Hi,
I was wondering if there a program for the S2 which will allow me to sync my music in a simple manner? (ie Zune/iTues-esque)
Hamid
Uhm... you can just drag and drop you know. Or are you talking about just connecting to your PC and it syncing automatically?
Assuming you have wifi in your house, turn on wifi on your phone and then go and turn on Kies air on your phone (it is in your app drawer)
kies air will give you a web address to browse to, like (http://192.168.1.10:8080) the numbers will vary depending on your home network.
All you have to do then is use your PC web browser (Internet Explorer/ Firefox /Chrome etc) to browse to the address given by kies, when you get there you can transfer all the pictures, video and music you want to and from your phone !
Yeah but you direct connect will be much faster than kies air. if he wants to put all his music on the phone, direct connection is much better.
Download DoubleTwist http://doubletwist.com/
The player for Android is great too but you can just use the desktop software to organise and sync your iTunes/Music library.
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Yeah but you direct connect will be much faster than kies air. if he wants to put all his music on the phone, direct connection is much better.
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I can't argue with that, realistic speed over usb is 6 megabytes/sec (48 Mbit) where as over the air I would guess around half that although not tried it.
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ice_coffee said:
I can't argue with that, realistic speed over usb is 6 megabytes/sec (48 Mbit) where as over the air I would guess around half that although not tried it.
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i use wifi explorer on my galaxy S. i can copy a 700mb video file onto the phone in about 30 seconds. on wifi it takes a couple minutes. if he's doing that with a few gigs of files... well yeeah lol.
Thanks for the information- I didn't know about Kies Air!
Or I assume you can just use the Kies desktop client on your computer. You're going to need to install it if you want to root your phone anyway (for the drivers, unless something has changed)
If your collection is properly tagged then sideloading is the quickest and easiest option. Maintaining a properly tagged connection makes device changeovers much, much, simpler. If you tags are a mess it'll be a bit of an investment in time sorting them out, but thereafter you're good to go. Mp3tag and Mediamonkey are two programs with good reputations, I use mp3tag.
Just plug in the cable to your computer and drag and drop to the phone. Done.
If you have the Microsoft drivers installed for S2 (not the crap Kies software), you can use Windows Media Player to sync all your music and videos into phone. I explained into a thread how I installed the MS drivers to enable proper communication with the device.
Audiogalaxy rocks. It works over net. I live in Austin and was able to stream while in Puert Rico like I was at home on my pc.
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Thinking about getting this tablet, but something that I've seen mentioned a couple of times but I haven't seen a solution......
Is is possible to keep your tablet/phone/desktop in synch?
The top ones I can think of off the top of my head are eBooks and Twitter.
Most of the day I'm going to be using my phone. I'm not going to carry my tablet around wherever I go - but when I'm home at night I want to pick up my book where I left off & not have to manually skip to the page I'm on. I think Kindle might have something like this, but most of my books are converts from text files (currently using iReader).
Same thing for Twitter, but not as bad. Is there any way or combination so when I load new feeds - I'll only see new ones?
Other more minor ones I can see are some games (keeping progress), podcasts (for me mostly listen in the car anyway) - probably others I'm not thinking of.
I also am using dropbox now, but as far as I know there is no 'auto-sync files in this folder' option. So one possible solution of keeping critical files stored in a folder still wouldn't auto-sync unless you manually constantly upload & download the files.
Any good ways around this problem?
sounds like you want the asus padfone.. no syncing required
So, I’ve had the device for over a week now. I bought the phone as a spare one as I’m traveling abroad a lot and was tempted by navigation (Nokia Drive) and Zune subscription. The phone seemed to be a great option to put a local sim in.
But:
1. No way to change mms settings for local sim
2. Nokia Drive isn’t offline navigation as promised. It still needs the internet to calculate or recalculate the route.
3. Zune is impossible to use as there’s this annoying clicking noise while skipping the track
4. The ringtone and vibration is so soft that I keep missing a lot of phone calls
5. Facebook app for wp7 is a mess when it comes to messages section which I often use. Some messages come as text (baked in integration) some come via Facebook app and some don’t come at all (despite being notified by Facebook app). App developer advises to use web version to access the messages.
6.No WiFi priority (even if you’re in WiFi range and the phone is in standby it still uses 3G, rather than WiFi to get push notifications and sync with your email, calendar, etc)
Don’t get me wrong. The build quality and the screen is absolutely fantastic, but performing day to day tasks is a struggle! Oh, I don’t have the battery problem. Battery life’s been really great for me.
What do you think guys?
WiFi priority would make a big difference I reckon.
I've taken to switching 3g off when I'm either in the office or at home on a wifi network and it has noticeably prolonged battery life.
Nokia do need to have a look at releasing some software fixes sharpish. I read somewhere else that the two updates they are promising in the next month were on the cards before the phone went on sale which smack of a rushed release date to me.
Nokia maps does work offline at least mine does Yu have to download the maps for the country tough it won't just have maps for the world built in as that would take gigs of space
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So, I’ve had the device for over a week now. I bought the phone as a spare one as I’m traveling abroad a lot and was tempted by navigation (Nokia Drive) and Zune subscription. The phone seemed to be a great option to put a local sim in.
But:
1. No way to change mms settings for local sim
2. Nokia Drive isn’t offline navigation as promised. It still needs the internet to calculate or recalculate the route.
3. Zune is impossible to use as there’s this annoying clicking noise while skipping the track
4. The ringtone and vibration is so soft that I keep missing a lot of phone calls
5. Facebook app for wp7 is a mess when it comes to messages section which I often use. Some messages come as text (baked in integration) some come via Facebook app and some don’t come at all (despite being notified by Facebook app). App developer advises to use web version to access the messages.
6.No WiFi priority (even if you’re in WiFi range and the phone is in standby it still uses 3G, rather than WiFi to get push notifications and sync with your email, calendar, etc)
Don’t get me wrong. The build quality and the screen is absolutely fantastic, but performing day to day tasks is a struggle! Oh, I don’t have the battery problem. Battery life’s been really great for me.
What do you think guys?
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Hey buddy..
nice info buttttttttt
1) Navigation is offline if you have downloaded the maps and have gps on ... i tested it this morning with network off.....and it worked fine .
2) vibration has been mentionwd a few times and nokia are improving the strenth in the next update in a few days or so now so thats cool as i agree its to soft .
3) wifi priority is also being fixed in the next update along with xbox sync or straem to xbox thing its basically an app whoch you can link to your xbox and play music wirelessly through your tv or view pics on you phone through your tv etc ..
4) facebook are making a new app for windows 7 which will make it more like the iphone facebook app so that should be ready v v v soon .... well actually knowing fb a yrs time haha
5) zune is bollox i agree and hopefully we wont have to use it soon as i can see this phone being hacked v v soon to use mass storage
have a great day buddy and excuse my spelling lol i cant spell v well hahah
I don't get the Zune hate it is by a long long way the best media manager I have used though if i had a clock that would annoy me but I think thats something to do with your setup as mine dos not. Only thing I found is its a bit slow to start and its remote control is a use is a bit iffy. As for what its sposed to be used for is managing music a challange anyone to five a better easier smoother bit of software. Esp when ot come to album art and fixing track names etc
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No. Nokia Drive doesn't work offline. Check here http://www.nokia.co.uk/gb-en/support/faq/?action=singleFAQ&caseid=FA136278_en_US
Zune is lovely if not this annoying clicking sound while changing track.
The problem is, the device is not really usable at the moment. I know, there will be updates, but why to rusj it to the market.
I want something that works out of the box rather than wait for updates.
Don't get me wrong. I love the device but at the moment it doesn't do what was supposed to do.
Seems perfectly usable to me.
On a side note all smartphones have issues on release however I don't see one which makes this phone unusable.
2. Nokia drive has offline maps.
3. No clicking sound on Zune for me.
4. Phone volume could be higher so I turn up the volume more than normal but isn't a deal breaker.
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3) wifi priority is also being fixed in the next update along with xbox sync or straem to xbox thing its basically an app whoch you can link to your xbox and play music wirelessly through your tv or view pics on you phone through your tv etc ..
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If this is true then the battery life will be pretty sweet I reckon. My phone has been on for 5 hours today so far with 3G off and has used 14% with lots of texts, couple of phone calls and an app install (bandwidth tester to check that I was using the wifi connection and not 2G). That's normal use for me and yesterday, I had used 25% by this time, so much improved.
Well how odd re offline maps I just tryed it again and dissable network and works fine ??? Unless it allows for the maps even though network is turned off ,?
You're trying to say that white is black! It doesn't work offline. You've got your offline maps, but if you want to search for POI or find a route it needs the internet connection.
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You're trying to say that white is black! It doesn't work offline. You've got your offline maps, but if you want to search for POI or find a route it needs the internet connection.
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So your complaint is that it needs to be online to use online features...
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It was supposed to be offline navigation
Nokia is preparing an update to sort it out!
Lol @ryan saying ur complaint is U have to be online to use online features lmao love it
Using a stock blur-rom we get access to an app called 'Motorola Phone Portal'. Was curious if there was an app that does similar functionality to what the phone portal does that is not tied into Motorola workings... Viewing and editing text messages and contacts in a web browser from the phone is a pretty spiffy little feature, but I fear that there is too much tied into the framework to allow that to happen on anything non-blur like CM7 or AOSP.
Does anyone know anything to replace it? Not a deal breaker for me just a nifty little feature.
Try airdroid. Its on the market for free. works well here
Oo that is almost perfect too bad it doesn't have a USB option. When I get home from work I'll try it on my wifi connection thanks for that!
AFAIK when I last checked there was USB option on air droid, please check again.
No, there is no USB option for airdroid for usb management. However, it does everything I want via wifi, so that's good enough for me
Never used it before until today, and I must say it has quite a useful interface.
I used to use programs to send texts and stuff from my computer when the phone was charging and this does that. Also drag and drop files from computer wirelessly. I know this isn't new news, but, I never used it until today and haven't really found anything I don't like yet.
Listen to any music on your phone, view your recorded videos, pretty much access the entire phone from within this interface.
Anyone who hasn't checked this out should try it. Pretty cool.
Kies is actually pretty good better than most OEM's stuff. And the web version kiesair is great.
Yeah I like it. Though it seems to have problems reading my contacts/sms messages.
I tried it and hate it!
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Check out Airdroid. In the Market.
Haven't tried it before now, its connecting as I write this so I'll see how it goes. Didn't work from Opera so I'm trying it from IE...
I played around with it for 20 minutes. Seems to work ok, a bit slow to load and play videos within the interface so next time I use it I'll try to save the file locally first to see how long that takes.
I need to check out Airdroid.
Music when connecting to Kies Air
I dont know if its just my phone or anybody has experienced this:
Everytime I open Kies Air on my Galaxy Note, a weird samsung tune is playing on the background and can only be stopped if you are already connected with another device or if you press stop.
I hate the music, anybody got an Idea how to make it stop, well other than muting the phone.
Thanks
I liked Airdroid better, although I've found 2 minor problems. One, it doesn't show your videos, only pictures. Have to use its file-view feature to find them. Second, if multiple texts come in at once (a message divided over multiple text msgs), it will only show the first one unless you refresh the page.
So I am using HTC sync manager for OSX version 2.0.56 which as of right now is the latest version. It seems that the itunes support portion of the software has been removed. I am posting to find out if any other OSX users out there can confirm that they have this problem as well.
I am trying to determine if the problem is htc sync manager or if the problem is with my phone. I am running Elegancia 4.8.0 for the ATT HOX+
I'd rather not go back to stock and find out if it's a phone problem or an HTC problem.
On another note, even when it does work HTC Sync is an abortion of a program. It's slow as all hell, crashes, and is generally just complete garbage. Does any one have any suggestions for syncing music and playlist to their phone and NOT using doubletwist air sync. air sync is another waste of time. The wifi syncing is totally stupid and takes hours upon hours. My phone generally cannot complete the sync session as the phone runs out of battery while syncing, even when plugged into the charger!
This is a huge problem for me, and is making me consider going back to the iPhone. Why is it nobody can get syncing music right except apple? Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
http://www.android.com/filetransfer/
Android file transfer, as far as I know the program comes directly from Google and it let's you view your phone as a disk drive when using a mac. The only problem I've run into is that if the screen turns off the program "ejects" your phone as you would a thumb drive. I have about 12GB of music and this is what I use to transfer everything to my phone. Just be sure to put all your music in a folder titled music and you shouldn't have any problems.
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Thanks, the only problem I have with using android file transfer is that it lacks the true features of syncing. I have always thought the android method of just drop some files in and hope for the best is not really a solution. Without a way to sync, I can't get my playlist on there or remove files quickly when I want them gone. This is one area where the iphone has android beat. As you can see by the lack of responses there is just nothing else out there that works as well.
Thanks anyway.
On my previous phone I used "iSyncer for iTunes-Mac" you can do the exact same thing as you would in iTunes it just goes much quicker. I haven't used it for this phone yet because I just haven't had a need. Just plug the phone into the computer, it will then ask you to download a small application on your computer that can access iTunes and you should be good to go from there. I know you mentioned that you didn't like double twist, I was never able to get that program to work right as far as album art, keeping the same albums and the same artist together but I have had great success with isyncer.
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I tired isyncr but it did not see my device. part of the problem is the connects vis mda and does not mount the drive with traditional methods. this problem is driving me nuts. I considered going back to the iPhone but after using the big screens the iPhone seems like a toy your get in a cereal box and not a serious device. maybe I should just get an ipad.
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