How to rename Nexus Player - Nexus Player Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Is there a way to rename Nexus Player? I want it to show as Downstairs instead of Nexus Player when people are attempting to connect to it.
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akarol said:
Is there a way to rename Nexus Player? I want it to show as Downstairs instead of Nexus Player when people are attempting to connect to it.
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It's in the "About" section of Settings. Just navigate to the item that lists your device name and select it.

bsara said:
It's in the "About" section of Settings. Just navigate to the item that lists your device name and select it.
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Thanks!
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Moving pics from D/L folder to.....??

on my GNote.... I can long press on the picture that some-1 txt'd me and I saved. (it always goes to the download folder).
Anyways.. I long press on it under 'my files' and one of the options is "MOVE"...
then I find the folder I want and 'paste' it in there..
Well...
on this 7,7....... there is NO OPTION to move......
So... How can I move this pic(s) out of the download folder to my secret folder on my external sd card??
I have been trying for a few days now without success...
Any and all help on this project would be greatly appreciated..
All replies are welcomed and encouraged..
Thanks to all who reply..
thanks again.
BUMP......
bumping this question for someone to try their hand at this maneuver.
thanks alot
jimmbomb said:
BUMP......
bumping this question for someone to try their hand at this maneuver.
thanks alot
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As far as I know you can only move your files within your external sdcard or within internal memory. You may not move files from internal memory to external or the other way around. I tried it.
There maybe only way is used computer to move file between memories.
yeah.... I guess Ill just have to email them to myself then transfer them from the laptop to my 6800's micro sd.... a bit of a hassle..
the GNote allows you to "move".....
dammn
Are you sure you can't use the "my files" app which is already installed on the tablet and do it that way, I have this tab and I'm sure I've done that before.
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jadaress1 said:
Are you sure you can't use the "my files" app which is already installed on the tablet and do it that way, I have this tab and I'm sure I've done that before.
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Yes.. Check out the original post...
My files....
Yes.....
No option to "move"
Use cut/paste (in myfiles tick file, tap scissor icon top of screen, navigate to destination folder, tap paste icon top of screen)?
You can definitely moe files with the built in file explorer, or if u are rooted, you can try root explorer.
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Yeh like I said using the built in file explorer I've moved files from intenal to external storage and even from a usb stick.
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fredkadet said:
Use cut/paste (in myfiles tick file, tap scissor icon top of screen, navigate to destination folder, tap paste icon top of screen)?
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This works perfect for me.. Thanks

Download files from home PC

It's great that I can use something like Teamviewer or Connectbot to connect to my home PC and download a file (onto the PC) remotely, from anywhere in the world using my fast and (practically) unlimited home broadband.
What I'd like to then do is download that file onto my Nexus 7. And occasionally upload files. However, neither Connectbot nor Android Terminal Emulator have scp built in and, while Teamviewer claim that their latest version has the ability to transfer files, it hasn't appeared on the Play Store yet.
Does anyone know of any other relatively simple solution to this problem? By simple I mean that I don't want to set up the PC as an ftp server. The home PC runs Kubuntu 12.04, by the way.
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garryknight said:
It's great that I can use something like Teamviewer or Connectbot to connect to my home PC and download a file (onto the PC) remotely, from anywhere in the world using my fast and (practically) unlimited home broadband.
What I'd like to then do is download that file onto my Nexus 7. And occasionally upload files. However, neither Connectbot nor Android Terminal Emulator have scp built in and, while Teamviewer claim that their latest version has the ability to transfer files, it hasn't appeared on the Play Store yet.
Does anyone know of any other relatively simple solution to this problem? By simple I mean that I don't want to set up the PC as an ftp server. The home PC runs Kubuntu 12.04, by the way.
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Get EStrongs file manager from the play store.
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gogol said:
Get EStrongs file manager from the play store.
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I've been using ES for a couple of years now, including accessing other nodes on my network with Samba shares. How, precisely, will ES be useful in the above scenario?
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Airdroid?
AirDroid won't work over the Internet, only on a local LAN. Or, at least, it won't work from the free WiFi access points that I use.
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garryknight said:
AirDroid won't work over the Internet, only on a local LAN. Or, at least, it won't work from the free WiFi access points that I use.
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I've been using AirDroid for a while now. I've never used it via LAN, always via WIFI.
mamba_nz said:
I've been using AirDroid for a while now. I've never used it via LAN, always via WIFI.
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On your local area network or a public WiFi access point?
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SCP client? Play Store should have a few of those.
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adxgrave said:
SCP client? Play Store should have a few of those.
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Thanks for the suggestion. There are surprisingly few. But now I've had time to check them out I've found VX Connectbot which adds file upload and download plus other features to the original Connectbot.
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garryknight said:
Thanks for the suggestion. There are surpingly few now I've had time to check them out I've found VX Connectbot which adds file upload and download plus other features to the original Connectbot.
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I know this is an old thread, but did you ever figure out how to use SCP on VX Connectbot? It's surprisingly not documented well on the Net, on its homepage or on Github. This thread came up on Page 2 of a Google search!
No, I didn't get that far. I found that TeamViewer fitted my specific use case.
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stop music samples showing in google music

ok yeah so as title says im using a large amount of music samples for music creating apps on my nexus 7, now when i go to google music all the samples show up as tracks, ive moved the "samples" folder outside of "music" but still they show.
anyone know how i can set THAT folder of samples not to appear in google music?
Create a new blank file in the folder you want to be ignored by Google's media scanner named .nomedia I believe. I may have the exact name incorrect...
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gk1984 said:
Create a new blank file in the folder you want to be ignored by Google's media scanner named .nomedia I believe. I may have the exact name incorrect...
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srry can i have a little more explanation there mate, im to sure what you mean, thanx for reply
chismay said:
srry can i have a little more explanation there mate, im to sure what you mean, thanx for reply
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Either in a file explorer or with the device connected to the computer, navigate to the folder that contains the files you don't want it to see. Then create a blank file (with no file extension) and simply call it .nomedia
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done but no change?
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done but no change?
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You rebooted, right? You might have to wipe the app's data also, because this only prevents it from finding it when it scans for new files. Or perhaps it just doesn't work with Play.
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korockinout13 said:
You rebooted, right? You might have to wipe the app's data also, because this only prevents it from finding it when it scans for new files. Or perhaps it just doesn't work with Play.
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will try now post back soon
force stopped, cleared data, and cache, rebooting
no change, as a note i did add a copy of .nomedia to every folder of samples and to the main folder holding "those" folders.,...and still no change. damnit lol

[Q] Nexus 4 on win8 - doesn't work!!

Hello.
I just connected my Google Nexus 4 to Win8, and I can't get it to work.
I can't access to the Nexus, I don't see the device, though it does appear on the devices, but I can't get into it on windows explorer.
I even installed a driver (though I know I shouldn't have had done that) and still - nothing.
Help?
Try again, because I am on wins 8....no issues at all.
amazing
synergeticink said:
Try again, because I am on wins 8....no issues at all.
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You really think that now that you've told me to try again cause you have no issues so everything works suddenly?
WDF?
try enabling development mode if it isn't already. I've seen sometimes it won't let you browse the directory without it on
What do you mean? where?
Riddlah said:
try enabling development mode if it isn't already. I've seen sometimes it won't let you browse the directory without it on
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What do you mean? where?
chekazu said:
What do you mean? where?
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Settings > about phone > click the build number quickly 7 times. Developer options will appear. Check USB debugging.
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nothing....
El Daddy said:
Settings > about phone > click the build number quickly 7 times. Developer options will appear. Check USB debugging.
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Nothing, the device isn't there as a drive on windows.
chekazu said:
Nothing, the device isn't there as a drive on windows.
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It doesn't report as a drive. The nexus uses MTP for connection. Not UMS like older android phones.
It will show up as a device. Just click there to open in explorer.
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it's doesn't work man...
El Daddy said:
It doesn't report as a drive. The nexus uses MTP for connection. Not UMS like older android phones.
It will show up as a device. Just click there to open in explorer.
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I have no access to it. from anywhere
chekazu said:
I have no access to it. from anywhere
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From the start menu just type "computer"
Then, scroll down and double click Nexus 4.
does your device manager recognize it. should show under Android Device - Google Nexus 4 ADB Interface
work fine for me, ensure you driver installed successful.
you need to Disable Driver Signature Enforcement :
How to Disable Driver Signature Enforcement in Windows 8:
From the Metro Start Screen, open Settings (move your mouse to the bottom-right-corner of the screen and wait for the pop-out bar to appear, then click the Gear icon).
Click ‘More PC Settings’.
Click ‘General’.
Scroll down, and click ‘Restart now’ under ‘Advanced startup’.
Wait a bit.
Click ‘Troubleshoot’.
Click ‘Advanced Options’
Click ‘Windows Startup Settings’
Click Restart.
I think I had a similar problem, I had to disable USB debugging in the phones settings for it to work.
chekazu said:
You really think that now that you've told me to try again cause you have no issues so everything works suddenly?
WDF?
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I think he was getting at the fact that it's not Win 8's fault.
I'm also on Win 8 and 3 PCs and it works on them all with no problems.
You should be a bit nicer to people if you expect any help. Surprised these other people even bothered responding to you.
chekazu said:
You really think that now that you've told me to try again cause you have no issues so everything works suddenly?
WDF?
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Well maybe if you titled your thread better for one..
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5.0+ Lollipop - Enable wireless display with Miracast devices

It seems as though Google killed Miracast compatibility now that Chromecast does screen mirroring. If you are like me and have one of each devices, you still may want to mirror to a Miracast device.
Required: Root
Navigate with a root explorer to your build.prop file located at /system/build.prop
Add the following line to the file:
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persist.debug.wfd.enable=1
Save your build.prop file and reboot.
You should now see Settings > Display > Cast Screen > Menu > Enable Wireless Display
You should be good to go :good:
As noted in another thread, this will not work for netflix. It does work with watchespn, youtube, and amazon instant video.
Try Toaster cast on the play store.....
will this edit make screen cast work with the roku3? will try that prop build edit
confirm this works! i can do cast screen to my ROKU 3
I did the buildprop edit. Phone connects to TV but the sound is from the phone. Anyone else have this? Thanks
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treIII said:
I did the buildprop edit. Phone connects to TV but the sound is from the phone. Anyone else have this? Thanks
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That's actually kind of cool. That would solve my late night movie watching where I want to watch on the big screen but have to turn the volume low. Is the audio synced at least?
biggiestuff said:
That's actually kind of cool. That would solve my late night movie watching where I want to watch on the big screen but have to turn the volume low. Is the audio synced at least?
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Haha. Yeah ditto!
The problem I Post d about sound only coming from the phone was because of viper android sound mod. I deleted that as it also made my headphone jack inoperable unless I had a 3.5mm jack with a mic plug.
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Does this work on 5.1? Thanks
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Yes, It work with Moto g lollipop 5.1 Gpe and Ezcast dongle. But the video lags a lot with MX player... And there after the all mirroring lags...
Any settings need to be twisted...
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Does this work on 5.1? Thanks
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I added this initially when I couldn't get my EzCast working however, I don't seem to need it now. I can full screen cast normally on 5.1, even though performance is poor
where do I put this code at and how do I save it
GPS3 said:
It seems as though Google killed Miracast compatibility now that Chromecast does screen mirroring. If you are like me and have one of each devices, you still may want to mirror to a Miracast device.
Required: Root
Navigate with a root explorer to your build.prop file located at /system/build.prop
Add the following line to the file:
Code:
persist.debug.wfd.enable=1
Save your build.prop file and reboot.
You should now see Settings > Display > Cast Screen > Menu > Enable Wireless Display
You should be good to go :good:
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.. Were do I put dis code at and how to save it
Loudpack said:
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.. Were do I put dis code at and how to save it
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Be careful what you are doing, because it clearly says where to add it- in the build.prop file in /system/ folder, it also says add the "following line", so you know what to edit in the build.prop file. simply add the line in the bottom to keep it clear from everything else. be sure to make a back up copy of the build.prop file in case you accidentally delete something an forget what it was...very possible!
I am wondering if it is possible to enable this in the same way it was possible to enable wireless tethering using adb.
v--The way you fix wireless tethering is to do the following--v
Start an adb shell: adb shell
In the adb shell, run this command: settings put global tether_dun_required 0
So why can't we do the same for build.prop?
Can anyone verify that if I were to do the following it would do the same thing?
settings put build.prop persist.debug.wfd.enable 1
or something similar?
Android Marshmallow
I came across this thread when looking for a solution to the same issue with enabling wireless display. I am writing to let anyone who this helps know that this solution still works with Android Marshmallow.
Thank you GPS3 for supplying this solution.
marcjc said:
I came across this thread when looking for a solution to the same issue with enabling wireless display. I am writing to let anyone who this helps know that this solution still works with Android Marshmallow.
Thank you GPS3 for supplying this solution.
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What about the sound output?
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blinqipa said:
What about the sound output?
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I have an first gen Amazon FireTV which is hooked up to my surround sound and when I cast to it using the wireless display the sound goes over my surround sound system without issue. For more info, my N6 is currently running 10/27 - Cataclysm ROM (which did not have the wireless display option, until I followed this OP)
-Marc
I tried doing this but it said I did not have enough space and couldn't be saved, what do I do?
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GPS3 said:
It seems as though Google killed Miracast compatibility now that Chromecast does screen mirroring. If you are like me and have one of each devices, you still may want to mirror to a Miracast device.
Required: Root
Navigate with a root explorer to your build.prop file located at /system/build.prop
Add the following line to the file:
Code:
persist.debug.wfd.enable=1
Save your build.prop file and reboot.
You should now see Settings > Display > Cast Screen > Menu > Enable Wireless Display
You should be good to go :good:
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Sound only work....video not comming....please help
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nabajyoti_bera said:
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Sound only work....video not comming....please help
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Most likely you are trying to cast protected content. Google play movies does this and i believe netflix too...maybe others but I cant recall. Anyway there is no way around playing DRM protected content through miracast.

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