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File explorer not working

It just does the spinning colors thing. Anyway to reinstall or something?

Let me guess, you navigated to the windows directory of your device? It's not broken. It's just slow. Wait for it to finish.
I would suggest using another file explorer if you need to frequently visit your windows directory. I personally use Resco Explorer. Another popular one is TotalCommander.

It takes fooorever for the windows folder to display. Just something to get used to I guess. I wonder if it is possible to setup shortcuts to folders?

A known issue and not just for the \Windows directory. Explorer on this phone is slow to the point of being useless. Nobody has been able to figure out why. Like others, I use Resco and it works as expected and needed. I would assume there are other 3rd party file explorers that work equally as well.

recently i had to delete a few (almost everything) things from my storage card/program files and storage card/downloads files because of a similar problem. on average i waited 40 seconds to access my storage card, 27 seconds to access downloads and 23 seconds to access program files. i did not isolate the problem only got rid fo it. (sorry guys) i do not think it was a virus. possible corrupt file. although i believe we are speaking of two different issues this might be useful to others still. p.s. my device/ windows has as far as i know always taken a while to get into using file explorer. magician wizard Kaiser rhodium.

Well i guess im an impatient person then. But if I wait my screen will timeout. Illl try to look for recueo or what ever that was. Also just a quick question regarding installing app like that. Should I look for it on the marketplace or just find and then import that cab onto the phone?

Just search this site for Total Commander. It works like a dream.

[Q] File Browser

I just got my self a samsung windows phone 7 and was looking around for a few hours. my question is, Is there a file browser(file explorer) built into WP7. I just cant imagine Microsoft settling with Iphone like interface where you need to sync music a photos and what not.

Simple answer is no and you won't be seeing one from Microsoft any time soon if at all. You can find plenty of threads on this topic if you take the time to search for them.

thank you. yea i would searched but didnt really have time to spare :\

I moved from an HD2 to an HD7 a week ago and thus far I haven't missed having a file browser. In fact I had completely forgotten about it until now.
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Nope, I still don't miss it.

Jim Coleman said:
I moved from an HD2 to an HD7 a week ago and thus far I haven't missed having a file browser. In fact I had completely forgotten about it until now.
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Nope, I still don't miss it.
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It's probably because you don't do things which require that massively.
Like me - I never watch movies on my device so I did never care about missing codecs support.
But that doesn't mean they're not needed.
And BTW, regarding users etc.
The most successfull platform today supports all those missing things
yet it didn't prevent it from boasting a massive success on the market.
I'm probably going to try it this year, there are announcements of upcoming devices in Poland
unfortunately no qwerty ones (HD7,Trophy and this great LG)

doministry said:
It's probably because you don't do things which require that massively.
Like me - I never watch movies on my device so I did never care about missing codecs support.
But that doesn't mean they're not needed.
And BTW, regarding users etc.
The most successfull platform today supports all those missing things
yet it didn't prevent it from boasting a massive success on the market.
I'm probably going to try it this year, there are announcements of upcoming devices in Poland
unfortunately no qwerty ones (HD7,Trophy and this great LG)
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maybe we don't miss it because we are not trying to use our devices as usb sticks (of which most people have several laying around).
The OS was designed that if something is stored on the phone, the proper apps can find them.
I too have not missed having a file explorer. The only reason I ever used it was to install cabs/ tweaks/ mods which are unnecessary on this device.

nrfitchett4 said:
maybe we don't miss it because we are not trying to use our devices as usb sticks (of which most people have several laying around).
The OS was designed that if something is stored on the phone, the proper apps can find them.
I too have not missed having a file explorer. The only reason I ever used it was to install cabs/ tweaks/ mods which are unnecessary on this device.
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So I say still - you don't do things which require that. Fine for you.
Composing email with many different attachements is the simple example here, without success on WP7 right now.
Deleting unwanted files on the device en masse is the second.
Currently you cannot even put all the desired files easily on the device with one simple move
Like docs, videos, pics alltogether. Videos are compressed for instance AFAIK before beeing stored.
Zune does not support docs. All is complicated than.
Device's ability to recognize files by an app is not blocking seeing the file structure.
My SE X2 can do it like WP7, but with all the file explorer capabilities.

doministry said:
So I say still - you don't do things which require that. Fine for you.
Composing email with many different attachements is the simple example here, without success on WP7 right now.
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Never needed to do that yet, but I'm sure the ability to do so will come via an update before I need it. It was very, very rare for me to need to do that when I used WM too.
Deleting unwanted files on the device en masse is the second.
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Funny, I just deleted a folder full of photos from my HD7 by tap-holding the folder and pressing "delete".
Currently you cannot even put all the desired files easily on the device with one simple move
Like docs, videos, pics alltogether.
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Docs sync to Skydrive automatically if you use Windows Live Mesh like I do. Videos, Pics and Music all sync over wireless to the phone via Zune. How hard is that? Drag 'n' drop.
Erm...have you actually USED WP7?
Videos are compressed for instance AFAIK before beeing stored.
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Yep, so are photos and music, all squeezed down to fit the phone's screen and memory. You don't HAVE to let Zune squeeze them, but it's an option I use extensively. No need for a 10Megapixel image on a 480x800 screen. No need for my mp3s to be more than 128Kbps either when using a bluetooth headset.
Zune does not support docs. All is complicated than.
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No the docs sync via Windows Live Mesh. Sheesh. It's all automated.

As mentioned before, just do a proper search for the answer of the thread, the other comments are off again and do not contribute.

[Q] Samsung Focus File Explorer

I've looked around on this forum and others, but I haven't found a tool yet which allows for file browsing and upload/download from a Samsung WP7 device. Most of the tools available seem to be for HTC phones.
The "Advanced Explorer for WP7" allows browsing, but the desktop client to copy files off doesn't seem to work - whenever I try, I get an unhandled exception. Looking at the source code for the app, it seems that only limited file access is enabled for non-HTC devices.
Does anyone know any tools or a way to get files off the device onto a computer?
Thanks!

not yet as of now, but here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1021135 claims that he will release one soon

I saw that one - the reg editor works better than any others I've tried, so I have high hopes for the file browser part.
Since I saw people posting on how they got the Diagnosis app off and REed it, I assumed there was tool already available >_<

sorcy said:
I saw that one - the reg editor works better than any others I've tried, so I have high hopes for the file browser part.
Since I saw people posting on how they got the Diagnosis app off and REed it, I assumed there was tool already available >_<
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My webserver is limited (e.g. it doesn't go through device drivers to enable more access), but this is how one may easily pull files off the device for the sake of RE (or whatever).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=877782

The webserver allowed me to get the Diag app off, thanks!
This is going a bit OT, but some folders in Windows did come up with error accessing contents, any idea why? Also, I noticed some of the files had size zero when downloaded.

[Q] A couple of questions about the new Nexus...

Good day people!
Frickin lovin the new Nexus, and after rooting and flashing clockwork and the updated image including the volume fix (I never experienced that btw) I've got it running almost perfect. A couple of minor tweaks would really make this device shine for me.
1) I can't get MTP support to work on my home PC. I've got a "modded" version of Windows XP pro SP3 but WMP11 just doesn't see my device with or without debugging. I'm pretty sure it's an issue with the PC not the phone as when I put it in CTP it works fine. So my question is: Is there a wifi based file transfer app that "supports folder management"? As when I used wifi file transfer I find it a right ballache to organise my music.
2) I used to run the Nexus S with NSCollab which took a lot from Cyanogen, namely the superb notification bar power settings i.e. wifi, 2g/3g, brightness etc. Is there an app out there that does the same thing or does it have to be baked into the ROM? I like the link to the settings on the bar but it'd be great to have more customisation on this.
Many thanks for your input and sorry if this has been covered. I know there's a thread on MTP but as my MTP issue is with my PC and not the phone I didn't feel like it was relevant.
EZ

djcr33p said:
Good day people!
Frickin lovin the new Nexus, and after rooting and flashing clockwork and the updated image including the volume fix (I never experienced that btw) I've got it running almost perfect. A couple of minor tweaks would really make this device shine for me.
1) I can't get MTP support to work on my home PC. I've got a "modded" version of Windows XP pro SP3 but WMP11 just doesn't see my device with or without debugging. I'm pretty sure it's an issue with the PC not the phone as when I put it in CTP it works fine. So my question is: Is there a wifi based file transfer app that "supports folder management"? As when I used wifi file transfer I find it a right ballache to organise my music.
EZ
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Try using dropbox. It's more cloud based than file transfer but in the end it winds up with the same result (your files available on your pc). Dropbox has a client that installs on your PC so that your cloud storage shows up like any other folder would. Then install dropbox on your phone and upload from the phone and you will see it show up in the folder on your computer.

Good day!
Regarding your first question - a good app that I have used for a while is WiFi File Explorer (there is a Pro and a free version). It is a very good app - quite simple but it does let you organise the folders on you phone from the PC. There is also a free app called AirDroid which is supposed to very extremely immpressive. I have downloaded it but not yet tried it. But it provides a desktop like interface on which you can view your phones contents - supposed to be great.
For your second question - I think you may have to wait for more ROMs to come out before you can get this feature! I'm looking forward to it - suprised it wasn't integrated into ICS as standard tbh.

gifton1 said:
Good day!
Regarding your first question - a good app that I have used for a while is WiFi File Explorer (there is a Pro and a free version). It is a very good app - quite simple but it does let you organise the folders on you phone from the PC. There is also a free app called AirDroid which is supposed to very extremely immpressive. I have downloaded it but not yet tried it. But it provides a desktop like interface on which you can view your phones contents - supposed to be great.
For your second question - I think you may have to wait for more ROMs to come out before you can get this feature! I'm looking forward to it - suprised it wasn't integrated into ICS as standard tbh.
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Hey there,
Downloaded Airdroid and it looks great. Can't test it properly yet as my work desktop isn't on the WiFey. From the looks of the screenshots it has proper folder management options which is exactly what I was looking for. The problem with wifi file explorer for me is that it's heavily HTML-based so no drag and drop functionality... will let you know how it goes. Cheers for that.

mysterioustko said:
Try using dropbox. It's more cloud based than file transfer but in the end it winds up with the same result (your files available on your pc). Dropbox has a client that installs on your PC so that your cloud storage shows up like any other folder would. Then install dropbox on your phone and upload from the phone and you will see it show up in the folder on your computer.
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I do use dropbox and yeah it's a pretty quick way of getting the files to my phone but then they're all sat in the dropbox directory which isn't ideal. Can't complain for free tho right!
EZ

[app]Nexus 7 External Flash Picture Viewer & Media Streamer

Several people have asked about this, so here is something that will allow you to view photos on a Nexus 7 without rooting your device. You will need:
An OTG USB Cable. Any should do.
A USB Flash Drive or Flash Reader/Card
Some pictures
Nexus Photo Viewer (link below)
http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homeysoft.nexususb.viewer
How is this possible without root? I coded a USB Mass Storage Driver and FAT16/32 file system reader in Android (Java).
This is all just a teaser to get you to buy the Nexus Media Importer that is coming soon. The importer will support Photos, Videos and Music when it's complete. All of you feeling the space crunch on those 8GB models will soon have some options. Eventually, I should have something that will allow you to stream from Flash without importing the media, but this is a start.
Update: The Media Importer and Streamer (V2.0.2) has been voluntarily temporarily taken off the market for the moment.

How about exFAT support for SDXC cards ? I'm using 64GB cards in my camera and I don't want to play with "wrong" formats and risk loosing my photos.So even if my camera would allow me to use FAT32 not sure if I don't get into problems.I don't care about write read only.I can not find any app , add in or even custom ROM with exFAT included.
This is the main concern.Second, if you add video playback don't forget AVCHD (preferably 2.0) support. And of course RAW formats would be nice. Anyway, a good start.

Issues....
I've tried a couple of different flash drives, both formatted to FAT32, and I can't get it to work for me. I'm on a stock Nexus 7--I was waiting for something like this before going through all the trouble (for a newbie) of rooting and unlocking.
Issues:
1) First, it simply, repeatedly told me my flash drives had no media.
2) I got it to see a couple of photos on one of my flash drives but, I couldn't open them or anything
3) It began to constantly fc itself--couldn't even open it anymore.
Uninstalled/re-installed a couple of times but, it's still a no-go here.
What flash drives is this working with?
Manufacturers/models? I want to say that most fl;ash drives are the same but, apparently they are not.
Excellent job. I really hope this comes to fruition because I'll be the first one in line to buy it!

adit9989 said:
How about exFAT support for SDXC cards ? I'm using 64GB cards in my camera and I don't want to play with "wrong" formats and risk loosing my photos.So even if my camera would allow me to use FAT32 not sure if I don't get into problems.I don't care about write read only.I can not find any app , add in or even custom ROM with exFAT included.
This is the main concern.Second, if you add video playback don't forget AVCHD (preferably 2.0) support. And of course RAW formats would be nice. Anyway, a good start.
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After a lot of though, I think I'm going to roll the video and RAW functionality into Gallery Connect. It's pretty complex and Gallery Connect already has most of the components I need for RAW and video playback. As a bonus, you'll be able to stream it to another device.
exFAT is on the list, but it's not as well documented as FAT. It's also proprietary and MS isn't exactly giving out the spec.

androidgranny241 said:
I've tried a couple of different flash drives, both formatted to FAT32, and I can't get it to work for me. I'm on a stock Nexus 7--I was waiting for something like this before going through all the trouble (for a newbie) of rooting and unlocking.
Issues:
1) First, it simply, repeatedly told me my flash drives had no media.
2) I got it to see a couple of photos on one of my flash drives but, I couldn't open them or anything
3) It began to constantly fc itself--couldn't even open it anymore.
Uninstalled/re-installed a couple of times but, it's still a no-go here.
What flash drives is this working with?
Manufacturers/models? I want to say that most fl;ash drives are the same but, apparently they are not.
Excellent job. I really hope this comes to fruition because I'll be the first one in line to buy it!
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It should work with any Flash drive that is formatted as FAT16 or FAT32. I'll try to provide better error handling for now supported file systems in the next release.
I can see the crashes in the dev. console and have identified at least one of the problems. Hopefully your drives will be fixed in the next release. Thanks for your patients.

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After a lot of though, I think I'm going to roll the video and RAW functionality into Gallery Connect. It's pretty complex and Gallery Connect already has most of the components I need for RAW and video playback. As a bonus, you'll be able to stream it to another device.
exFAT is on the list, but it's not as well documented as FAT. It's also proprietary and MS isn't exactly giving out the spec.
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I know that there is an open source implementation for exFAT. Not sure how well it works, but if you just need read it may work:
http://code.google.com/p/exfat/
Keep up the good work.

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I know that there is an open source implementation for exFAT. Not sure how well it works, but if you just need read it may work:
http://code.google.com/p/exfat/
Keep up the good work.
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That's C, but I can use it as a reference. There is a Java version called fat32-lib, which I started using, but it was too buggy. We have to walk before we fly.

Version 0.9.1
I just posted a new version to the market. If you get No Media, try to search again. It may find it the second time.
I guess I assumed this would work with all drives. That isn't so. It should work with more drives now. It should work with drives formatted on Windows or Canon cameras.
Known issues:
Does not work with drives not using MBR partitioning. I'll try to figure this out.
Does not work well with really slow controllers.

Version 1.0 Is Live!
Did a ton of work in the last few days (nights) and I got it working really well. I also published the Nexus Media Importer, which will allow you to import to your device.
Here's the link (it may take some time to become live):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homeysoft.nexususb.importer

Seems to work really well in its very beta state. I am excited to see where the app can go. Also below are some features I would love to see. (Decided to post here as well so you could reply if you wished.)
-the ability to copy both ways from a memory card or just a mini file browser mode
-photo backup mode that remembers which photos from a card are already backed up so you can quickly backup new photos
-raw image support, I do not need thumbnails myself but the ability to copy raw formats or any file type would be great.
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I'm excited for this. I don't care to root my device (I have it set up like I like and don't want to wipe it to root it), but wanted a way to play movies off of a flash drive. Just waiting on the OTG cable to arrive.
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dburckh said:
Several people have asked about this, so here is something that will allow you to view photos on a Nexus 7 without rooting your device. You will need:
An OTG USB Cable. Any should do.
A USB Flash Drive or Flash Reader/Card
Some pictures
Nexus Photo Viewer (link below)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homeysoft.nexususb.viewer
How is this possible without root? I coded a USB Mass Storage Driver and FAT16/32 file system reader in Android (Java).
This is all just a teaser to get you to buy the Nexus USB Importer that is coming soon. The importer will support Photos, Videos and Music when it's complete. All of you feeling the space crunch on those 8GB models will soon have some options. Eventually, I should have something that will allow you to stream from Flash without importing the media, but this is a start.
At the moment, the photos are rendered using the embedded thumbnail, so the quality will vary by camera. I'm working on rendering a proper image as well as displaying some metadata.
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You get streaming video working without root and you will make some money. Hell, I can't wait to give you mine.

And.... I couldn't wait. Bought the Importer to support the dev. Good luck getting this to work!!

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And.... I couldn't wait. Bought the Importer to support the dev. Good luck getting this to work!!
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Grabbed it too. Really looking forward to this apps development. :good:

Version 1.1 is Live
Should be available on the market soon. What's new:
Better File System Support
Multi-select and multi-save
Tabbed viewing
Faster Display/Photo Renderering
Photo shows image resolution
The Future:
Some way to select recognize and select new items from the card/drive
Reading file dates. Easy, just haven't done it yet.
As much as I was resistant to it, I think I'm going to cave to the pressure and try to get streaming video to work. It will probably be an in-app upgrade. That seems the fairest thing to do to the people that have already supported me. Frankly, I'm pretty excited about it myself. It's just going to be a horse and BUGGY ride for a while.
Possibilities:
Writing to the card/drive. Definitely doable. Scares the be-jesus out of me. I'm really concerned that I'll completely hose the card. I'm thinking this might involve a preference that you have to enable and agree that you are acting at your own risk.
File Manager View
Richer support for media types beyond photos. MP3 ID3 tag reading, MP4 meta data parsing.

Freakin sweet. This is one of the only things that was keeping me from selling my TF101, I like putting pics from my DSLR and phone onto my tablet but the Nexus makes it a real PITA without an sd card slot. Now all I need is an SD card and micro sd adapter and the correct cable :highfive:

Great update. Tested importing photos and video from my cameras SD card. For my uses (photo backup) its starting to become useful. Still need to be able to "select all" or even better for my use would be if it automatically selected all files that have not yet been imported. Also being able to choose the import folders so I can keep videos with the photos from that day. I do realize that this is not being designed purely for photo/video backup but my hope is it will function well for it.
Also the connection and copy process has been very reliable and very fast for me. I plan to do some testing with some other card readers I have as well.
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Just tried a compact flash card from my DSLR and a different card reader. It sees the card fine but does not recognize .nef files as photos. I do not expect or think it needs to give previews for nef or cr2 (raw image) files but listing them so they can be copied would be great. Even if they were in a separate "all files" tab.
Keep up the good work and hopefully my input is somewhat useful
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Bought to support developer ! It's great.
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jeffreyklassen said:
Great update. Tested importing photos and video from my cameras SD card. For my uses (photo backup) its starting to become useful. Still need to be able to "select all" or even better for my use would be if it automatically selected all files that have not yet been imported. Also being able to choose the import folders so I can keep videos with the photos from that day. I do realize that this is not being designed purely for photo/video backup but my hope is it will function well for it.
Also the connection and copy process has been very reliable and very fast for me. I plan to do some testing with some other card readers I have as well.
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Just tried a compact flash card from my DSLR and a different card reader. It sees the card fine but does not recognize .nef files as photos. I do not expect or think it needs to give previews for nef or cr2 (raw image) files but listing them so they can be copied would be great. Even if they were in a separate "all files" tab.
Keep up the good work and hopefully my input is somewhat useful
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I can add .nef & .cr2 support (including thumbs), but they aren't supported by Android natively. You would need something like Gallery Connect to view them. Unfortunately, Gallery Connect won't be able to find them unless you type in the path to Pictures (for the moment). FYI: It's /scdard/Pictures
I plan on adding some sort of select all or select new.

I am not thrilled about the IAP plan either. It's the only way I can think of to provide what I consider premium functionality without buying another app. I didn't want to hit people twice. I guess the other option is an app that only does streaming, but I think that would be confusing.
Another option is just raise the price and provide import feature and streaming, but I'm not sure if there are some people that just want the import feature and don't care about streaming.