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i hate the fact that i have to install activesync on each pc to be able to see it the device on explorer to transfer files.
why is it that windows can't reconize the device as a mass storage device without installing activestink?
when i was on nextel i was able to switch the phone to "mass storage" rather than "sync" and it would show up as a drive on windows explorer by just plugging it in via usb.
i carry a lot of files on my phone which i use for work and it's a hassle to remove the storage card all the time.. i rather not deal with bluetooth and i also don't want to carry a separate mass storage device.
is it a driver issue or is this another evil MS design in which a wm phone only show in explorer if activesync is installed?
WM5torage - free, but doesn't work on all phones
CardExport - commercial, but wider device support
I'm not sure about this. I just change the USB Mode of my phone to Mass Storage Mode (Settings -> Connections -> USB To PC) and it acts as a card reader (only information from my memory card is available)/USB Drive. It works with a library computer which I believe does not have Active Sync.
I run WM6 on Atom Life.
bedoig said:
WM5torage - free, but doesn't work on all phones
CardExport - commercial, but wider device support
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I tried WMStorage on my phone (SMT5800, running WM6). It caused my phone to spontaneously perform a hard reset. Fortunately, I had a recent backup that I could restore from.
why did you try wm5torage as you have wm6 that support this feature.
Settings -> Connections -> USB and set USB device : USB disk
and mark the topic as SOLVED
adempozhari said:
why did you try wm5torage as you have wm6 that support this feature.
Settings -> Connections -> USB and set USB device : USB disk
and mark the topic as SOLVED
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Some manufacturers add the feature to their ROMs, but it is not native to WM6. For devices that don't have it built in, you can use either of the programs I linked to above. Don't be so quick to jump to conclusions.
bedoig said:
Some manufacturers add the feature to their ROMs, but it is not native to WM6.
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i am sorry i did not know ....
Hi,
Hd2 is fantastic fast... But browsing "Windows folder" from WM7 Synchronization Center via USB is so slow!
Does somebody know a way to speed up the this "windows folder" browsing.
I did not find a way to fix this in xda or Google. May be i missed it.
Using explorer or Resco explorer from Hd2 is ok, no slowdown.
Thanks in advance.
I can't even browse the Windows folder from Win7, it freezes up the explorer window, my computer and the phone until I unplug the USB cable. Very strange.
For me in W7 I can't even get to the Windows folder, it's hidden even with hidden files and system folders set as shown.
To answer, it just takes very long to enumerate the 10'000+ files in the windows folder with the rather slow activesync protocol.
@kilrah - in folder options there are two tick boxes that control visibility.you need to both tick show hidden files and folders, and also a few entries further down untick hide protected operating system files.
plus don't forget to apply settings to all folders.
@OP its always been slow over active sync.personally if I'm dealing with files in windows I copy them to sd with resco on the phone and only then browser the sd from the pc.
samsamuel said:
@kilrah - in folder options there are two tick boxes that control visibility.you need to both tick show hidden files and folders, and also a few entries further down untick hide protected operating system files.
plus don't forget to apply settings to all folders.
@OP its always been slow over active sync.personally if I'm dealing with files in windows I copy them to sd with resco on the phone and only then browser the sd from the pc.
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Thanks for your suggestions, but does somebody knows a way to realy speed up browse of "Windows folder" from WM7 explorer?
I dont think there is a way to "speed" it up through sync center. Even browsing the directory from your phone itself takes moment to populate all of the files in there.
First time I loaded that dir from my old old phone I thought it was frozen too but after a few minutes everything came up lol.
I'm looking to enable Blue-tooth file transfer, as I don't want to have to plug in my phone to my laptop everytime I want to exchange files. Is this possible?
Hi,
Yes,
Just open the Bluetooth settings in Settings -> Menu -> All Settings
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I know how to open a Bluetooth connection, I want to know how to transfer files from my laptop to my phone, and vice versa. Any clue on how to do that?
Right click on file, send to, Bluetooth? Would be a good idea to say what OS you're on.
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I know how to open a Bluetooth connection, I want to know how to transfer files from my laptop to my phone, and vice versa. Any clue on how to do that?
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You'll need to pair the devices first if you haven't already.
What operating system are you using on your laptop? Windows? Mac?
Laptop OS is Windows 7, and T-Mobile USA HD2, the devices are already linked. What would be the next step? Any help is appreciated.
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Laptop OS is Windows 7, and T-Mobile USA HD2, the devices are already linked. What would be the next step? Any help is appreciated.
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Have you connected the phone via ActiveSync using the USB cable yet?
Its not necessary to do so, but it might make things a bit quicker.
When you right-click on a file on your laptop, and hover your mouse pointer over "Send To", do you have "Bluetooth Device" listed?
They are linked, and they recognize each other, but when I right click on a picture and go to "Send to" there is no option for Bluetooth Devices. Are there any options that should be checked on the phone or computer?
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They are linked, and they recognize each other, but when I right click on a picture and go to "Send to" there is no option for Bluetooth Devices. Are there any options that should be checked on the phone or computer?
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Is there a Bluetooth icon down by the clock on the Start/Task bar?
If so, right-click on it and go to Open Settings.
Under "Connections" (about halfway down the window) do you have both tickboxes ticked?
Yea, they are both checked. It tries to install a driver and fails when I attempt to troubleshoot the phone.
Just to bring you my experience. I do not have a BT dongle on my desktop which runs seven x64 yet I prefer to use the usb cable which is always plugged, yet the few times I installed a bt dongle here I could quite easily send files, even if I don't remember the exact path
Anyway, with my ubuntu laptop it's as immediate as choosing "browse files on <devicename>" and it just opens the microsd contents, where you can transfer files to/from, so probably there's something similar in windows that I am forgetting about?
What I know is that as soon as you have BT working on your PC it shoudn't need a driver, the OBEX protocol is a standard so no matter what device you connected, if it offers OBEX, the pc knows how to handle transfers no matter what the device is
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Just to bring you my experience. I do not have a BT dongle on my desktop which runs seven x64 yet I prefer to use the usb cable which is always plugged, yet the few times I installed a bt dongle here I could quite easily send files, even if I don't remember the exact path
Anyway, with my ubuntu laptop it's as immediate as choosing "browse files on <devicename>" and it just opens the microsd contents, where you can transfer files to/from, so probably there's something similar in windows that I am forgetting about?
What I know is that as soon as you have BT working on your PC it shoudn't need a driver, the OBEX protocol is a standard so no matter what device you connected, if it offers OBEX, the pc knows how to handle transfers no matter what the device is
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What you have with your Ubuntu laptop, is exactly, while it would be awesome to be able to send and recieve files back and forth from the two devices, what would be ideal is the ability to browse through the contents of the device, and MicroSD, wirelessly over BT. I'm wondering if Windows 7 offers something like that or maybe a certain program for 7, might offer that functionality.
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What you have with your Ubuntu laptop, is exactly, while it would be awesome to be able to send and recieve files back and forth from the two devices, what would be ideal is the ability to browse through the contents of the device, and MicroSD, wirelessly over BT. I'm wondering if Windows 7 offers something like that or maybe a certain program for 7, might offer that functionality.
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Windows Mobile Device Center should already be installed and offers that.
Also you have to enable Bluetooth file transfer (object push) in bluetooth settings in order for your phone to receive anything. No idea why this is disabled by default.
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I'm looking to enable Blue-tooth file transfer, as I don't want to have to plug in my phone to my laptop everytime I want to exchange files. Is this possible?
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It works nicely with the right setup in Linux
PCLinuxOS 2010 with Blueman and Nautilus [/smug]
cozzykim said:
It works nicely with the right setup in Linux
PCLinuxOS 2010 with Blueman and Nautilus [/smug]
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yeah, I agree, yet the OP needs it under Win 7
Probably the input by VidMan is correct, he needs to enable the OBEX on ther HD2 as well, from bluetooth settings
The Focus CAN be made visible in Windows 7 explorer. Here is some proof:
(See attached screen captures)
(The video being copied was very large and was being automatically converted.)
How can it be seen?
You will have to Jailbreak the phone and install some 3rd party app to enable the USB Mass storage. But even if Windows can see your phone as mass storage, most apps don't. It's kind of worthless any way.
WP7 is based on WinCE kernel and all the features like USB mass storage and multi-tasking are already there.
kinda old news...
Here is HOW
I've attached a snapshot of my WIN7 x32 registry with the appropiate information. Zoom the picture to see the info. Obviously you have to know how to edit the registry. Hope this helps.
The only "3rd party software" software required is the Zune USB driver, of course. Other MS operating systems will differ accordingly.
Open the registry editor on your PC by typing regedit in your Start menu
go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USB; search forZuneDriver
now you will modify three entries (note, if you have multiple WP7 phones, you have to do it for each one)
Change ShowInShell from 0 to 1
Change PortableDeviceNameSpaceExcludeFromShell from 1 to 0
Change EnableLegacySupport from 0 to 1
device, and folders for music, video and images should now show up in explorer, and to enable modifying the files the Zune desktop software simply needs to be closed.
Other files can also be placed there, but will not be accessible on the device, allowing the use at least of the smartphone as a USB drive.
Hello Community,
By now, everyone knows Android has dropped support for USB Mass Storage access to its folder. Which means a Windows computer can no longer programmatically copy a file from Windows to a USB-connected Android device.
I have a Windows application that needs to be able to drop a text file from time to time onto an Android phone. I also have an Android app that monitors a certain folder on the device and processes those text files as they come in. In the past, all I had to do on the Windows side was to map a drive pointing to the Android device and my Windows app would then be able to copy the files to that drive. But that doesn't work anymore with more recent versions of Android.
The phone and the computer may be located in an environment where no wifi is available or where both devices are not on the same wifi network. The computer may also not have bluetooth capabilities. In other words, the only thing I can count on with certainty is the USB connexion between the phone and the computer.
I could use a batch file calling ADB, but since different phones may have different ADB drivers, it means I can't provide a generic way for my Windows App to transfer a file to any Android phone. And I have no control over which phone gets connected to which computer. In addition, I can't use a GUI based application to transfer the files: my Windows application needs to run unattended, without having to wait for user action. The same is true of the Android application.
I know there are a number of WebDav/FTP/Bluetooth applications I can install on the Android device so that it can expose a folder to outside computers, but they all rely on over the air connectivity. I tried to find information on writing my own Android Server application that would "publish" a folder to the PC to which the phone is connected via USB, but I can't find anything of use in the Android SDK documentation; the USB stuff all pertains to IoT, not to the actual link that gets established between a PC and a phone. I think what I need to do is to write an app that turns the device into some kind of Samba server that's accessible through the USB connecion, but I have no idea where to start looking for documentation on doing it.
Does anyone have any pointers on how to accomplish this?
PS: please don't start asking questions like "Why do you need to drop a file onto the phone", or "Why don't you just make sure Wifi or bluetooth is always available?". I already explained those restrictions and they are there for very good reasons. So thanks for staying on topic.
Hi,
I am also under the same question of "how to transfer a file from PC to Android Device". The only difference is, I have a GUI which prepare data to be transferred. The user can say "proceed" to copy.
Have found any solution for the above question raised ??