Howdy.
I'd like to ask if there is a solution possible/available to move photos/videos to a pc from a connected android device (phone). The device does not present itself as an external drive, but rather as a connected device. Both types of files are located in the DCIM folder.
If it was an external drive, I could create a batch file to do it, but this way i'm not able to.
All other solutions only offer syncing instead of moving.
Thanks!
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Domen Lo said:
Howdy.
I'd like to ask if there is a solution possible/available to move photos/videos to a pc from a connected android device (phone). The device does not present itself as an external drive, but rather as a connected device. Both types of files are located in the DCIM folder.
If it was an external drive, I could create a batch file to do it, but this way i'm not able to.
All other solutions only offer syncing instead of moving.
Thanks!
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If your pc and phone are on same wifi network use es file explorer free from play store.
You will see what you want to move from phone. Multi select all the folders or files and choose cut or move and then swipe right to left where you will see all connected wifi devices.
If you see nothing click search. When you see the pc listed (it will show the ip address) click it and you can browse to anywhere on your pc from your phone and just click paste to move the files.
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U can try WiFi File Transfer if both ur pc and phone is on the same wifi.
Domen Lo said:
Howdy.
I'd like to ask if there is a solution possible/available to move photos/videos to a pc from a connected android device (phone). The device does not present itself as an external drive, but rather as a connected device. Both types of files are located in the DCIM folder.
If it was an external drive, I could create a batch file to do it, but this way i'm not able to.
All other solutions only offer syncing instead of moving.
Thanks!
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I do not know which device you're using but on my HTC Incredible S it is quite simple.
When you plug your phone to USB, it will show something like "Battery charging" in notification area (top line with icons).
Just move down this notification area and click on "Battery charging" notification and select something like "Flash Drive" mode.
Sorry, my phone is localised therefore I do not know exact names of menu items in English.
I also know that at least some Samsung phones do support such feature but it is somewhere deep in "Settings" menu.
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Im looking for something similar to dropbox but automatically syncs my phone with the files I upload to a site or place in a folder on my PC.
Anyone seen something like this?
I'm assuming you have Windows PC. I use a little free tool from Microsoft called "SyncToy." It will basically keep any two folders/drives synched. I use it to sync in the opposite direction that you are wanting (backup the phone's SD card to my PC) but it will do it in either direction (or both) if you want.
Shrivel said:
I'm assuming you have Windows PC. I use a little free tool from Microsoft called "SyncToy." It will basically keep any two folders/drives synched. I use it to sync in the opposite direction that you are wanting (backup the phone's SD card to my PC) but it will do it in either direction (or both) if you want.
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I should have been clearer. Im looking for something that does this over the cellphone network (Edge/3G). Drop a file into a folder or upload it to a website, the phone syncs it automatically, similar to syncing email, etc.
As for USB to phone syncing, I use SyncBack.
You should check out dropbox. It does exactly what you are looking for.
If you sign up with my referral link right here, you and I both get an extra 250mb of storage! http://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg0MTIyNTk5
hurrpancakes said:
You should check out dropbox. It does exactly what you are looking for.
If you sign up with my referral link right here, you and I both get an extra 250mb of storage! http://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg0MTIyNTk5
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Did you read my post?
Im looking for something similar to dropbox but automatically syncs my phone with the files I upload to a site or place in a folder on my PC.
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Dropbox does not do that. It does not sync folders on your phone. You have to manually connect to dropbox and choose the file you want to download.
http://labs.dashwire.com/drop/android
(and here is where you'll drop the files once you get the app installed on your phone: http://labs.dashwire.com/drop/ )
Sadly, awesome drop only works one way for transfers. And it has trouble with large (10+) files.
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Awesome Drop is awesome but its manual in a sense that you have to enter a random key code to transfer the files. I used this for the first time the other day, very impressive. Its great for sending files to a friend with Android.
Maybe I should create my own app
Idea:
1. Drop some files in a folder on your desktop computer OR upload some to the cloud.
2. Phone checks that folder or the cloud for any new files. New files are synced automatically. Deleted files are removed from the phone.
3. If data connection is lost, file is resumed whenever the data connection is restored.
androidmonkey said:
Awesome Drop is awesome but its manual in a sense that you have to enter a random key code to transfer the files. I used this for the first time the other day, very impressive.
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I agree, for something that is advertised as a "work in progress" it works very well.
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In usb drive mode, I click and drag jpgs into the TP.
on the photo app, u can see the folder name, but 0 images. What can cause this?
thanks in advance.
anyone?
this sounds like a simple thing to do. If it worked for you, did you just drag and drop anywhere in the usb drive, or you must make a folder?
is there a limit to the file size?
did you eject the TP from windows?
unlike most removable devices, the TP does not enjoy being ripped out without being ejected first.
ejecting from within windows explorer seems to work better than stopping it from the removable device icon.
looktall said:
did you eject the TP from windows?
unlike most removable devices, the TP does not enjoy being ripped out without being ejected first.
ejecting from within windows explorer seems to work better than stopping it from the removable device icon.
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it's working now. not sure if that was the key step.
what i did was to remove the old pics and folders, and made a new folder within "wallpaper" folder that was there at factory default.
I'm having this same problem and nothing I do differently works. It's quite frustrating that I can't even use this for a photo frame!
The music I transfered works, but only with the Audiophile app.
Hah! I figured it out, I simply did the opposite of what looktall suggested and ejected it from Windows instead of the file explorer and that worked, but it displayed the message "OWW That hurt. Next time eject.. etc etc.".
Is anyone else getting really slow transfer speeds when transfering files from the PC to the Prime via USB cable? It was going to take at least 15 minutes to transfer ~125MB worth of files before. Am I doing it wrong or is this a common thing?
it's due to MTP that HC/ICS uses for syncing data, alternatives that speed things up are apps like wifi file explorer, dropbox, box or if you have a microsd card, put that in an adapter, copy files to it and then put it in the tablet and copy to main memory if you want.
I had the same issue..
I was having the same issue with slow speeds, but another thread pointed me to using the airdroid app on the market. Download the app, it then gives you an http address to type into your pc browser and once that is open enter the password they give you and then click the file icon. Once that is open you can see the file structure of the ATP, select which folder you would like to put your files in. In the upper right corner you will see an import icon, click that then in the dialog box click select files, choose which files you want to add and boom they transfer. Much faster. Sorry my directions may be a little confusing, but i think the thread about MKV files is the one that has the detailed info in it. Hope this helps.
Thanks a lot for the replys, I'll give these methods a go now.
BKBUDDHA74 said:
I was having the same issue with slow speeds, but another thread pointed me to using the airdroid app on the market. Download the app, it then gives you an http address to type into your pc browser and once that is open enter the password they give you and then click the file icon. Once that is open you can see the file structure of the ATP, select which folder you would like to put your files in. In the upper right corner you will see an import icon, click that then in the dialog box click select files, choose which files you want to add and boom they transfer. Much faster. Sorry my directions may be a little confusing, but i think the thread about MKV files is the one that has the detailed info in it. Hope this helps.
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Thanks for that. I was getting pretty fed up, I'm not even able to dl'd with my usb cable to the tablet. MTP driver (no many how many times I try to update it) errors out and it can't see my tablet. I'm sure theres a post out there somewhere to fix it but I just don't have much time to dig. BTW, ES Strong File manager lets you access your LAN files also. (assuming you have your network set up properly)
So I have a motorola photon and when I connect to my PC the full internals are viewable for me.
With my new prime all I see are transfer folders and limited number of internal folders. I cannot see the storage partition of the prime like I can on my Photon. Is there something wrong with my tablet? Do I need a special app? What am I missing here?
The Prime does not mount the SD card as a drive the way you are used to on your Photon. The Prime uses MTP, same as the new digital cameras. This allows you access to your media folders, but not system folders. A quick work-around is to copy the files you want to one of the media folders, then use a file browsing app like Root Explorer to move it from the media folder to your desired location on the internal memory.
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The Prime does not mount the SD card as a drive the way you are used to on your Photon. The Prime uses MTP, same as the new digital cameras. This allows you access to your media folders, but not system folders. A quick work-around is to copy the files you want to one of the media folders, then use a file browsing app like Root Explorer to move it from the media folder to your desired location on the internal memory.
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Yea I found the thread on ES File Explorer once I figured out the proper terms to narrow down my search to my problem and used that to transfer over my kindle books and the like.
Why can't I hold all these folders?
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I've resorted to using FTP (DroidFTP Pro) in order to get the files where I want them.. MTP is so annoying.
So i searched the site for a while and could not find anything on how to get back information (really only pictures) after I Reset my phone back to factory. For some reason or another my phone would not allow me to sign in through Gmail even after talking with Google on the phone and confirming my email my locked phone would not unlock. I have to send back this phone by moday but was sent here by a guy from Tmobile since he said this is the Best place to go. I did try using Recovery programs both apps and on PC but was unable to find anything and apparently my phone never backed up anything to gmail ect. Any help would be greatly appreciated !!!
If this is a repost and you can shoot me in the right direction that would also be great but as i said i was unable to find anything in the Amaze section for this !
Jdsr917 said:
So i searched the site for a while and could not find anything on how to get back information (really only pictures) after I Reset my phone back to factory. For some reason or another my phone would not allow me to sign in through Gmail even after talking with Google on the phone and confirming my email my locked phone would not unlock. I have to send back this phone by moday but was sent here by a guy from Tmobile since he said this is the Best place to go. I did try using Recovery programs both apps and on PC but was unable to find anything and apparently my phone never backed up anything to gmail ect. Any help would be greatly appreciated !!!
If this is a repost and you can shoot me in the right direction that would also be great but as i said i was unable to find anything in the Amaze section for this !
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That's cause when you reset it I reformats everything there is no way or getting it back if you already tried recovery programs
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That's cause when you reset it I reformats everything there is no way or getting it back if you already tried recovery programs
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I was told it was possible to find them in hidden files and would have to root my phone ?
I know the guy from tmobile did the same thing and thru this site was able to locate his videos and pictures ? (not all of them but most)
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I was told it was possible to find them in hidden files and would have to root my phone ?
I know the guy from tmobile did the same thing and thru this site was able to locate his videos and pictures ? (not all of them but most)
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How did you attempt to recover the files with the recovery programs? Also, the more you use the phone, the more likely the deleted files will get overwritten with other junk files.
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How did you attempt to recover the files with the recovery programs? Also, the more you use the phone, the more likely the deleted files will get overwritten with other junk files.
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I used a program Stelar Phoenix photo recovery and i have not really used the phone since. I also set it up to put my photos on my sd card which for some reason it was not doing!? Im using a replacement Amaze at this point so if i was able to retrieve photos i would not over write .
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Jdsr917 said:
I used a program Stelar Phoenix photo recovery and i have not really used the phone since. I also set it up to put my photos on my sd card which for some reason it was not doing!? Im using a replacement Amaze at this point so if i was able to retrieve photos i would not over write .
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Most likely, it meant it stored the photos on the phone's internal SDCard. You should try installing Recuva, its an another recovery program. After that, connect the said phone to the computer with an USB cable and it should ask you to choose a connection type, and then choose "Disk Drive" to have the phone mount both of its internal and external storage to the computer. If you press start and then select computer, it should display 2 additional drives, both of which is from the phone. They should show up with their drive letter (Such as F:, G:, I:, K or something like that.
With the said program, choose it to search all pictures, and as for the location, select "In a specific location" and then choose the drive letter the *INTERNAL* storage is at. The drive letter is usually also represented with a label of HTC_STORAGE or INTERNAL, or something similar. After selecting the location, you can optionally enable deep scan, but it will take a long time.
If it does find something, the most important thing is to have the files transferred to a *DIFFERENT* location, such as your computer's hard drive. It is NOT wise to transfer the files onto the internal storage until you have transferred all of the found objects to a different location.
After you have transferred the files to a different location, you can optionally put the pictures back on the internal storage, or leave it on your computer. The choice is yours.
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Most likely, it meant it stored the photos on the phone's internal SDCard. You should try installing Recuva, its an another recovery program. After that, connect the said phone to the computer with an USB cable and it should ask you to choose a connection type, and then choose "Disk Drive" to have the phone mount both of its internal and external storage to the computer. If you press start and then select computer, it should display 2 additional drives, both of which is from the phone. They should show up with their drive letter (Such as F:, G:, I:, K or something like that.
With the said program, choose it to search all pictures, and as for the location, select "In a specific location" and then choose the drive letter the *INTERNAL* storage is at. The drive letter is usually also represented with a label of HTC_STORAGE or INTERNAL, or something similar. After selecting the location, you can optionally enable deep scan, but it will take a long time.
If it does find something, the most important thing is to have the files transferred to a *DIFFERENT* location, such as your computer's hard drive. It is NOT wise to transfer the files onto the internal storage until you have transferred all of the found objects to a different location.
After you have transferred the files to a different location, you can optionally put the pictures back on the internal storage, or leave it on your computer. The choice is yours.
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I greatly appreciate the help but i did a scan of every file in the phone each location separately and nothing came up i guess i lost all my pictures which is horrible since its all of my son. If it wasnt for him i would care less about it. Once again i greatly appreciate all the help !
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I greatly appreciate the help but i did a scan of every file in the phone each location separately and nothing came up i guess i lost all my pictures which is horrible since its all of my son. If it wasnt for him i would care less about it. Once again i greatly appreciate all the help !
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That's why I always back up but I guess live and learn
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Jdsr917 said:
I greatly appreciate the help but i did a scan of every file in the phone each location separately and nothing came up i guess i lost all my pictures which is horrible since its all of my son. If it wasnt for him i would care less about it. Once again i greatly appreciate all the help !
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There was a program I used to retrieve my lost data. I gotta find out what it was called.
Recovah ftw. Works with android and windows.
Checkout filehippo.com I recovered files that were written over More than a few times. you wont recover everything but it's your best bet. I have heard this may work on your SIM as well but you need to get your pc to see the SIM as just another drive or something. I was able to read my sim info on another phone of mine dont remember what the program was called. Recovah is the best and...it's free, no malware, bots etc.
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