Hi everyone,
My car's "integrated" multimedia system is some sort of a Chinese device running Android 4.4.2.
It has a lot of restrictions obviously, and I want to install some apps on it.
There is no browser, no file manager, just some apps that the local dealership installed.
I can insert any usb drive with a .apk file but I have no way of launching it.
Is there anyway of forcing it to install an app from a usb drive without launching anything (some sort of autoboot for the usb or something)?
Thanks a lot.
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Hi,
I am completely new to android coming from WinMo.
I have 4 new Nexus S phones in the family. I need to transfer some files to all of the phones. There is no SD card, only 16GB Flash. All of the files I need are on my mac, but I can use PC as well if this is easier.
1. How do I transfer music and video files to the phones from the computer?
2. I have several large .apk files on my mac (Large enough that I cannot e-mail them). I would like to sideload them, but cannot use SD card method. How do I transfer them to the phone for installation?
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Please be as specific as possible, as I never used android before. WinMo used to be easy with Windows on PC.
Thanks a lot
Sincerely,
Mike
You can connect the phone to your computer with a USB cable.
Hello,
The way i would do it is to transfer the files over usb via a micro usb to usb cable connected to your computer, of which should come with the phones. I only know the process for windows but mac should work the same.
Before you connect the phone to the computer you must make sure usb debugging is enabled on the phones you want to connect. This setting is found in your applications menu, in there click on settings then applications then development then check the box 'usb debugging'. It will come up with a warning message read if you want then press ok. While you are there you might as well check the box 'unknown sources' under applications which will allow you to install your large .apk's from your internal memory rather than the android market.
Once this is done you now need to connect the usb cable. If all is good you should see a green little android with a usb cable for a hand. Click on 'turn on usb storage'. This will hopefully send windows to fetch drivers for your phone to install it and any future sd card you intend to buy as a hardrive listed under my computer. IF you have software on the phone that is used to sync media this may take your phone and display it in my computer as a portable device.
Once the file is on your phone you can then send that file over bluetooth to the other phones if you prefer may save a little time if your in a rush. This is between phones. Go back into settings found in your applications menu. This time go to Wireless and Network, go to Bluetooth settings and in this turn on bluetooth (must be done for each phone though when you want to transfer). Now you must pair the phones that will be transferring before sending/recieving files. To do this make sure the THEIR phone is set to be visible and then 'search for devices' on YOUR phone. You can skip that 'search for devices' step simply by clicking on the name of the phone if it shows up saying 'paired but not connected'. You will get a warning if they are connected, and you wont have to pair the two devices again.
Now you can go back to the files you transfered from usb and find it in your file browser, long press on the file and select share, then bluetooth then it will send a notification to the other phone. On the other phone to accept the incoming bluetooth file you must pull down the dropdown menu (slide downwards with your finger from the top edge of the home screen) and accept via the notification.
Goodluck.
mike99 said:
1. How do I transfer music and video files to the phones from the computer?
2. I have several large .apk files on my mac (Large enough that I cannot e-mail them). I would like to sideload them, but cannot use SD card method. How do I transfer them to the phone for installation?
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1. Use a USB cable.
2. Use this: http://forums.androidcentral.com/an...-central-sideload-wonder-machine-v-1-2-a.html . I recommend using the installer version (for windows) and make sure you have the drivers installed for your device.
Every time I download a file onto my tfp I can't see it via usb nor via dlna for hours. I can see the files on my tfp with 'File Manager' but if I plug my tfp into my PC, all recently downloaded files are invisable. Same issue for files via dlna. Initially thought my dlna apps had a floor until I tried to transfer a file via usb and I was like "Where is it"? I can transfer the file wirelessly with 'ES File Explorer' but it is painfully slow.
Same thing happened to me recently too. Only showed the DCIM folder via USB. After a reboot (tablet), the other directories slowly came back and then the files, but it seemed like it was struggling forever.
I finally had access after 1.5 hours and 2 reboots.
Does Android use an indexing service to maintain its listing of files?
If this were the case, maybe a new index is created for newly downloaded files and it is migrated with the master index via a process. In my case, maybe the process isn't working correctly but a reboot will cause it to restart?
Not sure if this is related to the problem but I frequently receive a popup advising "Unfortunately. Asus task manager has stopped".
Just discovered something. I can access all new files via dlna with 'My Net' running but when I use a couple of dlna apps from the market (Imediashare and Skifta), the new files are invisible.
Yes, I did search. I didn't find what I was looking for.
I have a Samsung Galaxy 5 player running gingerbread. I'm trying to access files on it from my WinXP box via wifi. This seems like it should be a very common thing to do, but I simply can't find it. If I plug it into a usb port, I can access the drives. Can this be done via wifi?
Again, I want to access the android from the PC. Not the other way around.
Thanks for any help.
Three possible solutions pop into my mind (I guess there are many more):
1) Use a ftp server on the phone and access the files using that.
2) Use AirDroid or a similar app. It will give you wireless access to your phone's file.
3) This includes something that you said you didn't necessarily want to do but should also work: Use an app such as ES File Explorer and connect to your Windows XP PC via network. You can share a folder over the network (with write access) and then you can copy files from your android to your pc. But I guess that is the least ideal solution of the above.
I hope that the apps mentioned above are available for your device and that a method works.
Thanks, Fabur. I'm sure one of them will work.
The reason that "android -> pc" isn't an option is that much of the time, I'm using it as a wifi camera to monitor what my dogs are doing elsewhere in the house. But it would be nice to be able to access the files on the player from my pc.
If you have not been able to get your RAZR to read a flash/pen drive, here's how I did it.
I only got a OTG Host cable about 2 months ago, and only just got it working.
You will need the following:
USB OTG Host cable
USB Y cable (or whatever it's called - at least that's what I used)
A rooted phone (I am using the GSM Razr Maxx XT910 on CM11-nightly)
USB OTG Helper (Play store)
USB Host Controller (Play store)
Script Manager - Smanager (Play store)
Install all apps and extract attached script and copy the file (ThumbDrive.PreMount) onto your phone/sd-card memory.
(Note apps must be granted superuser permissions)
1. Connect your charger to power and connect your phone.
(Before we can begin, we must first find where the drive is. Open USB Host Controller, and under settings make "Dmesg display mode" continuous". Under the USB tab, look at the log at the bottom and you should see something about the device being rejected due to insufficient power or something like that. Mine is 3-1, your's will probably also be, but if it's not 3-1, you will need to change the script accordingly with a text editor.)
2. USB OTG Helper may give you a popup, just click cancel.
3. Now in Smanager, run the script you copied onto your phone. You must run it as a script, and give it SU permission. Just click the home key after you've run the script.
4.1 Now open USB OTG Helper and click mount.
4.2 You'll probably get an error, but you can ignore this.
5. Your drive should be mounted. Look for it under /storage/UsbOtgDrives/drive_1 (I use Solid Explorer as my file manager and it even added some shortcuts on the left - but not initially though).
You will have to do this everytime you plug a device in, but it's very quick once you know what to do.
I'm just putting this out there because I know it's a function many have not got working. I know there's already a lot of resources on this topic, but frankly they never really helped me. This thread guided me in the right direction though: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2050925
Kind regards
We are a community of tech savies that have limited access to internet, and all of us have "SANDISK Clip Sport" MP3 players. We are loading custom music on our devices via OTG.
Android version: 6.0.1
Phone model: SM-S550TL
OTG Checker = all verified
USB storage doesn't list under Settings - Storage
USB storage isn't listed in " My Files"
USB storage isn't listed in " ES File Manager" nor " Xim"
ONLY able to copy files using " OTG Disk Explorer Pro" which lacks capabilities of copying to USB from SD card and cannot delete or modify files from USB storage.
Also, "OTG Disk Explorer Pro" frequently gives a file system error and can't access several of our USB storage devices, giving error "Drive cannot be opened. Please check if the file system of USB is FAT32 or NTFS!!"
Unfortunately, rooting the Android phone I'm using is NOT an option.
I'm sure with enough research I'd find the answer, but with the very limited amount of direct internet access, I'm asking my community to assist.
I'm also having problems with transferring music to the mp3 as well but I have figured out a few tricks that you might would like to know you can use the automatag app to remove all the covers then just load the song again on the mp3 and it will take it off the mp3 same will work if there is a bad song just make sure the name of the file is the same also I figured out if you rename every song as numbers before you put it on the mp3 if you wanted to change the song with another you can put a new song on with the same number and it will replace it but I haven't been able to figure out how to get it to read when it says unknown file type just keep resetting it and also try scanning it on the computer may help also don't let it freeze up to long or it will make it stick to where it won't load anymore music you just have to watch it and if it starts to freeze unplug it fast hope you can use any of this info good luck
Modified otg disk explorer pro.
Someone has a modified version of the otg disk explorer pro. Wont share it! Apparently had somone
Update it so he can select or create a different folder.