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So, went out and picked up a Mini Pro for the misses.
Well, off the bat I went crazy cause I couldn't find "Market" and well...after searching online, guess this damn region doesn't support the Market. How wonderful is that, so downloaded stuff online through slideme. Which really still sucks.
Then when I downloaded things to my laptop and wanted to bluetooth them over, I couldn't. Then when I wanted to send ringtones from my phone to the mini pro, I couldn't. So I searched, and wouldn't you know it. I gotta download a program, so I downloaded bluetooth explorer and then it prompted me that I gotta root this SOB to be able to send files through bluetooth? Did I just buy an iPhone or what?!
So I plugged in the phone through USB. And we copied over the APK. and I downloaded a file explorer, so I could get to the damn APK (really no file explorer included, or clearly apparent?). And when we launched the file (MSN), we found we couldn't send files, images, or anything other than text. Are you kidding me?
With all these limitations, how is Android so popular?
Are there any possible solutions without having to root this bastard? (aside from MSN). I just bought this thing and don't wanna void warranty so damn early so I could make it something PRACTICAL like every other phone.
I'm guessing you're used to nokia's and the like. I must say i've found bluetooth file transfer a little hit and miss on android, but you need an app called bluetooth file transfer but it's on the market i'm afraid. Where are you then? You can get the market app from these forums and an enabler for regions not supported so you may need to do some digging.
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Not used to Nokia's. Used to WinMo and running Android Froyo on my Topaz.
Could not find the market standalone app for the life of me. And the phone is from Saudi Arabia, and I can't justify rooting it just yet.
@bmzloum
Hi! I feel your pain. Android Marketplace is not supported in my part of the world too. I am looking for alternate ways to get apps into my phone.
You mentioned that you had to download a separate File Manager to get to the .apk files. Can you tell me which app you are using?
Also how did you manage to install the File Manager in the first place if you could not get to the .apk files?
Do you copy the .apk files to your MicroSD card? Do you any other advice to make installation easier if we download the Apps to our computer then then try to install them to our phone?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Cheers and good luck with your new phone.
Appbrain App Market and Apktor are viable alternatives for getting apps on your phone, the latter you'll need to find public repositories for. Sorry can't post links cause of restrictions on a new account, but google knows all.
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You mentioned that you had to download a separate File Manager to get to the .apk files. Can you tell me which app you are using?
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Hey, found
Code:
http://slideme.org/
which let me download with the barcode, and then I installed the sites app manager directly on there. There are a ton of file managers, I downloaded two, I forget which. But the two most popular ones. Both worked, but only one handled ZIP files. I don't have the phone beside me, so can't recall...
I found the Market standalone apk, but it crashed everytime I clicked on "Download" so I gave up on it.
I'm gonna try those suggestions posted up and see if they have a few new nice apps on there.
I had the exact same issue as others above. My solution was to use the debranded UK Firmware, root the phone and then use the Bluetooth File Manager.
bmazloum: My phone also came from the UAE side and didn't have the Market. I used Omnius to flash the firmware. A friend of mine on the otherhand paid the local Sony Service Centre to flash and debrand the ROM. Maybe this might help
Guys you don't have to move the apk file over to the phone in order to install it btw... get Adb from the Android SDK and then place the apk file in the same folder as adb.
And then from command prompt, navigate to the folder with adb and your apk and type "adb install example.apk".
Make sure you have USB Debugging (Applications -> Development) enabled and that's it.
Works nicely on a Mini. Not sure about the Pro to be honest.
Morning all
Just got my tab 10.1 yesterday, rooted and installed overcomes ROM this morning. For the life of me I cannot copy over any MKV files as i want to put my files on the damned thing. I've had a quick search through and it seems most people can do it somehow its just no one has given a fool proof way of doing it as far as i can see (i know i will be wrong there)
I have tried to use recovery usb mount but that just doesn't work and every time i use the mtp is just crashes windows explorer.
Please can someone tell me there is a way i can get my files onto my tablet?
any help is greatly received
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Morning all
Just got my tab 10.1 yesterday, rooted and installed overcomes ROM this morning. For the life of me I cannot copy over any MKV files as i want to put my files on the damned thing. I've had a quick search through and it seems most people can do it somehow its just no one has given a fool proof way of doing it as far as i can see (i know i will be wrong there)
I have tried to use recovery usb mount but that just doesn't work and every time i use the mtp is just crashes windows explorer.
Please can someone tell me there is a way i can get my files onto my tablet?
any help is greatly received
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MTP crashes Explorer.exe? Thats really weird. Sounds like you have bad drivers. Uninstall and reinstall your Samsung drivers and try again.
Another option is to get the USB connector piece that allows you to connect and view the contents of a USB drive with a file manager app straight from the tablet.
One more option is Dropbox. Its a personal file sharing software that lets you see your files from any device with internet. Just drop the files from your computer into your dropbox folder and they will automatically upload online. You can then go to www.dropbox.com and sign in to see these files. Android devices have a Dropbox app, so you don't even have to open the browser, all your files are right there in a folder on your homescreen for you.
If you don't have a dropbox account, Click Here to Sign Up You get 2gigs of free storage space.
rename the extension .mkv to something else like .abc and it should work.
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Morning all
Just got my tab 10.1 yesterday, rooted and installed overcomes ROM this morning. For the life of me I cannot copy over any MKV files as i want to put my files on the damned thing. I've had a quick search through and it seems most people can do it somehow its just no one has given a fool proof way of doing it as far as i can see (i know i will be wrong there)
I have tried to use recovery usb mount but that just doesn't work and every time i use the mtp is just crashes windows explorer.
Please can someone tell me there is a way i can get my files onto my tablet?
any help is greatly received
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I should have said I renamed. The mkv in question was only 850mb and it crashes. However an mp4 of 1.4gb works fine. All be it it asks me to convert it first.
I'll try and remove the drivers and reinstall and see if that works when I finish work.
OK... So it would seem that the more technology advances, the less control users have on their devices... GRRRRRR!
But before we engage in arguments on the politics of actively hiding the file system to computer users and restricting access to their devices... Does anyone know WHERE Google stores its Offline Speech Recognition Language Files?
I accidentally discovered that Offline Speech Recognition seems to have been bundled with Google Search somehow because if Google Search is disabled, so is Speech Recognition and looking at Google Search in Application Manager, one can notice that the data storage is proportional to the size of the downloaded language files, but so far have been unable to locate where on the device these files are stored, so that they don't need to be downloaded again.
Any ideas?
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WHERE Google stores its Offline Speech Recognition Language Files?
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on my 4.1.x / rk30xx based tablet, the files are in:
/data/data/com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox/app_g3_models/ **folders in here with the files downloaded for each language**
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on my 4.1.x / rk30xx based tablet, the files are in:
/data/data/com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox/app_g3_models/ **folders in here with the files downloaded for each language**
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YESSS! Confirmed on my Samsung Galxy Note 2
THANK YOU SHERLOCK!!!
For those using OFFLINE voice to text to SAVE BANDWIDTH, having to DOWNLOAD THE FILES every time something Google crashes in order to save you from DOWNLOADING in real time was a bit absurd, don't you think?
This should resolve the issue, unless of course reinstalling the files manually is not possible. I'll make some tests and get back with results.
unable to find language files for offline voice recognition
dangerzone said:
on my 4.1.x / rk30xx based tablet, the files are in:
/data/data/com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox/app_g3_models/ **folders in here with the files downloaded for each language**
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the above directory is not present on my Nexus4
I just have a \files folder, but it's emty
I have the followind issue:
installed is only English US, and when I try to download ANY other language , download seems to stard, but immedialtelly (less than 1 second) stop, with no erro message
PLEASE HELP
ice.man said:
the above directory is not present on my Nexus4
I just have a \files folder, but it's emty
I have the followind issue:
installed is only English US, and when I try to download ANY other language , download seems to stard, but immedialtelly (less than 1 second) stop, with no erro message
PLEASE HELP
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Firstly, just in case you were trying to do this on an older OS, it's supposed to work only starting with Jelly Bean (4.1.1), but I presume you wouldn't have an option to download if you were on an old OS...
Otherwise your Google Search installation may be corrupted and you need to delete the data and cache and reboot (note to others: if you need to reinitialize Google Search for any reason and already downloaded language files, COPY THEM ONTO YOUR SDCARD FIRST if you don't want to be downloading them again ).
If that doesn't work, update Google Search offline, there are apks available, I'll post one up tomorrow if you have trouble finding one.
If worse comes to worst, you may have to delete your google account and re-register it after a reboot. Usually that's as far as you need to go.
If you still need language packs after all this, let me know and I'll download them for you as I'll be WiFi all day tomorrow.
Good luck!
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Firstly, just in case you were trying to do this on an older OS, it's supposed to work only starting with Jelly Bean (4.1.1), but I presume you wouldn't have an option to download if you were on an old OS...
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I forgot to write I'm on a Nexus4, Andoird 4.2.2, NOT rooted
Otherwise your Google Search installation may be corrupted and you need to delete the data and cache and reboot
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this was my first option yesterday, but no luck
Unfortunatelly on Android 4.2 both GOOGLE SEARCH and VOICE SEARCH are embedded in Android rom. So I haven't ANY unistall option. I just have the option to uninstall updates (witch I did, hoping the update would have somehow fixed the issue, but again, NO luck)
(note to others: if you need to reinitialize Google Search for any reason and already downloaded language files, COPY THEM ONTO YOUR SDCARD FIRST if you don't want to be downloading them again ).
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that's a very kind tip from you, but Nexus come with no sd slot, anyway I've wifi both home and work, so I don't mind downloading them back
If that doesn't work, update Google Search offline, there are apks available, I'll post one up tomorrow if you have trouble finding one.
If worse comes to worst, you may have to delete your google account and re-register it after a reboot. Usually that's as far as you need to go.
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I have 3 accounts configured, (2x google standard account and 1x google app account) so removing them all is the last option....
If you still need language packs after all this, let me know and I'll download them for you as I'll be WiFi all day tomorrow.
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indeed I'm willing to test wether just manually creating the folder and inflating the language files can meke it work......if you can provide me the ITALIAN language pack. I think I'll wait the Andoid v.5 update for a device wipe/reset
Good luck!
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I really need it
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I forgot to write I'm on a Nexus4, Andoird 4.2.2, NOT rooted
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not sure it makes a difference since you're able to navigate there anyway... I'd be surprised if the other folders were hidden...
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Unfortunatelly on Android 4.2 both GOOGLE SEARCH and VOICE SEARCH are embedded in Android rom. So I haven't ANY unistall option. I just have the option to uninstall updates (witch I did, hoping the update would have somehow fixed the issue, but again, NO luck)
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So I've just backed up the Google Search on my device, 2.0.0.438695.apk, this one works for me, and another one I had on backup 2.3.11.575405.apk, don't remember if it's any better.
I hope it helps, it's probably better than downloading the updates.
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that's a very kind tip from you, but Nexus come with no sd slot, anyway I've wifi both home and work, so I don't mind downloading them back
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As I understand it, reinitializing the phone won't erase the internal SDCard, it's like a separate partition.
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if you can provide me the ITALIAN language pack.
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Here you go, it's a zip file, unzip with stored folders, it should create the folder it-IT with several files, put it all into /data/data/com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox/app_g3_models/
Hope it helps!
Here you go, it's a zip file, unzip with stored folders, it should create the folder it-IT with several files, put it all into /data/data/com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox/app_g3_models/
Hope it helps!
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IT WORKED
THANKS A LOT
.
I downloaded all the needed file (both .apk and language files)
but I started creating the /app_g3_models/ folder and then inlating the IT-it language pack you provided
Than I checked if the language file was listed as installed in the offline voice recognition menu, but yet it wasn't
BUT when I clicked on download....it started downloading it back, and then it appeared in the installed language for offline use
of course my second test was....can I download any other language now or for the time being I'll always need to have it manuallly copied on the mobile and THEN I'll be able to "download" it.........
quess what? I was able to download Englis (UK) and German
so definitilelly the issue seems to be solved
And I did not even had to use the .apk files
thanks again
ice.man said:
IT WORKED
THANKS A LOT
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I downloaded all the needed file (both .apk and language files)
but I started creating the /app_g3_models/ folder and then inlating the IT-it language pack you provided
Than I checked if the language file was listed as installed in the offline voice recognition menu, but yet it wasn't
BUT when I clicked on download....it started downloading it back, and then it appeared in the installed language for offline use
of course my second test was....can I download any other language now or for the time being I'll always need to have it manuallly copied on the mobile and THEN I'll be able to "download" it.........
quess what? I was able to download Englis (UK) and German
so definitilelly the issue seems to be solved
And I did not even had to use the .apk files
thanks again
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Glad I could help, buona Pasqua
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Glad I could help, buona Pasqua
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Hello there. I'm using Jb 4.2.2 ROM by Vijendrah on my HTC Desire.. But not able to activate Offline Speech to Text .
I don't hav that folder in data/data also. Can u help me with this sir?
I solved the issue like this:
manually created the folders
copied the language files from Old faithful
then rebooted, tryed to download a new language and it worked
try tha same and let me know
ice.man said:
I solved the issue like this:
manually created the folders
co. ed the language files from Old faithful
then rebooted, tryed to download a new language and it worked
try tha same and let me know
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Ohk.. U created those folders- com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox/app_g3_models/
N also downloaded that Google search .apk.. Now what should I do?
Bcoz I already hav Google search installed rite now..so should I uninstall that? Or how should I proceed..
Edit I don't speak Italian so did not download that other file..
I don't speak German either, but I downloaded the laguage file to test the "download" function was working within the Offline Voice features
I mean, somehow the fact google voice offline realized there was 1 language file in the folder....un-locked the donwload new language file function
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I don't speak German either, but I downloaded the laguage file test the "download" function was working within the Offline Voice features
I mean, somehow the fact google voice offline realized there was 1 language file in the folder....un-locked the donwload new language file functio
Ohh I see.. Ohk I'm downloading now.. So once I download that I should those files in - app_g3_modelso . and after that from where should I update files?
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Helped a lot......
Worked?
I have a rooted Huawei Y300 with stock ROM, JB 4.1.1. The option to download the offline recognition files isn't there, but I'm quite sure that back when I bought the phone early April, the option was still there. I couldn't find anything definitive, but it seems that Google has disabled the offline recognition for devices it deems "too slow/weak" to use that functionality. Or something.
In any case, the app_g3_models folder exists on my phone, but it's empty. If I set the language to English (US), the offline recognition works, if I set it to English (UK) or German or whatever, I get a speech server error if I'm offline (I use utter!). So I downloaded the Italian files linked earlier in this thread and copied them to the app_g3_models folder. Then I set the Voice Search language to Italian, tried utter! and it worked while offline. The only "problem" being that it understands the speech as English, not Italian... I don't actually speak Italian but I set utter! to display the results it gets back from the Google speech recognition service, and those results are in English. And if I ask it "What time is it?", it understands me correctly. I assume the problem is that the speech recognition sees the Italian offline files, but for whatever reason it can't use them and defaults to the working English (US) files (where are THOSE, anyway?). If I set the Voice Search language to anything but Italian or English (US), I get the speech server error again.
So here's my request - could someone please download the English (US), English (UK), German and Russian offline files on his phone and upload them somewhere for me to try?
Also if you know how I can get the download option to show on my phone, that would be even better .
A big +1 to that. I downloaded the Italian files myself and got my phone sounding like Mussolini. Lol..Still if somebody could upload the English US file it'd be great. I'm gonna keep looking for them. If I find them I'll post a link for y'all here.
Sorry guys, I'm stupid I suspect.
I've downloaded the files to app_g3_models.
When I select Voice Search, I see:
Language
Default - English (UK)
Speech output
Only when informative
Block offensive words
Hide recognised offensive voice results
Bluetooth headset
Records audio through Bluetooth headset if available.
there is nothing else. So what do I need to do next, to get offline voice recognition working?
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Sorry guys, I'm stupid I suspect.
I've downloaded the files to app_g3_models.
When I select Voice Search, I see:
Language
Default - English (UK)
Speech output
Only when informative
Block offensive words
Hide recognised offensive voice results
Bluetooth headset
Records audio through Bluetooth headset if available.
there is nothing else. So what do I need to do next, to get offline voice recognition working?
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I had this same issue with another app that uses Google offline recognition files. (Utter) Spent days trying to figure it out. What did the trick was installing svox voice engine, and a trial of a voice pack (it seemed that it wouldn't work without the voice package) once I set that up the offline stuff started working.
Hope it helps ya
Hi everyone,
I'm still a happy user of a GT-P6800 tab, since I only use it for ebook reading. But recently I upgraded it from HC to JB (just to become able to install a Bjork music app). And then, the Samsung stock Ebook reader was gone.
It's the best reader for me, I tried many before coming to that conclusion.
Well, I searched through the forums and find many versions of this apk. Two of them installed fine in my tablet.
The thing is, one is a later, better version, but has language problems ("ç", "Ç" and some others not showing). The other apk is ok with language, but it's an older version.
I want to fix, if possible, the language problem of the new apk.
Question is: Is that possible? Can I use the older version (with working language) files to inject in the newer version one and get this new one to work correctly?
Where usually language files go and from which Smali they are called?
Any help will be appreciated!
Here are the files (can't post working links yet):
Older version (language fine)
(dropbox . com) /s/csp4xfhtwv09cd2/com.samsung.ebook.reader-2-1.2.20120531.apk
Newer version (language needs fixing, miss "ç' and other chars)
(dropbox . com) /s/4wknjjsx4jv8p8t/Ebook%28fromSamsungApps%29.apk?dl=0
Fixed!
Well, I decompilled the apk and turns out it was using the system font droidserif, which, in my tablet, is a placeholder font (zero size). Then I changed the .smalli responsible for the font (smali\com\samsung\ebook\reader\settings\font.smali). Where it looked for droidserif.tts, I put helvetica.tts, which I already had installed in my system\fonts folder.
Now it's working fine!
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Hi all!
An oldie but a goldie!
I've changed from S6 32g, to S6Eedge 64g since I was running out of space.
Now I need to transfer 4000 photos (sorted by date) to the new phone. A direct copy/move from PC converts all the created dates to the current date (ie when transfer was done) which as you can imagine screws everything up royally!
Ive tried and failed in many many many ways including:
FTP
Syncing programs from pc to phone
ADB push
WEBdav
Hail marys, and praying to every god out there
They all bugger up the dates...........
The ONLY ONLY way Ive found out that works is by zipping up the original files, transferring to new phone, and unzipping locally with Total Commander. ONLY Total Commander seems to be able to unzip and preserve the dates, all the other file managers and extracting programs (I tried 10-15) out there can NOT manage this. Total Commander probably works cuz im rooted, and it can use this.
HOWEVER this only worked with smaller directories, but my main pics folder is an 8 gig compressed zip, and when I try the same way Total Commander only manages to unzip some 700 files and stops (anyone else come across this limitation?). So the only way I can manage is to zip up the original files in 7-8 different zip files and unzip locally individually, which is a big hassle.
Ive googled many threads on this problem, most of them were unresolved and some solutions refer to previous android versions or software and dont work anymore.
I'm hoping that you all dont spend four days setting up a new phone everytime ( home screen and app settings is a whole different drama! Thank you Titanium backup! iOS really has the jump on Andoird when it comes to changing phones...)
The only thing I can think of which I havent tried yet is USB OTG, since I dont have the cable. Anyone can confirm whether this method keeps the dates unchnaged?
So in your experience, whats the best way of doing this? How do you guys do it?
Why you need to store such a large amount of photos in your phone.
Did you try to sync to flickr or google photos?
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I want to have immediate access, cant rely on patchy internet connection, areas without coverage (inside a lot of buildings, or basements) and can you imagine how much it would cost when roaming?
Everybody is talking about cloud cloud cloud, without taking account that its not a solution for all sitautions..
Update and for future help for people who will come across this issue.
I managed it!
I used Total Commander on the phone through the LAN plugin function, to access my backup folder on the pc, select all files and copy to local phone directory.
You need to initiate the copy from the PHONE on Total Commander, ie pull the files onto the phone, dont copy them by drag and drop from PC.
It took a while but it was done!
Dates and timestamps all preserved and correct!
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Update and for future help for people who will come across this issue.
I managed it!
I used Total Commander on the phone through the LAN plugin function, to access my backup folder on the pc, select all files and copy to local phone directory.
You need to initiate the copy from the PHONE on Total Commander, ie pull the files onto the phone, dont copy them by drag and drop from PC.
It took a while but it was done!
Dates and timestamps all preserved and correct!
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I've been trying to tackle this same problem over the last few days with no luck. I just tried total commander and it was unsuccessful. Was there anything special you did? Like you mentioned the entire copy process was initiated on the phone via total commander. However, I'm not rooted so I'm wondering if that's the issue...
k.aalai said:
Update and for future help for people who will come across this issue.
I managed it!
I used Total Commander on the phone through the LAN plugin function, to access my backup folder on the pc, select all files and copy to local phone directory.
You need to initiate the copy from the PHONE on Total Commander, ie pull the files onto the phone, dont copy them by drag and drop from PC.
It took a while but it was done!
Dates and timestamps all preserved and correct!
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Hi!
I'm facing the same problem\task as yours and I want to know how did you transfer photos TO the PC with the file creation dates saved?
Has any of you tried compressing the images on your device to a zip file and then unzipping them on the PC?
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Hello its me, the OP.
Re your question about moving files from phone to PC, I used the usual way of plugging the phone into pc by USB, and simply copying from windows explorer. Things were ok for me like that.
Or as Ibuporfen said, try zipping the pics folder on the phone, transfer the zip file, and decompress on the pc.
I think the confusion here is the difference between CREATED and MODIFIED dates.
Try copying a file locally in windows ie from PC to PC, you see it always gets the current CREATED date and not the original date. I use the MODIFIED dates as my preferred sort method, which is the common sort option in many apps, so MODIFIED date is the one that matters to me.
Are you by any chance on the pc trying to sort by CREATED date instead of the MODIFIED? If proper sorting is what you are trying to achieve, is the created date critical for you? And if for some reason MODIFIED date column is not showing up, you can always add that column in the windows file explorer.
As a general update, my procedure now, for repeated use which I do about once a week, to have a current backup of the photos on the phone is as below:
1- Get "FTP server" (by olivetreesoftware, or any other ftp Server for android)
2- Get goodsync https://www.goodsync.com/ for pc
3- Setup a sync job from phone to pc over FTP (this was the only way I cold reliably get access to the phone and its files, cuz now the USB conncection is all about MTP, music files and that kinda of rubbish, which makes it really difficult to accesses it just as a disc.
4- This way I easily copy the files from my phone, to a backup folder on a pc so i have an uptodate backup, and every week or so when I run the program, the backup folder gets updated with all the deletions and additions that have happened on the phone! For copying BACK from pc TO phone, I still use the TotalCommander method, and I think to preserve dates, phone needs to rooted....
I had to this many times recently, since for some strange reason, there was a time that some system app (Samsung S6 Edge, never found which app or why) would suddenly change ALLLLLLLL the dates of ALLLLLL my pictures to the present moment, so you can imagine how that messed up all the sorting of the pics! I had to update my ROM and thankfully this bug has not appeared again. I still get some random changes when the seconds field is set to zero, but as long as the year/day/hours/minutes are not messed up, I can live with that.
Hope this helps!
PS Cant wait to upgrade my phone, to one with an SD card, so I don't have to go through all this rubbish!
k.aalai said:
Update and for future help for people who will come across this issue.
I managed it!
I used Total Commander on the phone through the LAN plugin function, to access my backup folder on the pc, select all files and copy to local phone directory.
You need to initiate the copy from the PHONE on Total Commander, ie pull the files onto the phone, dont copy them by drag and drop from PC.
It took a while but it was done!
Dates and timestamps all preserved and correct!
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Hey where do you stay mate? Because Im about to come over to your place and KISS YOUR BEAUTIFUL FACE! ITS FINALLY WORKING! AFTER 3 DAYS OF GRINDING TO FIND A SOLUTION. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I have around 9000 plus photos that I keep with me at all times (from older iPhones, just jumped into the android bandwagon, which is why I had to do this), and its my only photo journal, and I need to access them based on the date and organization of the gallery. Its still transferring as I type this, but I know its working since I checked the gallery and the pictures that usually pop up in "today"'s folder, shows up in the right date.
Once again man, THANK YOU.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE STUCK:
Get Total commander
Get the lan plugin for Total commander:
Click on LAN, add in the static IP address, user name and password of the PC that contains the pictures you want to transfer.
Copy paste FROM THE APP itself! (Make SURE the folder that contains the pictures have the SHARE feature on in Windows.
I cant post links here yet so search for these on youtube:
'How to access files on Windows PC from Android"- by Busy Ping (I know its not Total Commander in the video, but it's the exact same process)
"Total Commander able to work around most SD write limitations in KitKat (tested on Note 3)" - By Android Police
Hope this works for you guys! Good luck!
You are welcome Vangelis!
A question though, are you on OREO, and if not are you rooted?
Cause the method/drama above is needed on pre Oreo phones, and works only on rooted devices (as I found out after lots of trial and error). The problem is/was lack of write permissions on non rooted devices, ie apps were not allowed to update the dates on files if not rooted.
I just came back to this thread to update it and add whats below, and I saw your post!
On my new S8 which I got in January, I couldn't be bothered with rooting etc, so I didn't have my pics on the new phone for a couple of months and just waited for OREO.
As I posted on an Oreo update thread elsewhere, this is now fixed on Oreo:
YEY! Finally got the XEU update!
And miracle of miracles, Google finally fixed the file write permissions, which means even when non-rooted you can copy files to the phone, and the file dates don't change. Which means that you can copy your pics etc from a PC to the phone and the file dates stay intact, so the sort order isn't screwed up! Only been waiting 4 years for this, since most phones removed the external SD card option! Now we have the SD card back, but for other apps like whataspp etc that still use the internal memory, this is finally fixed!!!!
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However, some apps (filemanagers, filesync apps etc eg Airdroid) still dont do this properly, but totalcommander works perfectly. I still havent tried a direct copy from pc to phone (by usb cable) so no idea if this simplest method works now.
As a suggestions(same as in my previous post, Im still doing it since it works very well), this is my current setup for regular backup of all my phone pics to a pc :
Put an ftp server on your android, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.theolivetree.ftpserver&hl=en
Get this app for your pc, https://www.goodsync.com/
On the goodsync app, add the directories on the phone you need backed up, plus the backup storage directory, and any additional options
Whenever you want to backup your phone pics, just launch the ftp app on phone, and through goodsync, backup all the new and changed pics etc to a pc hard drive through the WIFI (don't need to plug in the phone). Works great!
PS I copied my pics to the now OREO phone, first with the totalcommander through wifi (to check that it works now!), and then using a USB stick with the OTG adapter (since it was 13gigs, and then using totalcomamnder to copy from usb to internal memory). And it worked fine, so this is another method. You could also try putting a zip file on the phone and unzipping them there, which hopefully due to the fixed permissions should work also!
Hi there,
I have similar problem on my Huawei Mate 10 PRO, which runs on Android 8.0.0, with the security updates from 01.01.2018., kernel 4.4.23+. This phone has only the internal storage, no sd card. And when I am trying to copy/move files from external storage (i.e. with usb drive on OTG), then the files have the current date, the original is gone. I tried to change the date of file in the internal storage with total commander, and I get the error with no priveleges. Do you think, that this
And miracle of miracles, Google finally fixed the file write permissions, which means even when non-rooted you can copy files to the phone, and the file dates don't change.
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have to be implemented in update for my phone and only this can solve my problem?
Hello there!
I have no experience with Huawei, so cant give you a perfect answer. As far as I found out the write privilege option was implemented in Oreo, so I assume that means from the first versions of Oreo.
I can suggest a couple of things though.
1- Zip your pics on the pc, and then put the zip file on the usb card, and try unzipping to the phone (using totalcommander) . If it doesn't work, try copying the zip file first on to the phone memory and unzip from there
2- Use totalcommander to copy the files on to the phone using the network method as mentioned previously.
PS on further thoughts, try copying a file ALREADY on the phone, to a different directory, and see what the date is on the copied file. If I remember correctly, before the Oreo update, when I copied a file (instead of move) it always got a new current date, but now when I copy it still retains the original date. By checking this, you can find out if your Huawei, will or will not let an app set the date when performing a copy/move operation.
worked like a charm thanks!
Setting up sync job is confusing
k.aalai said:
Hello its me, the OP.
Re your question about moving files from phone to PC, I used the usual way of plugging the phone into pc by USB, and simply copying from windows explorer. Things were ok for me like that.
Or as Ibuporfen said, try zipping the pics folder on the phone, transfer the zip file, and decompress on the pc.
I think the confusion here is the difference between CREATED and MODIFIED dates.
Try copying a file locally in windows ie from PC to PC, you see it always gets the current CREATED date and not the original date. I use the MODIFIED dates as my preferred sort method, which is the common sort option in many apps, so MODIFIED date is the one that matters to me.
Are you by any chance on the pc trying to sort by CREATED date instead of the MODIFIED? If proper sorting is what you are trying to achieve, is the created date critical for you? And if for some reason MODIFIED date column is not showing up, you can always add that column in the windows file explorer.
As a general update, my procedure now, for repeated use which I do about once a week, to have a current backup of the photos on the phone is as below:
1- Get "FTP server" (by olivetreesoftware, or any other ftp Server for android)
2- Get goodsync https://www.goodsync.com/ for pc
3- Setup a sync job from phone to pc over FTP (this was the only way I cold reliably get access to the phone and its files, cuz now the USB conncection is all about MTP, music files and that kinda of rubbish, which makes it really difficult to accesses it just as a disc.
4- This way I easily copy the files from my phone, to a backup folder on a pc so i have an uptodate backup, and every week or so when I run the program, the backup folder gets updated with all the deletions and additions that have happened on the phone! For copying BACK from pc TO phone, I still use the TotalCommander method, and I think to preserve dates, phone needs to rooted....
I had to this many times recently, since for some strange reason, there was a time that some system app (Samsung S6 Edge, never found which app or why) would suddenly change ALLLLLLLL the dates of ALLLLLL my pictures to the present moment, so you can imagine how that messed up all the sorting of the pics! I had to update my ROM and thankfully this bug has not appeared again. I still get some random changes when the seconds field is set to zero, but as long as the year/day/hours/minutes are not messed up, I can live with that.
Hope this helps!
PS Cant wait to upgrade my phone, to one with an SD card, so I don't have to go through all this rubbish!
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Even after setting up right and left folders i keep getting errors. Can u kindly give me a link or guide me how to set it up ?
will this lan method also work for normal files ? i.e. non pic files such as .m4a voice recorded files, pdf files, word, excel files etc...
thank you
Maybe a quick update from me: after switching phones I installed Whatsapp and it reloaded all media (animated gif, pics and video) from it's own backup store. And all the dates were 31 May 2018. I copied these Whatsapp folders to my linux pc over wifi using Ghost Commander and the SMB plugin. Works similar to TC, no root required.
Now the neat trick: because the date (and sometimes the time) is in the filename, I could reset dates to the original with a oneliner using touch.
After that, copied the folders back with Ghost Commander (replace always) and all was set
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will this lan method also work for normal files ? i.e. non pic files such as .m4a voice recorded files, pdf files, word, excel files etc...
thank you
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Definitely (with Ghost Commander, but TC will be the same I expect). I have copied MP3 and M4A files, .epub files, etc....
have been tryin to get my 4000+ photos to my iphone since last week. just figured out this easiest way to do this. Using the Documents app wont show the correct date and time the photos were taken. Using a .zip file wont work either. If u have the correct dates n time on the files u have on ur pc, download SHAREit to ur pc and iphone. Connect both to same wifi and probably i dont have to tell u guys how to do a file transfer.
If the dates are wrong on the files on the pc, download File Date Corrector n fix the dates.
Cheers!
We're all trying to do the same thing! It's amazing an easier solution doesn't exist off-the-shelf.
So I've just been through the same process coming here late in the game. Like you guys I've been trying to copy images from my OnePlus 3 to my new OnePlus 6 without changing date information. And here's what worked for me :
I installed RAR on both phones from the Play store. I connected an external USB memory stick using an OTG cable. As I am using Oreo I had to enable OTG from the top menu on both phones (I added the OTG option using the top menu editor) before the phones would see the external memory.
Then the process was really straightforward and extremely fast: I created RAR archives for groups of folders from the source phone directly on the memory stick - I had to give it permission to access the external drive - then I moved the memory stick to the new phone, copied the RAR archives to a temporary folder on the phone and finally expanded the contents directly back to their correct positions in the file system.
I can't believe how fast it has been compared, for example, with trying to use SuperBeam over WiFi which also changed file dates and seemed to remove exif data from images making it impossible to index them. Gbytes copied in seconds rather than minutes.
k.aalai said:
PS I copied my pics to the now OREO phone, first with the totalcommander through wifi (to check that it works now!), and then using a USB stick with the OTG adapter (since it was 13gigs, and then using totalcomamnder to copy from usb to internal memory). And it worked fine, so this is another method. You could also try putting a zip file on the phone and unzipping them there, which hopefully due to the fixed permissions should work also!
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Definitely works with a zip file unzipped using totalcommander on oreo.
I just copied a zip file from pc to phone via normal usb cable.
Then unzipped to the right folder. All dates modified correct.
Works like a charm and very easy.
Finally!! after a long time suffering with zips i accidentally found a program that saved all my pics/videos with modified dates correctly. Fast and you can use in portable mode.
Best find of the year so far! :victory: :laugh:
Download here: fosshub.com/MyPhoneExplorer.html
1 - Connect your device via USB with debug enabled
2 - Click on the Sync icon (or F1) to find the device
3 - Go to Files and choose the folder you want to save
4 - Click on the icon Download files... and choose the destination location
5 - Enjoy!!!
PS: By default it keeps a copy of everything saved in cache folder, to delete go to Settings> Advanced 2 and mark Delete filecache on exit.