I'm rather baffled! I had a regular Fire for years and it was easy. plug it into pc. Open the folders that said "music", "books", whatever. Drag and drop.
but I open up my new HDX 7 in my pc? I see files under internal storage which come up as "Android", "Documents"...but no obvious place to drag and drop saved movies, books, and music.
help?
qorc said:
I'm rather baffled! I had a regular Fire for years and it was easy. plug it into pc. Open the folders that said "music", "books", whatever. Drag and drop.
but I open up my new HDX 7 in my pc? I see files under internal storage which come up as "Android", "Documents"...but no obvious place to drag and drop saved movies, books, and music.
help?
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Try Android File Transfer: https://www.android.com/intl/en_us/filetransfer/ Or you can do it with ADB.
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I love HTC phones and the 8929 hands down my FAV. had to use BB for the past 2yrs. Now I got an HTC back in my hands. I was expecting it to be familiar to the tilt but now I feel really stupid.
I can't for the life of me figure out how to load my music (not itunes, that is all the info I can find) or pictures. I don't want an App. I'd like to see my file system or even be able to see the SD card but I can't find it on my puters file system.
So I know this means I am missing something simple. The handbook talks about amazon and mp3 store and the like. i have my own stuff I want.
So, can someone please point me to a link for dummies that will tell me how i can see my SD card and drag and drop my photos, ringtones, and music onto this phone.
I guess BB's media manger got me spoiled, hell even Motorola has great software for this simple stuff. I got the HTC sync loaded on the PC and all contacts loaded up but that is it.
I'm sorry for such a simple question but I'm lost and can't see the phone for the screen! Please help....
Thanks
when you hook it up to your pc a pop up should come up, select disk drive. if it doesnt pop up, slid open the notification tray and click on where it says "charge only" and change it to disc drive. it should pop up on your computer just like if you plugged in a flash stick.
just drag and drop the files onto your sd. the built in music/gallery apps will find the files and display them for you.
Lemcott said:
when you hook it up to your pc a pop up should come up, select disk drive. if it doesnt pop up, slid open the notification tray and click on where it says "charge only" and change it to disc drive. it should pop up on your computer just like if you plugged in a flash stick.
just drag and drop the files onto your sd. the built in music/gallery apps will find the files and display them for you.
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Thanks, I did that and your right the files did show. But the files are very different looking when compared to a windows and I didn't see a disk marked "sd card" or any files that look like they were on a sd card. So I stopped. if I move the files am I moving to the card or the phone memory?
Again, this is a very noob question for a forum of this type so Thanks for taking the time to answer. If you know of a stickies or any link where i can learn this system on my own i'd be happy to read it. But an answer would be great to. In any event looks like I have a lot of reading to do. I learned about my 8525 and 8929 from this site so I started here 1st. this site rocks.
Thanks
when you select it to go to "disc drive" it only hooks up the SD card, so no matter what you see in there, odd file folders, temporary files, etc, it's just stuff your apps put in there or you downloaded from the net, etc. not the phone's memory, just the card.
I usually follow the rule of "if I don't know what it is, don't touch it" which is a good creed to live by. sometimes apps just create folders and files on the sd card to free space up on your phone's internal memory. if you delete them, you could loose data for those specific apps, but even if you upped and deleted them all you wouldn't be doing anything that would would cripple your phone, just lose things like game saves, settings for certain apps, nothing you couldn't restore eventually.
anyway, to keep everything good and organized, just once you get it set to disc drive, go ahead and make a new folder called music, one called pictures, video, etc and then dump the files into their respective folder, the phone will pick em up no matter where they are.
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.".
Guys
Sorry if this has been asked before but I got my prime few days ago and i still don't know how to transfer my pictures, movies and music to prime?
When i used to have ipad in the past, i did everything via itunes but now i have prime, its not so easy. Would appreciate your help.
Thank you in advance.
lucky6877 said:
Guys
Sorry if this has been asked before but I got my prime few days ago and i still don't know how to transfer my pictures, movies and music to prime?
When i used to have ipad in the past, i did everything via itunes but now i have prime, its not so easy. Would appreciate your help.
Thank you in advance.
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Basically you transfer files like you would to a flash drive.
1. You plug your prime into your computer
2. open it on your computer(look for it like you would look for a flashdrive, if on windows a window might pop up. If it does click "view files" or something)
3. Transfer files by drag/dropping or copy/pasting.
This is the most basic way to directly transfer files. There are many other ways to transfer files such as wireless transfer, but those get a lot more complex.
Hope this helps and if you do want to try one of the other ways just ask and I'll try to help.
Hi cmat
Thank you for your prompt response, i will try it and keep u posted.
I clicked the thanks button for you.
>iTunes
*snigger*
Its just because you don't know how to yet. This is way simpler and faster than iTunes. I know because I have an Ipad also. Its as easy as copy n paste or dragging the files onto prime. Or as simple as transferring from memory to internal memory if you want.
Like me I like to download movies n such straight from the websites. I have the new Underworld movie inside my Prime now
lucky6877 said:
Guys
Sorry if this has been asked before but I got my prime few days ago and i still don't know how to transfer my pictures, movies and music to prime?
When i used to have ipad in the past, i did everything via itunes but now i have prime, its not so easy. Would appreciate your help.
Thank you in advance.
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Use DropBox to transfer files.
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1) Plug into you PC with USB Cable and Copy and Paste. This Fastest and Easiest
2) Use Mini SD Card. Copy from PC to Card then from Card to Prime
3) WiFi File Explorer Pro App. Makes your Prime a Sever then Connect to Server IP via WiFi on your PC and Copy and Transfer Files using your PC
4)ES File Explorer App. This will allow you to connect to your Home Network from Prime and File Transfer. It same thing a WiFi File Explorer but you can do all WiFi Transfer from Prime without going to your PC.
5) DropBox as mentioned above
RonH54 said:
1) Plug into you PC with USB Cable and Copy and Paste. This Fastest and Easiest
2) Use Mini SD Card. Copy from PC to Card then from Card to Prime
3) WiFi File Explorer Pro App. Makes your Prime a Sever then Connect to Server IP via WiFi on your PC and Copy and Transfer Files using your PC
4)ES File Explorer App. This will allow you to connect to your Home Network from Prime and File Transfer. It same thing a WiFi File Explorer but you can do all WiFi Transfer from Prime without going to your PC.
5) DropBox as mentioned above
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That's pretty much the best order too.
All those options are way better than having to use iTunes.
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!
Droid Explorer. GUI-based adb, easy set-up for anyone not knowledgeable enough to set-up sdk on their own.
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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.
Dave
( http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAownKXmAQ/bigfatuniverse )
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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.
galaxy Nexus running 4.1.1
I connect my Nexus to my computer via USB often. I can see and transfer files to and from my computer and/or phone.
However, lately, when I try to back up my files by simply dragging and dropping all the folders contained in "Internal Storage" (about 42 total folders) to a folder on my computer - the phone will take forever to process this information. Then it will copy only about 4 folders.
I then drag and drop the individual folders until both the phone and computer have the same amount of items. However, in many cases the subfolders will not transfer (i.e. DCIM will transfer to the computer but not have a "Camera" subfolder in it).
For me this is frustrating because it is a simple way to see and feel secure about seeing certain photos or doc files on my computer and knowing that I have them backed up. But, now there is an issue suddenly.
I am connecting as "Media Device (MTP)" as the only other option is "Camera (PTP)".
Thanks!