Hello!
I recently moved from a Windows 7 phone to Android and the thing I miss most is the ability to sync wirelessly my photos from my computer to my phone. Here is how I did it on my Windows phone:
1. I would go into Zune (the software used to sync the phone, similar to iTunes) and choose the folders from my computer to sync with my phone.
2. I would plug my phone into its wall charger and it would sync wirelessly every night when I charged it.
The photos would be synced to my gallery and I was able to see the photos even when I wasn't connected to my phone provider or internet.
Is there any way to do this on my new Samsung Galaxy S5? I attempted to copy my photos using the USB cable, but I didn't have enough room to move them. I had 16GB of storage on my Windows phone, the same amount as my Galaxy, and the photos fit on the Windows, so there is obviously some way to do it.
I can live without the whole no-internet or cell service needed to see the photos, but I would really love to be able to at least access my photos from my phone.
Note: in the gallery, if I scroll down I see a "connected devices" option, and underneath those devices (which are my home laptop and PC) there is "no images" listed. How do I get photos shared between these connected devices?
Thank you so much!
I use google drive fotosync for this so I have all my mobile pictures accessable on every computer where i have internet access and log in to my google account.
With the app FolderSync you can sync special folders with nearly any cloud.
ElenaPower said:
I use google drive fotosync for this so I have all my mobile pictures accessable on every computer where i have internet access and log in to my google account.
With the app FolderSync you can sync special folders with nearly any cloud.
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I have quite a lot of photos to sync, probably more than 600. Can you sync a lot of photos?
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Hi all I am new to windows mobile 6.1, well windows mobile period.I have a Macbook and do not have windows on a desktop available at all, which is really starting to bug me. I love this phone but have no real way of using it for what I would like, one of my biggest problems is that I cannot mount it as a USB drive on my mac and therefore have no way of transferring large files to my sdcard. I have tried bluetooth, but cant get it to work right and the only solutions I can find for mounting are $40+, money I really cant spare just to connect the phone to my computer. Any solutions or suggestions, thanks all in advance.
I am also a Mac user (most of the time). Here are some tips:
-I take photos directly to the storage card and just pop it out to transfer them to the Mac. When you plug the card into a regular USB card reader, it will mount.
This way you can also transfer large files back and forth.
Yes you have to take to back off, it's annoying I know.
-I have a corporate Exchange account so there is no need for me to sync locally. I never do. All my organizer data is synced over the air.
BUT if you need to sync it, there are a few choices:
-Buy "Missing Sync".
-Sync over the air to your Google account. Google now gives you OTA Activesync. There are also tools to sync your Mac into your Google account. Basically Google becomes your master DB.
-No experience with this, but I bet there are WiFi network sharing utilities. That could be another way.
-Bluetooth File Exchange is also available (though a bit slow).
Look at the Mark Space Missing Sync programme for mac, it will sync everything and allow you to mount the memory card if you wish.
there's also an apps called SyncMate for mac.,
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there's also an apps called SyncMate for mac.,
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Though without the pro version, no way to copy programs.
search wm5storage + install cab. your phone is now a mass storage.
HTC makes a program called HTC Sync, Its for MACs to sync HTC Devices, I believe it is still free
I converted some TV's shows (Deep Space 9). Yes I am a geek. And now every time I sync to my computer it wants to save all those videos to my computer. I also copied some other files over that I don't want to be synced every time. Is there a way to control what is synced and what is not?
What are you using to sync to your PC with?
The built in Windows Vista sync for photos and videos.
Or is there a directory where you can hide the files so windows won't see it? Somehow it finds every picture and video.
I've only owned this phone 10 days now and I've always had a live account to sync my contacts from previous winmo phones. Few days ago I went to check my live account and low and behold the phone get intergrated to you live account. You go into your live account and hover over Windows Live then a drop down box will show up. You select devices and then a page pops up with your phone there. You click on Find your phone.. then the wow starts.. You can map where your phone's current location is with Map it. Ring it to ring your phone so you can track it down. Lock it so no one can use the phone... Then Erase it if there's no way in hell your getting it back. Pretty cool functions to have for a just in case. Nobody at the ATT store knew anything about it. Oh you also get a 25Gb Skydrive. You need to download Windows Live Essentials 2011 to access the Skydrive from your computer.
I am guessing pretty much everyone has it linked. It is one of the first steps in the wizard.
Hmm I guess but the 3 ATT employees I talked to didn't. shrug and didn't even know about those features.
I am an avid player of the Xbox 360 so of course I connected my account info to the phone. The best part is having my entire contact list backed up online and being able to map the location of the phone for free.
I'm syncing my contacts to Google Contacts, but otherwise it's the same.
I do have to say, though, I'm very disappointed in the lack of Skydrive integration overall. For example, your Office docs can't be saved straight to skydrive, and the only way to get OneNote docs from skydrive is through th web browser. Once they're on your phone you can update them and they sync, but the method is pretty much weak. Skydrive should be fully integrated so that ALL documents you create, including folders, sync 1:1 to your skydrive account.
In fairness, Skydrive *itself* is still fragmented. For example, docs you sync with WLE 2011 (using Mesh) can't be edited directly in the browser and are located in a separate location from your main skydrive account and files. That's also lame.
Skydrive needs to become a SINGLE, unified storage area, where documents can be saved to/from PC, WP7 or from the browser, and all editable in the browser, on the PC, or on the phone.
I'm sure we'll get there, but it's frustrating that they didn't have it ready by launch.
something that i was searching for a while now and i think might be useful for others too
Sweet Home WiFi
wht it does:
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/auto-upload-sync-android-camera-photos-and-videos-to-computer/
little info from that site:
"Users who frequently use their Android device’s camera, transferring or backing up photos and videos to a computer becomes a regular hassle that they would rather avoid. Sweet Home! for Android (2.1 and higher) is a handy application that automatically connects to a user-specified Wi-Fi network when it is in range and starts uploading pictures and videos taken using the camera to the network drive, media center, or home computer. Suppose every time you return home with new photos or videos in your Android phone, this app will start uploading them to a shared directory as soon as it is connected to your local Wi-Fi network."
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this is not made by me... i just found this info and shared it as i thought it might be useful to others... any apps as alternatives that u guys have tried?
I have to try this out after trip uploads his latest masterpiece. I don't know how many times I have forgot to backup drunking pictures of the mates. Plus I'm on my 3rd sd card, the others just stopped working.
I will give feedback later
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My phone explorer is also good....
this software had been developed for SE phones for many years now and is an excellent alternative to pc companion.
You can get it to connect to your home network via wifi and automatically sync contacts, messages, photos etc....
I have been using this for a couple of days on android now....seems very good.
EDIT: This is also very good to use a multi mount option on the SD card. It lets you browse the internal (If rooted) and external memories of the phone whilst still having the SD card mounted on the phone....
the whole point is that i dont want to manually connect my phone/sdcard everytime... want it to sync over home wifi... i dont want to use dropbox its unnecessary waste of internet bandwidth from phone to dropbox server then back from dropbox server to my desktop....
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FANTASTIC! love this app. Had to use ip address and drop workgroup name. Uploading 176 photos now. I always forget to dump the phone when I do my regular digital camera. Shame it doesn't create folders by date or upload into some date parameter named folder.
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Are there any apps that do the same, but to for example dropbox over the mobile internet instead of Wifi?
gosa said:
Are there any apps that do the same, but to for example dropbox over the mobile internet instead of Wifi?
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you can configure Titanium Media Sync; lets you backup to the cloud or your own servers via FTP, SFTP,FTPS. It also supports dropbox too.
Just curious if anyone syncs Iphoto to their note 3? I have been using Isyncr for Itunes music for a while now. I haven't found software for syncing Iphoto. I've started looking into Samsung Kies but it didn't like that I can no longer use android file transfer if I install Kies. For now I've been manually moving photos to my phone. This is a pain when I add photos to Iphoto.
Am I the only person that uses IPhoto?? If you aren't using IPhoto could you please let me know what you do use to save and organize photos on your computer? Thanks...