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I know of Klies for syncing files but with my Mac, the only option I have is to see the files from my phone and upload them to my computer but I cannot add files to the phone through Klies.
I was wondering, besides connecting my phone to a USB or taking out my battery and using the MicroSD is there a wireless way for me to sync my music/photos/videos/etc to the Galaxy S2 (through the phone or any other APPS)? I also have a Mac so that might be a thing to know as well.
Also, any apps or is there any way I can get itunes to sync a playlist to the phone instead of me going through all my music files one by one and dragging it into a folder to sync with the S2?
Thank you XDA.
Wow, someone actually likes syncing with iTunes instead of just dragging the files into a folder.
Easiest way would be to use Google Music beta and just sync your music with the cloud, always have access to everything from the cloud. Downsides are everything cloud-related. I understand it can cache things on wifi to keep data usage down, but still not as convenient as having it on the SD.
I also hear that Winamp can sync up your library, but I have no experience with that.
Try the market app iSyncr WiFi and iSyncr for mac.
They used to be only so-so but now there awesome
My only pc is a 27in IMac so I've had to deal with this many times with mobile and iSyncr wins
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noah1017 said:
Try the market app iSyncr WiFi and iSyncr for mac.
They used to be only so-so but now there awesome
My only pc is a 27in IMac so I've had to deal with this many times with mobile and iSyncr wins
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gotta pay lol, anything free?
le14 said:
gotta pay lol, anything free?
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you can use Kies from samsung
but most people hates it, because it's too ... iphone like
AllGamer said:
you can use Kies from samsung
but most people hates it, because it's too ... iphone like
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Klies only lets me take files from my phone but does not let me add music/pics/etc unless i'm doing something wrong.
any advice (im on a mac btw)
So, this isn't about the Galaxy Nexus per-se, but I know many of you are scared of the change to MTP and the interaction with the computer, especially those of you coming from Gingerbread directly through to the Galaxy Nexus.
I've had a Motorola Xoom (which doesn't support USB mass storage mode) for a while. Simply put, there is _no_ native support for MTP in OS X (10.7 or lower). If you plug your Galaxy Nexus into your Mac, nothing will happen at all. OS X won't see it, DoubleTwist doesn't see it, Songbird won't and iTunes (obviously) won't see it. As far as I know, there's no way of enabling your Mac to see the device natively, and all of the software designed for other MTP devices that I've tried doesn't work.
In fact, the only way your Mac will ever see it is if you download Google's Android File Helper software. This program, once installed, runs in the background, and whenever you plug in your Honeycomb (or ICS) device, it pops up a window showing the contents of the phone's memory. From here (and only from that window), you can pull files from the phone/tablet or put them onto it.
This works acceptably, but with a few hangups. First, unlike a normal finder window, only one transfer can occur at once, and there's no queueing. So, if you drop one folder on to copy, you're not able to move anything else onto or off of the card until it's finished. Also, large transfers (~10 GB) don't work particularly reliably, and may fail partway through, so you may consider dragging files in in groups. Finally, and most frustratingly, it will often not be up to date with what files are on the device, especially if you've recently deleted them. So, folders or files may still show up that you've recently deleted. Maybe this has been changed in ICS (I hope so!), but that's my experience.
That's your primary way on or off the device. I've had limited success using DDMS for transferring files on and off of the device, and although it's clunky and requires USB debugging mode, it's the most reliable way I've found for transfers that fail in the Transfer client. In practice, I'd recommend using something like SwiFTP to copy (smaller) files to and from your device, and avoiding the hassle when you can.
In short, you definitely CAN use OS X to transfer files onto and off of your Galaxy Nexus, but it's not as easy as it was for Gingerbread Devices, and tools like DoubleTwist and Songbird can no longer access your device at all (in their current versions). You can get around this using AirSync for DoubleTwist to load music, or doing so manually, but it's kludgey. It's unlikely that Apple will choose to support MTP in future versions of OS X (it's a Microsoft protocol now used mostly by Android), but hopefully Google will improve the tool as time goes on.
Sorry if this is all well known and obvious, but if you were on the fence about the GNex because of this, don't be. The MTP switch is annoying, but nothing showstopping, even for OS X. Just FYI.
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I've had a Motorola Xoom (which doesn't support USB host mode) for a while.
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Which doesn't have USB Mass Storage mode (not USB Host - this is USB OTG where you can plug in other USB peripherals into the Xoom). Sorry just a pet peeve watching people confuse the two.
Thanks for an informative post. MTP looks like it is going to cause headaches to every non-Windows device by the looks of it. Ironic for a Linux based device ; ).
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Which doesn't have USB Mass Storage mode (not USB Host - this is USB OTG where you can plug in other USB peripherals into the Xoom). Sorry just a pet peeve watching people confuse the two.
Thanks for an informative post. MTP looks like it is going to cause headaches to every non-Windows device by the looks of it. Ironic for a Linux based device ; ).
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So WiFi File Explorer outta work though if your other ftp type app did?
Thanks for the info. I remember using the app on my MacBook when I had the Xoom. I didn't mind it too much, but it was a tad annoying having to open the app rather than just pop open 'finder' and go. FWIW it DID work just fine for my couple months with the Xoom.
So WiFi File Explorer outta work though if your other ftp type app did?
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Yeah, FTP apps of all sorts work fine. I use Transmit on the Mac to access the phone via FTP, and that works like a charm.
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Thanks for the info. I remember using the app on my MacBook when I had the Xoom. I didn't mind it too much, but it was a tad annoying having to open the app rather than just pop open 'finder' and go. FWIW it DID work just fine for my couple months with the Xoom.
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It works fine to the internal storage. Maybe I should've said explicitly that I had more issues using the Android File Transfer app with the SD Card in the Xoom.
I'm glad Google gave this a thought, now they should make one for linux too, but they probably won't.
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iTunes (obviously) won't see it.
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My post is pointless, but hell will freeze over before iTunes recognizes a Samsung device, lol. If it wasn't for laws and standard, they wouldn't allow their PC to recognize Samsung devices either.
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I'm glad Google gave this a thought, now they should make one for linux too, but they probably won't.
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That's the nice part about Linux. The people working on Linux have an active incentive to add this functionality, as it improves the experience. With OS X, they have an active (marketing) reason to not add it, anti-competitive behavior. Don't give up hope
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It's unlikely that Apple will choose to support MTP in future versions of OS X (it's a Microsoft protocol now used mostly by Android), but hopefully Google will improve the tool as time goes on.
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It's a protocol native to the USB standard since 2008 so if Apple want to be standards compliant they should implement it. There are lots of other devices that use it as well.
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As far as I know, there's no way of enabling your Mac to see the device natively, and all of the software designed for other MTP devices that I've tried doesn't work.
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Those apps probably just need an update to libmtp.. for some reason that library has the device ID of every device it supports hardcoded in, rather than working out whether a device supports mtp in other ways as things like windows do.
If anyone has ported mtpfs to OSX you should be able to get that going (will probably do that myself when I get time.. Android File Transfer is OK but a bit quirky).
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It's a protocol native to the USB standard since 2008 so if Apple want to be standards compliant they should implement it. There are lots of other devices that use it as well.
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Trust me, I'm not defending it, but I can't imagine Apple in its current state implementing a change which would help in supporting a competitor's product (especially Android) just to be open and compliant. Given how willing Apple as a company is to cut off its nose to spite its face, I doubt that they'll rush to help their users here. Prove me wrong, Apple.
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Those apps probably just need an update to libmtp.. for some reason that library has the device ID of every device it supports hardcoded in, rather than working out whether a device supports mtp in other ways as things like windows do.
If anyone has ported mtpfs to OSX you should be able to get that going (will probably do that myself when I get time.. Android File Transfer is OK but a bit quirky).
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I've tried working with the existing mtpfs ports, but wasn't able to get very far at all. I'm hoping that ICS will spur people to develop further on that, maybe pulling it into MacFUSE.
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Trust me, I'm not defending it, but I can't imagine Apple in its current state implementing a change which would help in supporting a competitor's product (especially Android) just to be open and compliant. Given how willing Apple as a company is to cut off its nose to spite its face, I doubt that they'll rush to help their users here. Prove me wrong, Apple.
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You certainly have a point and is the primary reason I dispise Apple as a company.
My main point was that it's not to be considered a "Microsoft protocol" as it's been part of the USB standard for years now. Nothing is stopping any OS from implementing it and as a standard they really should as it brings some nice improvements like not requiring the OS on the PC to have support for the filesystem used on the device. Considering FAT32 and exFAT are basically the only filesystems that work in all major OSes, the former being old and having severe limitations and the latter requiring a license it's nice to be able to use something like ext2/3/4 or any other filesystem of choice and still maintain compability.
Apple hasn't typically been particularly resistant to implementing standards and protocols used to communicate with 3rd party devices. Also, the major force behind Apple's resistance to just about everything is gone now... We'll see if they continue the trend without him.
Just bumping this again for the new crop of ICS users
So I've just gotten my VZW Gnex, and unfortunately, Android file transfer seems to have the same problems with not refreshing the files in the folder as it did on the Xoom.
That said, if you're trying to get into a given folder and your Android File Transfer can't see the contents (or the folder itself), just reboot the phone and when it comes back up, the new folder should be there and right as rain.
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OS X won't see it, DoubleTwist doesn't see it, Songbird won't and iTunes (obviously) won't see it.
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If syncing with iTunes is your goal, you left out iSyncr. Our app can sync Android 3.0 and 4.0 devices with iTunes on a Mac over USB (and WiFi). If your Android device is supported by Android File Transfer, it is supported by iSyncr.
As always, you can shoot me an email if you are having an issue with this.
-Justin
I seem to be having a new issue. All of a sudden, I can't sync anything to my XOOM. I had to unlock, and re-unroot it to install ICS on it. I don't know why, but everytime I begin a transfer to my XOOM Android File Transfer instantly says that my my device is locked and I need unlock the screen and/or it can't access the media storage device. It's really frustrating. I can't push the SU.zip bc it gets lost in between the "Ext SD Card" and the "Internal SD Card." Long story short... my Xoom boots into ICS and runs perfectly fine, but I can't finish the root process. Any help?!
Android File Transfer supports files up to 4gb in size. This may be why you are having trouble transferring files that are 10 gb. At least this is the case in OS X Lion
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Anyone able to get this working yet on our US variants?
Link Here for Details
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@jiggytom:
Thank you! I've updated the shell-scripts to include the US-variant,
and also added a description to use it with 2 easy buttons in GScript Lite
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I guess i'm failing to see what the problem is with not being able to mount the sdcard as mass storage. From the very first time I plugged in my phone to my desktop, I have been able to drag and drop files to either the internal or external sdcard just fine.
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I guess i'm failing to see what the problem is with not being able to mount the sdcard as mass storage. From the very first time I plugged in my phone to my desktop, I have been able to drag and drop files to either the internal or external sdcard just fine.
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Certain devices like TV and Car Radio which are supposed to be able to read songs and other media off your device are not compatible with MTP/PTP mode like the one used stock on our devices. Not only that but overall transfer reliability with MTP/PTP mode is greatly reduced. I can think of quite a number of times when I was in the middle of transferring a bunch of files and all of the sudden the transfer would time out and I have to do it all over again. UMS mode never had any of these issues.
The app hasn't worked for me.
I need USB Storage mode for my car, as well as syncing my iTunes library through iTunes Agent. Also its annoying that I can't use my phone when MTP is syncing.
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I guess i'm failing to see what the problem is with not being able to mount the sdcard as mass storage. From the very first time I plugged in my phone to my desktop, I have been able to drag and drop files to either the internal or external sdcard just fine.
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Try that with Linux
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Try that with Linux
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Not to mention I think Mac OS needs a separate application/plugin just to be able to read MTP devices.
Also it seems not all type of files can be transferred to the phone..
Bump, is there anything new in the works for US versions to rectify this? Hate not having this functionality. Actually, if I was still in my trial I would probably be returning my phone largely because of this issue. Sadly, it took me awhile to get around to looking into it though.
In further response to Gadgetz. My personal (most pressing at least) reasoning for needing this functionality has to do with syncing of ratings and playcounts for music. There is, as far as i know, no program that easily provides two way sync between an android phone and pc for these fields without overwriting entire files (not Ideal, not really even practical in my case as I transcode flac to mp3 for mobile use). The only workaround I could ever find was a script add-on in media monkey in conjunction with using the playerpro app. This process can only be completed in mass storage mode. Now I am stuck with no way to rate songs "globally." And that is a huge issue for me...
The fact that the international version has a fix gives me hope...crossing my fingers.
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Bump, is there anything new in the works for US versions to rectify this? Hate not having this functionality. Actually, if I was still in my trial I would probably be returning my phone largely because of this issue. Sadly, it took me awhile to get around to looking into it though.
In further response to Gadgetz. My personal (most pressing at least) reasoning for needing this functionality has to do with syncing of ratings and playcounts for music. There is, as far as i know, no program that easily provides two way sync between an android phone and pc for these fields without overwriting entire files (not Ideal, not really even practical in my case as I transcode flac to mp3 for mobile use). The only workaround I could ever find was a script add-on in media monkey in conjunction with using the playerpro app. This process can only be completed in mass storage mode. Now I am stuck with no way to rate songs "globally." And that is a huge issue for me...
The fact that the international version has a fix gives me hope...crossing my fingers.
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Answer Here
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Awesome. Seeing it was a script made me nervous, but not too bad if you follow the instructions. GScript force closing every time is an annoyance, but nothing I cant live with. (and I have to assume now that the functionality is there eventually someone will stick it in a standalone app or widget)
Anywho, thanks for the link! I can stop panicking now.
Hi, first off, I haven't ever needed to post much here before but I love to read all the stuff available here at this site. Top notch man!
Anyway, I have a question that I cannot seem to find an answer to, and have tried numerous search terms to no avail.
Is there a way where I can hook up my s3 to my PC and be able to see the text messaging interface on the PC as well as use the keyboard on the PC to interact with them?
The PC is running WIn XP SP3 and I also have a laptop that runs Win 7.
After hours of texting, this would be much more comfortable on the eyes, and using the full sized keyboard on my PC would mean less typo corrections due to striking the wrong letters. If anyone has a solution for this, or can suggest an app that does this, please respond.
Thanks in advance.
Yesterday I saw an app on market for that .
Search text from pc or text from tablet. There are bunch off apps.
bikrame said:
Yesterday I saw an app on market for that .
Search text from pc or text from tablet. There are bunch off apps.
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Thanks!, Not exactly what I was looking for but a good alternative. The ultimate would be to have the GS 3 connected via the micro USB and then see the messaging GUI as seen on my phone on my PC screen while being able to use my PC keyboard for interaction. I am guessing this doesn't really exist as of yet.
USB Mouse
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Thanks!, Not exactly what I was looking for but a good alternative. The ultimate would be to have the GS 3 connected via the micro USB and then see the messaging GUI as seen on my phone on my PC screen while being able to use my PC keyboard for interaction. I am guessing this doesn't really exist as of yet.
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Actually I saw some pics of my friend whose usb connector has a female usb port at the other end which has a usb mouse connected, and it works. You should try to look for that connector and try your keyboard. :cyclops:
Not sure if I understand your question exactly but you might want to try Kies Air. It's either through the browser or it comes as a little standalone application when you download Kies.
I'm using MySms and it works great. I can text from my tablet, my PC (browser or app), and everything syncs and backs up to the cloud. You'd need to install their app on your phone so it can intercept your texts and send them to the cloud. The only thing is that MMS is funky, so I still use the AOSP messenger to download and upload them.
Use AirDroid.
Does SMS, app installs, file transfers, and more through Wi-Fi or data connection
adslee said:
Use AirDroid.
Does SMS, app installs, file transfers, and more through Wi-Fi or data connection
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Nice find! Didn't come across this before I posted in this thread back in February. Checking it out now.
Hello to everyone
I would like to enable PTP on my Note 10+, But its not showing up. I have already followed the steps to enable to developer options and I'm still not seeing PTP option. Can some one please help me out.
Thank you in advance
Moe!
Do you have it connected to something via USB?
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Do you have it connected to something via USB?
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Yes I had it connected to my iPad Pro.
My first process i tried was using my usb-c that came with my note 10+. I connected 1 end to my usb-c to my iPad Pro, and Then I connected the other end to my note 10+. These was the option I saw
Transferring Files / Android Auto
USB Tethering
MIDI
Transferring Images
Charging Phone Only
I even tried using the usb-c from the iPad Pro and connect it to my Note 10+ and I received the option above.
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Yes I had it connected to my iPad Pro.
My first process i tried was using my usb-c that came with my note 10+. I connected 1 end to my usb-c to my iPad Pro, and Then I connected the other end to my note 10+. These was the option I saw
Transferring Files / Android Auto
USB Tethering
MIDI
Transferring Images
Charging Phone Only
I even tried using the usb-c from the iPad Pro and connect it to my Note 10+ and I received the option above.
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PTP is transferring images
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PTP is transferring images
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I'm not seeing any of the images or videos being transferred over to the iPad and Im giving it at least 5 minutes, nothing is happening.
moevenoe said:
I'm not seeing any of the images or videos being transferred over to the iPad and Im giving it at least 5 minutes, nothing is happening.
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Is there something that needs to be done on the iPad side? Are you even sure this is a function supported by the iPad?
Why not just install Google Photos on your iPad and then any photos on your phone are visible on the iPad. In addition, you can download from Google photos to the iPad
I Google some options (which would have been a great place for you to start). Look for Photos Import on your iPad.
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Is there something that needs to be done on the iPad side? Are you even sure this is a function supported by the iPad?
Why not just install Google Photos on your iPad and then any photos on your phone are visible on the iPad. In addition, you can download from Google photos to the iPad
I Google some options (which would have been a great place for you to start). Look for Photos Import on your iPad.
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Are you even sure this is a function supported by the iPad? Well, Apple’s Mac OS X doesn’t include MTP support at all since the iPod, iPhone, and iPad use their own iTunes. Google provides an Android File Transfer application for Mac OS X, a simple MTP client that works for transferring files back and forth on a Mac.
Why not just install Google Photos on your iPad and then any photos on your phone are visible on the iPad. In addition, you can download from Google photos to the iPad
I Google some options (which would have been a great place for you to start). Look for Photos Import on your iPad. -
( Well getting my photos from the Note 10+ to the ipad works with the apple photos app. Its getting the video to transfer over to the iPad is the issue I'm having. When I connect both device using apple USB-C, i'm not seeing the PTP option, to which I believe is the issue.
To add more to the Google Photos process, to upload videos I would need a wi-fi, and that would be ideal. It's not all the time a wi-fi access would be readily accessible to me so I can upload videos and download videos at a moment notice and especially if I'm moving about. Google Photos will work but its just not a ideal option. )
Now in this Youtube tutorial, this gentleman was able to transfer his videos over to ipad using PTP with his google pixel phone which is running android, so why cant a thousand dollar phone do the same thing and its running android. I'm trying to get all I can out of this device.
Apparently you are doing something wrong, since there is a video showing how it is done. Why not try an apple forum if you are just going to slam Android? I offered a suggestion that is simple, but you don't want to pay for mobile service (which makes me wonder why bother having a mobile phone), so I can't help. Try harder on Google. It only took me 3 seconds to find one possible solution...
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Apparently you are doing something wrong, since there is a video showing how it is done. Why not try an apple forum if you are just going to slam Android? I offered a suggestion that is simple, but you don't want to pay for mobile service (which makes me wonder why bother having a mobile phone), so I can't help. Try harder on Google. It only took me 3 seconds to find one possible solution...
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Apparently you are doing something wrong,.. Wow!!!!! , Well I did explain all the option I was getting correct, and the one option I was not getting was the PTP, but ok appartently I am doing something wrong.
further more I had added the video just to show the steps and so you can see what i'm saying about the PTP that its available on his device but its not showing on my phone but apparently Im doing something wrong. Not to mention I added the link to be the best way to answer your question. Somehow you took my response wrong. But apparently i'm doing something wrong. Yes you offered a suggestion and thank you for your suggestion, and I offered a answer to your suggestion and not to cut down your suggestion down. So thank you for your suggestion. I just simply stated that, Google Photos was not a good option for video no harm no foul. Who's trying to slam android that's furthest from my mind.
I came on XDA to learn and for help not for this back and fourth stuff how does this help me. Thank you for help and your suggestion. I will keep searching for answers on my own, no problem if someone else is willing to help great!!!
So thank you in advance.!!!!
kind person.