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Hello -
I have been trying to get music transferred from my computer running Ubuntu 10.10 to my new Thunderbolt with zero success.
The computer will recognize the phone when I plug it in and select Disk Drive from the phone, but it shows up as having no available storage space, so I can't even drag-n-drop music to it.
Has anybody else had any luck with this?
Thanks!
Sounds like it's not automounting. When you plug the phone into your computer and choose disk drive, is there an icon in Nautilus, or whatever file manager you use, for the phone? If so have you tried right clicking it and choosing "Mount." Otherwise you can just mount it from the terminal.
I use ubuntu 10.10 as my media center on my laptop and have transfered music using it. It took me awhile to figure out how to sync my music, however, i was able to access the sd card right off the bat after plugging it in. Navigate to /media and see what is listed there.
On a whim, I checked for system software updates on the computer and there were a few that needed installed. After installing them, everything works great. I'm using Rhythmbox and the phone now shows up in there and will let my sync.
Thanks for the suggestions!
Ok, hello, happy users of Sony Tablet S1. This is my first Android and I am simply not sure what to expect. I like it most of time, but sometimes I would prefer my fingers to be little thinner. With mine browsing (especially selecting texts) is nervous.
But that's not the point.
I have bought USB-microUSB cable marked as HTC and connected the tablet to the PC. But... surprise ... first, my computer doesn't see the external SD-card (Windows XP SP3), only the tablet's internal memory. But this is not the worst. When I switch to "Debug Mode", the PC stops identify the tablet and I can't make screenshots (I have already followed the instruction in the topic), DeviceManager starts to mark Sony Tablet with this yellow disgusting exclamation mark. I turn "Debug Mode" off... and that's great, yellow mark disappears and I can copy files from PC to the internal memory of the tablet and vice versa. But without "Debug Mode" I can't make screenshots, right? If so I'm really sad.
What can I do? Can I do anything at all? Oh, you tech gurus, please help me!
friend when I connect I only put music player will not let me even see the memory of the tablet so I recommend you better buy a SD adapter and passes everything that comes with the program and if Anttek apk file Explore with this application can pass things in the phone memory to the SD and viceverze greetings
Bro )), I don't need a SD adapter, I need screenshots. Of course I can wait till Android 4.0 releases (they say you'll be able to screenshot using in-build functionality under this OS). Yet, who knows, when Sony shows up with Android 4 for their tablets.
Problem solved, screenshots taken. Thank you very much.
Another issue.
File Explorer (in Dalvik Debug Manager) doesn't really transfer files from PC to the external SD-card of Sony Tablet, yes, there appears a window of file transfering, but the files transfered actually don't show up on the SD-card. Though I managed to copy a picture, so only certain file-types are allowed to be transferred onto the SD-card or there's a filesize limitation. I don't know I can't copy pdf-files through USB.
Transferring files using USB is too slow. Even on a 3mb mp3 it asks if I want to copy it because it might not be usable. I press ok and it takes another 20 seconds to copy. So I copied 3gb (took about 15 minutes) of music over to the internal hd and then I get a strange error. I close the window and reopen the drive and see that all the music I just transferred is completely gone. WTF IS GOING ON?!?!
I'm getting so many errors accessing the internal drive, creating folders, and copying files. It's almost as if the internal 32gb is useless... I can't use it unless I want to wait 27 minutes to transfer a 1.5gb movie...
Someone reported the same with accessing microSD from USB connection.
Do you get any pop ups on the computer saying that "This device can perform faster if plugged into a USB 2.0 port"?
Also, can I suggest doing a local file transfer over the WiFi?
it's all due to MTP. it is the transfer protocol of the devil.
why google decided this is what their devices should use from 3.x onwards is beyond me.
google's company motto should really be "one step forward, fifteen steps back."
adiliyo said:
why google decided this is what their devices should use from 3.x onwards is beyond me.
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It's so they can unify app storage with data, apparently:
With the unified storage model we introduced in Honeycomb, we share your full 32GB (or 16GB or whatever) between app data and media data. That is, no more staring sadly at your 5GB free on Nexus S when your internal app data partition has filled up -- it's all one big happy volume.
However the cost is that Android can no longer ever yield up the storage for the host PC to molest directly over USB. Instead we use MTP. On Windows (which the majority of users use), it has built-in MTP support in Explorer that makes it look exactly like a disk. On Linux and Mac it's sadly not as easy, but I have confidence that we'll see some work to make this better.
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http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/mg14z/whoa_whoa_ics_doesnt_support_usb_mass_storage/
Although I suppose there's no reason they couldn't offer a special Mass Storage mode that locks out running programs. The link also suggests that the external microSDHC card should support mass storage? I don't have a HC/ICS device to know yet, though.
This whole storage "issu" is so not a big deal at all.
It's that way on every honeycomb tablet and it works okay overall.
Sure maybe it's gonna take a while the first time to transfere all your content to your empty device but once all your **** is inside, you don't use it that much and never for such a big amount of data.
The thing with Android is that you can actually directly download the stuff you want on your tablet, no need to plug it into your computer 95% of the time.
^^
which begs the next question,
How easy is it to set up file transfer over the network between Prime and a Windows PC?
Setting up a network with a windows PC is hard, whatever the other device is.
But aside that I'm pretty sure it's fairly easy. And I think Asus software (myNet) can help you do this (never tried)
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^^
which begs the next question,
How easy is it to set up file transfer over the network between Prime and a Windows PC?
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I used file expert.
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using xda premium
On my desktop PC I have a directory browser setup on my PC that I use any device that accepts IPs as input.
It's a Window's feature that has to be installed separately.
Internet Information Services
I use ES file explorer on N1. I connected it to my Windows PC over wi-fi once and it remembers it. I usually copy files back and forth using my phone only. It is pretty handy.
On prime, I have just installed it but not used it to transfer files, so cant comment on the speed.
DropBox if you're using Windows, SparkleShare if you're not.
subramanianv said:
I use ES file explorer on N1. I connected it to my Windows PC over wi-fi once and it remembers it. I usually copy files back and forth using my phone only. It is pretty handy.
On prime, I have just installed it but not used it to transfer files, so cant comment on the speed.
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+1. After my Prime charging cable fell apart when i tried to unplug it, I had to resort to network transfers and ES file explorer did the job rather painlessly. The only little hurdle I had to jump over, and this might have been user-error on my part, but it asked for a username and password to the machine I was trying to connect to. So I had to add a password to my user account which previously did not have one to get it to connect.
Same here. ES file explorer is great stuff. Just put in the needed IP address for your PC + username/password for the user account, and it gets you in and loads directories pain-free.
I don't intend on connecting my Prime to my PC until a one-click root is in the works =)
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I don't intend on connecting my Prime to my PC until a one-click root is in the works =)
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?... Why is that?
RussianMenace said:
?... Why is that?
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Because transfer over WiFi + ES has been significantly faster with every Android device I've ever connected to my laptop.
Besides, I kinda get bored of tired-ole drag n' drop.
kokusho said:
Setting up a network with a windows PC is hard, whatever the other device is.
But aside that I'm pretty sure it's fairly easy. And I think Asus software (myNet) can help you do this (never tried)
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swift ftp server on the prime and filezilla client on the pc is fast and straightforward
slow as hell
Loading music is a pain but I can deal with it. I dont have internet I tether everything with my 4LTE verizon at 18MB a sec which Iam loving so much I turned off my home internet just use laptops and this now.
blackinjun said:
swift ftp server on the prime and filezilla client on the pc is fast and straightforward
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NICE! Using SwiFTP now and it transfers a lot faster than before. Thanks
Easiest way I found was, pop the MicroSD in my PC load it up. Pop it in the prime, use a file explorer and move it over fast and easy.
Hi,
I got asus memo pad 10 4.2 android. I figured out how to share files between users but when i plug in micro sd or USB thru otg only my "owner account" can see them and operate on file in them.
How do i give other users Access to external do devices? Because going to owner, pluging in, coping to obb, going to another account, coping it from obb and using it. Seems a bit silly.
After doing multiple searches, it seems there have been a few discussions about phone-chromebook USB connectivity but no real solutions. I recently got a chromebook and now that it is my primary, and only, computing device I am interested in exploring it's full capabilities. I will describe the specifics of my situation but I am hoping this thread will provide a useful resource to discuss all chromebook to phone USB connectivity issues.
Background:
I recently (within past 4 days) replaced both my phone and laptop. My previous setup was an HP laptop with windows 7 and the Sprint SGS4 (rooted with Sacs23 rom on JB 4.3). I am now using the Toshiba Chromebook 2 (stock) and Verizon SGS6 (stock lollipop and unrooted).
Needless to say I am experiencing some serious adjustment / withdrawl issues. I have used a chrome browser for years but there is still a learning curve to a chromebook coming from windows.
Before getting rid of my SGS4 I made backups (TB pro to external SD and dropbox, as well as with Helium backup).
My primary goal is to restore my previous apps and settings. (the Samsung Smart transfer in the store was a bust).
Problems:
Here are the issues I have run into (using the USB quick charging cable that came with the SGS6):
-Phone is not recognized / seen at all using the USB3 port.
-Phone is visible in files app using the USB2 port, but I get constant pop-ups “whoa there, be careful.” The chomebook appears to be constantly disconnecting from the phone.
-Neither the Helium app on my phone or in the Helium Chrome app recognize that the devices are connected.
- I installed the clockworkmod ABDchrome extension/app but it does not recognize that the phone is connected.
-The files app can see the files on the phone. It appears to be able to copy from the phone but not write to it (options for creating new folder are greyed out)
It seems some of my difficulties may be related to my specific phone setup (Lollipop on Verizon). I have seen prior suggestions to use the “three dots” on the storage screen to select USB transfer mode (I don’t have the three dots on Verizon touch wiz). Another possible solution was to select the USB transfer mode (PTP/MTP) on the popup notification when the devices are connected (Unfortunately, again, I don’t seem to get any popup notifications on my particular setup).
Again, my ultimate goal is to restore my phone apps / settings from my old phone, but I am interested to see if this is possible using the native(ish) capabilities of the chromebook (it may not be possible). I would be interested in any thoughts / suggestions for accomplishing this using the following:
Stock chromebook (i.e. Not installing Linux)
USB connection (i.e. not using Airdroid)
Stock lollipop
SGS6 (unrooted)
If there is no workable solution then would it be possible with a rooted phone? (it appears a root solution for the verizon SGS6 recently became an option)
I appreciate any input!
It's the laptop.
The issue isn't with the GS6, rather it's the Chromebook. It's not just the Toshiba Chomebook, it's just that ChromeOS wasn't built to do phone sync and read/write through USB. This is with every Chromebook in existence. Linux should take care of that for you though. Good day.
Update:
- I went ahead and rooted my phone. I can't live without root
- I learned that the SGS6 does not support USB 3 which explains why it wasn't recognized.
- Noob Lollipop alert. I learned that there was a notification item in the pull down shade to select the USB transfer mode. (I was expecting a pop up alert and never looked in the notifications shade).
Chrome beta channel has an enhancement that will allow photos to be transferred via the PTP and MTP protocols. Go to chrome://flags and find the flag Enable MTP support and enable it, and reboot the computer. Unfortunately, this still didn't work for me. I was still unable to write to the phone (i.e. I could only read and the phone contents but could not make a folder, write to the phone, or transfer files.)
Finally I tried just copying the SD card files to dropbox via chromebook. However, the size of the transfer is several gigabytes and it repeatedly fails part way through. I cannot seem to find a chrome app which provides folder comparison so I have no way of knowing which files transferred. If I restart the transfer there are no options to skip files that already exist. Instead it just starts over again and creates duplicates of the files already transferred.
Still looking for solutions:
- a way for the chromebook to write via USB to an external device (SGS6) possibly by getting chrome MTP support
- A folder comparison webapp that allows the ability to unselect files which are identical. Ideally the webapp would also be able to search the external device to identify duplicate files as well.
The simplest way I can think of to do what you want would be to use an external sd card. As far as I know, you should be able to transfer anything on to that, and from there to the cb. Other than that, you need to disable both your hardware and software verification security settings on it, which is not for the faint of heart at all.
Chrome OS and file transfering.
sdpluth said:
After doing multiple searches, it seems there have been a few discussions about phone-chromebook USB connectivity but no real solutions. I recently got a chromebook and now that it is my primary, and only, computing device I am interested in exploring it's full capabilities. I will describe the specifics of my situation but I am hoping this thread will provide a useful resource to discuss all chromebook to phone USB connectivity issues.
Background:
I recently (within past 4 days) replaced both my phone and laptop. My previous setup was an HP laptop with windows 7 and the Sprint SGS4 (rooted with Sacs23 rom on JB 4.3). I am now using the Toshiba Chromebook 2 (stock) and Verizon SGS6 (stock lollipop and unrooted).
Needless to say I am experiencing some serious adjustment / withdrawl issues. I have used a chrome browser for years but there is still a learning curve to a chromebook coming from windows.
Before getting rid of my SGS4 I made backups (TB pro to external SD and dropbox, as well as with Helium backup).
My primary goal is to restore my previous apps and settings. (the Samsung Smart transfer in the store was a bust).
Problems:
Here are the issues I have run into (using the USB quick charging cable that came with the SGS6):
-Phone is not recognized / seen at all using the USB3 port.
-Phone is visible in files app using the USB2 port, but I get constant pop-ups “whoa there, be careful.” The chomebook appears to be constantly disconnecting from the phone.
-Neither the Helium app on my phone or in the Helium Chrome app recognize that the devices are connected.
- I installed the clockworkmod ABDchrome extension/app but it does not recognize that the phone is connected.
-The files app can see the files on the phone. It appears to be able to copy from the phone but not write to it (options for creating new folder are greyed out)
It seems some of my difficulties may be related to my specific phone setup (Lollipop on Verizon). I have seen prior suggestions to use the “three dots” on the storage screen to select USB transfer mode (I don’t have the three dots on Verizon touch wiz). Another possible solution was to select the USB transfer mode (PTP/MTP) on the popup notification when the devices are connected (Unfortunately, again, I don’t seem to get any popup notifications on my particular setup).
Again, my ultimate goal is to restore my phone apps / settings from my old phone, but I am interested to see if this is possible using the native(ish) capabilities of the chromebook (it may not be possible). I would be interested in any thoughts / suggestions for accomplishing this using the following:
Stock chromebook (i.e. Not installing Linux)
USB connection (i.e. not using Airdroid)
Stock lollipop
SGS6 (unrooted)
If there is no workable solution then would it be possible with a rooted phone? (it appears a root solution for the verizon SGS6 recently became an option)
I appreciate any input!
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As it stands with the latest ChromeOS update you can transfer files from your phone to the chromebook. ChromeOS however is unable to write files to the phone. You can do as another poster suggested and use an sd card. (if your phone supports an sdcard)
Chrome has come a long way and maybe sometime in the near future it'll have support to write files to phones.
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As it stands with the latest ChromeOS update you can transfer files from your phone to the chromebook. ChromeOS however is unable to write files to the phone. You can do as another poster suggested and use an sd card. (if your phone supports an sdcard)
Chrome has come a long way and maybe sometime in the near future it'll have support to write files to phones.
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Right. As I stated in my original post, I can see the files on my phone but I cannot write to the phone. My goal was to get my Titanium Backup files from my old phone to my new phone. The new phone (SGS6) does not have SD card slot so the easy solution is off the table. I eventually found a work around and used the app AirDroid to do a Wi-Fi transfer from the Chromebook SD card to my new phone.
In general, I have settled in to using my chomebook. It is fine for day to day tasks, but it has limitations which can be frustrating - like not being able to write to an external device. On the surface, this seems like an simple and unnecessary oversight. The chromebook could really use a more robust (copy, find duplicates, compare files) file management service/app which would seamlessly work with the sdcard, usb connected devices, and multiple cloud storage locations.
sdpluth said:
Right. As I stated in my original post, I can see the files on my phone but I cannot write to the phone. My goal was to get my Titanium Backup files from my old phone to my new phone. The new phone (SGS6) does not have SD card slot so the easy solution is off the table. I eventually found a work around and used the app AirDroid to do a Wi-Fi transfer from the Chromebook SD card to my new phone.
In general, I have settled in to using my chomebook. It is fine for day to day tasks, but it has limitations which can be frustrating - like not being able to write to an external device. On the surface, this seems like an simple and unnecessary oversight. The chromebook could really use a more robust (copy, find duplicates, compare files) file management service/app which would seamlessly work with the sdcard, usb connected devices, and multiple cloud storage locations.
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I will have to check out Airdrop. Is that an android app or is it on chrome also? That something I'm interested in. How exactly do you use it on Chrome?
It is an Android app which sets up a direct Wi-Fi link to the chromebook. There are probably others that do the same including file management apps (es file explorer )