It takes forever for me to load up and ID the files. Is there a faster way to view the files?
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TropicalEskiMo7 said:
It takes forever for me to load up and ID the files. Is there a faster way to view the files?
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You need to be more specific, are you trying to view files in the phone itself, or in windows?
What have you been using to view files which is too slow for you?
Misterjunky said:
You need to be more specific, are you trying to view files in the phone itself, or in windows?
What have you been using to view files which is too slow for you?
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I'm trying to view the files in Windows 7.
Whenever it shows it as a portable device and then takes awhile for all the files to read. And I've just been using the normal Windows explorer.
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TropicalEskiMo7 said:
I'm trying to view the files in Windows 7.
Whenever it shows it as a portable device and then takes awhile for all the files to read. And I've just been using the normal Windows explorer.
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Your windows must be pretty slow then, I am running windows 7 on one of my computers and windows 8
on the other and when I open windows explorer (computer) on any of the two computers I can see all the
files on my phone load up almost instantly without any delays at all.
The only time I have noticed a slight delay was when I want to to rename a file or folder,
then it takes a second or so for the new name to stick and display properly.
TropicalEskiMo7 said:
It takes forever for me to load up and ID the files. Is there a faster way to view the files?
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Issues with cable or SD card.
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Hi I just noticed that even in MTP mode of the USB you cannot access
Android/Data
You can but its empty
But on your File mgr APP you can view it just fine.
FPlusPS3 said:
Hi I just noticed that even in MTP mode of the USB you cannot access
Android/Data
You can but its empty
But on your File mgr APP you can view it just fine.
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Yes, I confirmed this to be true as well. However, I don't think it's necessarily a bug, but a feature of security in Android 4.0.
That being said, anyone know a way around it? I can tell you that telling windows to show hidden files and folders and show system files does not make any difference.
Thank you for confirming it
You can generally only mess with the sd card from your computer. If you want to mess with system files you'll have to do it using adb through a terminal/cmd
Michealtbh said:
You can generally only mess with the sd card from your computer. If you want to mess with system files you'll have to do it using adb through a terminal/cmd
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We are referring to the android/data folder on the sdcard.
Ah, sorry, misunderstood
Yeah CM9 / ICS prob has this blocked out like how Windows XP - 7 has c:\windows blocked out without USER CONTROL or running as admin
I can access my Clockwork Mod files via my Gnex, but they are not accessible when trying to copy to my PC. I see the device, I can see the CWM folder, but no backup folder exists. I can see everything else on the device. Tried coping the files to the root with no success. I have been able to access this files in the past.
Ideas?
I haven't had a problem specifically with CWM files, but changing the folder options on my PC (inside the Galaxy Nexus folders) to "show hidden files" usually did the trick...
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Small chance, but look in your "clockworkmod" folder and its subfolders and see if there are a file called ".nomedia" which would cause the folder contents to be hidden when connected to the PC in MTP mode.
You can also use the app AirDroid to transfer files through WiFi.
eksasol said:
Use a file manager in the phone itself, look in your "clockworkmod" folder and its subfolders and delete any file called ".nomedia".
You can also use the app AirDroid to transfer files through WiFi.
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I'm pretty sure that's a solution to the opposite problem. Hence, the files are showing up on the computer and phone file manager, but not in the apps. The .nomedia file tells the apps not to scan the specific folder they're sitting in. For example, yesterday my friends Galaxy Mini wasn't showing any pics in the gallery app or music in the music app, even though they clearly existed on the phone (via file manager and when hooked up to the PC). Deleted the .nomedia file and <insert sound effect here (I.E."BAM!"> all was good.
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No luck
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I'm pretty sure that's a solution to the opposite problem. Hence, the files are showing up on the computer and phone file manager, but not in the apps. The .nomedia file tells the apps not to scan the specific folder they're sitting in. For example, yesterday my friends Galaxy Mini wasn't showing any pics in the gallery app or music in the music app, even though they clearly existed on the phone (via file manager and when hooked up to the PC). Deleted the .nomedia file and <insert sound effect here (I.E."BAM!"> all was good.
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Thanks for the assistance, but no luck. Using Airdroid at the moment, but is is slower than slow.
Any other ideas are appreciated.
DenverDesktop
Try Local Sync, it easy and fast.
Thanks
Thanks. Local Sync doesn't seem to be much quicker. Can't find the option to sync one folder only, so it is syncing my entire CWM folder.
Question still stands why the heck I can't see those files via my PC.
buzzcomp said:
Try Local Sync, it easy and fast.
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Umm, have you tried rebooting your phone and reconect to your pc? (sorry if it sound stupid )
Yes
buzzcomp said:
Umm, have you tried rebooting your phone and reconect to your pc? (sorry if it sound stupid )
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Have tried reboots o both PC and phone. Also tried a different PC. Very strange that i can see everything else.
I could try to restore from a previous CWM backup and see if I am able to copy.
Any luck using adb?
ADB
buzzcomp said:
Any luck using adb?
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ADB command line is a bit out of my scope. Maybe I'll take a shot at it later. Installed a previous CWM BU, but no success.
I'm having an issue with the file transfer. I can see both internal memory and SD, but when i tried to drag and drop from Finder it is giving me an error, saying my screen is locked (even when it isn't) and asking me to reconnect. anyone else have this problem?
This was extremely annoying because I would try to transfer say an album and then it would get like 2 songs on there but not the rest saying my screen is locked please disconnect etc....i tried that but did not work.
please help as the only machines i have our macs.
thanks,
I don't understand. i am dragging the files from finder to the android app into a specific folder...
jedivulcan said:
I get the same error. Try double-clicking the folder you want to drag your files into (in Android File Manager) and drag your files from Finder into that rather than trying to drag files into a folder with the root directory showing.
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How do you guys even get it to see your phone?
On my computer, it just sits there and freezes if I have the phone plugged in when I start the app. if it isnt plugged in, it tells me to plug the phone in and freezes. When i switched the phone to PTP, it doesnt detect it, though it does pop up in iphoto. Any suggestions? I have been shuttling files with a micro-sd card lol!
jedivulcan said:
I get the same error. Try double-clicking the folder you want to drag your files into (in Android File Manager) and drag your files from Finder into that rather than trying to drag files into a folder with the root directory showing.
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How do I do this when there already numerous files in that sub folder and if you do that it will drag I to one of the other album folders.... Do you know what I mean?
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Best way is to use Kies Air with the mac... transfer them wirelessly.
cue_32 said:
Best way is to use Kies Air with the mac... transfer them wirelessly.
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How do I do that? It is mp3's.
I heard of double twist with air Sync and easy phone tunes but haven't tried either of them.
Has anyone?
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Android File Transfer to MAC
colemac said:
I'm having an issue with the file transfer. I can see both internal memory and SD, but when i tried to drag and drop from Finder it is giving me an error, saying my screen is locked (even when it isn't) and asking me to reconnect. anyone else have this problem?
This was extremely annoying because I would try to transfer say an album and then it would get like 2 songs on there but not the rest saying my screen is locked please disconnect etc....i tried that but did not work.
please help as the only machines i have our macs.
thanks,
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Android File Transfer has not been operational between Android and MAC os --at all-- since the Jelly Bean release.
Google knows it...Please add your two cents:
-- It's Issue #36970 @ Google's Android Open Handset Alliance Project
Squeaky wheel and all...
I'd post the link, but I'm a newbie here, and it won't let me.
So I downloaded the latest Nav Images for my car while I was on the road today and I was planning on burning them to update my system. The only problem is when I connected my Verizon Galaxy Nexus to my Windows machine I can't find the files I downloaded. I can see them on the phone in Astro, but when I look using Windows Explorer I go to the same folders and there isn't anything there! It shows as empty. Any suggestions? I could upload each one individually to Drive and back down to my PC but that seems like it would take FOREVER!
Fix permissions may help
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you can use Trickster Mod's media scanner
I probably should have mentioned I'm not rooted. I pulled the files on my work phone. They are .rar files if that makes a difference.
Id tether the comp to the phone and download them that way instead of uploading them.
I am connected to the computer. I can see every file in my phone EXCEPT the .rar files I am looking for. Its so weird.
purple_duckk said:
I am connected to the computer. I can see every file in my phone EXCEPT the .rar files I am looking for. Its so weird.
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No I meant tether your comp to the phone for internets, then download them on the comp. Instead of having to upload them first and then download them.
Is there any way to get Windows 7 to save the thumbnails for the photographs folder on the Sony Xperia S?
Every time I connect my phone to my computer and navigate to "Computer\Xperia S\Internal Storage\DCIM\100ANDRO" and view files as Large Icons Windows re-builds the thumbnails from scratch, and with more than just a few photos this takes a long time.
Is there any way to get it to save the thumbnails from the previous time you connected the device (like Windows does with all other normal folders)?
I might be wrong, but I think Windows does not build thumbnails for files when a device is connected in Media Storage mode. Or else I have way too many photos and it simply does not have time to load any of them loo
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Felimenta97 said:
I might be wrong, but I think Windows does not build thumbnails for files when a device is connected in Media Storage mode. Or else I have way too many photos and it simply does not have time to load any of them loo
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Thanks.
So basically we're talking about a Windows 7 limitation, rather than anything to do with Android or Sony Xperia devices(?)
Does anyone know of a Windows 7 'work-around' for this issue?
Bungle2000 said:
Thanks.
So basically we're talking about a Windows 7 limitation, rather than anything to do with Android or Sony Xperia devices(?)
Does anyone know of a Windows 7 'work-around' for this issue?
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Thumbnails are stored in the tmp folder of your pc..so whenever you restart..thumbnails will be built from scratch...i see no other workaround to this except hibernating your windows rather than shutdown
Dark Wraith said:
Thumbnails are stored in the tmp folder of your pc..so whenever you restart..thumbnails will be built from scratch...i see no other workaround to this except hibernating your windows rather than shutdown
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Yes but the issue also occurs if I simply disconnect the phone from the computer and then reconnect it. Windows doesn't know that it had all those exact same images thumbnailed 10 seconds ago.
Bungle2000 said:
Yes but the issue also occurs if I simply disconnect the phone from the computer and then reconnect it. Windows doesn't know that it had all those exact same images thumbnailed 10 seconds ago.
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This is the fix.
Right click on the folder which maintains the Thumbnails cache, here:
Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer" (where {username} is replaced by the name of the windows user, for example dark wraith for me)
Click Properties
Click Security
Click Advanced
Click change permissions
Listed are all the users who are allowed to use this folder (I have "System", "Administrator" and my user "Neil". For each user:
Click Edit
Under the "Apply to" drop down list, select: this folder and files
Check the box under deny for: Delete subfolders and files
Check the box under deny for: Delete
Click OK
Hi Dark Wraith,
Thanks for the directions. I tried them and it works if I don't disconnect the mobile (i.e. I go to another folder, then go back to the phone DCIM folder and the thumbnails appear almost immediately as they should), but if I disconnect the phone then re-connect it, Explorer goes through the process of 're-building'/'re-scanning' the images for the thumbnails.
Any thoughts?
Dark Wraith said:
This is the fix.
Right click on the folder which maintains the Thumbnails cache, here:
Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer" (where {username} is replaced by the name of the windows user, for example dark wraith for me)
Click Properties
Click Security
Click Advanced
Click change permissions
Listed are all the users who are allowed to use this folder (I have "System", "Administrator" and my user "Neil". For each user:
Click Edit
Under the "Apply to" drop down list, select: this folder and files
Check the box under deny for: Delete subfolders and files
Check the box under deny for: Delete
Click OK
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