[Q] file transfer - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III

What method does everyone use to transfer files to and from their PC?

dropbox

Airdroid

I have a question that fits here;
Is there any way to make the s3'S onboard and external SD Read and appear in windows as a flash drive (ftp i think?) Instead of a "media device"?

USB transfer. My computer shows both main and external card.
But now that I have dropbox, it has been my primary means for transfer.
Lol I used to carry a thumb drive everywhere.
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wildgamer100 said:
What method does everyone use to transfer files to and from their PC?
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I just use my usb because its quickest. Also kies for your computer is nice. Backs up all pics and vids and contacts and settings. But sadly doesnt backup apps
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Drop box event (5GB free)

For Android
http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=53013&replies=93
For PC
http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=52900
It's an easy 5 GB. Just upload pictures and videos from your camera/phone. You must automatically upload the pictures/videos. Manually uploading does not work.
Don't have an account? http://db.tt/b6UoA11H Please use this referral link.
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I only get 4.5 man
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On the Android page, they say 5 GB
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Thanks for the heads up. However, I got 50GB in Box.net accounts, so don't need this.
Here is the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1383808
Try it, it may still work..
Uploading! haha
Cool thanks.
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I cannot get it to automatically upload pics and vids from pc. I did the autoplay and everything.. Created the DCIM folder in both sdcard and pendrive and nothing. It wont pick up.. It works fine from the phone. But i have so many vids of my daughter to easily get the 5gb free from pc but it just wont upload. Any help please?
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noodles2224 said:
I cannot get it to automatically upload pics and vids from pc. I did the autoplay and everything.. Created the DCIM folder in both sdcard and pendrive and nothing. It wont pick up.. It works fine from the phone. But i have so many vids of my daughter to easily get the 5gb free from pc but it just wont upload. Any help please?
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Have you placed all the pictures inside the DCIM folder? Also are you sure you are on the beta application? Also when you plug in the phone, do you click automatic upload with the dropbox logo next to it?
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Yes, both flashdrive and sdcard have folder DCIM/Camera on the root of it.. And when i plug in my found and dont get automatic upload nor do i get the autoplay popup anymore like i used to.. And weirs thing is that i only see my external sd on the computer i dont see the sd anymore like i use to. And yes i have the beta 1.13.13 for pc
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noodles2224 said:
Yes, both flashdrive and sdcard have folder DCIM/Camera on the root of it.. And when i plug in my found and dont get automatic upload nor do i get the autoplay popup anymore like i used to.. And weirs thing is that i only see my external sd on the computer i dont see the sd anymore like i use to. And yes i have the beta 1.13.13 for pc
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maybe you have autoplay disabled on your pc? the dropbox auto upload option will be in the autoplay list
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Yes, both flashdrive and sdcard have folder DCIM/Camera on the root of it.. And when i plug in my found and dont get automatic upload nor do i get the autoplay popup anymore like i used to.. And weirs thing is that i only see my external sd on the computer i dont see the sd anymore like i use to. And yes i have the beta 1.13.13 for pc
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I just added a folder of pics to my sd card dcim/camera folder, that was the way I got it to work
this is what i have in my autoplay.. still nothing pops up as i plug anything in anymore.. i dont know how that part got the disable.. any help please? thse are the same folders i created but nothing..

What is the best method to transfer files from itunes on macbook to an s3

I have tried android file transfer but not successful.
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iSyncr? Though haven't tried that before.
Who has a working method? I mean they can't make this so hard putting music on a phone from a macbook....
There's been other posts about this I'm pretty sure, did you search to find similar threads? Search the other lte variants forums as well.
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I do it manually. Pop my micro sd card into the usb slot on my macbook and use finder to copy files over. I'm using neutron music player so it handles my mp3 and m4a/alac lossless files with no problem.
There's a couple apps that try to automate this but my collection doesn't change a lot so I found this approach easier.
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Oh, and if you want to use the built-in storage on the device, the android file transfer app for mac works and is fast - even faster than copying to my sd card.
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The issue I have is when I am copying files over, it says screen is locked but its not and then transfer stops through android file transfer..i could put the micro sd in a sd card in the card reader...
I searched but couldn't find anything...could anyone post those links?
Samsung Kies?
Andriid file transfer doesnt even work for me. Wont read that the phone is even plugged in.
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trialsrider1 said:
Andriid file transfer doesnt even work for me. Wont read that the phone is even plugged in.
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Make sure your device is connected as a camera, not an mtp device.
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Odexed said:
Samsung Kies?
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Kies doesnt have a working version with Mountain Lion
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Make sure your device is connected as a camera, not an mtp device.
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I have tried that but it still gives me the same message. If I use the UMS app I can get access to external without android file transfer but not internal. I really would like access as my backup from my old phone are all on my mac
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I use TuneSync. It will allow wired or wireless syncing of music from iTunes to your android device. Fairly simple to set up.
Here is the Play Store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...EsImNvbS5oaWdod2luZHNvZnR3YXJlLnR1bmVzeW5jIl0.
Easy phone tunes is the best one I used so far. I haven't upgraded to mountain lion so not sure if it compatible. However the only annoying thing is that you can only sync everything or 1 playlist. But it's super fast so I guess that makes up for the lack of functions.
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bluetint said:
I use TuneSync. It will allow wired or wireless syncing of music from iTunes to your android device. Fairly simple to set up.
Here is the Play Store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...EsImNvbS5oaWdod2luZHNvZnR3YXJlLnR1bmVzeW5jIl0.
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Just downloaded this. Well worth the few bucks, IMO.
Thanks for the link.

Can't connect to Keis after rooting !

So I recently rooted my SGS3, then I tried connecting to Samsung Keis and can't seem to connect. The Kies action bar tries to connect but doesn't seem to be able to finish the process. Anyone else have this issue or a fix?? Thanks
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Problem not worth fixing. Uninstall Kies.
My kies from laptop never worked. So I remove it from pho ne too.
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Problem not worth fixing. Uninstall Kies.
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Okay, what do you recommend I use that is similar to Keis with drag and drop feature??
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Tell me what you need Kies for and I will suggest something.
Drag and drop what? Files? Use Windows Exploiter for that.
I'm trying to move large torrent files from my phone into my Mac. And Airdroid takes way too long
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Playlist
I am having this same problem. I don't like using kies I usually use Monkey Media but could not get playlist to import with it. I am a huge playlist guy buy like to change them regularly on my PC. I find it a pain to make playlist directly on Note 2. Any suggestions?
Mac does not allow you to copy the contents of a micro SD to the hard drive?
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Mac does not allow you to copy the contents of a micro SD to the hard drive?
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I was able to prior to rooting my phone. I'm only using my Mac as a bridge so that I can move large files onto my 1terabyte Seagate external hard drive which is connected to my Mac...
This is so frustrating:banghead:
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How is this possible?

My phone has 9gb of internal space, its all being used but the table isn't adding up to 9gbs.. This doesn't make sense. My phone won't even read my external SD card. Its 32gb. I can't format my external SD card. I can't mount it. Idk how to fix the problem. Any suggestions?
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ixJay said:
My phone has 9gb of internal space, its all being used but the table isn't adding up to 9gbs.. This doesn't make sense. My phone won't even read my external SD card. Its 32gb. I can't format my external SD card. I can't mount it. Idk how to fix the problem. Any suggestions?
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Some stuff such as nandroid backups don't show up in that list. Any chance that's taking up a lot of your space?
Try formatting your SD card in Windows if you have a USB adapter or micro to full size adapter and a port on your computer for a full SD. 32GB should be FAT32.
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crawler9 said:
Some stuff such as nandroid backups don't show up in that list. Any chance that's taking up a lot of your space?
Try formatting your SD card in Windows if you have a USB adapter or micro to full size adapter and a port on your computer for a full SD. 32GB should be FAT32.
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I have a USB adapter that connects to my phone. What do I do after connecting my phone to the computer? Cause every time I connect it. It doesn't bring up my external SD card.. And how do I set it to fat32?
Edit: also how can I delete the backups I have made? Been a while since I've messed with a rooted phone.
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ixJay said:
I have a USB adapter that connects to my phone. What do I do after connecting my phone to the computer? Cause every time I connect it. It doesn't bring up my external SD card.. And how do I set it to fat32?
Edit: also how can I delete the backups I have made? Been a while since I've messed with a rooted phone.
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When I said USB adapter, I was talking about a microSD to USB adapter. In case the phone is the bad link in the chain, it'd be a good idea to remove the card from the phone and attempt to manipulate it externally. If that is not an option for you, I'll let someone else with ideas chime in on that topic.
For Nandroids: Try something like Nandroid Manager * ROOT
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.h3r3t1c.bkrestore
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crawler9 said:
When I said USB adapter, I was talking about a microSD to USB adapter. In case the phone is the bad link in the chain, it'd be a good idea to remove the card from the phone and attempt to manipulate it externally. If that is not an option for you, I'll let someone else with ideas chime in on that topic.
For Nandroids: Try something like Nandroid Manager * ROOT
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.h3r3t1c.bkrestore
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Crazy how the app is 2.93MB and I can't download it. I get an error saying "Insufficient storage available" mean while I have like 800+MB available. I don't get whats wrong with this phone.
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ixJay said:
Crazy how the app is 2.93MB and I can't download it. I get an error saying "Insufficient storage available" mean while I have like 800+MB available. I don't get whats wrong with this phone.
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If you have a root explorer or adb you could try pushing it to system/app because your data partition appears full.
You could also try to Odin back to stock.
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Can't transfer files

Every time I connect the LG-E980 to my Windows 7 PC, it starts to install, then lets me open up the internal storage but when I click on the DCIM folder, it starts all over again. I need to download some of my pix and can't get to them. I recently upgraded to a 64GB internal card. I have it on Media Sync (MTP) but it won't let me get into the memory.
I uploaded a couple of them to dropbox and then downloaded them to the PC. Must be an easier way though.
Suggestions?
psal217050 said:
Every time I connect the LG-E980 to my Windows 7 PC, it starts to install, then lets me open up the internal storage but when I click on the DCIM folder, it starts all over again. I need to download some of my pix and can't get to them. I recently upgraded to a 64GB internal card. I have it on Media Sync (MTP) but it won't let me get into the memory.
I uploaded a couple of them to dropbox and then downloaded them to the PC. Must be an easier way though.
Suggestions?
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If nothing else you can email them to yourself. I used to have to do that back before I had a smartphone.
Have you tried downloading and installing the LG drivers for your OGP?
If your computer has bluetooth that would be faster.
Drivers were installed, no Bluetooth.
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Now I can't mount my external SD card. . WTF is going on?
Found the fix.
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