could anyone tell me how to do that?
--I tried some of the stuff
--Able to import my contact from motoblur acc (*.csv file)
-- Installed moto driver and moto media link on computer
--Atrix is able to detect on computer after several trials, but had issues with this regarding dis-connecting atrix, sd card.
-- Also where to backup? not found any option in moto media link
Any help would be appreciated
Try DoubleTwist
Also, there's a motorola desktop sync app on their website that looks great!
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Go here http://goo.gl/mrFc8 works great.
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I saw a thread somewhere on this but there was no real conclusion at that point and I can't find it again via search.
This is my first Android device. Every phone I've had has installed software for my PC to transfer music over to use on their music app but that isn't the case here. I can only get into file browser. I'm not a fan of copying and pasting files via file browser as I like album images etc.
Any advice?
b33p_ said:
I saw a thread somewhere on this but there was no real conclusion at that point and I can't find it again via search.
This is my first Android device. Every phone I've had has installed software for my PC to transfer music over to use on their music app but that isn't the case here. I can only get into file browser. I'm not a fan of copying and pasting files via file browser as I like album images etc.
Any advice?
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What's up with windows mediaplayer?
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i know this isn't the answer that you're looking for but if you embed album art in the music files themselves then you are no longer tied to using any particular piece of software to copy music. you can use copy and paste or any other software knowing that your music is always complete with album art.
the downside of course is that you have to tag all of your files properly complete with album art. if you want to do this i would take a look at mp3tag.de which is free. i think media monkey can do this automatically too ...
if you don't, have you tried using the provided kies software ? once you actually get it up and running it's not too bad ...
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if you don't, have you tried using the provided kies software ? once you actually get it up and running it's not too bad ...
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Im connecting it to the PC in the two modes the phone allows. Kies says neither are the right mode to connect. I probably look stupid right now but how the hell does this work?!
Just copy and paste a folder of music onto the phone with the album art in the same folder as the music, that seems to work for me !
if you want a nice easy interface try kies air, you will get the interface without having to load any software onto your computer, (it's really cool)
Kies Air doesn't work either. I wonder if this is because I rooted yesterday.
Im not sure if you're aware of this but most popular media player software would have embedded the album art in the mp3 itself when it was tagged. Album art is often also added to the folder outside of the mp3s just so that the folder icon will show the art. It isnt however needed with most modern players as they are capable of using the embedded artwork.
when using kies air, don't just type the ip into your computer browser eg 192.168.43.1 but also the port number so it looks like this
192.168.43.1:8080
and hit enter.
Make sure both devices are sharing the same wifi network, if you are away from home then let the SGS set you up a network by choosing Wifi HOT SPOT mode.
PS when out and about using hot spot mode you will also be able to browse the internet from your laptop, the data will come out of your allowance on your mobile phone contract
Me its always been cut and paste .
jje
Have you tried syncr from the market basically it allows you to transfer playlists in your itunes library, which for me came as an advantage cause been using iphone for the last couple of years so I just transfer new songs into my itunes and use syncr to transfer the playlists to my phone. U can also wirelessly transfer tracks using syncr which means you can be out and about in the house whilst syncr is doing its job.
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Have you tried syncr from the market basically it allows you to transfer playlists in your itunes library
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I don't use iTunes so I haven't tried it
ice_coffee said:
when using kies air, don't just type the ip into your computer browser eg 192.168.43.1 but also the port number so it looks like this
192.168.43.1:8080
and hit enter.
Make sure both devices are sharing the same wifi network, if you are away from home then let the SGS set you up a network by choosing Wifi HOT SPOT mode.
PS when out and about using hot spot mode you will also be able to browse the internet from your laptop, the data will come out of your allowance on your mobile phone contract
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Ah, Kies air is working today! Thanks for your help. Interface is kind of crappy but I came from a SE Satio so my expectations are low, I'm perfectly happy! I hope the Music app on the phone is good although I know WinAmp is good.
I came from an iPhone so everything was on iTunes. I still use iTunes as I find some things easier to manage e.g. automatic import & the remote controls you can buy work well with it. It is a terrible piece of resource hogging software however.
I moved to MediaMonkey and used that to sync both iPhone and Android. It's very easy, just identify which playlists, albums, artists you want to sync and plug in.
Recently I've been using Winamp to wirelessly sync. It's convenient but without as many features as MediaMonkey.
If you are lucky enough to get an invite into the google music beta (i was lucky enough to get one) you can have it upload everything into the cloud from your iTunes library (or a music folder if your choice) and have access to it over any of your android devices. But before this I just dragged and dropped all my music from my computer over to my phone which worked fine.
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If you are lucky enough to get an invite into the google music beta (i was lucky enough to get one) you can have it upload everything into the cloud from your iTunes library (or a music folder if your choice) and have access to it over any of your android devices. But before this I just dragged and dropped all my music from my computer over to my phone which worked fine.
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Isn't that USA only?
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Isn't that USA only?
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Oh my bad. Sorry I keep on forgetting the US restriction. :/
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b33p_ said:
Im connecting it to the PC in the two modes the phone allows. Kies says neither are the right mode to connect. I probably look stupid right now but how the hell does this work?!
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If you can't connect to kies via USB, go to you Settings > Applications > USB Debugging and switch it off.
You have to switch it back on if you want to usethe phone as USB mass storage.
I just end up dragging and dropping it into the sd card
I'm using Winamp via WiFi and it works greate, Winamp also can convert all files to a different codec like HE-AAC (MP4). But then my phone doesn't show the embedded album art - it just shows it at MP3-files. (does somebody has a workaround for this? Does it work to put a folder.jpg into the album-folder?).
You could enable usb debugging, doing so gives you access to the sd card when connected to a pc. At least, mine does.
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Mediamonkey
One word: Mediamonkey.
Mediamonkey organizes all your music easily and allows for easy tagging from amazon, embedding of cover art into the file tag etc. I've used it for years now and there is no way around this if you want to manage a lot of tracks and stay sane. And here's why it's good to use with your phone:
It's not a massive resource hog as iTunes.
It lets you specifiy which subdirectory you want your stuff to be placed on the device, and how files and folders are to be named based on tag info.
(Mine usually goes into "\Music\<Album Artist>\<Album>\<Title>".)
It allows you to set up automatic sync of playlists or folders or whatever you set up. This can also be done automatically once the device is connected. I.e. my device will have all tracks in my auto-playlist "higher rating than 2.5 stars" automatically synced once connected. It will only transfer new files rated >2.5 stars to the device, not all the tracks again.
No need to copy only the tracks you want on the phone from your library to a "watched" folder that Kies or HTC Sync or whatever will automatically transfer. Simply pick the tracks you like and select Send To>Phone>Sync. Bam!
Of course, you can also sync individual files to your device from Mediamonkey.
It's simple and straightfoward. I am still wondering why there are so few people around knowing about this much better alternative to itunes in the Windows space...
Sorry if this sounds like a cheap ad... but it is the only one tool you need for organizing and playing music you need.
so, like the Playbook has the bridge software to sync stuff between your BB and your Playbook...
what would be the easiest way to sync all of my media on my HTC Inspire, to my Flyer?
i always have both on me, but i dont want to copy everything on my phone to my flyer.
thanks
Dropbox fills that gap for me. It's not real-time sync, but allows me to download files for viewing. Good for music storage.
Never came up with a workflow to upload revised files from an Android device, but I guess it's time to figure one out. Can't remember if the dropbox client allows uploading... Ok, just tried and it does.
i agree and would use it.. anybody here a developer and know if its possible?
it would be a lot easier texting from the flyer, at the least
There's an application on the market that uses drop box to sync text so you can text from the flyer. It's called "sync sms". It works really well and the developer looks to be planning on improving it even more.
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I don't wish to use my computer. I tried and I would have to one by one upload the hundreds of pics and songs from my phone to dropbox. If I'm going to do all that I might as well copy everything on my phone SD card to another card and put in the flyer.
How about DLNA? Recommended app that would allow me to utilize that between devices?
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Might be able to thru connected media if you were both on the same wifi network and your phone supported it.
Hey all.
Looking for an app to backup a folder on my SD card online, and sync changes.
Tried Google docs (can now backup folders on your computer, but not with the android app), Drop Box (can only backup its own files/folders), Amazon Cloud Drive (via MP3 app), Ubuntu One (only its own files/folders).
I would like an app on my phone that I can choose an existing folder and keep synchronized. I don't mind paying a little for the app, or storage, but there is a lot of free space offered by the apps above, they just don't seem to want you to use it that freely.
EDIT: Never mind. Found SugarSync, seems to do just what I wanted...
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slaydog said:
Hey all.
Looking for an app to backup a folder on my SD card online, and sync changes.
Tried Google docs (can now backup folders on your computer, but not with the android app), Drop Box (can only backup its own files/folders), Amazon Cloud Drive (via MP3 app), Ubuntu One (only its own files/folders).
I would like an app on my phone that I can choose an existing folder and keep synchronized. I don't mind paying a little for the app, or storage, but there is a lot of free space offered by the apps above, they just don't seem to want you to use it that freely.
EDIT: Never mind. Found SugarSync, seems to do just what I wanted...
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I use SugarSync but its a pan in ass.... random file copies and duplications and renames.... you have to stay on top of what the Android app is doing... but its the only one that will do what it does on the desktop app
Questions about HTC Sync Manager and HTC Sync which seem to be two separate programs.
When I plug in my DNA to my PC, I see two drives pop up in addition to the HTC6435LVW Internal Storage Drive. Both are CD Drives, with one having the HTC Sync Manager files, drivers and install programs and the other with TL-Bootstrap files and folders.
What's that all about? Do I need that "stuff"?
I am having problems with those programs not working any way. They start auto-loading music, etc that I don't even want. Can't find out how to stop auto-load. Personally I don't want these programs. I would rather "drag and drop" the files to to my phone storage folders. Can I remove these drives somehow? I want to keep this DNA as simple as I can.
Anyone have comments? Thanks
Remove the HTC sync from your comp, but you need to keep the drivers .. just dont delete them , you can always use use windows media to sync music , or just drag and drop into the music file on your phone:beer:
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Rammstein1313 said:
Remove the HTC sync from your comp, but you need to keep the drivers .. just dont delete them , you can always use use windows media to sync music , or just drag and drop into the music file on your phone:beer:
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Thanks for reply. Can I also remove something on my phone so those two drives don't pop up all the time?
ALSO
I noticed another program that my DNA appears to have installed: "VCast Media Manager" Can I deep 6 that also? How?
Edit: I found out that was replaced. Must have been left over from previous HTC Phone.
Can't wait to ROOT some day!!!
Hey Gurus,
My file system seems to be having trouble. I used to have a number of items accessible through the built-in Gallery, Music, and Google Play Music, but now they're all gone from view, but I can access them through a file mgr app ES File Explorer. Another symptom is that when I take a screenshot, it reports that it is saving the jpg, then that it cannot save it, yet it actually does write the jpg as I can see it via File Explorer.
When I run the Music app it shows nothing but a message that I need to load and SD card - funny - no SD card slot on the phone.
Two possible software related causes come to mind, but I don't know for sure that either one is definitely responsible. (1) I used Nexus Media Importer to load an album of mp3s from an SD card to the HTC One, and (2) I also used the HTC Sync app on my pc.
So I was wondering if anyone has had a similar experience and what action might fix the problem
Thanks,
Doug
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dsd_99 said:
Hey Gurus,
My file system seems to be having trouble. I used to have a number of items accessible through the built-in Gallery, Music, and Google Play Music, but now they're all gone from view, but I can access them through a file mgr app ES File Explorer. Another symptom is that when I take a screenshot, it reports that it is saving the jpg, then that it cannot save it, yet it actually does write the jpg as I can see it via File Explorer.
When I run the Music app it shows nothing but a message that I need to load and SD card - funny - no SD card slot on the phone.
Two possible software related causes come to mind, but I don't know for sure that either one is definitely responsible. (1) I used Nexus Media Importer to load an album of mp3s from an SD card to the HTC One, and (2) I also used the HTC Sync app on my pc.
So I was wondering if anyone has had a similar experience and what action might fix the problem
Thanks,
Doug
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Use your file manager and move all the objects from /data/media to /data/media/0
you should be all set