One of the key features i loved with Windows Mobile was i could manage files and download files from the web with ease. i could download pictures, mp3's, zip folders, rar folders and extract the files all on the phone without being dependent on a computer.
Now i recently had a chance to try to download a mp3 file that i uploading on a hosting site and when i clicked download the mp3 i was trying to download began playing in the browser but i could not locate it on the device. What happens when u try to download pictures, mp3s , zip and rar files on wp7? i know theres no file manager but u are able to save pictures from what ive read so why cant we save mp3s and add it to the zune library on the phone? what happens with the zip and rar files? and if u are able to download zip and rar then maybe we can get some kind of pocketrar or something
is it any chance of a limited file explorer being made that just gives u access to files downloaded from the web without giving access to the phones files and registry settings that they dont want us tampering with?
this is a huge issue along with the usb mass storage mode and multitasking that i really hope they add support for in the future
Lol, I posted the same thing a week ago. So far all I found is you can save pictures to your phone. MP3's download and start to play in Zune, but they aren't saved. Same thing for videos I tried to download. Tried to download a zipped mixtape. No Go!
i hope they address this some kind of way because i do this 90% of the time now on my touch pro 2
it will unzip standard zip files but I don't know about the rest of the compressed files.
nrfitchett4 said:
it will unzip standard zip files but I don't know about the rest of the compressed files.
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so u saying i can download a zip folder of mp3s and that will work? where will the files go will they add to ur library
how to download file in WP7? where do those files go? WP7 does not have file explorer, do those files would go to nowhere, no way to view them.
deadwrong03 said:
so u saying i can download a zip folder of mp3s and that will work? where will the files go will they add to ur library
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Didn't work for me. Matter of fact it said WP7 doesn't support zip files when I tried to dl a mixtape.
when install app from marketplace, where did those downloads go? are those save to phone at installation, cabs or xap. what happended to the files?
also, if I download files, music, pictures, videos, pdf, where would they go? how to download them to pc?
citrix80 said:
when install app from marketplace, where did those downloads go? are those save to phone at installation, cabs or xap. what happended to the files?
also, if I download files, music, pictures, videos, pdf, where would they go? how to download them to pc?
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Like I said when I dl music, The Zune player opens up and plays the song. Video same thing. It opens the file just like on your computer when you select open instead of save. That's it. I was able to save pictures. They go with the other pictures on my phone. PDF go in Adobe Reader, but the must delete after you read them unless you save them(?). I get them everyday and read but I've never deleted them but they are gone.
internet exploere does have any featue to download files, even picture.
suppose it is possible to download files, where would the files go? how to find them.
citrix80 said:
internet exploere does have any featue to download files, even picture.
suppose it is possible to download files, where would the files go? how to find them.
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If you select a picture on a webpage, you hold down on it and the save option comes up. That's all I've found. You keep asking. Everything I've tried doesn't download. IE buffers it then plays it. Like Netflix does! You watch a movie but it's not on your phone or computer.
Yea that was a killer for me that's why I use my mytouch 4g now and because the brower is so slow
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played with this further. After downloading zip of 2 songs, it did unzip them and allowed them to be played, but it would not save them to the phone as far as I could tell.
I just tried a pdf, it downloade and open in adobe reader, but it is never saved to phone.
this is a big problem for WP7. cannot load files to phone except music and videos.
how to take out the files in word and one note mobile? i save some files and could not take them out.
As for pdfs and pictures its not true.
Those two can be saved and opened in the pictures hub and the adobe pdf app.
I don't think its a huge problem but I would also like it to be "fixed". Maybe Microsoft want to prevent that users are buying music at amazon or other stores than zune?
Edit: And for getting office stuff or pdfs out of the phone: you can email it to you... (not the best solution i know)
001mic said:
As for pdfs and pictures its not true.
Those two can be saved and opened in the pictures hub and the adobe pdf app.
I don't think its a huge problem but I would also like it to be "fixed". Maybe Microsoft want to prevent that users are buying music at amazon or other stores than zune?
Edit: And for getting office stuff or pdfs out of the phone: you can email it to you... (not the best solution i know)
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is it impossible to make a file explorer app for the marketplace that only gives u access to storage space on the memory card and not to the phones file system? that way you can manage files through the alotted space on the memory card adding songs to zune and pdf files zip folders and other kinds of files? that way saving files would be no problem and ur not screwing with the phones file system would microsoft go for a app like this?
pdf save in picture hub? i dont see it anywhere. you cant even email it to yourself if you cant find the file.
it is not saved it the file system. I tried to put the phone into usb mode, just see what files in pictures, and music folder. pdf is not there.
Guys,
Pdf is AUTOMATICALLY saved to the phone once opened from email or website.
You just need AdobeReader and files can be browsed and deleted from the app.
I have a question for anyone with experience in 7zip, especially with forming .tar and .tgz files.
I am trying to create an "androidupdate.tar" to merge sys and lib files into the installation of android on NAND. I created the .tar file and attempted to install as an update, but when I do it comes up with the error "invalid tarball magic".
I understand there is something in the tarball archives that has these numbers built in at certain intervals, I just don't know how to modify these numbers to match whatever number needs to be there, or even where to look for them.
A little point in the right direction would be helpful.
A copy of the .tar is attached for your inspection...
I've never had any problems creating tar's, but I never use 7zip to do it.
Though I have heard that 7zip should do tarballs, so I'm not sure why it's not doing it.
PoXFreak said:
I have a question for anyone with experience in 7zip, especially with forming .tar and .tgz files.
I am trying to create an "androidupdate.tar" to merge sys and lib files into the installation of android on NAND. I created the .tar file and attempted to install as an update, but when I do it comes up with the error "invalid tarball magic".
I understand there is something in the tarball archives that has these numbers built in at certain intervals, I just don't know how to modify these numbers to match whatever number needs to be there, or even where to look for them.
A little point in the right direction would be helpful.
A copy of the .tar is attached for your inspection...
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Use GNU/Linux...
Your file is a Zip file; here, your TAR file
I guess I need a separate hard drive and tri-boot WinXP/Win7/Ubuntu. I'll give that file a shot when I get home as I'm at work.
Thanx for the help Dark.
UPDATE!:
Went home and installed kernel update on the test phone and left it to run untouched.
I checked it this morning and it only dropped to 74% battery over 3 days.
Installed update on my personal Kaiser and what used to drain the battery down to 25-35% (apps, facebook, messaging, phone) has only taken 27% battery as of this posting.
Note that I take the phone off charge at around 5am.
I'd say 27% with moderate usage across 10 or so hours is a good thing.
Will update again after a day or so...
Recently I have noticed that my screenshots do not save properly anymore because my phone apparently forgets to add the ".jpg" at the end of the file name. At least, that's what I think is the issue? Whenever I send over those screenshots to my computer, they are unrecognizable until I add the ".jpg" at the end.
Not sure if anyone else has had this problem but I kind of wanted to fix it if possible because it's kind of annoying
They are actually stored in PNG format but adding .jpg will launch your photo viewer which is smart enough to know how to load it. It is hard to tell by that image if the files truly have no extension because you don't have extensions turned on in Windows. Does My Files show them without extensions?
treyjazz said:
They are actually stored in PNG format but adding .jpg will launch your photo viewer which is smart enough to know how to load it. It is hard to tell by that image if the files truly have no extension because you don't have extensions turned on in Windows. Does My Files show them without extensions?
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Oh! JPG was just the first extension so I didn't know XD; But yeah, before I rename the file manually, the file is unrecognizable and my PC had no idea what to do with it S:
Okay, so, I may be missing something here. How do I get the RAW images do pull from the phone. My Mackbook can only see the jpegs?
Thanks for any advice.
I think it's the ....dng file in the DCIM/100MEDIA folder
Exactly, but for some reason my Macbook can't see the DNG files? I've tried importing through iPhoto and it only see's the jpegs?
Sounds like it's an issue with your Mac. I don't think you can import .dng's via iPhoto. I don't have a Mac so I can't give specific instructions, but can you browse your phone's internal storage via Finder like you can in Windows? I would just manually copy the files.
Otherwise, I would imagine Adobe Lightroom should be able to import the .dng's off the phone.
For example I would like to copy watch face (downloaded from Samsung store) from watch to PC and edit in Samsung watch face app and then install it back to watch.
Can someone give me steps how to achieve that?
From Watch is "wrong" way... because you need ROOT to have access to all folders...
AND files are "spread"...
Easier ... IMHO... is to catch Install packages on Handset...
WGT and/or TPK files are stored... before tranfered to Watch...
And if I remember correct. They will still on handset as Backup...
If Samsung not changed this...
Best Regards