I recently setup Activesync to sync files but i really only wanted it to sync a single Word Document file in My Documents on my Vario.
When it syncs it syncs the whole of the My Documents folder, which is crap cos this contains all my camera photos and videos and I dont want that. is there a way to just do files you want.
I managed to delete the files on my PC and it removed them on my Vario!
Also any new files that appear in My Documents on my Vario get automatically synced!
TIA
Doug
That would be difficult. What I suggest would be to move your not-wanting-to-syn files to your storage card or some folder in your root (e.g. not in the My Documents). Yeah, that would cause problems with many of your applications as it will look for My Document first and you would have to go and find your customized folder.
Anyway, you can try this (I didn't try it before). Create a shortcut in your My Documents that point to another folder where you keep all your real files, so that if your app open My Document, it would be easy for you to find that folder. But, still any photo taken by your camera will be still in My Document.
Anyway, there isn't much harm syncing all files. I mean, as long as the files are not changed, the isn't much time consumed in synching them. Better just leave them as they are
UPDATE:
For camera, see this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=50738&highlight=
I have connected my phone to a Exchange 2007 when I got it a few months ago and it has been fine. Found the registry key to disable the "Simple Pin" option as I found it a nuisance, but I couldn't find the registry to disable the "Encrypt the memory card" option.
Today my phone asked me for my Exchange password, which I typed in. I then took a picture and tried to send it but it wouldn't send. When I browsed my pictures folder on my memory card I couldn't open anything. Any videos or pictures or programs, when trying to open a picture it says "Unable to open this type of JPG file."
When I try to copy it off using ActiveSync it fails saying it cannot read it. Anything!!
I haven't updated the Firmware or installed any patches, in fact I haven't done anything do it for a while. It just happened out of the Blue.
How can I recover my documents?
Thanks
If you use Active Sync you can normally transfer the files to your desktop.
Hi guys,
I've been searching for a few days and reading numerous threads and haven't found answers to some questions/concerns I have.
I should state up front that I am far from an expert on installing programs on phones, etc and this is the first phone I've messed with like that. From reading this forum, I've managed to install Pandora and Swype on the phone with no problems.
Anyway, here are some concerns I have with the phone that I'm trying to change / fix / figure out.
1. Text message interface - When a new text message comes in, I press the message button and it takes me to the screen showing the last individual message I viewed. I've tried to find ways to change this, to no avail. Is this SERIOUSLY the intended interface? Maybe I'm 'spoiled' coming from a G1, but I would like to press the message button and have it take me to the screen showing all the conversations I have with people.
2. Email - Same thing. If it matters, I've linked Outlook to Gmail as an exchange server (or something like that) so I can have it refresh instantaneously, rather than once a minute or once every 5 minutes (whatever the lowest setting is doing it the other way).
3. Folder browsing while connected to PC - When I plug the phone into my PC and open the folder, my options are:
Application Data
DCIM
My Documents
Program Files
DCIM looks like the storage card, but how do I explore the files on the phone? The "My Documents" folder (when plugged into the PC) only contains some folder called "My POI", which is empty; however, the My Documents folder when using "File Explorer" on the phone contains a bunch of stuff. I'm confused.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
ilocke said:
Hi guys,
I've been searching for a few days and reading numerous threads and haven't found answers to some questions/concerns I have.
I should state up front that I am far from an expert on installing programs on phones, etc and this is the first phone I've messed with like that. From reading this forum, I've managed to install Pandora and Swype on the phone with no problems.
Anyway, here are some concerns I have with the phone that I'm trying to change / fix / figure out.
1. Text message interface - When a new text message comes in, I press the message button and it takes me to the screen showing the last individual message I viewed. I've tried to find ways to change this, to no avail. Is this SERIOUSLY the intended interface? Maybe I'm 'spoiled' coming from a G1, but I would like to press the message button and have it take me to the screen showing all the conversations I have with people.
2. Email - Same thing. If it matters, I've linked Outlook to Gmail as an exchange server (or something like that) so I can have it refresh instantaneously, rather than once a minute or once every 5 minutes (whatever the lowest setting is doing it the other way).
3. Folder browsing while connected to PC - When I plug the phone into my PC and open the folder, my options are:
Application Data
DCIM
My Documents
Program Files
DCIM looks like the storage card, but how do I explore the files on the phone? The "My Documents" folder (when plugged into the PC) only contains some folder called "My POI", which is empty; however, the My Documents folder when using "File Explorer" on the phone contains a bunch of stuff. I'm confused.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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For #1 and #2, you'll need to create shortcuts/quicklinks to "messaging" and "e-mail", you'll find them in the list of available shortcuts in the start menu.
For #3, it sounds like you're connecting to your PC in "disk drive" mode, which means you'll only see the contents of the SD card (it treats it like a regular external USB hard drive). To be able to browse the phone's memory from your PC, you'll need to connect via ActiveSync...which requires that utility installed on your PC. You need "ActiveSync" for winXP, and for Vista/7, it's called "Windows Mobile Device Center/WMDC". Once you connect your phone to the PC that way, you can browse both the phone memory as well as the SD card, it just won't be as fast/responsive as "disk drive" mode browsing, due to the nature of the connection.
EDIT: Make sure you give the following thread a read, if you haven't already:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=688928
So I finally got the device where I wanted it yesterday. Today I notice that my available space is already down to 5gb without me putting much on the phone. After digging around, I found that there is a folder called documentsync that holds 2gb of my dropbox files and it seems to be putting more on there as I type. I think this is causing my phone to die a quick death as it was burning batteries on standby. Anyone have this problem?
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I had the same problem. I can't believe that Samsung has this turned on by default. Go to settings > accounts > cloud and turn off Document Sync. This will then remove all the content from your device.
I never use Samsung 's implementation of Dropbox sync. It is poorly done and uses internal storage.
3rd party apps do a better job in folder to folder syncing with more controls over the directory location and sync schedules.
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MrBridger said:
I had the same problem. I can't believe that Samsung has this turned on by default. Go to settings > accounts > cloud and turn off Document Sync. This will then remove all the content from your device.
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Yup, my god. After installing my apps and configuring my phone, I saw that the disk space was down to around 3GB. It made no sense, and I started cursing the pre-installed S4 software like everyone else. I removed stuff with Titanium, and even directly using a root folder browser, and I pray I didn't break anything. The next day, I finally noticed that "DocumentSync" folder and had no idea what it was, except obviously its directory structure matched my Dropbox account. I still couldn't find any info, so I simply deleted it. Somehow, I think I'm lucky that I didn't delete all my Dropbox content. After reading this thread, I check the setting and it was already turned off, so I have no idea how that happened (perhaps when I deleted that folder). Really stupid of them to background sync several gigabytes of data on you by default with no warning.
In fact, the first day after getting my phone, I got a warning that my disk space had been filled up. It completely made no sense, so I unlinked and re-linked my cloud apps, and cursed the one that's in beta that I assumed was at fault and then got all paranoid about it. All those complaints about the S4 are pretty much over minor annoyances, but this default stealth auto-sync makes it look like your phone is completely messed up. I have to say it's the phone's biggest hiccup. But even though it's easily fixed, it caused quite a bit of chaos and worry on my part, and I hope I didn't damage anything while trying to fix it.
I want to delete the folder but is it supposed to delete the files in your Dropbox account? I don't want to risk losing the files.
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skanj said:
I want to delete the folder but is it supposed to delete the files in your Dropbox account? I don't want to risk losing the files.
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I would make a backup before deleting just to be sure
Probably a good idea :thumbup:
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Thanks. I didn't get back to reading this forum until. I simply disconnected the dropbox account, disable sync,then reconnect my account. That had to be the dumbest default setting ever.
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Yesterday I just delete this documentsync folder. DON'T DO THIS!!!! It have delete all the documents files Inside my dropbox account. Turn this option off in setting before delete anything or you will lose them.
Fortunately, the dropbox site offer a restore file option (the trash icon on top) . Whitout this, I had loose so much valuables files.
Hi guys,
my queries are similar. I really want a way to sync files from my PC with my Note 3. My required files are all documents (docx, xlsx, pdf, txt etc) I’m not looking for music video syncs. I use many important docs and excels and I want them all 100% updated on my phone all time so that I can use them anywhere.
I’m not a dropbox fan and used it very less in past but after getting note 3 I realize there have less ways to sync and store files in external memory. I wanted them all to store in external card (32gb) as many files but I doesn’t. Still internal is fine. I started use Dropbox app and tried the stock file manager dropbox option. What happened, in the initial setup it downloaded all files in internal memory DocumentSync folder but then when I started changing those files, it did not updated those over dropbox. Make sure I was editing DocumentSync folders raw files by Polaris Office, not from dropbox application or either the file manager home screen dropbox icon shortcut as both of them downloading each files before editing. As these didn’t work, like you all I remove this and disable this option.
But as I always wanted all these dropbox files locally, even when offline/no network I can update/read those files. So can anyone tell me the purpose of DocumentSync folders local files? Also any way the Samsungs optional dropbox or dropbox app can store all in external memory card? I really don’t want this to way to download each files before reading/editing (due to slower internet).
Please advice, thanks in advance!
soumen.sam said:
Hi guys,
my queries are similar. I really want a way to sync files from my PC with my Note 3. My required files are all documents (docx, xlsx, pdf, txt etc) I’m not looking for music video syncs. I use many important docs and excels and I want them all 100% updated on my phone all time so that I can use them anywhere.
I’m not a dropbox fan and used it very less in past but after getting note 3 I realize there have less ways to sync and store files in external memory. I wanted them all to store in external card (32gb) as many files but I doesn’t. Still internal is fine. I started use Dropbox app and tried the stock file manager dropbox option. What happened, in the initial setup it downloaded all files in internal memory DocumentSync folder but then when I started changing those files, it did not updated those over dropbox. Make sure I was editing DocumentSync folders raw files by Polaris Office, not from dropbox application or either the file manager home screen dropbox icon shortcut as both of them downloading each files before editing. As these didn’t work, like you all I remove this and disable this option.
But as I always wanted all these dropbox files locally, even when offline/no network I can update/read those files. So can anyone tell me the purpose of DocumentSync folders local files? Also any way the Samsungs optional dropbox or dropbox app can store all in external memory card? I really don’t want this to way to download each files before reading/editing (due to slower internet).
Please advice, thanks in advance!
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Would this app be of use to you? You can store the files locally, then set the file to sync with your dropbox account and it be set up as a two-way sync between phone and dropbox and desktop/tablet/laptop/etc and dropbox.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ttxapps.dropsync
gsmyth said:
Would this app be of use to you? You can store the files locally, then set the file to sync with your dropbox account and it be set up as a two-way sync between phone and dropbox and desktop/tablet/laptop/etc and dropbox.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ttxapps.dropsync
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I checked this apps and few similar like this before but none of them could store in external memory, so no help. But DropSync does, but problem is it stores files in external memory /Android/data/com.ttxapps.dropsync/files which is hard to navigate all time and then the free version only allows one folder to sync, no sub directories. And I’ve all documents set under separate directories. And I do not purchase apps . So didn’t found any other helpful app.
Update:
Yesterday again I linked to the My File Dropbox extinction, and play with it little bit and test few. Earlier I somehow saw it wasn’t correctly, not updating, not syncing properly etc so I removed it. But yesterday I only made Doc Sync, it downloaded all doc files and I did some test by file changes and it syncing instantly. I was changing in raw file in DocumentSync folder.
The only issue I found is if new files added and existing files deleted in dropbox its not immediately doing the same in that folder. Its taking time, and sometime long time. But if I disconnect and reconnect wifi, the changes appearing immediately, most probably this is due to as it set to sync over wifi only.
But its really great for me, as I can get all docs raw files even if no network and don’t have to download each time. But its not working very smoothly and its storing files internal memory but as my all docs are around 5mb no not a big issues. But I would love to get it in external memory. Overall this works great for me also no extra app require. But Samsung should make a way to sync all files locally.
Hey guys,
i'd like to delete the .nomedia permanently inside the "Sent" Folder of Whatsapp.
I'd like to have my Whatsapptaken pictures appear in the Gallery, beside the incoming ones id like to stay in .nomedia.
When i delete the .nomedia inside the "Sent" Folder and restart my phone, it just reappears.
Anyone knows how to permanently delete the .nomedia in the Sent folder?
Thanks in Davance
Have you thought of trying to do this with Tasker?
never worked with Tasker, but i dont want to "copy" them over to DCIM, just want to get them to Gallery
to make things clear:
I'd like Photos made by Whatsapp (in /Whatsapp/Media/Whatsapp Images/Sent Folder) to be shown in my gallery (like on iOS).
Theres is a .nomedia item inside the Sent folder which seems to be newly created after every reboot of the System (despite deleting it upfront, of course)
any advices how i can make those (and only those, not my received images) visible in my gallery?
Anyone got an Idea?
I got the same problem. Need help too
you can use QuickPic and select Show Hidden