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Just got HTC

I have just got the HTC on contract and have a few questions.
1. How do I create albums to separate my photos?
2. If I use Wi-Fi on my own router does it cost my contract?
3. My internet keeps connecting every 20mins how do I stop this?
Thanks.

Metta24 said:
I have just got the HTC on contract and have a few questions.
1. How do I create albums to separate my photos?
2. If I use Wi-Fi on my own router does it cost my contract?
3. My internet keeps connecting every 20mins how do I stop this?
Thanks.
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1) In camera options there is an option to save photos into subfolders, just choose to save to a new subfolder once the album is complete.
2) You mean if youre connecting to your router through your phone? it wont cost extra
3) Go to settings -> Data services, check how often your weather, stock, email, facebook etc is connecting to the internet

yes through my router to my phone that is Wi-Fi correct? and It wont add on my contract even tho i dont have internet?

Metta24 said:
yes through my router to my phone that is Wi-Fi correct? and It wont add on my contract even tho i dont have internet?
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Yes that's correct..
Make sure your data connection is turned off at all times (open the comm manager) you can use your wi-fi at any point for free.

Thanks mate, I have done that thanks alot.

Metta24 said:
Thanks mate, I have done that thanks alot.
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glad i could help

I need help making files and moving my pics and also moving them onto my memory card plese.

Metta24 said:
I need help making files and moving my pics and also moving them onto my memory card plese.
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What do you mean making files?
If you're still referring to your camera then in the settings you can choose the save location to be on the storage card.
MOVING FILES USING YOUR PHONE
If you want to move pictures which are already on the phone then open File Explorer (from the start menu) and navigate to the files you want to move.
Hold down (press and hold) on the file you want to move and press Cut/Copy
Navigate to the folder you want to paste it to and repeating the same steps as before press Paste.
Keep in mind there are third party apps that can help you with this such as Total Commander.
EASIER ALTERNATIVE:
Connect your phone to your computer and launch ActiveSync.
Choose to navigate your phone as a disk drive.
You know how to use Windows don't you?
NOTE
To quickly move files using your storage card, plug it in using the adapter that came with it, it acts like a flash drive and you can transfer files quickly.

cgrec92 said:
What do you mean making files?
If you're still referring to your camera then in the settings you can choose the save location to be on the storage card.
If you want to move pictures which are already on the phone then open File Explorer (from the start menu) and navigate to the files you want to move.
Hold down (press and hold) on the file you want to move and press Cut/Copy
Navigate to the folder you want to paste it to and repeating the same steps as before press Paste.
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Thanks mate sorry abit new to this can you guve me some nice things to do with the HTC?

I also would like to know how to move pictures that were sent to me onto my memory card.

Metta24 said:
I also would like to know how to move pictures that were sent to me onto my memory card.
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If the files are already on your computer then connect via ActiveSync or just plug your SDCARD into your computer using the adapter that came with it.
Just drag the files onto the SDCARD.

cgrec92 said:
If the files are already on your computer then connect via ActiveSync or just plug your SDCARD into your computer using the adapter that came with it.
Just drag the files onto the SDCARD.
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Ok thanks alot mate btw when I have unlimted internet with orange do you know if that includes the ususge of msn?

I don't see why not

Cool thanks man.

HOW do I send a file from my Phone to my PC ???????

I know this should be alot easier than i'm making it to be.
How the hell do I transfer a video I recorded last night, to my PC? (so i can upload it to facebook)
If I connect the USB cable, what do I select ? I selected "mass storage" but when i went to "my computer" nothing came up -- why not ?
What's the EASIEST way to send files ?
there should be an option to directly upload to Facebook -- like they have with youtube.

What is your operative system?
If it is mac os you need to put the phone's usb in debug mode. You can do this from adjustments, applications, development.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

Anubiszx said:
What is your operative system?
If it is mac os you need to put the phone's usb in debug mode. You can do this from adjustments, applications, development.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
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hey man
im using windows 7 64 bit
do I still need to put it into debug mode?

basically i want to know the steps/directions on how to a) attach my phone with the USB
and then b) to go through my phones files and select the stuff I want to download to my pc
why is it so hard for me? it's super frustrating
I honestly don't think it should be this difficult...

when you go to mass storage you must still mount
follow the steps below hope it helps
1. plug usb in
2. select mass storage
3. pull the menu down and click on usb connected then mount
4. open the removable disk (your phone)
5. go to the folder with the files you want to copy
6. either copy paste if u want the files still on the phone or move to a new location on your computer
( camera pictures are in my DCIM folder then camera other files u need are some one eles not sure)
7. after ever thing is done and your finished transferring data to your computer
open the menu again selected usb then turn off .
your done.
dropbox said before is a site you can use to upload files to your computer on the go
say someone at home wants to see the pictures you just took on your trip its as simple as putting the pics in the folder dropbox and then there viewable on your computer i love the idea personally hope this helps

I use bluetooth.

If they're just short videos and you don't want to go through the USB process, then just upload them via Dropbox if you have a good internet connection. Google it, get an account, get the Android app.

You're missing step 3 in Bobler420's post. That is, after selecting mass storage, pull the notification drawer down and click on "USB connected".

Exactly, you have to mount SD card on your phone via pull-down menu.
Another way (if you have home wifi network) is to do it with EStrongs File Explorer where you can directly copy/paste from/to your phone over wifi connection.

Why not upload it via the facebook app? If that's what you are wanting to do.
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Get" auto sd mount" from market
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I do it via sugarsync (https://www.sugarsync.com/) - works nicely, even if the client could use some additional work....

you've gotta mount your usb from the notifications menu after plugging in your cable.
or use dropbox.
or email attachment.
or upload it straight to facebook.

I tend to use Dropbox since I'm such an utter slob I can never be bothered digging out the nano-USB cable...

here's a good easy method
Android Manager over WiFi
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765081
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I know this should be alot easier than i'm making it to be.
How the hell do I transfer a video I recorded last night, to my PC? (so i can upload it to facebook)
If I connect the USB cable, what do I select ? I selected "mass storage" but when i went to "my computer" nothing came up -- why not ?
What's the EASIEST way to send files ?
there should be an option to directly upload to Facebook -- like they have with youtube.
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[Q] How do I connect my Nexus 4 to a Windows PC, so as to transfer my files ?

How do I connect my Nexus 4 to a Windows PC, so as to transfer my files ? I cant use LG PC Suite V, even though its a LG device ! So my question is it possible to manage my Nexxi with a pc suite, Like I used to do it with my previous android devices ? :cyclops:
This is my first Nexus device(which is by far the super awesome device i have ever had), so please dont mind if I am missing something very obvious.

Just use a USB cable and connect your N4 to your windows PC. You should be able to transfer files using window explorer.

As far as I know all the suites you are talking about are made by the manufacturers for phones running their own UI's, Sense, TouchWiz, etc. I use Windows Media Player to sync music, photos and videos with my N4. You can also just drag and drop files into it if need be. While WMP doesn't quite do all that a suite does, backup is one thing, it is sufficient for what I need to get done.

If both the pc and cell are connected to wireless use airdroid. Cant get any easier than that.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid

Definitely airdroid, it works like a charm.

junks2010 said:
Just use a USB cable and connect your N4 to your windows PC. You should be able to transfer files using window explorer.
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Yes. I did that, but nothing came up i could not browse through the phone memory.. Although there was a eject nexus 4 in the right bottom bar ( like it comes when you connect a pen drive or an external hard disk), but i don't see nothing connected to browse in my computer.

kzoodroid said:
As far as I know all the suites you are talking about are made by the manufacturers for phones running their own UI's, Sense, TouchWiz, etc. I use Windows Media Player to sync music, photos and videos with my N4. You can also just drag and drop files into it if need be. While WMP doesn't quite do all that a suite does, backup is one thing, it is sufficient for what I need to get done.
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I will surely try it out tomorrow. Thanks for the info. BTW I am using Windows 8

David ! said:
If both the pc and cell are connected to wireless use airdroid. Cant get any easier than that.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid
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jhock said:
Definitely airdroid, it works like a charm.
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Well since i use my desktop i don't have wireless access. thanks for replying though:thumbup:
Sent from my Nexus 4

Try installing the drivers from pda.net. They will allow you to transfers the files. You can also use - WMP, iTunes etc too.

ak700 said:
Try installing the drivers from pda.net. They will allow you to transfers the files. You can also use - WMP, iTunes etc too.
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PDA.NET ? Is that a link to some website ? Cause i am not able to open it. Right WMP, I am gonna try as soon as i catch hold of my PC
Sent from my Nexus 4

gameme said:
PDA.NET ? Is that a link to some website ? Cause i am not able to open it. Right WMP, I am gonna try as soon as i catch hold of my PC
Sent from my Nexus 4
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If you do a search on pdanet, you'll see it's an app that has almost every freaking driver imaginable.

Did it finnaly ! I could connect it VIA AirDroid with USB tethering ON. Just like wireless connection, Airdroid supports connection via USB too.

Actually you should be able to just plug it in and browse the phone through windows explorer (kinda like a usb hard drive). Dont think air droid is necessary for usb.
Especially since you have the option to eject it from your pc i don't think its a driver issue.
I once had a similiar issue to yours and what i did was go into settings > storage > the menu button (the 3 vertical dots in the upper right) > usb computer connection > and check MTP. For some reason it was not checked.

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Actually you should be able to just plug it in and browse the phone through windows explorer (kinda like a usb hard drive). Dont think air droid is necessary for usb.
Especially since you have the option to eject it from your pc i don't think its a driver issue.
I once had a similiar issue to yours and what i did was go into settings > storage > the menu button (the 3 vertical dots in the upper right) > usb computer connection > and check MTP. For some reason it was not checked.
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Yes, but the actually problem, some time ago I had installed the ADB drivers, thinking that I had to install some driver to connect my device. Yesterday, Saw that this caused the problem and neither the windows media player nor the explorer could browser through the phone memory.
After uninstalling that driver for good, I could connect easily, although it shows as a media device and I cannot get to see the list of folders in explorer, hence I started searching for AirDroid using USB. And Voila !!

So let me get this straight... I just bought my Nexus 4. The last Android phone I had was a Galaxy Nexus, and I could simply open Windows Explorer, and drag n drop any file I pleased. Simple.
Now with this phone, I can't do that. For example, a zip file, keep getting the error "Cannot Copy Item". This is with MTP on. I haven't tried the cable that the phone came with, but would that really make a difference? I tried different folders too.
Am I missing something?
UPDATE: So I tried a new text file, and it worked... My zip file was 11mb. I'm guessing it only recognizes certain file types in MTP? If so, guess I'll have to use something like AirDroid

I can see most of the things that are on my phone from the desktop, but it seems like a lot of stuff is missing...
I checked in the connection settings, MTP is selected, and on my desktop I selected "Show hidden files". I can access the N4 from My Computer, and I see a lot of folders, music shows up fine. But for example I can't see web pages that I've saved using OffBrowser. From the phone I can use the X-Plore app to view the files I have in the phone's memory, and from there I can see that OffBroswer has saved over 250 MBs worth of web pages. But when I try to drag-and-drop them to the desktop, Windows Explorer tells me the OffBroswer has 1 byte of storage in use.
As I said, I made sure to show any hidden files, so why aren't all of the files showing up. Anyone have any idea?
EDIT:
Same with the Opera browser. I've been saving a handful of webpages using Opera Mobile and I wanted to copy them onto my desktop, but they don't seem to show up in Windows Explorer, I just see a lot of TMP files in the Opera folder.

Screw it. I just use Airdroid now. So easy and great features.
Sent from my Nexus 4

gameme said:
Yes. I did that, but nothing came up i could not browse through the phone memory.. Although there was a eject nexus 4 in the right bottom bar ( like it comes when you connect a pen drive or an external hard disk), but i don't see nothing connected to browse in my computer.
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this might help : To connect nexus 4 to computer via usb:
plug in the usb , connect usb to phone . it will display the charging icon as battery will be charning. Go to settings -storage -on top right you will see 3 vertical “square dots” click it will say “usb computer connection” then it will give you two options a. MTP and PTP. Simply select MTP and you are good to go. It will now show nexus 4 as a usb drive on my computer.

[Q] Certain files not visible in Windows Explorer

Hi everyone, I'm having an issue where not all files on my Nexus 4 are visible in Windows File Explorer. More specifically, I've been playing an emulated game, and in ES file explorer I can see the game and the save file. I dont always want to play on my phone, but when I plug it into the computer, the save file is not visible, so I have to manually send the save file over via google drive. It also happens with some of my word documents that are stored on the phone. I'll see it on the phone, plug the phone in, and just that one file isnt showing in explorer.
Through looking around it seems like this is a common problem because MTP is stupid. Anybody have suggestions on what to do? I'd like to just be able to access the files straight from my phone so that If I save on the computer with the phone plugged in, itll overwrite the file on the phone. Doesnt seem like editing files like that is a possibility using airdroid and the like.
Thanks for any suggestions!

I don't know what you've tried already so you might have tried these things, but here are a few suggestions.
I don't know if the files you are talking about would be hidden by default in Explorer, but go ahead try showing hidden files. I believe to do that, on your computer, go to Folder Options under Control Panel. On the General tab, check the Show all folders checkbox. Under the View tab, about halfway down there are a few options that start with 'Hide' or 'Hidden'. Pretty much make sure all of those are unchecked. There are also two radio buttons that ask if you want to show hidden files and folders. Make sure it's on the option to Show them.
Try switching between MTP and PTP to connect to the computer. This is doubtful to work, but hey, you never know. To do that, on your phone, go to Settings->Storage->... (menu button)->USB Computer Connection
That's all I have, really. Hopefully one of those helps!

PTP only allows you to see the camera file. And no, they are not hidden files. Some of them are regular word files, .docx and the like. Ive already tried that though

How Do I Copy MP3 files from my computer to my new 6P

I have many mp3 files on my computer from the last 20 years.. how do I copy them or otherwise get them onto my 6P if it is possible at all ?

Plug in your 6P to the computer and drag and drop them.

Yeah, it's no crapple device that you have to install special software for. The Nexus 6P 'just works'!

l'm not able to drag and drop music to the new phone. It doesn't work like a mass media storage thing. Please help!

Try Airdroid

This is retarded, there is no way for me to manage the phone content as I used to with other Nexus and Android phones, like moving music and photos.

glancer2315 said:
This is retarded, there is no way for me to manage the phone content as I used to with other Nexus and Android phones, like moving music and photos.
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You are making sure you change from 'charging' to 'file transfer', by pulling down the top bar, after plunging in your USB cable, right?

vinokirk said:
You are making sure you change from 'charging' to 'file transfer', by pulling down the top bar, after plunging in your USB cable, right?
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This....
This caught me off guard the first time too. It's set to "charge only" by default'.... So you can see your phone from your computer, but not access it.

Nexus 6P is seen on windows file manager yet it says "this folder is empty"

I have an MP3 Media Pad. It is an amazing device. The Huawei program Hisuit stinks. It doesn't work to transfer music or audio. Why they didn't include audio transfers is beyond me. I found a program called Syncios and uninstalled the Hisuit. Syncios has to be installed properly but the directions are pretty simple. I also didn't like the Huawei launcher so I downloaded and installed the Google Now launcher from Playstore. I am very pleased with this tablet. It has a better display, is faster and the speaker is much better than my friend's iPad. The most difficult thing about the installation is enabling developer options and then enable USB debugging. I had no problems installing Syncios and I'm by no means a techie. The only thing I lost was the Hisuit backup to my computer. I use the built in backup to my memory card, so no loss. I download pictures, video and music to my memory card. Syncios has a nag screen but I just close it and use the free basic program. I think this program will work was most Huawei products.

painfree said:
Nexus 6P is seen on windows file manager yet it says "this folder is empty"
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You don't need any software, but you do need the correct USB drivers installed on your PC, and your phone set to MTP file transfer. Then it is just drag and drop.