I just downloaded a program on my PC with the accompanying app for android called "Android Sync Manager Wifi". I like the idea of being able to sync (mostly music) files over wifi from my PC to my phone (Atrix 4g). The issue I'm having is that the program doesn't seem to see or access my SD Card, which is where I store my music. I could just transfer music to the internal storage then move the files to the SD, but I'd rather have the files automatically synced to the SD. So my questions are (1) can I get Android Sync Manager Wifi to see my SD, or if not, (2) is there a way, perhaps an app, that will auto transfer files placed in one folder within the internal storage to a folder within the SD? I know it is theoretically possible, but I don't have the know-how to make it happen.
Thanks!
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Just got a Flyer wi-fi model. Synced with my computer and transfered IE favorites to the Flyer. Have no idea where they are located. When I open the stock internet program it is not there. Any help would be appreciated. I'd like it integrated with the internet program. I have Firefox installed but doesn't seem to have favorites section that I can find.
In addition how can I access the SD card I put in the Flyer from the Flyer. Thanks for your help.
Alan
I think you will find that HTC Sync created a new bookmark folder on your PC and only items you place in that folder are synced.
The external SD card shows up as sdcard2 at the root level for Root explorer file manager.
Apps by default use the internal SD card for data storage.
I don't quite understand about creating the favorites on my computer. But if it did how do I transfer it to my Flyer and where do I put the folder? What do you use to find the SD card?
Those who are better advanced using MTP please advice...
Issue I am coming from a VZW Thunderbolt my old SD card is in the S3. It still seems to pickup ringtones, videos, pictures from the ext. sdcard. As we know we cannot see the ext card or save to the external card. So I am a bit lost how to manage myself since the S3 pulls in some files from the ext sdcard but I cannot save or see that card using the S3.... Do I still add certain files to the MTP space and drop using the ext. sdcard or try to figure out what the MTP can see and manage both storage areas?
How do you handle data that is on the ext. sdcard with the built-in storage MTP?
If I go all MTP...is there a way to back that up to say the ext. sdcard via from the S3?
When I do a Clockworks backup I assume that goes to the MTP space?
Thx fam any input is helpful...
I don't like using MTP because it always seems unreliable when copying multiple files. I prefer to install SwiFTP on the phone and run that as an FTP site while connecting to it from Filezilla on my computer. Then you can transfer files wirelessly via FTP. I find it to be more reliable when copying lots of files.
I'm trying to use DirectoryBind to fool WinAMP into putting music onto the external SD Card during Wireless sync. So, I create a bind. /mnt/extSdCard/Music/ to /sdcard/Music/ So that when WinAMP syncs to sdcard/Music/ it should actually go to my SD card.
However, this isn't working.
After creating the bind, then initiating a sync it copies the music ok, but nothing at all shows in ES File Explorer in EITHER folder, which is weird. So, if I disable the bind and refresh, the music shows up in /sdcard/Music/
How would I mount /mnt/extSdCard/Music to /sdcard/Music/ instead?
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I correctly have a folder on my SD card to mount my external SD card and make it accessable and it works fine. I don't see why this won't work.
For instance, I have a folder /sdcard/extsdcard/ which is, of course, actually /mnt/extSdCard/. When I go to /sdcard/extsdcard/ in ES File Explorter, I see the whole external SD card and all it's files.
Why won't this work for my music?
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My carrier is MetroPCS. Since this phone only has 1.8GB of internal memory, I have a 16GB microSDHC card for external storage, but I can't move anything from sdcard0 to my external sd card in File Manager because nothing shows up on sdcard0. I want to move my pictures from sdcard0 to my external sd card, but nothing shows up under the "pictures" folder in sdcard0. I can't just make my storage option the SD card because when I do that, it's still saving on the internal memory, because apparently the phone thinks that sdcard0 is the SD card. So I need a way to change the storage option to my external card or a way to uncover these files that are hidden somehow.
I'm operating on Jellybean 4.1.2 and 3.0.31 kernel.
@pennyboard420 Welcome to XDA forums.
Your camera pictures are actually saved in the "DCIM/thumbnails" folder and not the "Pictures" (only my screen-shots are saved in the "Pictures" folder) folder and no this folder won't open with File Manager. You need a different file browser, like Root Browser that lets you see hidden files/folders. On some of them you will need root access to modify or change these files and folders.
You can't set and change your default storage location from sdcard0 to the external sdcard natively.
You would need to install an app like Link2sd or a swap script, again the device needs to be rooted.
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xdrc45 said:
@pennyboard420 Welcome to XDA forums.
Your camera pictures are actually saved in the "DCIM/thumbnails" folder and not the "Pictures" (only my screen-shots are saved in the "Pictures" folder) folder and no this folder won't open with File Manager. You need a different file browser, like Root Browser that lets you see hidden files/folders. On some of them you will need root access to modify or change these files and folders.
You can't set and change your default storage location from sdcard0 to the external sdcard natively.
You would need to install an app like Link2sd or a swap script, again the device needs to be rooted.
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I've tried your solution but wasn't able to get it rooted because some drivers that I needed couldn't be run on the Surface RT tablet that I have due to the tablet only allowing Microsoft developed software to run. However, I have found an alternate solution: Instead I connected my LG L9 to the tablet, opened up the DCIM/Thumbnails folder and manually copied all my pictures into the DCIM/100LGDSC folder of my external SD card.
Chances are you probably already know about this, but just putting it out there.
Thanks again.
Has anyone else noticed that their SD card is no longer accessible via the native file explorer, nor does it appear when connected to a PC? I had previously loaded a bunch of music onto it from the PC, and the music app can still access that. However, since the 32.3.A.2.33 update, the SD card is no longer accessible - it doesn't appear as a separate drive when the phone is connected via USB. Instead, I can only access the onboard storage.