Hi,
does anyone know where the copy item is stored?, when i copy the word or sentence, its says 'copy to clipboard' but i don't know where it is, or my eyes are just deceiving me! try looking in ASTRO but no luck and there no clipboard app on phone.
The clipboard is a temporary. one shot, memory storage area, exactly like the clipboard in Windows, Linux and OSX. You just copy, and paste to wherever you want it.
By default you can only access/paste the last thing you've copied. However you can install clipboard manager like Clipper to change that.
FloatingFatMan said:
The clipboard is a temporary. one shot, memory storage area, exactly like the clipboard in Windows, Linux and OSX. You just copy, and paste to wherever you want it.
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DOH!! I forgot it was copy and paste, my brain wasn't functioning when i tried it late last night!! just try it, copy and paste it in AK notepad and handcent sms, great stuff. cheers
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One wish for my Desire...
someone can tell me where I can find apk or something similar to add this useful tool to my Desire? It is like the iPhone...
I don't find anything in the market...
Copy/Paste is a built-in feature: select some text, e.g. in a textbox or webpage, click it and hold your finger there for a little while and then a context menu should pop up letting you copy the selection. Next, inside any textbox where you can type manually, click into it and hold your finger there to bring up another popup letting you paste your copied text.
Btw, this is the development forum. I dont think your question fits here.
I think he wants to not press and then select copy but like in the iphone just press in the text. Previous in 2.1 i managed to do this, but now on 2.2 i cant.
There's a free file manager in the Android market called AndExplorer. It's quite a good file manager. It even lets you look in the phone's folders. Copy and paste and all that jazz with this app.
I hope that's what you meant.
shadowboy23 said:
There's a free file manager in the Android market called AndExplorer. It's quite a good file manager. It even lets you look in the phone's folders. Copy and paste and all that jazz with this app.
I hope that's what you meant.
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It's not. He meant (and said) he wants to copy/paste text, not files.
there is such function in Sence, in 2.2 too. If you want it, use 2.2 with Sence roms.
Are there any apps or mods to get a copy and paste function that is similar to Sense copy and paste on CM6?
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Are there any apps or mods to get a copy and paste function that is similar to Sense copy and paste on CM6?
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ctrl+c/ctrl+v works fine for me, wheres the problem?
nenn said:
ctrl+c/ctrl+v works fine for me, wheres the problem?
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How are u doing ctrl+c and ctrl+v on ure evo?
it was a bit of humor copy/paste works fine. long click for popup menu while on a text field. same way with any HTC Sense rom.
Ive found this to be a decent replacement for copy/paste in CM6. it has some really cool features like being able to copy "text" from pictures because it's really just an ocr. I still prefer the Sense implementation, but that being the only part of Sense I like, it's not worth going back.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.edwardkim.android.copyscreentextfree
This is the free demo. If you like it, there is a paid version.
im very very confused, are you guys serious that you cant copy/paste in cm? i can copy paste fine.....
I guess I explained it poorly. What I wanted was a better copy/select solution like HTC sense. One where u can select a word and search the word through Wikipedia or Google or w/e.
I know u can select copy and paste in cm6 but I was just looking for something better.
ahhh selection text, i get that
I have to agree that vanilla Android is sorely lacking in this department. This was something that Apple got right when doing it on the iPhone.
nenn said:
im very very confused, are you guys serious that you cant copy/paste in cm? i can copy paste fine.....
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In sense you can copy just about any text you can see. Long press in a forum post, or any website, and you can copy the text. In CM you can only copy text that's in a text input field. I run CM6, if I want to copy text from a post and paste it into a google search box I have to open a "quote post" window. I can't copy any text from just any website like you can in sense.
Gingerbread is supposed to have better copy and paste. As for right now, Swype has fairly good text selection (Swype from the Swype to the SYM key to see the special editing keyboard).
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Gingerbread is supposed to have better copy and paste. As for right now, Swype has fairly good text selection (Swype from the Swype to the SYM key to see the special editing keyboard).
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+1, when I do copy/paste I am glad I have swype
Is there a way of copying text from the windows clipboard into the android phone? I have Bible notes in a windows program that I want to copy to an android program. they are made by different companies, so the easiest way to copy would be to do a verse by verse copy and paste. However, I don't see how I can use my windows machine to get into the android clipboard.
I tried using droid explorer, but couldn't figure it out. I was able to do a screencast.
tyi
Best way to do it is to copy the text on the pc into a txt file, like using notepad. Copy that to your phone, then open it using a file explorer, use that text editor, copy it on the phone, then paste it where you need it.
Yes, every will work. Not sure why I didn't think of that. I guess when you have something stuck in your head, it's sometimes hard to figure out alternatives.
To add on to what's already been said, once you save it as a .txt file and save it to your SD card you can import it into AK Notepad. I'm sure that there are other apps that allow this, but that's the app I use & I know that it works. You can also create a shortcut to the imported file on your homescreen (long-press on the note from within the app and select "pin to homescreen") or add a widget so you can access it easily.
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You can also use the Google Chrome to Phone extension and program to push snippets of text from your browser to the phone. I'm finding myself using Evernote more than that lately though. Catch notes, Springpad, or any of the other notepad apps that sync would work. It's nice because it works great both ways -- I can copy something from the phone and create a note, then read it from the PC, or vice versa.
Thanks all. I will use google docs. They already have my information.
studentjunk said:
Is there a way of copying text from the windows clipboard into the android phone? I have Bible notes in a windows program that I want to copy to an android program. they are made by different companies, so the easiest way to copy would be to do a verse by verse copy and paste. However, I don't see how I can use my windows machine to get into the android clipboard.
I tried using droid explorer, but couldn't figure it out. I was able to do a screencast.
tyi
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A bit late, but here you go: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1821738
Hi,
Does anyone know how I can exclude folders from display when I use the Gallery app?
I have lots of books in Aldiko that have covers and the Gallery app loads each of them when I use it. This can really slow down the use of the Gallery app.
I have tried manually deleting them whilst in Gallery but if I switch the device off it just reloads them the next time I use Gallery.
Hope someone can advise.
best regards
Charlie
Owner of Note 10.1 (2014) and Note 2
Thistlefee said:
Hi,
Does anyone know how I can exclude folders from display when I use the Gallery app?
I have lots of books in Aldiko that have covers and the Gallery app loads each of them when I use it. This can really slow down the use of the Gallery app.
I have tried manually deleting them whilst in Gallery but if I switch the device off it just reloads them the next time I use Gallery.
Hope someone can advise.
best regards
Charlie
Owner of Note 10.1 (2014) and Note 2
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I know this works for music but i think it should also work for pictures. You can create or copy a .nomedia file in the folder and it won't scan the folder
Thistlefee said:
Hi,
Does anyone know how I can exclude folders from display when I use the Gallery app?
I have lots of books in Aldiko that have covers and the Gallery app loads each of them when I use it. This can really slow down the use of the Gallery app.
I have tried manually deleting them whilst in Gallery but if I switch the device off it just reloads them the next time I use Gallery.
Hope someone can advise.
best regards
Charlie
Owner of Note 10.1 (2014) and Note 2
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The real solution for this is to use quickpic and then it will let you exclude folders.
Are you sure you're not trying to hid your porn pics or videos?
OK, here's the pro tip from yours truly. Make a folder and when you name it, place a period in the beginning of the name. So for example if you name your folder "Pictures" put ".Pictures" for the folder name. This will hide the folder. Have fun.
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Are you sure you're not trying to hid your porn pics or videos?
OK, here's the pro tip from yours truly. Make a folder and when you name it, place a period in the beginning of the name. So for example if you name your folder "Pictures" put ".Pictures" for the folder name. This will hide the folder. Have fun.
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Very fun hahaha !
>Don't do that because your folder will disapear and no app could open it...Even if you connect your tab the folder won't appear on windows...
After that you have to unmount your card and connect it directly on your computer to rename your folder...
You haven't a good behavior Gasaraki-...shame on you !
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Very fun hahaha !
>Don't do that because your folder will disapear and no app could open it...Even if you connect your tab the folder won't appear on windows...
After that you have to unmount your card and connect it directly on your computer to rename your folder...
You haven't a good behavior Gasaraki-...shame on you !
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Windows can see the hidden folder... Just have the "show hidden folders" option enabled on your machine.
Also if you have a file browser on your tablet like ES File Explorer, they can all see hidden folders.
Are you just pulling my leg?
You can also see hidden "dot" folders on the tablet in Root Explorer (you don't have to be rooted). Astro and few other explorers don't show them.
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Windows can see the hidden folder... Just have the "show hidden folders" option enabled on your machine.
Also if you have a file browser on your tablet like ES File Explorer, they can all see hidden folders.
Are you just pulling my leg?
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I use ES file explorer and hidden folders are showed in my PC windows...
It is possible!
Thistlefee said:
Does anyone know how I can exclude folders from display when I use the Gallery app?
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You must know how:
open the gallery
Long press any folder
select the folders you want to hide
open menu (with menu key)
select 'hide selection' (or something like)
done
PS. This only works with internal files and not with files on a sd-card ?!
That did it.
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The real solution for this is to use quickpic and then it will let you exclude folders.
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The Quickpics app did what I wanted ...eventually
Many thanks
I have several hundred pix on my Fire Phone and can't figure out how to delete them all at once - only one-by-one. Does anyone here know how? I can't find anything elsewhere on the net.
I don't remember FireOS, but did you try long-pressing a picture to be able to select more than one?
Use a file manager such as root explorer, or connect to a pc and do it that way?
Thanks. I did try the long press on a picture. It just pops up a "Share / Delete" choice for that one picture.
Deleting the pix via a PC connection is my last resort, as I'm afraid it might trash some internal phone database and leave me with a problem much worse than what I have now.
It's hard to believe that a modern phone that can hold hundreds of pictures wouldn't have some kind of "batch select" or multi-delete... so I'm hoping there's a smooth way.
If you've got play store use quickpic which allows batch select.
On a quasy-related thought--amazon is really bad at this it seems. I think the unlimited cloud photo storage is very generous but no one took the time to polish it a little. Can't seem to organize my pics so got pics of my kids running side by side with random podcast cover art and other things I don't want saved. It all displays on my fire TV screensaver. My wife thinks I'm an idiot just taking pictures of everything and saving them. But the op is right, you have to delete one by one.
Not necessarily. Like @ratbags said, you can install a file manager app (ES Explorer, Root Explorer, or the like), go to the DCIM folder and delete whatever you want to. Also, having a file manager app could help you when you're trying to not connect your phone to a PC as much as possible.
Thanks to all for the answers. I will probably get a file mgr though I need one only for this task. Silly Amazon to provide no simple way to delete pictures.
On the topic of what to delete: the images are in DCIM as noted, and there are thumbnails. I'll try deleting only the images and see if the phone takes care of the thumbs.
Install a file manager app, like ES file explorer, and turn off automatic uploading of pictures and videos if you do anything unwholsome in your life. Linux tricks work in android based operating systems too. I use ES file explorer and put a .nomedia file in Downloads and there is a Facebook folder under DCIM that you should do the same to. Now when you are out with that co-worker or whore, and get frisky with the camera, they won't automatically show up on your Amazon Fire TV in real time. Move what you don't want uploaded into a folder with a .nomedia file before saving your media to the cloud.