I am looking for an app to sync folders from internal/external cards to a Pen Drive by leveraging the USB OTG capability of S3.
I found a very basic app on playstore called Folder Sync
This app syncs only one folder.
Please suggest a solution for this. Thanks!
Why dont you use dropbox,theres a android version just upload your folders its fast and simple.you can use the website to download your files.
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whlzibos said:
Why dont you use dropbox,theres a android version just upload your folders its fast and simple.you can use the website to download your files.
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Thanks for your response. I do use Dropbox but downloading and uploading data consumes battery, takes more time and bandwidth as opposed to backing up on a pen drive.
Dropbox works for me when backup set is small in size.
Any app which can sync to pen drive will be nice
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Kage01 said:
Thanks for your response. I do use Dropbox but downloading and uploading data consumes battery, takes more time and bandwidth as opposed to backing up on a pen drive.
Dropbox works for me when backup set is small in size.
Any app which can sync to pen drive will be nice
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i dont know an app like that but you can use usb on the go http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MICRO-USB-OTG-HOST-MODE-CABLE-For-SAMSUNG-Galaxy-S2-i9100-S3-i9300-NOTE-i9220-/120956157354?pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhoneAccesories_MobilePhoneDataCables_JN&hash=item1c298c7daa
with this you can just plug your usb to your phone an move your files onto the usb no data needed,its quite cheap.
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I have a Nexus S phone and a Galaxy Tab 10.1. What would be the best way to transfer files between the two devices directly? I've been using Dropbox for the occasional file but I need to move a good number of files quickly. Any ideas or app suggestions?
Get the USB adapter for the Tab, plug in a mulit-card reader, and stick the Micro SD card from your phone in that.
Or just use Bluetooth File Transfer:
https://market.android.com/details?id=it.medieval.blueftp
For simple, small file it is recommended to use Bump. Its kinda fun and available for other platforms as well.
For larger, quick file transfer, it is up to you to transfer data using usb cable connecting to a single pc. If you have a wifi connection between the devices, you are free to use any wifi transfer software in the market. FTP function come 2nd to that.
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joeystyles66 said:
I have a Nexus S phone and a Galaxy Tab 10.1. What would be the best way to transfer files between the two devices directly? I've been using Dropbox for the occasional file but I need to move a good number of files quickly. Any ideas or app suggestions?
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If theyre both on wifi, i recommend using an app called websharing. You can turn websharing on on one device and type in the ip of that one in the browser of the other device and access files. Pretty convenient. Been transferring stuff from my vibrant to my gtab with no problems. Not too fast but certainly one of the easiest ways right now
how about dropbox .. check my signature ... thats how i transfer files from tablet to phone to Mac to PC .. etc
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If theyre both on wifi, i recommend using an app called websharing. You can turn websharing on on one device and type in the ip of that one in the browser of the other device and access files. Pretty convenient. Been transferring stuff from my vibrant to my gtab with no problems. Not too fast but certainly one of the easiest ways right now
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Thank you. This is useful
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I've been using Dropbox as well to transfer albums and large pdfs from Mac/Nexus One to SGT as there's no other way to turn the SGT into a MSD on Mac. Websharing sounds like an interesting way to cut out the middle man. Thanks.
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Or just use Bluetooth File Transfer:
https://market.android.com/details?id=it.medieval.blueftp
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Thanks for the tip. This app is awesome.
warmoats said:
I've been using Dropbox as well to transfer albums and large pdfs from Mac/Nexus One to SGT as there's no other way to turn the SGT into a MSD on Mac. Websharing sounds like an interesting way to cut out the middle man. Thanks.
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Well, it's quite useful. I was using the trial version from long time. After owning this tab, I upgraded to full version so that I can utilize the multiple files transfer at once. I don't regret my purchase.
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Hello! How well does a Galaxy S3 play with Mac OS X? I saw that Kies is avaliable for Mac OS X, so syncing multimedia shouldn't be a problem. But are there any problems or missing features I should be aware of?
Thanks, zlayaa
Kies works fine. Or just use android file explorer which is a free download and your phone shows up as a usb and you can drag and drop.
Also Kies allows to sync music pics and videos as well as backup of apps so I guess it does have everything
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Or get a windows pc! Lol
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I think there is also Easy Sync to migrate your possible iOS phone data to your S3. It also enables using one of your iTunes backups.
www.3g.co.uk/PR/June2012/samsung-easy-sync-easily-transfer-content-from-iphone.html
You can also drag and drop items from iTunes into Kies...movies, music, playlists, etc.
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I think there is also Easy Sync to migrate your possible iOS phone data to your S3. It also enables using one of your iTunes backups.
www.3g.co.uk/PR/June2012/samsung-easy-sync-easily-transfer-content-from-iphone.html
You can also drag and drop items from iTunes into Kies...movies, music, playlists, etc.
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Kies works fine. Or just use android file explorer which is a free download and your phone shows up as a usb and you can drag and drop.
Also Kies allows to sync music pics and videos as well as backup of apps so I guess it does have everything
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Thanks!
speedyjay said:
Or get a windows pc! Lol
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No way, Macs are far superior
I hope it helps. I have posted a way to sync all your music and playlists from itunes into your ext-SD card of your GS3 wired (usb cable much faster than wifi). I have included it into a thread called "why can't sync my music playlist " (samsung Galaxy S III I9300> Galaxy S III Q&A)
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Paco
I have an OTG cable and i installed stickmount pro and i can view my music, etc, etc via my Nexus 7,but even though when I use the OTG cable via my Galaxy S3 I get a notification from stickmount saying mass storage device mounted but i cannot view any music, etc that i have on the 500GB external HD which ironically enough is made by Samsung, can someone be of assistance here, how can I view my files via my Galaxy S3?
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I have an OTG cable and i installed stickmount pro and i can view my music, etc, etc via my Nexus 7,but even though when I use the OTG cable via my Galaxy S3 I get a notification from stickmount saying mass storage device mounted but i cannot view any music, etc that i have on the 500GB external HD which ironically enough is made by Samsung, can someone be of assistance here, how can I view my files via my Galaxy S3?
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How is the external HDD partitioned / formatted? can you browse with a file manager on it?
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How is the external HDD partitioned / formatted? can you browse with a file manager on it?
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Before I sold my laptop last week I formatted it via the simple format tool in Windows then copied all my files onto it, i thought I already checked via root explorer but couldn't see any files but i will check again and come back to you
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Is the HDD spinning? HDDs require a fairly large amount of Power, I doubt that the SG3 is able to deliver sufficently.
It's a portable external HD and when it appears to recognise when mounted but i cannot view my files, it's only 500GB and i recall many on here saying that had a 1TB HD and it worked fine, so there has to be a way around this, it's turning into a long winded time consuming process trying to upload music onto my phone, I first have to upload to Dropbox which takes much longer and using loads of data then export from Dropbox to my Galaxy S3 :-\
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Just to confirm I still cannot see any files when in root explorer when the external HD is connected but on my Nexus I can, sh*t I'm kinda regretting selling my laptop now if it's gonna mean this unless I can get a resolution
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What's the filesystem on the hard drive?
robogo1982 said:
What's the filesystem on the hard drive?
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Not exactly sure what you mean mate?
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Not exactly sure what you mean mate?
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How is the drive formatted? NTFS? FAT32?
Hey there,
if the hdd has 500gb and you used windows to format it and you don't know the file system, usually it is NTFS. for this you need to root your phone and install an app from the market. usually paragon exfat ntfs does the job.
Everything I have is in the Google Universe. Well mostly that is, Android, Chromebook, Gmail and all of that. I have always used dropbox and enjoyed using the auto upload picture feature. Well since I have been moving over to drive I am being almost forced to give up dropbox. I am annoying that with my Windows PC that the even the full size auto upload to G+ doesnt show up in drive. Its a completely separate animal. It uploads to G+ but what If i want to use that pic on, lets say facebook, I guess I have to download it to my computer then upload it? since it doesnt just go into a drive folder? anyone know of a way to make it just go into a drive folder? or what they use to auto upload pics?
Dropbox, auto upload when I plug in my phone for charging and when it's not being used + connected to WiFi
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Dropbox, auto upload when I plug in my phone for charging and when it's not being used + connected to WiFi
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Same way only with Ubuntu one
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Dropbox, auto upload when I plug in my phone for charging and when it's not being used + connected to WiFi
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Same :thumbup:
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umarsl said:
Dropbox, auto upload when I plug in my phone for charging and when it's not being used + connected to WiFi
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How can you restrict the upload to power charging only? There is no such option in the app, do you use external tools for this?
Anybody know of a good free wireless transfer app? I need to transfer from a computer to the phone. I'm currently using a chromebook because my pc motherboard is dead. Chromebook fails to detect the phone as a media device. Need to transfer a large file. 1.7gb
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zander145 said:
Anybody know of a good free wireless transfer app? I need to transfer from a computer to the phone. I'm currently using a chromebook because my pc motherboard is dead. Chromebook fails to detect the phone as a media device. Need to transfer a large file. 1.7gb
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I would recommend airdroid. You can find it on the play store. I used to have this problem with my Nexus 7 where the PC wouldn't recognize it AT ALL. I used airdroid to transfer roms and other stuff to it all the time. I would recommend using it on wifi though because it does use alot of data transferring big files. It really works great though. Just download it and follow the instructions. It will give you a web address to go to on your computer, when you do you will get a prompt on your device asking to allow access, hit grant and then your done. Super easy and super useful. You can also use wireless adb, but it takes a LONG time to transfer files bigger than two or three hundred megabytes. Good luck.
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Anybody know of a good free wireless transfer app? I need to transfer from a computer to the phone. I'm currently using a chromebook because my pc motherboard is dead. Chromebook fails to detect the phone as a media device. Need to transfer a large file. 1.7gb
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I use to use wifi file explorer its prettt nice but now that samsung has their own version I use kies. You probably need the samsung usb drivers for it to recognize your phone. Usb transfer is much fastee btw.
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