Is there any way to import bookmarks from a desktop browser (any really, I'll work out the conversion) or from an html/xml file into the standard browser on the SGS2 (Internet app) in a way the retains folder structure? All of the methods I've tried (e.g., MyBookmarks, GMarks, importing into Dolphin browser and then exporting) at best manage to put the bookmarks into "Most visited" as a flat list. Kies can create bookmarks but, as far as I can tell, only one at a time, and there's no way to create folders. The app itself can create folders but there doesn't seem to be a way to import bookmarks. Any ideas?
Work around i used on SGS 1 was to save bookmarks on PC as html .
Copy that to a folder on SD card open that html bookmark file load the relevant site and then bookmark it in the phone .
Import bookmarks never got that to work .
However the same method may work with Dolphin use the Dolphin Bookmarks to SD app save existing bookmarks this creates a folder .
Navigate to Tunny Browser file open open bookmarks and paste in bookmarks from PC .
jje
I use google chrome on my desktop, so I use this app https://market.android.com/details?id=com.h.chromemarks&feature=search_result 'ChromeMarks' to sync my bookmarks.
Then I just open up the app on my phone, and upon clicking on a bookmark, it will ask my which browser to use. You can select a default action aswell, so it just goes straight to browser A forexample.
Ok just tested this method copy bookmarks to phone from PC into Dolphin Browser .
Install Dolphin Bookmarks to SD from market .
Run app and export bookmarks to create folder bookmarks .
On PC save bookmarks as bookmarks.html .
Copy to phone Via USB Dropbox Wifi whatever . to internal sd card Tunny Browser Bookmarks folder .
Open Bookmarks to SD and Import selection the file you just copied across .
Worked with my two hundred odd bookmarks .
jje
Very interested in everyone's comments and experience on this thread as I'm a browser addict and the good rendering speed was a big part of the reason why I bought an SGS2.
I tried Chrome to phone, Dolphin Bookmark Sync and Firefox Sync plugin all to no avail. It's not that they don't work, it's just that CtP will just create an app with no true integration with your mobile browser, Dolphin doesn't support subfolders and neither does FF.
In fact, the 'best' solution I found was to *gasp* switch from Chrome to Opera on my two desktops, enable OperaSync and now I can use opera mobile on android with all the bookmarks synced between the 3 devices.
Interestingly, Opera is also the only mobile browser to support ALL of the following: 'open in background tab' type click, proper UA spoofing and subfolders in bookmarks, and sync of course.
I can't wait for the next release of Android to come out - hopefully they will make a 'chrome-like' something the default browser and enable a sync over the cloud.
What do you guys think?
cigaro78 said:
In fact, the 'best' solution I found was to *gasp* switch from Chrome to Opera on my two desktops, enable OperaSync and now I can use opera mobile on android with all the bookmarks synced between the 3 devices.
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Yes, this does work well - thanks. The other (similar) possibility that works is to use Firefox Sync within Firefox Mobile and the desktop client. I don't really like the mobile version, though. Opera Mobile is better, but I was (am) really hoping to use the native browser.
I have a new Tab and cannot seem to get my Google bookmarks to sync. They display fine in Chrome but when I try to sync, nothing happens. I tried all the apps that supposedly import bookmarks from Chrome but none would work for me.
In reading some of the hundreds of posts on this subject, it appears that Google will eventually sync my bookmarks but sometimes it takes days. I can wait for this but it just does not seem reasonable that syncing should take so long.
I cannot find a current post that discusses this subject for users of the latest Galaxy Tab firmware release, (3.2). I have also not found any recent posts complaining about the problem with tells me that I may be doing something wrong.
If anyone has some advice for me, I would really appreciate it.
Bob
It takes a long time. Several days to sync everything. I imported my bookmarks last week and still it has not synced everything.. Hope to get a quick fix in 4.0!
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I have a new Tab and cannot seem to get my Google bookmarks to sync. They display fine in Chrome but when I try to sync, nothing happens. I tried all the apps that supposedly import bookmarks from Chrome but none would work for me.
In reading some of the hundreds of posts on this subject, it appears that Google will eventually sync my bookmarks but sometimes it takes days. I can wait for this but it just does not seem reasonable that syncing should take so long.
I cannot find a current post that discusses this subject for users of the latest Galaxy Tab firmware release, (3.2). I have also not found any recent posts complaining about the problem with tells me that I may be doing something wrong.
If anyone has some advice for me, I would really appreciate it.
Bob
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I am on a rooted Galaxy Tab 10.1 running 3.2, if you are rooted I can help you. This probably works for other devices but I couldn't confirm.
You need:
Root explorer and to download this file
After you have done this navigate to system/app/ using root explorer and find 'ChromeBookmarksSyncAdapter.apk' and rename it to ChromeBookmarksSyncAdapter.apk.BAK then paste the downloaded version in there then change the permissions to rw-r-r
I spent hours fiddling with this and couldn't get it to show up. Went to bed and they were synced in the morning
Well, the bookmarks that I had imported to Chrome finally synced, sort of. Only the links that were not in folders showed up. All the folders and their contents remain missing.
The stock browser and its inability to sync properly has wasted too much of my time so I have gone another direction. I installed the Dolphin browser and was able to import my bookmarks using the MyBookmarks app. This app is a pain to use but it gets the job done.
My bookmarks were all imported but as individual links. No folders came over however the import order appears to be as if each folder was transferred. In other words, all the links that were in a particular folder display in the order that they were stored in that folder. This becomes helpful down the road.
Dolphin does not offer much in the way of a user's manual but searching the web I discovered that this app offers the ability to create folders and move bookmarks into them. It is a manual operation but in the end, I was able to recreate the well organized folder and file structure that I have on my Windows PC. If you want the same, here is what you do.
First, import the bookmarks to the Dolphin browser. I will not cover that here but if someone needs to know how to do it, PM me.
Next, slide the screen to the right displaying the bookmark area. At the bottom of the column is a link that says "Quick Access". Open that link and you will see six new links. One of them is "Bookmarks". Open the Bookmarks link.
Open the menu link at the bottom of the new page. You will see four new links including add folder and batch mode. You will be using these links to finish this project.
First, add as many new folders as you want. As they are added, they will display in your bookmarks column. Do this any time you want to add a new folder.
When you have all of your folders created you have two ways of moving individual bookmarks into the folders. At the far right of the page you will see a three line icon that lines up with each bookmark. press and hold that icon and you can drag the bookmark anywhere you want. If you just want to change the display order, drag the link to where you want it and release. If you want to move the bookmark to a folder, drag to the folder and release there.
Using "Batch Mode", you can move multiple bookmarks at the same time. This can save a lot of time if you are trying to repopulate a bookmark folder that contains a lot of links. Tap the batch mode link and you will notice that all the displayed links have a check box on the left edge. Check all the bookmarks that you want to move at once and then click on the "move" link. This will open a dialogue that displays all your newly created folders. Click on the one where you want to bookmarks to go and you are done.
If you have a lot of bookmarks and/or folders, this manual reorganization will take a long time. In the end, however, it will be worth the effort.
There is a minor glitch in Dolphin that you will probably run into. After moving a batch of bookmarks to a folder, you may not be able to open the dialogue which displays all the folders making it impossible to move any more bookmarks. The work-around is to exit Dolphin and reopen everything.
I spent hours researching the web in order to figure all of this out. Hopefully, this post will save others from having to go through the same efforts.
Bob
with the browser in the Overcome Rom 2.1.1 (p7510.teamovercome.net) sync with Chrome works perfect....
Hello,
I have this question...
I have:
* Samsung Galaxy S II (GT-I9100) running CyanogenMod 9 (Android 4.0.4).
* On the phone the Google Chrome Beta for Android.
* I have 2 Windows 7 Ultimate running Google Chrome dev channel. In both computers I'm loggin to Google Chrome (not only Gmail, the sync feature of the software).
The thing is this:
I only see the "Mobile bookmarks" on the Google Chrome Beta (on the phone) and also in only one of the Windows 7 computers.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong in the other computer? I want to see the "Mobile bookmars" in the 3 devices: 2 Windows 7 and 1 Android phone.
Thanks!
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Any ideas? What I'm doing wrong?
No ideas?
Still did not find the solution
Could "LOCAL_EXTERNAL_ID" = 0 cause the problem?
I got the exact problem: 1 phone (ios 5.1.1), 2 computers (win7pro 64bit) - one of the computers does not show or sync "Mobile bookmarks".
I tried the following without any luck:
- Clearing Chrome Sync using Google Dashboard and reconnected all devices.
- Connecting the 3 devices in different order combinations.
- Reinstalling both iOS Chrome and Win Chrome several times (using Revo Uninstaller).
- Disabling Chrome Sync for 1 day in domain controls hoping it would reset the sync.
It is always the same computer not showing or syncing "Mobile bookmarks".
I also tried the following without any luck with the problematic computer:
- Installing Chrome Beta (Clean install using Revo Uninstaller)
- Creating a fresh windows account, installing Chrome and connecting the 3 device.
- Connecting through LAN 2 port in case the Chrome Sync remembered the MAC addresse.
- Manually edited the bookmarks forcing bookmarks into "Mobile Bookmarks" folder.
I even tested a completely different Google Apps account on the problematic computer and yet it does not show nor sync "Mobile bookmarks".
Accessing "about:sync" > Sync Node Browser in Win Chrome reveals that "Mobile bookmarks" gets synced correctly, but I notice that all mobile bookmarks get the same "LOCAL_EXTERNAL_ID" with the value of "0". Looking at the bookmarks file on the problematic computer I also notice that "Mobile bookmarks" folder should have a "LOCAL_EXTERNAL_ID" of 3. This means that both the "Mobile bookmarks" folder and the bookmarks contained by that folder get the same "LOCAL_EXTERNAL_ID". This might be the problem.
Looking at the computer where Chrome Sync works, each bookmark within the "Mobile Bookmarks" get a unique "LOCAL_EXTERNAL_ID" and the folder get a value of "3".
My guess is that there is something wrong with the way that synced bookmarks within "Mobile bookmarks" gets assign from the Sync Node to the bookmarks file. I just have no idea why...
Any help is greatly appreciated...
Great investigation.
I have the same value 0:
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[B]Title Synced Bookmarks[/B]
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[B]External ID 0[/B]
Predecessor 792
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Also, for me the "mobiles bookmarks" at the chrome://sync/ is called as "Synced Bookmarks".
Strange?
i've the same problem, switching to a new macbook and mobile bookmarks is missing. any solution yet?
Mine are also called "synced bookmarks".
The "Mobile bookmarks" are called "synced bookmarks" in the Sync Node Browser under "about:sync" in Chrome and in the bookmarks file in "C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Bookmarks".
I have run out of ideas - last resort is to reinstall system and see what happens, which I am not prepared to at the moment.
Just to clarify, you aren't looking for this right?
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Yes! I don't have that on every computer I have installed Chrome for PC.
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I've tried that... I'd reinstalled the whole Windows 7, and still don't have the "Mobile bookmarks".
BTW, I'm using Chrome dev channel (21.0.1180.15 dev-m).
Let's post specs...
Strange that reinstalling did not work - thanks for letting me know. Then I don't have to think about that.
- I also tried renaming my computer, thinking Chrome Sync somehow remembered devices based on name. It did not change a thing.
- I also tried copying the entire installation folder from the working computer to the problematic computer. Still, nothing changed.
Let's posts some specs:
Working:
MacBook Pro 13" (early 2009): Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Bootcamp: Windows 7 Pro 64bit (Up to date).
Problematic:
Mac Pro (early 2008): Dual Quad-Core Xeon, 2.8 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Bootcamp: Windows 7 Pro 64bit (Up to date).
Please post your specs of your working and problematic setups.
I have this problem too. I'm missing that 3rd root folder in the bookmarks manager, which *should* be able to be accessed with chrome://bookmarks/#3
I notice that URL #1 corresponds with "Bookmarks Bar", #2 Other Bookmarks, #4, #5, and so on correspond to any folder under the root "Bookmarks Bar" folder.
I'm not sure there is a problematic setup.
I have a Windows 7 64 Enterprise that used to work, and the other day I had to reinstall Chrome... And now is not working.
Also, on a Windows 7 64 Ultimate... Never worked.
I could add that on my Samsung Galaxy S2 running CyanogenMod 9, I never got the "Mobile bookmarks" on the default browser.
Right now is only working on a Windows XP old notebook.
The numbers you mention floepie, correspond to the "LOCAL_EXTERNAL_ID" found in the Sync Node Browser.
- I tried manually entering "chrome://bookmarks/#3" into the browser, nothing shows (which makes sense looking into the bookmarks file as no bookmarks are placed in the "Mobile bookmarks folder")
- I tried manually entering "chrome://bookmarks/#0" into the browser, still nothing shows despite all "Mobile bookmarks" and the folder having a value of "0".
Creating bookmarks or folders in #0 is not allowed and they are probably removed when the Sync Node tries to create them.
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I'm not sure there is a problematic setup.
I have a Windows 7 64 Enterprise that used to work, and the other day I had to reinstall Chrome... And now is not working.
Also, on a Windows 7 64 Ultimate... Never worked.
I could add that on my Samsung Galaxy S2 running CyanogenMod 9, I never got the "Mobile bookmarks" on the default browser.
Right now is only working on a Windows XP old notebook.
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Sounds like it could be related to newer Chrome versions. I think I setup Chrome Sync on the working computer at version 19, then it updated silently. I believe that the problematic computer was already updated to version 20 when I tried to setup Chrome Sync. Not sure though...
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The numbers you mention floepie, correspond to the "LOCAL_EXTERNAL_ID" found in the Sync Node Browser.
- I tried manually entering "chrome://bookmarks/#3" into the browser, nothing shows (which makes sense looking into the bookmarks file as no bookmarks are placed in the "Mobile bookmarks folder")
- I tried manually entering "chrome://bookmarks/#0" into the browser, still nothing shows despite all "Mobile bookmarks" and the folder having a value of "0".
Creating bookmarks or folders in #0 is not allowed and they are probably removed when the Sync Node tries to create them.
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Sounds like it could be related to newer Chrome versions. I think I setup Chrome Sync on the working computer at version 19, then it updated silently. I believe that the problematic computer was already updated to version 20 when I tried to setup Chrome Sync. Not sure though...
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I believe the same.
Because no matter how many times or how many ways I install now Chrome... I never get the "Mobile Bookmarks" folder back.
I have exactly the same problem.
"Mobile Bookmarks" is missing in one of my desktop PC, even if it is apparently synchronized if I look at
about:sync -> "Sync Node Browser" -> "Synced Bookmarks"
I am using the same Chrome version
20.0.1132.47 beta
in all my computers.
The folder "Mobile Bookmarks" is visible in two of my computers and missing on the third one
This is really odd, as the very folder you would want the most to be synced is the one that isn't available in Chrome within the bookmarks folder. I'm not sure if it's by design, as on one hand they are indeed being synced so that should you ever lose them, they will be available, but on the other hand, because you can't sort them on the device and neither of course on the desktop, you would think big G would allow at least for *some* control either in one place or the other.
For those that have the 3rd root folder intact, are it and its contents assigned a value other than 0?
Partially solved...
I seem to have partially solved the issue.
The issue is caused by Chrome Release 20.
Installing Chrome Release 19, and turning off Auto-Updates before start I was able to get "Mobile bookmarks" syncing correctly on the problematic computer.
Let me know if this works for you.
(Apparently I cannot post links on the forums yet - please edit links)
Download Chrome Release 19
oldapps.com/google_chrome.php?old_chrome=7714#download
Turn Off Auto-Updates
support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&topic=1064255&answer=187207
Let's hope Chrome Release 21 fixes the syncing issues so we can turn on auto updates again and have Mobile bookmarks syncing and the latests version running at the same time.
This should be simple. I have a folder in Chrome which holds my mobile-friendly bookmarks. How can I move (or copy) this folder's contents into ICS browser's "local bookmarks"? Thanks in advance.
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This should be simple. I have a folder in Chrome which holds my mobile-friendly bookmarks. How can I move (or copy) this folder's contents into ICS browser's "local bookmarks"? Thanks in advance.
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the cmarks paid app in the play store will allow you to do this (and keep it synced too)
Thanks, but CMarks can only sync your bookmarks by replacing your existing bookmarks (which is fine by me) with ALL bookmarks you have saved in desktop Chrome. Because I have over 300 bookmarks in many folders in Chrome on the PC, that simply won't do.
It should be simple. I have a folder in Chrome containing mobile bookmarks that I would like to copy over to the local bookmarks in the ICS browser. Any other suggestions?
I restored my Nexus 7 and re-synced it with my Google account. But somehow all the bookmarks in the desktop Chrome have disappeared. But the weird thing is the folders still remain. And on my tablet all the bookmarks that are now missing are in the mobile bookmarks section (not in any folder though, all just plopped in there).
How can I revert them all back to there folders?
I fixed it...
I right clicked on my Bookmark bar, clicked on bookmark manager and from there I was able to access my mobile bookmarks and just drag and drop them back into the respective folders they should've been in.