Hello there,
I recently bought a rooted Android media player and I'd like to use it (among other things) to run a torrent client 24/7 so I don't need to have a PC running and I can start and manage downloads from the office or my smartphone.
I've accomplished most of that, but the problem is no torrent app allows me to use a external HDD connected via USB as downloads' destination folder, making me use the device's internal memory (which is less than 3 GB) so I can seed/download just a couple things at a time. As per what I've found out on-line, this seems to happen due some Android's permissions, do anyone know a way to solve it?
Best regards!
Yustyn said:
Hello there,
I recently bought a rooted Android media player and I'd like to use it (among other things) to run a torrent client 24/7 so I don't need to have a PC running and I can start and manage downloads from the office or my smartphone.
I've accomplished most of that, but the problem is no torrent app allows me to use a external HDD connected via USB as downloads' destination folder, making me use the device's internal memory (which is less than 3 GB) so I can seed/download just a couple things at a time. As per what I've found out on-line, this seems to happen due some Android's permissions, do anyone know a way to solve it?
Best regards!
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If you have not found a solution by now, try ADownloader app. You must be on Android Lollipop 5.0 at least.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.AndroidA.DroiDownloader
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Kaishen82 said:
I just received my G Tab yesterday (non-woot) and so far I love it. I installed CWM then flashed Vegan. Something about it didn't feel right, so I switched over to TNT Lite 4.4. I also installed Launcher Pro and have figured out how to use it to customize my "desktop" a little. Basically I have a few random questions.
1) Is there a way to disable the "dock" screen?
2) Is there a way to disable the lock screen that comes up after the screen has turned off?
3) Any recommendations on a good replacement for MS Office that can open, edit, and create documents that are compatible with Office?
4) Any recommendations on a good remote desktop app I can use to access files and software on my laptop?
5) Any recommendations on a compact, portable, hopefully inexpensive Bluetooth mouse?
6) How do I copy files from my laptop to my external micro SD card? Do I have to put the micro SD card into my laptop, or can I leave it in the tablet and copy them somehow? When I plug the tablet into my laptop it only appears to give me access to the internal SD.
7) Any other random apps I should look into getting? I plan to use my G Tab to basically replace my laptop, which I only ever use for surfing the web, email, facebook, etc.
8) In particular, any particular apps I should get for playing video/audio files?
9) Is there a tutorial somewhere I can read about how to find movies and get them onto my tablet to watch?
Sorry to barrage you with so many questions. Feel free to answer none, any, or all of them! Thanks in advance for your help!!!
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Ill answer what I can:
3) I use and really like Office suite Pro. Its 15 bucks but it is solid. You can try the demo version for 30 days for free and then decide how you like it.
4) I use "dropbox" to sync files between my tab and my two computers. Plus it backs everything up online so you can access them anywhere. Great App!!!
7) I also recommend the Mozilla web browser. I like it a lot better then the stock one it comes with. Also, Pulse is a great app if you like to read the news/bloggs often.
8) I have heard a lot of people use dolphin to play video but I have yet to try it. I have had trouble myself playing videos. Be sure you get the adobe 10.2 download so Youtube works.
Hope this helps.
Transferring files using USB is too slow. Even on a 3mb mp3 it asks if I want to copy it because it might not be usable. I press ok and it takes another 20 seconds to copy. So I copied 3gb (took about 15 minutes) of music over to the internal hd and then I get a strange error. I close the window and reopen the drive and see that all the music I just transferred is completely gone. WTF IS GOING ON?!?!
I'm getting so many errors accessing the internal drive, creating folders, and copying files. It's almost as if the internal 32gb is useless... I can't use it unless I want to wait 27 minutes to transfer a 1.5gb movie...
Someone reported the same with accessing microSD from USB connection.
Do you get any pop ups on the computer saying that "This device can perform faster if plugged into a USB 2.0 port"?
Also, can I suggest doing a local file transfer over the WiFi?
it's all due to MTP. it is the transfer protocol of the devil.
why google decided this is what their devices should use from 3.x onwards is beyond me.
google's company motto should really be "one step forward, fifteen steps back."
adiliyo said:
why google decided this is what their devices should use from 3.x onwards is beyond me.
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It's so they can unify app storage with data, apparently:
With the unified storage model we introduced in Honeycomb, we share your full 32GB (or 16GB or whatever) between app data and media data. That is, no more staring sadly at your 5GB free on Nexus S when your internal app data partition has filled up -- it's all one big happy volume.
However the cost is that Android can no longer ever yield up the storage for the host PC to molest directly over USB. Instead we use MTP. On Windows (which the majority of users use), it has built-in MTP support in Explorer that makes it look exactly like a disk. On Linux and Mac it's sadly not as easy, but I have confidence that we'll see some work to make this better.
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http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/mg14z/whoa_whoa_ics_doesnt_support_usb_mass_storage/
Although I suppose there's no reason they couldn't offer a special Mass Storage mode that locks out running programs. The link also suggests that the external microSDHC card should support mass storage? I don't have a HC/ICS device to know yet, though.
This whole storage "issu" is so not a big deal at all.
It's that way on every honeycomb tablet and it works okay overall.
Sure maybe it's gonna take a while the first time to transfere all your content to your empty device but once all your **** is inside, you don't use it that much and never for such a big amount of data.
The thing with Android is that you can actually directly download the stuff you want on your tablet, no need to plug it into your computer 95% of the time.
^^
which begs the next question,
How easy is it to set up file transfer over the network between Prime and a Windows PC?
Setting up a network with a windows PC is hard, whatever the other device is.
But aside that I'm pretty sure it's fairly easy. And I think Asus software (myNet) can help you do this (never tried)
the_game_master said:
^^
which begs the next question,
How easy is it to set up file transfer over the network between Prime and a Windows PC?
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I used file expert.
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using xda premium
On my desktop PC I have a directory browser setup on my PC that I use any device that accepts IPs as input.
It's a Window's feature that has to be installed separately.
Internet Information Services
I use ES file explorer on N1. I connected it to my Windows PC over wi-fi once and it remembers it. I usually copy files back and forth using my phone only. It is pretty handy.
On prime, I have just installed it but not used it to transfer files, so cant comment on the speed.
DropBox if you're using Windows, SparkleShare if you're not.
subramanianv said:
I use ES file explorer on N1. I connected it to my Windows PC over wi-fi once and it remembers it. I usually copy files back and forth using my phone only. It is pretty handy.
On prime, I have just installed it but not used it to transfer files, so cant comment on the speed.
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+1. After my Prime charging cable fell apart when i tried to unplug it, I had to resort to network transfers and ES file explorer did the job rather painlessly. The only little hurdle I had to jump over, and this might have been user-error on my part, but it asked for a username and password to the machine I was trying to connect to. So I had to add a password to my user account which previously did not have one to get it to connect.
Same here. ES file explorer is great stuff. Just put in the needed IP address for your PC + username/password for the user account, and it gets you in and loads directories pain-free.
I don't intend on connecting my Prime to my PC until a one-click root is in the works =)
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I don't intend on connecting my Prime to my PC until a one-click root is in the works =)
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?... Why is that?
RussianMenace said:
?... Why is that?
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Because transfer over WiFi + ES has been significantly faster with every Android device I've ever connected to my laptop.
Besides, I kinda get bored of tired-ole drag n' drop.
kokusho said:
Setting up a network with a windows PC is hard, whatever the other device is.
But aside that I'm pretty sure it's fairly easy. And I think Asus software (myNet) can help you do this (never tried)
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swift ftp server on the prime and filezilla client on the pc is fast and straightforward
slow as hell
Loading music is a pain but I can deal with it. I dont have internet I tether everything with my 4LTE verizon at 18MB a sec which Iam loving so much I turned off my home internet just use laptops and this now.
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swift ftp server on the prime and filezilla client on the pc is fast and straightforward
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NICE! Using SwiFTP now and it transfers a lot faster than before. Thanks
Easiest way I found was, pop the MicroSD in my PC load it up. Pop it in the prime, use a file explorer and move it over fast and easy.
There's lot's of apps that do this sort of thing, but none of them do exactly what I want (from what I've found so far).
I have tried DoubleTwist, but it tries to automatically sync my ENTIRE music collection to my phone. That's ridiculous and unnecessary. I don't need my entire 100+ GB collection with me at all times.
What I'm looking for is something like this: I want to set a specific folder that automatically syncs all of its content with my phone and/or tablet. Kind of like how Dropbox works. I copy something into the Dropbox folder, and eventually that something is on the cloud, accessible by me wherever I am.
Alternatively, I wouldn't mind simply Right Clicking in Windows, and then "Sending To" one of my mobile devices, as long as they're on the same WiFi network as my laptop.
Does something like this exist?
Ps. I'm on a Samsung Galaxy 3 & Note 8.
nubreed000 said:
There's lot's of apps that do this sort of thing, but none of them do exactly what I want (from what I've found so far).
I have tried DoubleTwist, but it tries to automatically sync my ENTIRE music collection to my phone. That's ridiculous and unnecessary. I don't need my entire 100+ GB collection with me at all times.
What I'm looking for is something like this: I want to set a specific folder that automatically syncs all of its content with my phone and/or tablet. Kind of like how Dropbox works. I copy something into the Dropbox folder, and eventually that something is on the cloud, accessible by me wherever I am.
Alternatively, I wouldn't mind simply Right Clicking in Windows, and then "Sending To" one of my mobile devices, as long as they're on the same WiFi network as my laptop.
Does something like this exist?
Ps. I'm on a Samsung Galaxy 3 & Note 8.
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did you try Google Drive ?
me1mon said:
did you try Google Drive ?
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I actually stopped using GDrive in favour of Drop Box because it wouldn't automatically upload files from my laptop to the cloud storage.
Are you saying that if I copy a music file into Google Drive it will be on my phone? Even when it's offline? (That's the key)
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I actually stopped using GDrive in favour of Drop Box because it wouldn't automatically upload files from my laptop to the cloud storage.
Are you saying that if I copy a music file into Google Drive it will be on my phone? Even when it's offline? (That's the key)
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Of course not if you are offline, there is no software can do it without internet connection
you should look for software that sync over WIFI if you are in same network. I suggest you to google "sync over WIFI"
After doing multiple searches, it seems there have been a few discussions about phone-chromebook USB connectivity but no real solutions. I recently got a chromebook and now that it is my primary, and only, computing device I am interested in exploring it's full capabilities. I will describe the specifics of my situation but I am hoping this thread will provide a useful resource to discuss all chromebook to phone USB connectivity issues.
Background:
I recently (within past 4 days) replaced both my phone and laptop. My previous setup was an HP laptop with windows 7 and the Sprint SGS4 (rooted with Sacs23 rom on JB 4.3). I am now using the Toshiba Chromebook 2 (stock) and Verizon SGS6 (stock lollipop and unrooted).
Needless to say I am experiencing some serious adjustment / withdrawl issues. I have used a chrome browser for years but there is still a learning curve to a chromebook coming from windows.
Before getting rid of my SGS4 I made backups (TB pro to external SD and dropbox, as well as with Helium backup).
My primary goal is to restore my previous apps and settings. (the Samsung Smart transfer in the store was a bust).
Problems:
Here are the issues I have run into (using the USB quick charging cable that came with the SGS6):
-Phone is not recognized / seen at all using the USB3 port.
-Phone is visible in files app using the USB2 port, but I get constant pop-ups “whoa there, be careful.” The chomebook appears to be constantly disconnecting from the phone.
-Neither the Helium app on my phone or in the Helium Chrome app recognize that the devices are connected.
- I installed the clockworkmod ABDchrome extension/app but it does not recognize that the phone is connected.
-The files app can see the files on the phone. It appears to be able to copy from the phone but not write to it (options for creating new folder are greyed out)
It seems some of my difficulties may be related to my specific phone setup (Lollipop on Verizon). I have seen prior suggestions to use the “three dots” on the storage screen to select USB transfer mode (I don’t have the three dots on Verizon touch wiz). Another possible solution was to select the USB transfer mode (PTP/MTP) on the popup notification when the devices are connected (Unfortunately, again, I don’t seem to get any popup notifications on my particular setup).
Again, my ultimate goal is to restore my phone apps / settings from my old phone, but I am interested to see if this is possible using the native(ish) capabilities of the chromebook (it may not be possible). I would be interested in any thoughts / suggestions for accomplishing this using the following:
Stock chromebook (i.e. Not installing Linux)
USB connection (i.e. not using Airdroid)
Stock lollipop
SGS6 (unrooted)
If there is no workable solution then would it be possible with a rooted phone? (it appears a root solution for the verizon SGS6 recently became an option)
I appreciate any input!
It's the laptop.
The issue isn't with the GS6, rather it's the Chromebook. It's not just the Toshiba Chomebook, it's just that ChromeOS wasn't built to do phone sync and read/write through USB. This is with every Chromebook in existence. Linux should take care of that for you though. Good day.
Update:
- I went ahead and rooted my phone. I can't live without root
- I learned that the SGS6 does not support USB 3 which explains why it wasn't recognized.
- Noob Lollipop alert. I learned that there was a notification item in the pull down shade to select the USB transfer mode. (I was expecting a pop up alert and never looked in the notifications shade).
Chrome beta channel has an enhancement that will allow photos to be transferred via the PTP and MTP protocols. Go to chrome://flags and find the flag Enable MTP support and enable it, and reboot the computer. Unfortunately, this still didn't work for me. I was still unable to write to the phone (i.e. I could only read and the phone contents but could not make a folder, write to the phone, or transfer files.)
Finally I tried just copying the SD card files to dropbox via chromebook. However, the size of the transfer is several gigabytes and it repeatedly fails part way through. I cannot seem to find a chrome app which provides folder comparison so I have no way of knowing which files transferred. If I restart the transfer there are no options to skip files that already exist. Instead it just starts over again and creates duplicates of the files already transferred.
Still looking for solutions:
- a way for the chromebook to write via USB to an external device (SGS6) possibly by getting chrome MTP support
- A folder comparison webapp that allows the ability to unselect files which are identical. Ideally the webapp would also be able to search the external device to identify duplicate files as well.
The simplest way I can think of to do what you want would be to use an external sd card. As far as I know, you should be able to transfer anything on to that, and from there to the cb. Other than that, you need to disable both your hardware and software verification security settings on it, which is not for the faint of heart at all.
Chrome OS and file transfering.
sdpluth said:
After doing multiple searches, it seems there have been a few discussions about phone-chromebook USB connectivity but no real solutions. I recently got a chromebook and now that it is my primary, and only, computing device I am interested in exploring it's full capabilities. I will describe the specifics of my situation but I am hoping this thread will provide a useful resource to discuss all chromebook to phone USB connectivity issues.
Background:
I recently (within past 4 days) replaced both my phone and laptop. My previous setup was an HP laptop with windows 7 and the Sprint SGS4 (rooted with Sacs23 rom on JB 4.3). I am now using the Toshiba Chromebook 2 (stock) and Verizon SGS6 (stock lollipop and unrooted).
Needless to say I am experiencing some serious adjustment / withdrawl issues. I have used a chrome browser for years but there is still a learning curve to a chromebook coming from windows.
Before getting rid of my SGS4 I made backups (TB pro to external SD and dropbox, as well as with Helium backup).
My primary goal is to restore my previous apps and settings. (the Samsung Smart transfer in the store was a bust).
Problems:
Here are the issues I have run into (using the USB quick charging cable that came with the SGS6):
-Phone is not recognized / seen at all using the USB3 port.
-Phone is visible in files app using the USB2 port, but I get constant pop-ups “whoa there, be careful.” The chomebook appears to be constantly disconnecting from the phone.
-Neither the Helium app on my phone or in the Helium Chrome app recognize that the devices are connected.
- I installed the clockworkmod ABDchrome extension/app but it does not recognize that the phone is connected.
-The files app can see the files on the phone. It appears to be able to copy from the phone but not write to it (options for creating new folder are greyed out)
It seems some of my difficulties may be related to my specific phone setup (Lollipop on Verizon). I have seen prior suggestions to use the “three dots” on the storage screen to select USB transfer mode (I don’t have the three dots on Verizon touch wiz). Another possible solution was to select the USB transfer mode (PTP/MTP) on the popup notification when the devices are connected (Unfortunately, again, I don’t seem to get any popup notifications on my particular setup).
Again, my ultimate goal is to restore my phone apps / settings from my old phone, but I am interested to see if this is possible using the native(ish) capabilities of the chromebook (it may not be possible). I would be interested in any thoughts / suggestions for accomplishing this using the following:
Stock chromebook (i.e. Not installing Linux)
USB connection (i.e. not using Airdroid)
Stock lollipop
SGS6 (unrooted)
If there is no workable solution then would it be possible with a rooted phone? (it appears a root solution for the verizon SGS6 recently became an option)
I appreciate any input!
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As it stands with the latest ChromeOS update you can transfer files from your phone to the chromebook. ChromeOS however is unable to write files to the phone. You can do as another poster suggested and use an sd card. (if your phone supports an sdcard)
Chrome has come a long way and maybe sometime in the near future it'll have support to write files to phones.
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As it stands with the latest ChromeOS update you can transfer files from your phone to the chromebook. ChromeOS however is unable to write files to the phone. You can do as another poster suggested and use an sd card. (if your phone supports an sdcard)
Chrome has come a long way and maybe sometime in the near future it'll have support to write files to phones.
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Right. As I stated in my original post, I can see the files on my phone but I cannot write to the phone. My goal was to get my Titanium Backup files from my old phone to my new phone. The new phone (SGS6) does not have SD card slot so the easy solution is off the table. I eventually found a work around and used the app AirDroid to do a Wi-Fi transfer from the Chromebook SD card to my new phone.
In general, I have settled in to using my chomebook. It is fine for day to day tasks, but it has limitations which can be frustrating - like not being able to write to an external device. On the surface, this seems like an simple and unnecessary oversight. The chromebook could really use a more robust (copy, find duplicates, compare files) file management service/app which would seamlessly work with the sdcard, usb connected devices, and multiple cloud storage locations.
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Right. As I stated in my original post, I can see the files on my phone but I cannot write to the phone. My goal was to get my Titanium Backup files from my old phone to my new phone. The new phone (SGS6) does not have SD card slot so the easy solution is off the table. I eventually found a work around and used the app AirDroid to do a Wi-Fi transfer from the Chromebook SD card to my new phone.
In general, I have settled in to using my chomebook. It is fine for day to day tasks, but it has limitations which can be frustrating - like not being able to write to an external device. On the surface, this seems like an simple and unnecessary oversight. The chromebook could really use a more robust (copy, find duplicates, compare files) file management service/app which would seamlessly work with the sdcard, usb connected devices, and multiple cloud storage locations.
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I will have to check out Airdrop. Is that an android app or is it on chrome also? That something I'm interested in. How exactly do you use it on Chrome?
It is an Android app which sets up a direct Wi-Fi link to the chromebook. There are probably others that do the same including file management apps (es file explorer )
Hey there!
So I usually use the magnetic charger I have on my desk. Because of this I've found wireless media transfer to be very convenient.
However, its performance is rather poor and very inconsistent:
- Creating new folders makes it crash.
- Random dropouts.
- stuck in "Awaiting connection"
- The fact that you need to scroll like 3 menus to get there.
So I was wondering if anyone knows about a reliable app that does wireless file transferring (for both internal memory and SD card)?
Airdroid.
i use MiXplorer as my file manager. it allows setting up of your phone as an FTP server, which appears on my pc as a folder, from which i can drag/drop/copy files just like any other pc folder
SHAREit
danibus said:
Airdroid.
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Tried it, too funky, lots of bugs and files over 10mb require premium.
wyt18 said:
i use MiXplorer as my file manager. it allows setting up of your phone as an FTP server, which appears on my pc as a folder, from which i can drag/drop/copy files just like any other pc folder
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How do you configure it? I was unable to use it as an FTP server?
I use for every transfer from/to Phone WLAN FTP -> I use FileZilla! Fast an stable.
To build the FTP server on Phone I use Solid Explorer (old version - not 2.x) - Same File Mananger I use anyway.
fluffi444 said:
I use for every transfer from/to Phone WLAN FTP -> I use FileZilla! Fast an stable.
To build the FTP server on Phone I use Solid Explorer (old version - not 2.x) - Same File Mananger I use anyway.
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does it allow SD card access?
Sydrox said:
does it allow SD card access?
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Sure! Internal and external.
EDIT
I just tried this MiXplorer - And it seams that it has some problems with FTP, indeed.
In my short test I didn't make to show files which are in folders. So browsing through folders and file was not possible correctly. Don't know why.
I'll stay with Solid Explorer. Even if the UI (of 1.x version) is not looking very up-to-date. But there is also an 2.x with Material design.
WiFi File Transfer - using it for 2 years, works Always
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smarterdroid.wififiletransfer&hl=en
Photosync, free on Android : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.touchbyte.photosync&hl=en
Bought iOS app when I had the iPhone, then kept using it, it syncs new media with a touch of a button, makes new folders etc.
with xender you can transfer anything you want between phones, or computer.. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cn.xender
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Also sshdroid for access to everything, even root
I'm using an old version of ES file explorer, back when it didn't have all that crap. Transfer is easy as a breeze between devices.
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Hey there!
So I usually use the magnetic charger I have on my desk. Because of this I've found wireless media transfer to be very convenient.
However, its performance is rather poor and very inconsistent:
- Creating new folders makes it crash.
- Random dropouts.
- stuck in "Awaiting connection"
- The fact that you need to scroll like 3 menus to get there.
So I was wondering if anyone knows about a reliable app that does wireless file transferring (for both internal memory and SD card)?
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