So I copied the contents of my old phone to my new pixel XL. I had custom tones for my contacts, emails, etc, and they all defaulted to silent tones. Any idea why? How to prevent it from happening next time?
Did you transfer the contents via the cord directly connecting the two phones and the transfer program built into the Pixel XL? I transferred via that method from one Google device to another (Nexus 6P to Pixel XL) and it didn't go all that smoothly. Some stuff copied fine and other stuff didn't.
Not knowing anything about the source of your custom tones or how you transferred from your old phone to the Pixel will make it hard for anyone to help you. Providing more info might be a good idea.
Well I transferred everything through USB to my computer from my old phone. Then I transferred everything to my pixel using the same method. They are just mp3 files I made and have used for ages. It could be that I merged the folders as I copied them, maybe
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So I have a 2 part Dropbox question that basically amounts to me not fully understanding how it all works even though I use it on a daily basis... maybe someone here could help me out...
So I have Dropbox, on my phone (Galaxy Note 3) and 2 PCs, Home and Office.
Question 1 - You know how Dropbox on Android automatically when you're on Wifi uploads every single picture from your phone to a "Camera Uploads" folder on your Dropbox? Well since they're all uploaded already, and I have something like 3000 photos, which is starting to make my Gallery load slowly... Wouldn't the best way to clean them out be to just completely wipe all the photos from my phone... Then go through the Dropbox folder on one of my desktop computers and delete any crappy pictures I don't need to keep, leave the rest in there for backup purposes, and then if I wanted to keep some on my phone, copy those ones back onto my phone?
Question 2 - If I go through that "Camera Uploads" folder (Or any other folder in my Dropbox really) deleting and renaming and reorganizing files on one of my desktop computers... Will all those changes instantly happen on the others? Even if I'm deleting and/or renaming and/or moving around hundreds of files? What's to stop the other computer from syncing back to the one I'm currently going through and undoing all the changes I just made? Like if I have a folder called "X1" and another called "X2" and I delete a bunch of stuff out of each and then combine them into one and then name the new folder "X" ... The other computer at work isn't gonna go and sync my "X2" folder back to the computer I'm currently working on, right?
Obviously these are both a simple but clear misunderstanding of how all this cloud syncing works. I get it in principle, and use it constantly, but there are certain ideas of it that I think I'm just overthinking probably.
Any help would be appreciated.
Also I know that Q&A goes in the Q&A forum but I thought since this is a software thing and not really a phone thing it would be more appropriate in here...
From how I know it works (at least for me) as long as all accounts are logged in with the same info (name/password), and are auto-syncing, the folder that is modified first will be copied to the others when you open Dropbox on the others. In your example you have three (two PCs, and your phone). If you change something from your phone, it will replicate to your two PCs. If you change something on one of your PCs, it will replicate to your other PC, and your phone. It also works with the online site the same way. I just changed something in my phone, logged on to the website through my PC browser, and it replicated right away to match what I did on my phone.
EDIT - And I know you are talking about pics and gallery, and for that I would move/delete from the app on your phone, and not through the gallery. I think if you do something in the gallery it will just change back because you're not actually modifying Dropbox. I'm not really sure since I do all my stuff through Dropbox itself. You can try with one pic to see if it deletes from your other places if you delete it from the gallery.
Thanks for the reply. So yea if it's basically doing it instantly, then I think I'd be safe doing my plan the way I'm planning on it. My plan is to delete everything off the phone, which I know from experience doens't sync deletions to the dropbox... Just new pics get synced to dropbox... So if I delete pic11111.jpg it will still be in my dropbox folder... So with ALL my pics deleted from my phone's gallery, I can then go to my computer and spend a couple hours deleting specific garbage pictures, and those will then sync between the 2 pcs. Then I can move them out of that "Camera Uploads" folder and into a more permanent "Pics" folder. Or move first is probably even better...
Thanks again.
I use Dropbox all the time, I've got 4 accounts (Need that extra space) and then I've got it installed on my Note 3, Nexus 7, and a Galaxy S3. As for computers it's on my Mac, two laptops and a PC desktop. I installed them on all of those for the referral bonus space but now they all have the exact same account. So in answer to your question, you could go on your phone go into settings and turn off camera uploads, but then you would need to go into your gallery and manually upload the pictures you want to keep (which isn't a huge hassle to me at least.) Since you are using cloud storage technically all the photos that get uploaded wouldn't get eating up your space unless you have google+ enabled as well, then they will appear on your phone. Not all of them, but a good majority. I don't know what kind of a computer you use, but when I have dropbox on my MAC sync all of my folders that i have, I swear I get pictures that are quadrupled all the time....so frustrating. In answer to your second question, you can modify any picture, document, etc, that has been uploaded from dropbox to a computer and make any changes you want to it without it making changes to another linked computer. Only way it it would is if you put that changed photo for example, back into your dropbox folder. Hopefully that made sense
So when I swapped from a Moto G to a Moto X, I used the Motorola Migrate app to get it to copy all my music, video, call logs, etc over to the Moto X.
Does a tool exist for the N5X to copy this stuff from the Moto X to the N5X? If I just plug them into a laptop with USB I guess I can just copy them over using the file manager. What are my options?
I believe the setup wizard will ask you if you are coming from another Android device. If you have NFC you bump the phones together and it will transfer everything over. I'm not sure if this works to transfer files, but it does transfer apps and even your background.
Yep, have been there, that method does do what you say about apps, they get copied over, but media and call logs do not get copied over. I am assuming the Motorola Migrate will support Android M once the updates for the Moto X to Android M come out.
Yep, looks like we will have to manually migrate media, call logs, texts etc.
Anyone got a good way to transfer the call logs/texts?
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Yep, looks like we will have to manually migrate media, call logs, texts etc.
Anyone got a good way to transfer the call logs/texts?
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I have used:
SMS Backup & Restore
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore
Call Logs Backup & Restore
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.CallLogBackupRestore
both By Ritesh Sahu
I have used them many times and they have worked flawlessly.
Since I won't have root on my 5X I'm also going to be trying out:
Helium - App Sync and Backup
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup
by ClockworkMod
I ended up using EasyBackup to transfer, contacts, SMS, call logs. Worked well and was simple to use. Having to wait now for suitable USB cables before I make the file transfers for music and pictures, thought about one of those Wifi File transfer apps. The built in FileManager does have a Nearby Share feature, you have to touch the screens together to initiate the process and click a few buttons which you can see when you have the screens facing each other. Very odd.
Still in Appleland here. Am I out of luck?
yoyololo said:
Still in Appleland here. Am I out of luck?
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Sync your iPhone contacts with Google then when you sign into the 5X it should show up just fine.
Sent from my Sprint Galaxy S5.
I found great mileage with MyBackup Pro (paid for Pro 3 years ago or so...) - I essentially created 2 backups (one for apps and media, the other one for data)...moved the two zip files to my nexus 5x and restored them...as good as new...made sure to do everything in airplane mode...also the app has a migrate feature which works well too.
I know the answer to this isn't Note 7-specific, but since the problem is on that device this made the most sense. Just bought a Note 7, coming fresh from an old Note 3 with Android 5, and I've noticed a startling number of features have been removed. Most I can live without, but one that's bothering me is that I can't set a custom SMS tone for contact groups. Ringtone yes, but not message alert like I could with Android 5.
Is there a way to do this that I'm just somehow missing or did they actually remove this from the OS?
EDIT: also, unlike Android 5, I can't set a custom alert sound in Facebook Messenger using one of my own MP3s, since the app doesn't seem to see them (just the stock Android sounds). I've tried moving them from my phone to the SD card and back again, to no avail; every other app can seem to read them just fine, but not this one. The same app version on the Note 3 (which was not rooted mind you) had no problems, and near as I can figure everything is installed correctly. Any suggestions?
Try to create "notifications" and "ringtones" folder on the root of your internal memory (not your SD card) and put all of your corresponding MP3 in it. Now you will see them. Hope it can help.
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I know the answer to this isn't Note 7-specific, but since the problem is on that device this made the most sense. Just bought a Note 7, coming fresh from an old Note 3 with Android 5, and I've noticed a startling number of features have been removed. Most I can live without, but one that's bothering me is that I can't set a custom SMS tone for contact groups. Ringtone yes, but not message alert like I could with Android 5.
Is there a way to do this that I'm just somehow missing or did they actually remove this from the OS?
EDIT: also, unlike Android 5, I can't set a custom alert sound in Facebook Messenger using one of my own MP3s, since the app doesn't seem to see them (just the stock Android sounds). I've tried moving them from my phone to the SD card and back again, to no avail; every other app can seem to read them just fine, but not this one. The same app version on the Note 3 (which was not rooted mind you) had no problems, and near as I can figure everything is installed correctly. Any suggestions?
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i would also like an answer to this. worked great on note edge but not on note 7
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Try to create "notifications" and "ringtones" folder on the root of your internal memory (not your SD card) and put all of your corresponding MP3 in it. Now you will see them. Hope it can help.
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Tried that...as I said, every other app besides Facebook Messenger sees them. No matter where I store them, the only thing that Messenger sees is the stock Android sounds. It does list my default notification sound, though--which is one of my custom tones--but when I tap that it doesn't play it. It's almost like Messenger doesn't have permissions on the actual Notifications folder, but I don't know how to give them without rooting.
I went from a Galaxy S3 to a Nexus 6P and didn't bother transferring anything because there wasn't much on the phone. I pre-ordered a Pixel 2 XL and realized there's quite a bit on my phone that'd I'd like to keep. Would it be possible to transfer everything - messages, apps, etc? If not, what cannot be transferred and is there any way to (third party apps, etc).
Mainly looking so I backup what I need and be ready to roll onto a new phone.
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I went from a Galaxy S3 to a Nexus 6P and didn't bother transferring anything because there wasn't much on the phone. I pre-ordered a Pixel 2 XL and realized there's quite a bit on my phone that'd I'd like to keep. Would it be possible to transfer everything - messages, apps, etc? If not, what cannot be transferred and is there any way to (third party apps, etc).
Mainly looking so I backup what I need and be ready to roll onto a new phone.
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Yes you'll be able to transfer mostly everything to your new 2 XL including messages and calls log with the included cable. If you're rooted on the 6P you can use Titanium Backup to do the same.
Sms Backup & Restore is great for moving text messages to a new phone. It's very easy to back them up to Google Drive, and restore them on another phone. I'm going to do this when I switch over.
Hey guys and gals. I got my Back XL 128GB on 10/20, and I finally sat down to go through the files that were transferred from my old phone. I had an iPhone 6s Plus (long story).
I went into the DCIM folder, and saw a folder "RestoredFromOldDevice". I opened it, and all my pictures were split up into multiple folders named "100APPLE" "101APPLE" "102APPLE" and so on. I selected all the files, and dragged them to the DCIM folder one folder at a time to kinda simplify things.
After I had done this, everything disappeared. No files in any of the involved folders. Luckily I have always had Dropbox and everything wasn't lost.
I just tried copying from one folder to another on the phone, and nothing would copy.
I know I took two years away from Android (stupidly), but is this normal behavior? Something doesn't seem right.