Just found it, did any one test it?
It claims to be able to connect to your pc web and exchange files.
My pc is down but trial app shows available space on the phone correctly.
Just having a quick play with it now. It seems to be able to create folders on your phone, although what use that is I'm not sure. Will see what happens
Nothing fancy going on here really. You can create a file explorer and do all kinds of file and folder manipulations in your apps isolated storage. You just can't manipulate anything outside of it.
Transferring files from your pc to phone and vice versa is rather simple to code. There's code samples on microsofts wp7 development forums.
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Nothing fancy going on here really. You can create a file explorer and do all kinds of file and folder manipulations in your apps isolated storage. You just can't manipulate anything outside of it.
Transferring files from your pc to phone and vice versa is rather simple to code. There's code samples on microsofts wp7 development forums.
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Fair point but that means:
1. It shows you can have access to storage without zune and that is all in all step closer to proper file explorer
2. Bluetooth pictures, music or document transfer is possible by means of an app so some one might make one
3. Using your phone as flashdrive via usb can also be made to work via app
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Fair point but that means:
1. It shows you can have access to storage without zune and that is all in all step closer to proper file explorer
2. Bluetooth pictures, music or document transfer is possible by means of an app so some one might make one
3. Using your phone as flashdrive via usb can also be made to work via app
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so for an eBook or comic book reader, they just have to make the reader able to import the files from the PC and store them in their own sandboxed area correct?
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so for an eBook or comic book reader, they just have to make the reader able to import the files from the PC and store them in their own sandboxed area correct?
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Yep seems that is the case.
It is very good news as that means we will have flashdrive apps or BT storage apps quite quick.
It will need to last till phone is hacked.
True... but you you won't be able to transfer files to/from the phone from any desktop computer.
Software will need to be installed on the desktop computer and the phone app needs to be setup to talk to that piece of software.
It is conceivable that somebody could write a single piece of software for desktops that could then communicate with any number of apps on the phone to transfer files between.
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True... but you you won't be able to transfer files to/from the phone from any desktop computer.
Software will need to be installed on the desktop computer and the phone app needs to be setup to talk to that piece of software.
It is conceivable that somebody could write a single piece of software for desktops that could then communicate with any number of apps on the phone to transfer files between.
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Well not exactly correct. With pcconnector yes but some smart person can make a app that takes control over usb and when you start it simulates flash drive rather then HTC HD7. USB knows what device is connected as that devices tells it what it is. All you need is a app that will say I am a X,Z or Y flash drive.
The same way original one worked diferance was it was showing SD card and for WP7 it would have to be a folder.
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Anyone know how I would go about mounting my EVO's sdcard on a pc wirelessly? Thanks.
bluetooth?
lol, yes that is a question
Bluetooth File Transfer from the Market works well for me, although obviously your PC has to have Bluetooth as well. I bought a cheap Bluetooth dongle for my laptop.
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Anyone know how I would go about mounting my EVO's sdcard on a pc wirelessly? Thanks.
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I just use dropbox. drop the file you want on your dropbox folder then go to your phone, find that then download it and your good
Drop box is a necessity that or sugar sync basically same thing. I use it for all my side loaded apps so they are always ready when I flash a new rom.
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I use ftpserver on the phone and cuteftp on the computer.
Try SwiFTP, I think its what youre looking for.
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Drop box is a necessity that or sugar sync basically same thing. I use it for all my side loaded apps so they are always ready when I flash a new rom.
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why not use a2sd? (apps 2 sd)
Ive tried most of the solutions mentioned. I'm particularly looking to be able to access my EVOs sdcard either through a mounted drive or windows share wirelessly. Its important I can access it in this fashion because I work on computers all day and would like to be able to carry my drivers collection around with me. Its nice to be able to just point a machine to a drive share load the appropriate drivers. FTP, Dropbox and WebDAV solutions just to make this process efficient for me.
EStrongs File Browser is nice how it can browse PCs on the same subnet but I would like to do the same except browse my phones storage from the PC side via a share.
If you used something like dropbox you wouldn't need to use your phone at all just load up your dropbox with all of them and then just log on to the dropbox website on the computer you need the drivers.
I would think that anything that would make so you could wirelessly push files from your evo to a computer, would require a program or driver installed or a Bluetooth dongle, and that would take most of the point of away
you can always just carry around a usb cable and do it that way.
do a bluetooth file transfer, that usually works for me
try android desktop it is a small websserver on your phone it allows you to access your phone through the pc web browser. free from ao store. Blue tooth is fairly slow on large files. with the desktop you should be able to use the wifi or 3 g.
I had it in my Nokia, so simple.
Is there a way to open and transfer the files at my DHD through my PC via Bluetooth?
I hate this cables that I need to plug in just to transfer 3MBs..
I want to make this "Removable Disk [E]" but via Bluetooth connection,
not sending file like (right click > share > bluetooth, and then it sends to my phone)
I want a full access, opening my DCIM folder, deleting files, and renaming..
Is there a software or app to make it?
I could do it very easily with my old N95 with its software "Nokia PC-Suite",
I could just enter the software (through keyboard shortcut that I made), and few seconds later, by no touching, no connecting any cable, it would open my phone's folder.
I miss that easy life
How can I do it here too?
Thanks,
Yarden.
There is similar apps called Wifi Explorer Pro...as it name states, it uses wifi though...if it suits you, it can explore, download or upload any files from and to your desire hd...using wifi...much faster than using bluetooth though...i hope it helps you
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Use MyPhoneExplorer and wifi. It's what I do to sync contacts, calendar and files.
Dave
First of all thank you for your replies.
But both apps aren't really what I'm looking for,
I'll explain my self again,
I want a pc software (not necessarily) that when I open it, it searches via bluetooth (or as new as you teached me, via WiFi), for my phone and open its files, like it would do if I plugged the USB cable.
That it gives me a new drive (C,D,E,F...) with all the mobile contents (folders, music, pictures ..etc)
I use web sharing it gives me full access to my sd card.
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I use web sharing it gives me full access to my sd card.
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How exactly do you do that?
you mean like on the windows 7 "Homegroup"?
can you explain please how to use it?
MTP might be better technically than USB Mass Storage, it is terrible for users. On OSX, for instance, you need to download and use the Android File Transfer utility, which might look like a Finder window, but it lacks crucial features.
The fact that you can't see your device's memory as a normal file system means that you can't sync directories, for instance. I have a collection of 15k photos which I like to keep in sync between my Mac and my phone. If I have to use Android File Transfer to retransfer all of them it's a disaster. Before my Nexus, when I used to be able to just see my device as a folder I would use rsync to copy only the files modified, which would take no time.
So the question is: is there any way to sync folders without copying files around by hand?
I use AirDroid to transfer files. It's a pretty awesome app, but as for syncing folders I use DropBox.
Nothing ground breaking in this post here so I probably didn't help you out all that much.
I'm trying to sync folders with Samba Filesharing via Wifi with SyncToy in PC.
Thanks for the Samba and Dropbox suggestions. I don't want to pay for Dropbox just to be able to sync files, but perhaps a Samba share would work. I'll try and report.
I did try Airsync and was impressed. Except it doesn't fulfill the syncing requirements, and it crashed my gnex the first time I tried transferring a file (had to remove the battery and all). It may not have been Airsync's fault. But it did coincide with the transfer just finishing.
I use rsync over ssh (rsync/ssh installed on the phone, sshd server on my computer, commands saved to a script in /sdcard and started with ConnectBot). Works beautifully, one single touch on the phone and all the files I want from the phone and from the computer get sent to their appropriate spot. It means I don't have to plug anything into my computer or do anything on my computer. I had to manually install the rsync/ssh binaries, as I'm running the stock ROM (rooted).
I should look into a way I can do a two way sync. i.e. I'd love to see a way where if a file is deleted on my phone after a sync, that it can be deleted on the desktop if the the file is still older than the last sync...
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Thanks for the Samba and Dropbox suggestions. I don't want to pay for Dropbox just to be able to sync files, but perhaps a Samba share would work. I'll try and report.
I did try Airsync and was impressed. Except it doesn't fulfill the syncing requirements, and it crashed my gnex the first time I tried transferring a file (had to remove the battery and all). It may not have been Airsync's fault. But it did coincide with the transfer just finishing.
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Do you need more than 2 GB's for the folders you're syncing? The answer is obviously yes, since you said you didn't want to pay for it, but you can have a free 2 GB account with Dropbox.
I've use SugarSync on occasion, but it's as simple, I guess you could say?, as Dropbox is so I only use SS for larger files that I need sync'd.
Dropbox is one of my go-to apps. It's so easy to throw a file into one of your Dropbox folders, long press the file on your phone, and share and/or be given a link so you may send it to someone else to download/use. I also use it as a back-up to my PC's, phone, and external hard drives, you know, just in case my HD decided to die or if I need to access particular (smaller) files from anywhere.
Hope you're able to find a solution for yourself. Good luck.
"FolderSync" does it all and works well for me. I have it auto sync my pics every day to my NAS. It supports most everything.
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Getting fed up with MTP. My most recent issue was with a file I downloaded from the Internet. I renamed in ES File Explorer the file so I could remember what it was, but when I connected my Galaxy Nexus to my computer to transfer the file, the file showed the old filename in Windows (7) Explorer. I shrugged and tried to transfer it, but it wouldn't work. I copied to file to the DCIM directory and tried PTP, but it didn't show up in Explorer. I finally solved it by renaming the file back to its old name (the name showing in Windows Explorer), which allowed the file to be transferred to my computer.
SD cards had their own problems, but MTP just feels like it's not ready for primetime yet.
Anybody else having MTP issues in general? Is there a good ROM that solves this by letting us mount the sdcard folder? I know there's an ADB command that allows mounting, but I don't know a way of reversing that ability if something goes wrong.
This thread is kind of a question, but also I'm kinda fishing for "I know that feel" comments.
Cannot mount gnex as mass storage.
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MTP sucks. It's that simple. Google is hell-bent on making everyone use cloud storage so they can monetize it. Thus no real sdcard, thus no USB mass storage. Google should be ashamed of their pathetic rationalizations for it.
You can use adb, or you can set up your phone as a file server with various server apps from the Playstore.
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MTP sucks. It's that simple. Google is hell-bent on making everyone use cloud storage so they can monetize it. Thus no real sdcard, thus no USB mass storage. Google should be ashamed of their pathetic rationalizations for it.
You can use adb, or you can set up your phone as a file server with various server apps from the Playstore.
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The SIII has a card slot. So do many other Samsung phones which this is. This is not a phone made by Google. Here is a good explanation: http://www.androidcentral.com/ics-feature-mtp-what-it-why-use-it-and-how-set-it
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MTP sucks. It's that simple. Google is hell-bent on making everyone use cloud storage so they can monetize it. Thus no real sdcard, thus no USB mass storage. Google should be ashamed of their pathetic rationalizations for it.
You can use adb, or you can set up your phone as a file server with various server apps from the Playstore.
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I like no sd. So much room to play with
And if lose phone i still have everything in that cloud instead of bye bye memory card and everything on it
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The SIII has a card slot. So do many other Samsung phones which this is. This is not a phone made by Google. Here is a good explanation: http://www.androidcentral.com/ics-feature-mtp-what-it-why-use-it-and-how-set-it
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No, there's a difference. The gnex specifications, eg no SD card, came from Google. The brand of the phone is Google, but manufactured by Samsung. Your reasoning is inapplicable in this particular case. MTP is just junk.
Sometimes, when I copy files like .mkv or others, Windwos 8 explorer just crashes (Using CM10).
I feel that too. MTP doesn't work well. If I download a file to my phone, I'm unable to see this file using mtp until I reboot phone.
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MTP sucks. It's that simple. Google is hell-bent on making everyone use cloud storage so they can monetize it. Thus no real sdcard, thus no USB mass storage. Google should be ashamed of their pathetic rationalizations for it.
You can use adb, or you can set up your phone as a file server with various server apps from the Playstore.
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I'll probably look into those server apps, or maybe use Google Music. Music is the main thing I transfer back and forth.
I can no longer transfer mp3 files from my Windows computer to my P6P. I have moved plenty of music to internal storage, but now can no longer get anything over. Only the album folder shows up, but no contents. I believe I am doing everything correct with the USB cable, connecting and then selecting file transfer. This is a new development. Any suggestions? Very frustrated.
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I can no longer transfer mp3 files from my Windows computer to my P6P. I have moved plenty of music to internal storage, but now can no longer get anything over. Only the album folder shows up, but no contents. I believe I am doing everything correct with the USB cable, connecting and then selecting file transfer. This is a new development. Any suggestions? Very frustrated.
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Is it showing up under my my computer? Like as a drive "C, D, etc"
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Is it showing up under my my computer? Like as a drive "C, D, etc"
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Yes, I see the Pixel internal storage in file manager, and all the music folders already there. Now when I try to transfer an album the new folder shows up but none of the mp3 files. Even when I then try to transfer the files individually
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Yes, I see the Pixel internal storage in file manager, and all the music folders already there. Now when I try to transfer an album the new folder shows up but none of the mp3 files. Even when I then try to transfer the files individually
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Question, are you transferring then unplugging to check if they transferred? Sometimes windows and android have a hard time communicating...this is jokingly called the "middle school dance" where both see each other but both don't make the first move to update what has been done.
Sometimes I transfer stuff but windows explorer never updates what has actually transferred.
Absolutely what @Gytole said. And it's not just Windows' built-in File Explorer. Other programs like GPSoftware's Directory Opus also have the same problem with views of the phone's storage across MTP.
@gmfeld Have you checked on the phone itself if you can see the files that you think you copied recently?
Try rebooting - both the phone and the computer?
Yes I checked my phone after unplugging. Weird, the last time I tried 4 files transferred out of 20. I rebooted my phone I will try rebooting my computer
I've rebooted my phone and computer and have tried every way I can think of. Four out of 20 files were transferred to my phone internal storage and I cannot get the rest of the mp3 files of the same album to copy over. This must be new to me with the latest update.
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I've rebooted my phone and computer and have tried every way I can think of. Four out of 20 files were transferred to my phone internal storage and I cannot get the rest of the mp3 files of the same album to copy over. This must be new to me with the latest update.
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I'll set a reminder for myself tomorrow to do some tests on my own Pixel 6 Pro. I've previously copied several hundred gigabytes of FLAC and MP3 files to my P6P, but that was many months ago.
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I'll set a reminder for myself tomorrow to do some tests on my own Pixel 6 Pro. I've previously copied several hundred gigabytes of FLAC and MP3 files to my P6P, but that was many months ago.
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Thanks. I also already have a lot on there, this is something new for me.
I've loaded mp3s on mine (through musicbee sync) on mays firmware so i don't think it's tied to that. Are you on May or one of the betas (june's or 13)
I also transfered boot to downloads via explorer but that was on april
I'm almost willing to bet it's a driver issue. Windows is NOTORIOUS for "Hey! I see you're working but let's go ahead and install a different driver cause I want to piss you off."
Legit happened to me after I updated Evo to version 3 yesterday. I went into the bootloader, updated the rom, and when I went to copy over the boot.img there was no "Picel 6 pro" in explorer...I had to open device manager and choose the middle MTP driver from the "choose from list" to get it to see my P6P again makes me wanna freakin hit a baby sometimes.
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Thanks. I also already have a lot on there, this is something new for me.
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I was about to do the test, but was having some problems with MTP seeing the contents of a very deep folder structure of some of my FLAC files (which already exist on my P6P's internal storage), and then I remembered that actually, when I copy large amounts of and/or large sizes of files, I do so through an intermediary - usually a MicroSD card through a simple non-powered USB-C hub (using X-Plore File Manager).
Now that I've reminded myself of that, I don't even want to attempt to do the same kind of thing through MTP. It's painful and actually takes longer than copying to a MicroSD card first. Figures, eh?
Maybe ADB pull command works better.
Edit. adb push
I just was about to test Xender - Share Music Transfer, but connecting wirelessly to a PC requires enabling a hotspot on the phone and connecting the PC to the hotspot. Still worth testing, but I'll have to do that from a PC that my constant internet connection isn't critical on - so sometime later when I have time to do that.
This seems to be more common when the stock USB C to USB C cable that was included with the phone is not used. Granted, very few people have a USB C port on their computer right now, haha.
Anyway, I would have issues making 60GB video file transfers onto my phone - not because the phone wasn't showing up - but because the file transfer process would just randomly close explorer.exe on Windows after transferring a few files. Once I started using the stock USB C to C cable, this issue stopped occuring (and the transfers were much faster).
But, of course, if Windows isn't even detecting your phone you may have to install the Google Pixel USB driver (and also be sure to enable file transfer on your phone when you connect it to the computer).
So it's not an issue with my phone, as I'm able to transfer mp3 files from my work Windows computer to my P6P using a stock (non-Google) cable. Could it be some setting on my home Windows computer?
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So it's not an issue with my phone, as I'm able to transfer mp3 files from my work Windows computer to my P6P using a stock (non-Google) cable. Could it be some setting on my home Windows computer?
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I wish I knew what to suggest. There are just too many variables to know.
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So it's not an issue with my phone, as I'm able to transfer mp3 files from my work Windows computer to my P6P using a stock (non-Google) cable. Could it be some setting on my home Windows computer?
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It's a driver issue on your computer. Remove the driver (uninstall it from device manager), restart computer and let it reinstall.
Don't install Google USB drivers since that's for USB debugging/fastboot. Let windows install the driver by itself.
If that doesn't work, there was a post someone made recently that shows how to reinstall the default windows driver, here.
Use Spotify, Deezer, Tidal, last FM, Pandora, YouTube music, apple music, etc etc
Mp3 files usually are ilegal
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Use Spotify, Deezer, Tidal, last FM, Pandora, YouTube music, apple music, etc etc
Mp3 files usually are ilegal
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I think you mean usually illegal, which is of course nonsense. I only use local file and get them from amazon (and formerly emusic). I hate streaming because the ads (though youtube music inserts those in local file too) and data required