I have been using a portable program called DSynchronize to keep files synchronized between my laptop and mobile phone. However, I just bought the Samsung Galaxy S5 and can’t find it in DSynchronize. When I connect the phone to a PC, it appears in Windows Explorer as a “Device” and not as a hard drive. It is listed as SAMSUNG-SM-G900V with two folders, card and phone. I can transfer files to and from either folder manually in Windows Explorer, but they do not appear in DSynchronize. Is there any way to get the S5 to appear in Windows Explorer as a hard drive?
Thanks
geronimo48 said:
I have been using a portable program called DSynchronize to keep files synchronized between my laptop and mobile phone. However, I just bought the Samsung Galaxy S5 and can’t find it in DSynchronize. When I connect the phone to a PC, it appears in Windows Explorer as a “Device” and not as a hard drive. It is listed as SAMSUNG-SM-G900V with two folders, card and phone. I can transfer files to and from either folder manually in Windows Explorer, but they do not appear in DSynchronize. Is there any way to get the S5 to appear in Windows Explorer as a hard drive?
Thanks
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In Mac unlike other droids Samsung doesnt show as media drives and sd cards cant be accessed. But for Mac I use AFT- Android Transfer File. I sync files via dropbox as well. I use to use a program called Dropsync (worked with dropbox).
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Droid9684 said:
In Mac unlike other droids Samsung doesnt show as media drives and sd cards cant be accessed. But for Mac I use AFT- Android Transfer File. I sync files via dropbox as well. I use to use a program called Dropsync (worked with dropbox).
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Also try this app out see if it works for you. It's for PC... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.syncios.syncdroid
Droid9684 said:
In Mac unlike other droids Samsung doesnt show as media drives and sd cards cant be accessed. But for Mac I use AFT- Android Transfer File. I sync files via dropbox as well. I use to use a program called Dropsync (worked with dropbox).
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Also try this app out see if it works for you. It's for PC... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.syncios.syncdroid
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What I need is a way to get drive letters for the phone storage and my external SD card in Windows Explorer. That's the only way my sync program will work. I did try SyncDroid, but it only finds my internal phone "SD card" and not my external card. The external card is where I store all of my vital files. Thanks anyway.
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is there any way to do this? as i can only access my documents via the sync cable.
if not i'll copy the files directly to the sd card
EDIT: found it - doh!
str355 said:
is there any way to do this? as i can only access my documents via the sync cable.
if not i'll copy the files directly to the sd card
EDIT: found it - doh!
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I see you found a way. I use the explore function within Active sync.
There's also Mobsync for WM5 that allows you to synchronise any folder on PC to Device or vice versa Freeware:
http://mobsync.en.softonic.com/ie/33927
Mike
thanks mate, i'll have a look at that one aswell
Hi at all,
everytime I put files on the sd card, I have to reboot Android because without ES File Explorer won't show the new files I put on the memory card.
Even "Refresh" in ES File Explorer doesn't helo. Is there any other way?
Thanks!
Wifi sync is your friend
lamajstro said:
Hi at all,
everytime I put files on the sd card, I have to reboot Android because without ES File Explorer won't show the new files I put on the memory card.
Even "Refresh" in ES File Explorer doesn't helo. Is there any other way?
Thanks!
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This is a well documented problem. I think it's to do with the way that android sees the SD card with booting from it but don't quote me on that. As far as I know, the best ways round it are:
1. Use dropbox. Free 2gb account and can be very useful.
2. FTP. This is my personal favourite. SwiFTP is a free FTP server for android and there are many free ftp clients for PC/Mac/Linux available. I use FileZilla (opensource ftp client).
3. I believe that if you unmount your SD card before copying files over, then remount however I don't find it particularly successful.
There are other ways like shared folders, email files etc but the top 2 above are the best for me. I use dropbox for small files and one-offs or if I'm copying a lot of stuff and don't want to reboot to winmo, then FTP.
It's also worth noting that if you are a windows user then winamp can sync music over wifi providing you install the winamp android client. However both winamp for windows and android are free.
Hope this helps..
enjoy
Ok, thank you. But that's bad.
The problem is not only that I want to put files through USB on it, it happens also when I use CurrentWidget for example that wants to create a log file on the sd card. Hmm...
I use MDJ Froyo HD 4.6, and there are practically no problems when using mass storage option... After unplugging the files are on the SD card... Only sometimes have to reboot, but not very often...
Why so complicated? Use "Multi Mount SD Card" (it´s free) to connect to PC and you will see new files without rebooting.
lamajstro said:
Ok, thank you. But that's bad.
The problem is not only that I want to put files through USB on it, it happens also when I use CurrentWidget for example that wants to create a log file on the sd card. Hmm...
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If you're now saying that applications are unable to create files on the SD then there is something wrong with your card. I'd recommend copying everything off it and reformatting it (use disk management to format it, and use the largest cluster size available).
Some builds suffer from this problem and some don't.
Im using HD2ONE 0.3.6 and it's working fine. File explorer detects the new files after transferring via USB Cable
I love this build paired up with the CM6.1.1 Gingerbread Theme
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Some builds suffer from this problem and some don't.
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I've heard many people complain about not being able to see files after copying them across, but I've never heard anyone say that an app could not make a file on the sd card.
I am having the same exact problem. I was transferring files from this PC to my phone and everything was going fine (it refreshes right away after disconnect) then suddenly, my SD Card got corrupted and I was forced to reformat. I used the same ROM (Darkstone's SUPERAM FROYO) and after that, it won't sync anymore. I even tried removing it and using the HD2ONE (mentioned above) ROM and it was the same. I went home, copied everything from my SD backup from the other PC and same symptoms.
I thought I was missing a sync app or something but no. I looked into each of the folders I copied and most of them are blank.
I hope someone can save us!
I find it easiest and safest to just use ES Explorer to access the network shares and copy files wirelessly. The way our data.img is mounted, giving the pc full access to the sdcard is just not a good move. There was good reason when you connected to windows' sync software it disables your phone from accessing the card.
Even though the hd2one build seems to handle it correctly I almost never do it anymore unless it's for big files. It saves the wear and tear on the usb port anyway.
I had that "problem" too, but for me it was easy to solve. Here is the whole procedure:
So, i want some files to put on my sdcard, i plug in the usb cable and select the option "use as a storage", dont check the "use allways" or "dont ask again" (or whatever this is called on your machine). Now the computer "see" the phone and i put my files on it. In this moment i cant browse the sdcard on my hd2, because its reserved for windows now, (thats why currentwidget cant write onto it, same if you have a wallpaper in some "wallpaper" folder on sd).
Now, when i am done, usually i unplug the usb cable for some seconds and then i plug it in again and choose the option "charge only" and the sdcard gets mounted in android like it should and all my new imported files are visible.
Its the same on WinMo, if you choose there the "HDD" option, you cant browse the sdcard on the mobile. Only if you choose "use active sync"(slower) you are able to browse the sdcard.
cheers
ps: the quickest way for me now is to use wifi and shared folders
Just thought i'd share this info if you don't know already. For those of you looking to transfer files from your Mac, download Android File Transfer and install that. Plug your phone in and enable camera mode (don't know why its camera mode) and you should be able to transfer files through Android File Transfer, external and internal SD Card. :laugh:
Android File Transfer: http://www.android.com/filetransfer/
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There is a Kies version for MAC as well that will allow for music, files, photos, etc. to be loaded
Why would you need this? When you connect via usb you have 2 options in the drop down, MTP, basically installs the software to transfer files on windows, supposed to work on macs, but you can always switch it to the second option 'camera' which basically works on this option. I leave this the default, so it works with external hard drives, linux, and windows.
teh roxxorz said:
Why would you need this? When you connect via usb you have 2 options in the drop down, MTP, basically installs the software to transfer files on windows, supposed to work on macs, but you can always switch it to the second option 'camera' which basically works on this option. I leave this the default, so it works with external hard drives, linux, and windows.
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Android File Transfer is required for Macs if not using kies.
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stevesprivateaccount said:
There is a Kies version for MAC as well that will allow for music, files, photos, etc. to be loaded
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Sure you can transfer music and whatever via kies but you can't transfer zip files which is one of my main concerns. Just think if Android File Transfer as USB Storage Mode.
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teh roxxorz said:
Why would you need this? When you connect via usb you have 2 options in the drop down, MTP, basically installs the software to transfer files on windows, supposed to work on macs, but you can always switch it to the second option 'camera' which basically works on this option. I leave this the default, so it works with external hard drives, linux, and windows.
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Yes it works on windows without installing anything but it doesn't work on Mac without Android File Transfer installed, hence the title.
So I just purchased a 128gb sd card off amazon and it came in the mail today. I got it and first tried copying all of my data over from my old sd card. I have a mac so I used disk utility and formatted it ms-dos(fat) because it wouldn't show up in my finder without formatting it. Everything copied but then when i plugged it into my phone it would not show up. I also tried the same process with exfat but my media wouldn't show up, at least it mounted though, but only 200mb. The only way i can get my sd card to work on my phone is formatting it through android but then it doesn't work on my computer. Any ideas of what to do? The phone is also not showing up when I plug it in directly via a usb cable and try to use android file transfer.
Thanks to limited file support by your mac
You can connect your phone, select mtp and should show up in file explorer (if mac supports mtp). Android offers few more connectivities as well if mtp doesn't work. If nothing works, well, use Windows or Linux.
Zeljko1234 said:
Thanks to limited file support by your mac[emoji14]
You can connect your phone, select mtp and should show up in file explorer (if mac supports mtp). Android offers few more connectivities as well if mtp doesn't work. If nothing works, well, use Windows or Linux.
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If you use a Mac, download the official Google app 'android file transfer.'
Then when you connect any Android a window will open showing you the contents of your device and you can drag and drop ...
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when i connect my phone to pc, i get several options on the protocol, but none seem to get me my SD card as an actual drive... if i do media or photo, i get the axon as a "device" but not a drive letter. is there any way to set this? i'd like to be able to edit my entire sd card music library directly via foobar, but i can't add the folder if it's a device, only if it has a standard drive path... (for some reason i can navigate to it via foobar for single files, but not folders)
methcat said:
when i connect my phone to pc, i get several options on the protocol, but none seem to get me my SD card as an actual drive... if i do media or photo, i get the axon as a "device" but not a drive letter. is there any way to set this? i'd like to be able to edit my entire sd card music library directly via foobar, but i can't add the folder if it's a device, only if it has a standard drive path... (for some reason i can navigate to it via foobar for single files, but not folders)
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The Mass Storage mode is disable prety much by default on all recent LP and MM builds. There are ways to enable it but it's kerenl dependent.
Here is an enabler for Android One devices , you can start from there to see if this will work on other devices but i would not try this unless you are unlocked BL and backed with known good restore for boot.img. It probably needs proper kernal support for the device itself
http://forum.xda-developers.com/cro.../tweak-enable-mass-storage-usb-mode-t3128839/
methcat said:
when i connect my phone to pc, i get several options on the protocol, but none seem to get me my SD card as an actual drive... if i do media or photo, i get the axon as a "device" but not a drive letter. is there any way to set this? i'd like to be able to edit my entire sd card music library directly via foobar, but i can't add the folder if it's a device, only if it has a standard drive path... (for some reason i can navigate to it via foobar for single files, but not folders)
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As mentioned by @peramikic , Mass Storage is no longer available since LP release, but other option is when you plug your device select MTP, that will allow you the use of your sdcard as mass storage but yeah i know not the same.
Thanks guys. Guess I'm Sol.