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Adding music to my phone??...

Okay, I hate to be that newbie but guess what? Ugh, I have to be.
I want to add music to my phone but I don't know how. I don't even have a itunes, zune, etc. account. Do I need one of those?
Do they have to be added to the computer first?
Help!!!!
I don't even know where to start...

I'm A Dork Fish said:
Okay, I hate to be that newbie but guess what? Ugh, I have to be.
I want to add music to my phone but I don't know how. I don't even have a itunes, zune, etc. account. Do I need one of those?
Do they have to be added to the computer first?
Help!!!!
I don't even know where to start...
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Welcome...uh, DorkFish lol.
The best place to start is the stickied thread at the top of this section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=663845
And this set of tips for new users:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=688928
Now, for your immediate question...
First, you don't need any other tools than you already have, other than you do need to have the music on your PC to start with, in a folder you can access easily.
Now, connect the phone to your PC with the USB cable, and an option should appear on your phone's screen to choose "disk drive" mode, click that, then "ok" on the screen. Your phone is now connected to your PC just like any external drive, and you can now directly access the contents of the phone's storage card this way. So, just create a folder on the card there called "music", and copy the files you want into that folder. Now that they're there, once you disconnect the phone from the USB again, your phone's music player(s) can now access and play that music.

sirphunkee said:
Welcome...uh, DorkFish lol.
The best place to start is the stickied thread at the top of this section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=663845
And this set of tips for new users:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=688928
Now, for your immediate question...
First, you don't need any other tools than you already have, other than you do need to have the music on your PC to start with, in a folder you can access easily.
Now, connect the phone to your PC with the USB cable, and an option should appear on your phone's screen to choose "disk drive" mode, click that, then "ok" on the screen. Your phone is now connected to your PC just like any external drive, and you can now directly access the contents of the phone's storage card this way. So, just create a folder on the card there called "music", and copy the files you want into that folder. Now that they're there, once you disconnect the phone from the USB again, your phone's music player(s) can now access and play that music.
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Good Work Sir! Brilliantly put!

Access X10 through the computer

Is there some way to access the x10 though the computer to download pics that i have taken?
I have plug it into the pc and there is nothing recognized like the minisim 16g that is in it or the on-board storage.
I run win 7 so there's not much it misses.
I have been reading the forum for related stuff but coming up empty.
Ok i downloaded PC Companion I can access the phone, but still don't see the minisim, or pics that i took.

I suggest using an app called Wifi File Explorer or Websharing. Search those apps in the market. These applications will only work with wifi on. It will use your Wifi and allows you to browse through your SDCard contents through a browser. No need for connecting cables to your computer.
Instructions:
1. Start the app (Wifi File Explorer or Websharing)
2. For Websharing, press the Start button. It will give you an IP address.
3. Type that IP address on your computer in your browser.
If you want to view pics, I would suggest Websharing cuz it allows you to view pics through the browser and thus allows you to see which ones you want to download to your computer. Wifi File Explorer only gives you a list of files.

Thanks i will get to that right away.
In the mean time the place that i was looking for in showed up in PC Companion under File Manger. It open explorer and at first few times was not able to find the minisim. For some reason it showed up 20 minutes later under the file name DCIM.
I don't know why it didn't show but it does now.
But i am still going to try the programs.

SrKag said:
Thanks i will get to that right away.
In the mean time the place that i was looking for in showed up in PC Companion under File Manger. It open explorer and at first few times was not able to find the minisim. For some reason it showed up 20 minutes later under the file name DCIM.
I don't know why it didn't show but it does now.
But i am still going to try the programs.
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Drag down the top notification bar...
Press USB connected...
Mount.

You can also just use Mediascape and Bluetooth the files to your computer (assuming you have bluetooth on your computer.)
It's what I do... very easy, fast enough, and requires no set-up or typing after the first time.

[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

Not all files showing when connecting to new windows 10 laptop

So when I connect my Nexus 6P to my new Dell XPS13 and I chose file transfer as the connection option, the device shows up and I can see all the folders but when I open them it's like only select files are there. For example my download folder has a few word files, an xcel file, a few pictures and a small movie file. In the file explorer on my laptop, I only see one word document. So I know it can see the files but where are the rest? When I look on my phone they are still there.
Also my TWRP folder I see a few things but not the backup folder with my backup in it. I have hidden files selected to be shown on my laptop, is there something else I am missing?
EDIT: So this is strange, if I boot to recovery while connected, the drive pops back up and my laptop can see everything just fine, but if I reboot back to just the regular phone, the laptop stops seeing select files? I had an older windows 10 laptop and it didn't have this problem (I've since sold that, so that's not an option.)

Which files in particular? I noticed that sometimes I have to force media scanner to run and reconnect the phone to the computer at times, but the behavior is a bit erratic I havent pin pointed a specific time this occurs.

uodii said:
Which files in particular? I noticed that sometimes I have to force media scanner to run and reconnect the phone to the computer at times, but the behavior is a bit erratic I haven't pin pointed a specific time this occurs.
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It's actually kind of random, but specifically in the TWRP folder there is a folder called BACKUPS that has my backup of my phone, and that whole folder doesn't show up.
Then random stuff like the one word document and one xcel document not showing up, but another word document does show up, it makes no sense to me.

Try going into device manager update device drivers, select location yourself and chose the phone for drivers location. Had to do that to mine when I first got it. It wouldn't let me even copy anything to the phone or create a folder or see contents of folders anytime I clocked on something it would say device disconnected

bump, this is driving me nuts.

This too happens to me. Formatting the phone completely had no effect... I'm going to do more playing around and see what happens.

Does not show all pictures when connected to PC

I searched all those essential forums but did not find a solution. I tried to back up some pictures I have taken to the PC. The phone is recognized and I can find the folder on the phone where the pictures are stored. But in there, there are only a few pitcures and even folders are missing. If I check on the phone in the gallery app, everything's there as I expect it. How can that happen
I have connected the phone to all 3 USB ports of my win10 notebook and tried 2 different usb cabels. Allways the same...

maybe these pictures are synced with google and are shown from the cloud.

they are definitely on the phone. When I check with a file explorer on the phone, the folders are full of pictures.

Try syncthing
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avd said:
Try syncthing
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will try, when I'm back home from work

enrunn said:
I searched all those essential forums but did not find a solution. I tried to back up some pictures I have taken to the PC. The phone is recognized and I can find the folder on the phone where the pictures are stored. But in there, there are only a few pitcures and even folders are missing. If I check on the phone in the gallery app, everything's there as I expect it. How can that happen
I have connected the phone to all 3 USB ports of my win10 notebook and tried 2 different usb cabels. Allways the same...
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Check for a nomedia file.
If your phone sees a .nomedia file in a folder, it won’t load the folder’s contents when it scans your directory.
file explorers can see them
You may have to go to the respective Folders where images / videos are stored and Go to settings > Show hidden file to see the .nomedia file

thanks, but I don't think this the problem. I see all pictures whether I check with fotos app or f-stop gallery. If there was a .nomedia file, I couldn't see the pictures there, right?
Only on the pc I don't see the pictures on the connected phone.

I get the same problem only its not just pictures. Entire folders just don't show up. There's no nomedia files either. I get it to work occasionally by changing USB ports but that doesn't always work.

Yesterday I got all pictures backuped onto my pc. But it's kind of weird, I still don't get it, why
I have now 2 working methods but the "normal" way, with a running phone an copy paste with windows explorer from my pc still doesn't work.
method 1: basically the same as my "normal" way, but having the phone in recovery mode. Then all pictures and folders are present...
method 2: using syncthing. Great app, thanks for the tip! This one's working great even though the phone is running. Took some time to setup everything, but now it does its job