Any Ideas how to synchronize our HTC Desire X's with PC, without using HTC Sync Manager?
Why not HTCSM? It doesn't copy images, music, docs normally. It drains a lot of RAM. I don't need a music player in HTCSM, i I just need to synchronize files fast.
What software do You use to sync with PC?
By far the most reliable music syncing tool I use is Easy Phone Tunes, but it only syncs music. It's just useful because I buy new music every day and therefore I need something simple to do the job quickly. For videos and pictures I do the classic drag and drop. I'd recommend it though
Use Cloud storage applications
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just classic copy paste.
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for those of you who're experienced with Android, which do you prefer?
what are the pro's & con's of each?
tx for any insight
I either drag and drop files or use Google music
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Yeah, Apple has everyone convinced that 'Syncing' your device is the best/only method to transfer your content.
Just plug your device in via usb and mount it's USB storage, drag and drop the files you want.
Isn't Double Twist for Mac only?
Kies is probably worst piece of software ever written by Samsung (very unstable and buggy). You only need Kies if you want to sync contacts with your PC's Outlook or upgrade firmware when OTA is not available.
Put all your contacts to the cloud (Gmail or Hotmail). And you don't ever need any of these software installed.
To sync pictures and videos, the phone should have MTP support on USB already. If you have a Windows Vista or later OS, it is natively supported protocol. No software install needed.
No doubletwist is for pc too
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The best part about both of them is the wireless syncing which can be really nice especially with Double Twist that will let you setup an automatic wireless sync overnight. That being said, they both they have their fair share of problems.
Personally, I seriously dislike Double Twist's music player. I don't know what it is, but it's just not very attractive and the sorting options are just meh. Kies can be pretty buggy. The main thing I like about Kies is being able to send and respond to texts from my desktop throughout the day.
I've been really digging Google Music if you're just looking for Music sync. The only issue with the autosync feature for iTunes is that it can have trouble removing music from Google Music if you remove it from iTunes and a lot of the time results in double duty (removing from iTunes and Google Music).
Since I got my new laptop I have completely done away with apple products. I hate itunes, as it needs an update seemingly every time I used it in the past, and is no better than other music players. The only thing I would want itunes for is buying music, but if I buy music it's in cd form anyways.
Yes, syncing is somewhat useful in the sense that you don't need to touch anything, but also completely unnecessary and slow. Drag and drop files into windows media player, then use the Google music tool to automatically sync up to 20,000 songs for free to the cloud. Dragging and dropping is much more controllable too.
As for documents, drag and drop works great, and if you don't want to use cords, use google docs or dropbox to access your docs wirelessly.
What does everyone use for podcasts? I use iTunes to dl and sort by release date in a smart playlist. Coming from an iPhone, I have no idea what to use that will allow me to continue where it left off.
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What does everyone use for podcasts? I use iTunes to dl and sort by release date in a smart playlist. Coming from an iPhone, I have no idea what to use that will allow me to continue where it left off.
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I only listen to podcasts on my phone - never from the computer so
Google Listen (LINK) works okay and is free
DoggCatcher (LINK) works really well and is worth the $4.99 if your a serious listener.
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What does everyone use for podcasts? I use iTunes to dl and sort by release date in a smart playlist. Coming from an iPhone, I have no idea what to use that will allow me to continue where it left off.
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I use Google Listen app to subscribe to the podcasts and download on the phone directly. No computers required. I rarely connect phone the PC (only do so when need firmware update and/or rooting). Google Listen syncs subscription list with Google Reader.
Hey All,
Just bringing our software "iSyncr" into the conversation. You can sync over USB or WiFi from a PC or Mac (with iTunes) to a Samsung Note. If you are going to keep using iTunes, you should consider it, as you can keep all your ratings, play counts and even podcast bookmarks in sync with iTunes and Android.
-Justin
Yea i keep returning to isyncr (wifi).
Hard to say why but I don't like doubletwist on my imac.
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Nephews interested in going from iPhone 3 g to a HTC one x but he has loads of stuff on I tunes can he easily transfer it over to android and are there any pitfalls he needs to be aware of.
Thanks for any help
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.doubleTwist.androidPlayer
With this app it has to work.
And one more who use now Android C=
So with that canhe put his I tune songs onto his phones storage or can he just stream them to his phone
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If he wants to stream his music just upload it all to google play music
doubletwist will sync the music to the phone
So he can either have the music on his phone with double twist or just stream it as required with google play
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btw welcome to the world of Droid.
ull love it.
Not for me.I have had android for 3 years I have however managed to convert my nephew
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yes options listed above will both work. I have apple and android devices with music going in both directions all the time
With Google Music, you can just stream or you can mark album/artist/song for download so you can play them offline.
How do i go about syncing my itunes music and playlist to the GS3? use to be very easy with the iphone so im really confused on how to transfer it my new GS3.
Will appreciate the help
Thanks
Its very easy connect your S3 up to your computer via USB cable and then go into the playlist you want on iTunes and drag it into the sd card accessed the same way as how you access a USB
Alternatively download TuneSync from the market and on your computer, then you can sync everything wireless, using wifi.
I've been using since I got my S2 last year
i use double twist for my infuse. planning to do the same when sgs3 comes to att.
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How do i go about syncing my itunes music and playlist to the GS3? use to be very easy with the iphone so im really confused on how to transfer it my new GS3.
Will appreciate the help
Thanks
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I use Easy phonetunes plus. It had a paid and free versions in the play store. IMHO it's the best app that allows iTunes playlist to sync with your android phones. Very useful when you have added new songs to the playlist etc. The sync is very fast and in the paid version it only syncs your changes. The paid version is well worth its money and is more stable than doubletwist. You can try the free version first.
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Do we have the ability to sync wirelessly like say all my music on my computer to sync wirelessly like I did on my Ip4 or how the bionic does?
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Check out Titanium Media Sync in the Google Play Store.
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Do we have the ability to sync wirelessly like say all my music on my computer to sync wirelessly like I did on my Ip4 or how the bionic does?
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i'm not familar with how the ip4/bionic performs wifi music sync. the method i've been using, which has worked very well, is to use google music. there is a music manager application for windows/mac/linux which allows you to upload all your mp3/music files to the "cloud" and linked with your google account. once they're uploaded, you can download from any device with a web browser/internet connection or thru google music app/internet connection.
hope that helps!
Well with the ip4 when you charge at night it would sync with your Itunes via WiFi that your pc or mac is connected to stop if I bought music apps etc on my phone it would put them on my pc and of I got them on my pc or mac it would put them on my phone it was realy convenient . Stop I figured ics would have that feature out of the box
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I just moved from Windows Phone 7.5 to Android (Nexus 4 / Jelly Bean), and have a lot of (non-DRM) music properly organized in Zune, complete with like/dislike tagging and auto-playlists. I am new to Android, so bear with me if this is a n00b question.
I am looking for something that is very close to Zune in functionality for wireless sync'ing audio from Windows 7 to Android. My most basic requirements are:
1) Be able to wirelessly sync any playlist, auto-playlist (i.e. playlist that is auto-populated based on criteria such as year, like/dislike rating, etc)
2) Be able to remove song that are given dis-like or low rating for a song from Android
3) If the app has a way to import the like/dislike ratings from Zune, that will be a *huge* bonus
4) Preferably free/ad-supported app, but not a hard requirement.
Thanks in advance..
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Google Music.
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Google Music.
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Thanks. However, I am not looking for something that sync's with the cloud, but something that sync's with my home computer while I am home. I constantly download new music all the time and don't want to keep sync'ing them with the cloud. I am looking for something similar to Poweramp pro or Winamp, but has the above features..
Maybe Airdroid would be what your looking for
Tried air droid.. But it does not auto sync - I have to manually add files to sync..
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I just moved from Windows Phone 7.5 to Android (Nexus 4 / Jelly Bean), and have a lot of (non-DRM) music properly organized in Zune, complete with like/dislike tagging and auto-playlists. I am new to Android, so bear with me if this is a n00b question.
I am looking for something that is very close to Zune in functionality for wireless sync'ing audio from Windows 7 to Android. My most basic requirements are:
1) Be able to wirelessly sync any playlist, auto-playlist (i.e. playlist that is auto-populated based on criteria such as year, like/dislike rating, etc)
2) Be able to remove song that are given dis-like or low rating for a song from Android
3) If the app has a way to import the like/dislike ratings from Zune, that will be a *huge* bonus
4) Preferably free/ad-supported app, but not a hard requirement.
Thanks in advance..
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Check WinAmp
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Check WinAmp
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Thanks. had already checked WinAmp. It does not have the ability to create self-updating playlists based on criteria (example all songs with rating > 4-star).. It only has something similar to smart-dj which finds similar songs based on a seed song you provide (kinda like pandora).
Tried doubletwist as well.. but that does not have AutoPlaylist either ...
Anyone used iSyncr (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrtstudio.iSyncr&feature=more_from_developer)? That looks promising.. there is a one-time hit of configuring iTunes properly (It does not see the ratings I set in zune for each song for some reason.. all other apps are able to see it properly)... but looks like exactly what I may want.. before i drop $4 I wanted to check if anyone here used it?
Update: I tried iSyncr lite for few days and combined with their own "Rocket Player" this exactly the solution I was looking for! Converting ratings from Zune to iTunes was done using a free program called "MP3 rating friend" (google it). Additionally, my wife wants to buy an iPhone so now that my music and ratings are syncing back into iTunes it will make things simpler there.
The Lite version of iSyncr have several limitations but the biggest one is that a max of 20 songs per playlist are sync'd... so I will be dropping $4 to buy this app. The free version of rocket player is adequate for my needs (if not, I can always use doubletwist as the music player).
Thanks to everyone who replied to this thread.