Hello,
I got my first Android Device Samsung Galaxy S2 today after 3.5yrs. iOS.
Now as I want to get away from iTunes I see that I need (???) to install Kies from Samsung.
Is that right?
How do you transfer your media (music,video and photo) from your local HDD's to the Device?
Are you using kies or not and why/when to use Kies and what is the difference if I use Kies or not?
I copied a bunch of .mp3 music via Windows Explorer to my SD card and would like to create a playlist directly from kies on the Device but the option "create playlist on GT-9100" is greyed out!?
Sorry for asking stupid questions but I really would not like to use additional software so plz make me clear why I should use Kies and for which situations!?
Do pictures have to go into the DCIM folder or does the S2 automatically scan the whole CD card?
Music copy and paste to songs / Videos/ folder on external sd card .
all music is AAC+
Never used Kies for transfer and i dont use playlists .
jje
Just copy all of your music from your iTunes folder on your hd and paste it straight to your usb storage on your phone. No need for Kies. It's a terrible program anyway. All your music will automatically added to the phone's music library.
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Yes! I hate it already :-(
How do you sort (folder or directory structure) your media files?
How about photo's and albums?
When I copy my picture/photo folder I get the error message in Win Explorer that the Device I copy it onto doesnt support the files (.png) or the Device doesnt support the photo format!?
gessi2000 said:
Yes! I hate it already :-(
How do you sort (folder or directory structure) your media files?
How about photo's and albums?
When I copy my picture/photo folder I get the error message in Win Explorer that the Device I copy it onto doesnt support the files (.png) or the Device doesnt support the photo format!?
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It does the same for some Video-formats, but I could play them alright
you just copy and paste from your HD to your phone, plug in the USB cable and mass storage device pops up.
make folder called MP3s and put in your music, make one called videos and put in your movies. done. the phone takes care of the rest.
Let me start by saying that I've had experience with Android phones and rooting/flashing ROMs, but this is my first Android tablet and first device with ICS.
Now onto the issue : Almost NOTHING works with the file system when hooked up to my computer through USB, mainly copy/paste. I can't add movies, pictures, or MP3s unless I create a seperate folder i.e. Movies1. The default folders let me do absolutely nothing, including delete the **** Asus throws in there. But that's not that big of an issue to me. The big problem I'm having is I can't transfer my TitaniumBackup folder onto my computer. I always keep a backup of my apps on my computer, but nothing can get them off this damn tablet. I guess I have to go through Dropbox but that's kind of a pain. If anyone knows a way around this, help would be appreciated!
For the record, I've tried ES Fileexplorer, Root Explorer, AntTek Explorer, and Astro to delete the files in Movies and Music. Nothing works, and nothing even gives me the option of changing permissions.
EDIT- Apparently I can copy my CWM backups just fine, but nothing happening with TiBu. Edited title for less rage as well
I'm not sure why you are having file transfer issues via usb but I have had good success with Airdroid for transferring files to and from my PC to the tablet.
Hi,
i run a backup sesseion yesterday with the build-in app "back up & restore" on my ICS 4.04. i had no chance to choose "usb storage" even my mobile was connected with my laptop so i keep it on "internal storage".
but i can't find the backup now on there. There are just a few folders but only some KB's in size.
Where put the app my backup in ?
It's in a folder called .semc-fullbackup
and where is that folder? do I have an access without root?
how to delete backup from app?
can't find it either.... it's not on my internal storage / SD card....
very useful from backup&restore to put the backup onto the phone memory with no option to save it somewhere else <facepalm>
its in internal memory and its hidden so use explorer and then youll see it.
olaf313 said:
can't find it either.... it's not on my internal storage / SD card....
very useful from backup&restore to put the backup onto the phone memory with no option to save it somewhere else <facepalm>
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You're supposed to connect a USB flash drive TO your phone, not your phone to a computer. It works, i've tried it.
To view the folders, open them through your computer when connected via a data cable; if you try to view them on your phone via a file explorer they don't show up.
Edit: To get Es file explorer to show hidden files/folders go to: Settings --> File Settings --> Show hidden files
It's great that you can do a backup to a USB flash drive, but you don't get the USB on-the-go cable in the box and most people wouldn't know they exist, or where to get one (I've never seen one on sale in a shop).
(For those that don't know, you can get official Nokia or Samsung ones dirt cheap from Amazon and probably eBay etc).
I use MyBackupPro and found that it was impossible to transfer the folder contents to another folder on my Mac desktop using MTP. Certain files just won't/can't copy. A total joke.
However, I can use a file manager to copy everything in the backup folder to a USB drive via the cable (well, actually via a LiveDock as the phone can't power an awful lot of flash drives) but that's a right PITA.
To be honest, I know Google can now backup app settings but the whole thing is a mess. When you reset, you don't always get the apps reinstalling (even if starts to do it seemingly fine) and I'm not confident it would work if I needed to rely on it. And even less so if I broke my phone and replaced it with another one, where the backed up data wouldn't reinstall either.
Frankly, despite showing off some really cool features in Android 4.1 at Google I/O today, the one thing they've not really taken much care of is making backups. Why not let me make a backup to my Google Drive storage space? Why not back up all applications and data, including apps installed on the SD card (or internal drive) and also backup widget data, home screen icon positions etc?
Even rooted devices are hit and miss when it comes to backups, and most people don't root their devices - or may have rooted the device they have now, but can't always root the device when changing phone or updating the OS.
Anyway, that was a much longer rant than I intended to write. Going back to the start, the backup app for most people is pretty pointless!!
Access Hidden Files Using Phone
Download Astro File Manager from Google Play
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.metago.astro&hl=en
Open Astro ...
Open Preferences ...
Goto Look and Feel ...
Check Show hidden files ...
Then you can see a folder named .semc-fullbackup.
Open the folder ...
Copy its contents to some other location ...
That is all ...
Enjoy
olaf313 said:
Hi,
i run a backup sesseion yesterday with the build-in app "back up & restore" on my ICS 4.04. i had no chance to choose "usb storage" even my mobile was connected with my laptop so i keep it on "internal storage".
but i can't find the backup now on there. There are just a few folders but only some KB's in size.
Where put the app my backup in ?
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I used ES file explorer to see the folder I said, my phone was rooted, maybe that's the reason the folder was visible by default
meyourchum said:
Download Astro File Manager from Google Play
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.metago.astro&hl=en
Open Astro ...
Open Preferences ...
Goto Look and Feel ...
Check Show hidden files ...
Then you can see a folder named .semc-fullbackup.
Open the folder ...
Copy its contents to some other location ...
That is all ...
Enjoy
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cheers buddy, that was great.
first i thought "Astro" is a horoscope app :laugh:
lordoftheriffs said:
I used ES file explorer to see the folder I said, my phone was rooted, maybe that's the reason the folder was visible by default
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Just checked and you're right, ES file explorer can see the folders (my phone is not rooted), you just have to enable the option in settings.
Es file explorer: Settings --> File Settings --> Show hidden files
HI im ravi...thanks for your post....very good app
I'm not rooted, what I did was:
- connect the phone to you computer
- adb shell
- cd sdcard1
- ls -la
Then you should see the .semc-fullbackup folder. So you need to have android SDK installed, I'm not sure if you need to have developer mode enabled, but I did have it enabled.
Just wanted to add to this because this is the first Google hit I got.
Hello,
I am trying to delete some folders and files (ex. Sygic - Aura) but no I could. Tried that with Es Explorer and my device is root.
Any way to fix this problem please?
Thanks
Connect to your phone to the computer as a media device.
It will be recognzed as a usb drive, then access the files and use the computer delete commands to remove.
It works have done it several times while transfering files to the phone. When I have old versions of files to remove.
Cosmic Blue said:
Connect to your phone to the computer as a media device.
It will be recognzed as a usb drive, then access the files and use the computer delete commands to remove.
It works have done it several times while transfering files to the phone. When I have old versions of files to remove.
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Thank you for the prompt reply.
I don't if you are talking about the same thing I have done. Yes I connected the device to the PC, I saw 2 SD's internal and external in Windows Explorer. Is this right? the problem is by doing so I could not delete the files or the folders.
In fact I had to restore a previous backup and from there I could delete the folders and files.
Thanks any way
What is the easiest way to copy files and folder between two android devices (via wireless)?
I tried ssh but have not been successful yet. I only get access denied or folder does not exist.
Currently I try to copy my music folder from my old Nexus One to my new Nexus 4. (my N4 is not rooted and I would not want it if not really necessary)
But I also have a tablet that I like to exchange files with my other devices.
edit: I only talk about local copying, not using an online storage as that would be impractical due to the size and speed of my line.