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'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
Having adopted my son's Samsung phone, I'm having a play. This is my first android type phone (I thought my last mobile was sophisticated because it took photos as well as made phone calls), which is now connected to the home network. Phone is running Android 4.4.4 The phone is S3, I think. Having installed ES File Explorer on the phone, I can see shared files on my Netbook, using the phone. What I can't see is the phone from the Netbook. Should I be able to? I perhaps naively assumed the phone would appear on the Netbook (W98), but there must be a setting I am missing within the phone. Whatever it is, I can't find. Any clues? -- Graeme |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
News wrote:
What I can't see is the phone from the Netbook. Should I be able to? I perhaps naively assumed the phone would appear on the Netbook (W98) Earlier versions of Android presented as USB removable storage so would look like an external drive to a PC, but newer versions use MTP or PTP instead, so the phone doesn't have to unmount the storage to allow the PC to mount it. Win98(!) doesn't come with MTP drivers, you might be able to find some and install them, e.g. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/171263/mtp-devices-in-windows-me/?p=957830 |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
On Thu, 28 May 2015 10:16:07 +0100, News wrote:
What I can't see is the phone from the Netbook. Should I be able to? Yes, it should just pop up as an external drive - providing you tell the phone to act as external storage. When you plug the USB in, does it come up on the screen asking what to do? Charge, storage, both? I perhaps naively assumed the phone would appear on the Netbook (W98) That's probably your problem, right there. An OS that was released 17yrs ago and replaced 20yrs ago... |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
News wrote:
Having adopted my son's Samsung phone, I'm having a play. This is my first android type phone (I thought my last mobile was sophisticated because it took photos as well as made phone calls), which is now connected to the home network. Phone is running Android 4.4.4 The phone is S3, I think. Having installed ES File Explorer on the phone, I can see shared files on my Netbook, using the phone. What I can't see is the phone from the Netbook. Should I be able to? I perhaps naively assumed the phone would appear on the Netbook (W98), but there must be a setting I am missing within the phone. Whatever it is, I can't find. Any clues? Have you opened remote manager in ES File Explorer and used the address there on your PC? That works in XP and Windows 7 but I've no idea if Windows 98 will cope See http://www.estrongs.com/eshelp/en/ne...#_Toc406426524 -- Robin reply to address is (meant to be) valid |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
Adrian wrote:
An OS that was released 17yrs ago and replaced 20yrs ago... You are The Doctor and ICMFP :) -- Robin reply to address is (meant to be) valid |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
On Thu, 28 May 2015 10:44:02 +0100, Robin wrote:
Adrian wrote: An OS that was released 17yrs ago and replaced 15yrs ago... You are The Doctor and ICMFP :) I don't know what you mean... |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
On 28/05/2015 10:16, News wrote:
Having adopted my son's Samsung phone, I'm having a play. This is my first android type phone (I thought my last mobile was sophisticated because it took photos as well as made phone calls), which is now connected to the home network. Phone is running Android 4.4.4 The phone is S3, I think. Having installed ES File Explorer on the phone, I can see shared files on my Netbook, using the phone. What I can't see is the phone from the Netbook. Should I be able to? I perhaps naively assumed the phone would appear on the Netbook (W98), but there must be a setting I am missing within the phone. Whatever it is, I can't find. Any clues? I can see the shared folders on my W7 computer from my Android Moto G phone when running ES File Explorer - but not the other way round. In order to see files on the phone from the PC, I have to physically connect them via USB. The phone then appears as an external drive on the PC. Can't guarantee this will work on W98 though! -- Cheers, Roger ____________ Please reply to Newsgroup. Whilst email address is valid, it is seldom checked. |
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Roger Mills wrote:
I can see the shared folders on my W7 computer from my Android Moto G phone when running ES File Explorer - but not the other way round. It took me a while to discover the way see the files from Windows over a network as the setting is not obvuous in ES but IMO it makes it much easier to manage files. See http://www.estrongs.com/eshelp/en/ne...#_Toc406426524 -- Robin reply to address is (meant to be) valid |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
On Thu, 28 May 2015 09:46:54 +0000, Adrian wrote:
On Thu, 28 May 2015 10:44:02 +0100, Robin wrote: Adrian wrote: An OS that was released 17yrs ago and replaced 15yrs ago... You are The Doctor and ICMFP :) I don't know what you mean... Time inversion. |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
On 28/05/15 10:16, News wrote:
Having adopted my son's Samsung phone, OK - first mistake! You are supposed to get the best on contract yourself and 2 years later, pass it onto him as a cast off! ;- I'm having a play. This is my first android type phone (I thought my last mobile was sophisticated because it took photos as well as made phone calls), which is now connected to the home network. Phone is running Android 4.4.4 The phone is S3, I think. Good - the S3 is still perfectly serviceable. Having installed ES File Explorer on the phone, I can see shared files on my Netbook, using the phone. What I can't see is the phone from the Netbook. Should I be able to? I perhaps naively assumed the phone would appear on the Netbook (W98), but there must be a setting I am missing within the phone. Whatever it is, I can't find. Any clues? Stick an SSH server on the phone: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...apps.sshserver and use SFTP from the netbook (using typically WinSCP as you said Windows, or Cyberduck from a Mac). You need to choose an ssh port number on the phone (22 is not permitted unless you root the phone, pick a random memorable number =1024 and =65535 Note the phones IP on the network (system settings/About Device/Status) or install a "widget" app that tells you. https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...hiess.ipwidget Set up a user and password in the SSH app. Connect to WIFI (as most cell operators block incoming IP connections) Use WinSCP to connect to the IP above using the port and user and password you setup. Hey presto, GUI explore type access to your phone's filesystem. It is a lot less hassle once you have the apps installed an dthe basic setup done. The other option is AirDroid. |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
In message , Andy
Burns writes News wrote: What I can't see is the phone from the Netbook. Should I be able to? I perhaps naively assumed the phone would appear on the Netbook (W98) Win98(!) doesn't come with MTP drivers, you might be able to find some and install them, e.g. *Major* embarrassment. Sorry chaps. XP not 98! I know I'm in a time warp, but not quite that far back :-) -- Graeme |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
On Thu, 28 May 2015 12:04:47 +0100, News wrote:
*Major* embarrassment. Sorry chaps. XP not 98! I know I'm in a time warp, but not quite that far back :-) grin Should just play, then. Check the preferences on the phone, that it's not been set to default to charge-only. Does it play nicely if you plug it in to a different PC? |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
In message , Tim Watts
writes On 28/05/15 10:16, News wrote: Having adopted my son's Samsung phone, OK - first mistake! You are supposed to get the best on contract yourself and 2 years later, pass it onto him as a cast off! grin I never use the bl**dy thing. PAYG and a tenner will last me years. Most of the top ups I buy die after six months, long before I've used the credit. Seriously. Having got this latest one alive and kicking, I must remember to use it twice a year, just to keep it going. Stick an SSH server on the phone: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...apps.sshserver and use SFTP from the netbook (using typically WinSCP as you said Windows, or Cyberduck from a Mac). Thank you. I'm going to read all that slowly at least six more times, then have a go. -- Graeme |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
In message , Adrian
writes On Thu, 28 May 2015 12:04:47 +0100, News wrote: *Major* embarrassment. Sorry chaps. XP not 98! I know I'm in a time warp, but not quite that far back :-) grin Should just play, then. Check the preferences on the phone, that it's not been set to default to charge-only. Does it play nicely if you plug it in to a different PC? I'm having a bad morning :-) When I connect the phone to my Netbook (running XP!) via USB lead, I can see it and access it as an attached device,just like a USB stick, camera etc. When I connect the two wirelessly, via the home network, I can 'see' the Netbook from the phone, and access shared files. What I cannot do is see the phone from the Netbook wirelessly, through My Network Places, Entire Network etc. That is what I hope to achieve, not because I need to, but just because I think it should be possible. More to the point, my son who is, like all teenagers, a World Gadget Expert, told me he thought I couldn't. -- Graeme |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
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News wrote: When I connect the phone to my Netbook (running XP!) via USB lead, I can see it and access it as an attached device,just like a USB stick, camera etc. Yes - that's what happens with my Samsung here. When I connect the two wirelessly, via the home network, I can 'see' the Netbook from the phone, and access shared files. What I cannot do is see the phone from the Netbook wirelessly, through My Network Places, Entire Network etc. That is what I hope to achieve, not because I need to, but just because I think it should be possible. Think it's more a Windows thing. My smart TVs see any Windows computer on my LAN - but not the other way round. More to the point, my son who is, like all teenagers, a World Gadget Expert, told me he thought I couldn't. If you download My Phone Explorer to both the PC and phone, you'll be able to share stuff pretty easily both ways via Wi-Fi without using a cloud. It's one of those 'free' progs where they prompt you to make a donation. (Thanks to Dave Liquorice for the heads up on this prog - it does exactly what I wanted) -- *OK, who stopped payment on my reality check? Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
News wrote:
When I connect the phone to my Netbook (running XP!) via USB lead, I can see it and access it as an attached device,just like a USB stick, camera etc. OK. When I connect the two wirelessly, via the home network, I can 'see' the Netbook from the phone, and access shared files. That's because the PC is acting as a file server, and ES explorer is acting as a CIFS client. What I cannot do is see the phone from the Netbook wirelessly, through My Network Places, Entire Network etc. Your PC is a CIFS client, but Android doesn't act as a file server. That's why people have suggested mounting over SSH etc. |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
On 28/05/15 14:21, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Thu, 28 May 2015 13:30:26 +0100, News wrote: What I cannot do is see the phone from the Netbook wirelessly, through My Network Places, Entire Network etc. That is what I hope to achieve, not because I need to, but just because I think it should be possible. Well, you'd think. Welcome to Android. Where **** all "just works". You need the phone to act as a server to the Netbook. Either via SMB (Samba - Windows stylee) or FTP. Or the other way around - possibly enabling a share on the netbook. It may be possible to crowbar the bluetooth OBEX stack into the equation. But Androids version of bluetooth is even more sucky than Windows - which is saying something. |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
Tim Watts wrote:
Jethro_uk wrote: Welcome to Android. Where **** all "just works". You need the phone to act as a server to the Netbook. Either via SMB (Samba - Windows stylee) or FTP. Or the other way around - possibly enabling a share on the netbook. I think he's got that working, and it makes sense for the phone *NOT* to be a server, sucking up battery power just in case someone wants to access it, far more sense to have the PC with its mains power be the server, ready for the occasion when then phone wants to access it, you can pull or push files using the phone after all ... |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
On 28/05/15 15:42, Andy Burns wrote:
Tim Watts wrote: Jethro_uk wrote: Welcome to Android. Where **** all "just works". You need the phone to act as a server to the Netbook. Either via SMB (Samba - Windows stylee) or FTP. Or the other way around - possibly enabling a share on the netbook. I think he's got that working, and it makes sense for the phone *NOT* to be a server, sucking up battery power just in case someone wants to access it, One usually turns the SSH server on just when needed - but otherwise, I tend to agree. far more sense to have the PC with its mains power be the server, ready for the occasion when then phone wants to access it, you can pull or push files using the phone after all ... Although the PC can be a nicer client to use than the phone... |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
In message , Andy
Burns writes I think he's got that working, and it makes sense for the phone *NOT* to be a server, sucking up battery power just in case someone wants to access it, far more sense to have the PC with its mains power be the server, ready for the occasion when then phone wants to access it, you can pull or push files using the phone after all ... Thanks all. I have reached the same conclusion. I don't *need* it to work without cable - just trying to prove a point to smartarse son :-) He'll be impressed that I've managed to download an app AND get it working so I can see the Netbook from the phone wirelessly. Talking wireless and cable works, why are all these USB cables different? WTF haven't the mini plugs been standardised yet? Half a century ago, connecting a tape recorder to a record player was a nightmare with any combination of jack plugs, DIN, banana and phono to choose. Nothing has changed in fifty years. -- Graeme |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
In article ,
News wrote: Talking wireless and cable works, why are all these USB cables different? WTF haven't the mini plugs been standardised yet? Half a century ago, connecting a tape recorder to a record player was a nightmare with any combination of jack plugs, DIN, banana and phono to choose. Nothing has changed in fifty years. Obvious. They want to sell you 'their' cable at an inflated price. -- *Starfishes have no brains * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
On Thu, 28 May 2015 15:59:37 +0100, News wrote:
Talking wireless and cable works, why are all these USB cables different? WTF haven't the mini plugs been standardised yet? They have. It's just that some manufacturers ignore the standard MicroUSB. http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/apple...rop-lightning- connector-microusb-3471219/ |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , News wrote: Talking wireless and cable works, why are all these USB cables different? WTF haven't the mini plugs been standardised yet? Half a century ago, connecting a tape recorder to a record player was a nightmare with any combination of jack plugs, DIN, banana and phono to choose. Nothing has changed in fifty years. Obvious. They want to sell you 'their' cable at an inflated price. Does *nobody* else just use the "remote manager" facility built into ES File Explorer which, as I've already posted, gives an ftp address to use to manage files on the device from a PC? -- Robin reply to address is (meant to be) valid |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
On 28/05/2015 10:59, Robin wrote:
Roger Mills wrote: I can see the shared folders on my W7 computer from my Android Moto G phone when running ES File Explorer - but not the other way round. It took me a while to discover the way see the files from Windows over a network as the setting is not obvious in ES but IMO it makes it much easier to manage files. See http://www.estrongs.com/eshelp/en/ne...#_Toc406426524 Many thanks for that. I wasn't aware of that - and can now see some of the files stored on the phone in its internal storage (pseudo SD card). But I *can't* find a way of navigating to the *real* SD card - where most of my data are stored. Am I missing something? I sometimes wish to transfer music files and photos from my PC to my phone so that I can play them or show them to other people when I'm out and about. I want them to go onto the external SD card[1] - but I can't see how to do that without using USB. Where am I going wrong? [1] OK, I can copy them to internal storage and then move them within the phone - but that rather defeats the object of the exercise! -- Cheers, Roger ____________ Please reply to Newsgroup. Whilst email address is valid, it is seldom checked. |
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On 28/05/2015 17:22, Roger Mills wrote:
On 28/05/2015 10:59, Robin wrote: Roger Mills wrote: I can see the shared folders on my W7 computer from my Android Moto G phone when running ES File Explorer - but not the other way round. It took me a while to discover the way see the files from Windows over a network as the setting is not obvious in ES but IMO it makes it much easier to manage files. See http://www.estrongs.com/eshelp/en/ne...#_Toc406426524 Many thanks for that. I wasn't aware of that - and can now see some of the files stored on the phone in its internal storage (pseudo SD card). But I *can't* find a way of navigating to the *real* SD card - where most of my data are stored. Am I missing something? I sometimes wish to transfer music files and photos from my PC to my phone so that I can play them or show them to other people when I'm out and about. I want them to go onto the external SD card[1] - but I can't see how to do that without using USB. Where am I going wrong? [1] OK, I can copy them to internal storage and then move them within the phone - but that rather defeats the object of the exercise! Sorry - forget all that! I hadn't taken on-board the bit about using Settings to set the root directory. Have now done this, and can see everything! -- Cheers, Roger ____________ Please reply to Newsgroup. Whilst email address is valid, it is seldom checked. |
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On 28/05/15 15:59, News wrote:
In message , Andy Burns writes I think he's got that working, and it makes sense for the phone *NOT* to be a server, sucking up battery power just in case someone wants to access it, far more sense to have the PC with its mains power be the server, ready for the occasion when then phone wants to access it, you can pull or push files using the phone after all ... Thanks all. I have reached the same conclusion. I don't *need* it to work without cable - just trying to prove a point to smartarse son :-) He'll be impressed that I've managed to download an app AND get it working so I can see the Netbook from the phone wirelessly. Talking wireless and cable works, why are all these USB cables different? WTF haven't the mini plugs been standardised yet? Half a century ago, connecting a tape recorder to a record player was a nightmare with any combination of jack plugs, DIN, banana and phono to choose. Nothing has changed in fifty years. At least they all used 1V PP - so a Samsung Galaxy S5 will happy drive the line in to a valve amplifier made in 1950 (as long as you have a 3.5mm to phono or whatever lead). Suck that Apple! But yes, I don't like the micro USB. Mini was OK, micro is too flimsy for little gain. And the Franken-connector new version is horrid - but sadly micro was too ambitious and could not carry the high charging currents of some modern phones hence the upgrade. I wonder if they had just stuck with the mini USB... |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
On 28/05/15 16:25, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , News wrote: Talking wireless and cable works, why are all these USB cables different? WTF haven't the mini plugs been standardised yet? Half a century ago, connecting a tape recorder to a record player was a nightmare with any combination of jack plugs, DIN, banana and phono to choose. Nothing has changed in fifty years. Obvious. They want to sell you 'their' cable at an inflated price. I wonder if Russ Andrews does oxygen free aligned crystal USB cables to ensure you only have the finest undisturbed electrons charging your phone... |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
On 28/05/2015 17:01, Robin wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote: In , wrote: Talking wireless and cable works, why are all these USB cables different? WTF haven't the mini plugs been standardised yet? Half a century ago, connecting a tape recorder to a record player was a nightmare with any combination of jack plugs, DIN, banana and phono to choose. Nothing has changed in fifty years. Obvious. They want to sell you 'their' cable at an inflated price. Does *nobody* else just use the "remote manager" facility built into ES File Explorer which, as I've already posted, gives an ftp address to use to manage files on the device from a PC? I do *now*! But I hadn't discovered it until you pointed it out - and I guess that many others are the same. -- Cheers, Roger ____________ Please reply to Newsgroup. Whilst email address is valid, it is seldom checked. |
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Tim Watts wrote:
I don't like the micro USB. Mini was OK, micro is too flimsy Micro is supposed to survive many more mating cycles than mini. |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
On 28/05/15 20:13, Andy Burns wrote:
Tim Watts wrote: I don't like the micro USB. Mini was OK, micro is too flimsy Micro is supposed to survive many more mating cycles than mini. Which is surprising given the number of times I've nearly rammed it in the wrong way round! |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
"News" wrote in message ... In message , Andy Burns writes I think he's got that working, and it makes sense for the phone *NOT* to be a server, sucking up battery power just in case someone wants to access it, far more sense to have the PC with its mains power be the server, ready for the occasion when then phone wants to access it, you can pull or push files using the phone after all ... Thanks all. I have reached the same conclusion. I don't *need* it to work without cable - just trying to prove a point to smartarse son :-) He'll be impressed that I've managed to download an app AND get it working so I can see the Netbook from the phone wirelessly. Talking wireless and cable works, why are all these USB cables different? Because the first ones are too physically big for stuff like phones and other small devices like that. WTF haven't the mini plugs been standardised yet? There are just two commonly seen now with another one coming that supports more current then the first two. Half a century ago, connecting a tape recorder to a record player was a nightmare with any combination of jack plugs, DIN, banana and phono to choose. Nothing has changed in fifty years. At least now they are physically incompatible so its easy to see which one is needed. |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
"Tim Watts" wrote in message ... On 28/05/15 15:59, News wrote: In message , Andy Burns writes I think he's got that working, and it makes sense for the phone *NOT* to be a server, sucking up battery power just in case someone wants to access it, far more sense to have the PC with its mains power be the server, ready for the occasion when then phone wants to access it, you can pull or push files using the phone after all ... Thanks all. I have reached the same conclusion. I don't *need* it to work without cable - just trying to prove a point to smartarse son :-) He'll be impressed that I've managed to download an app AND get it working so I can see the Netbook from the phone wirelessly. Talking wireless and cable works, why are all these USB cables different? WTF haven't the mini plugs been standardised yet? Half a century ago, connecting a tape recorder to a record player was a nightmare with any combination of jack plugs, DIN, banana and phono to choose. Nothing has changed in fifty years. At least they all used 1V PP - so a Samsung Galaxy S5 will happy drive the line in to a valve amplifier made in 1950 (as long as you have a 3.5mm to phono or whatever lead). Suck that Apple! But yes, I don't like the micro USB. Mini was OK, micro is too flimsy for little gain. And the Franken-connector new version is horrid - but sadly micro was too ambitious and could not carry the high charging currents of some modern phones hence the upgrade. I wonder if they had just stuck with the mini USB... Its main disadvantage is that it is asymmetric and easy to damage when being forced in the wrong way by technoklutzes. |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
"Andy Burns" wrote in message o.uk... Tim Watts wrote: I don't like the micro USB. Mini was OK, micro is too flimsy Micro is supposed to survive many more mating cycles than mini. And is deliberately designed so that the easy to replace cable connector is what wears, not the much harder to replace connector it plugs into. |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
On 28/05/15 21:09, Simon263 wrote:
"Tim Watts" wrote in message I wonder if they had just stuck with the mini USB... Its main disadvantage is that it is asymmetric and easy to damage when being forced in the wrong way by technoklutzes. ? Micro is assymetric and easier to try to force the wrong way. Mini has wopping (relatively) big lugs on one side. It would have been much nicer if someone just said "lets make the bloody thing reversible and put matching contacts on both sides - spread the amps too". |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
On 28/05/15 21:20, Simon263 wrote:
"Andy Burns" wrote in message o.uk... Tim Watts wrote: I don't like the micro USB. Mini was OK, micro is too flimsy Micro is supposed to survive many more mating cycles than mini. And is deliberately designed so that the easy to replace cable connector is what wears, not the much harder to replace connector it plugs into. Ah - that'll be why I had to replace the bottom PC in SWMBO's Galaxy S2 when the socket (regular micro) fell to bits... ******* job, but cheap enough... |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
Tim Watts wrote:
It would have been much nicer if someone just said "lets make the bloody thing reversible and put matching contacts on both sides - spread the amps too". See the USB Type C connector ... If Nokia would get their finger out with the N1, I'd have one ... |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
"Tim Watts" wrote in message ... On 28/05/15 21:09, Simon263 wrote: "Tim Watts" wrote in message I wonder if they had just stuck with the mini USB... Its main disadvantage is that it is asymmetric and easy to damage when being forced in the wrong way by technoklutzes. ? Micro is assymetric and easier to try to force the wrong way. Yes, and that is why the latest version is symmetric and can't be used the wrong way. Mini has wopping (relatively) big lugs on one side. And has the main disadvantage that it isn't symmetric so it can go in either way. It would have been much nicer if someone just said "lets make the bloody thing reversible and put matching contacts on both sides - spread the amps too". And that is what the latest has done. And that isn't just seen with USB either, Apple has gone the same route with the lightning connector over the previous one. Main downside with the lightning connector is that the contacts are too exposed on the power end for my taste. |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
"Tim Watts" wrote in message ... On 28/05/15 21:20, Simon263 wrote: "Andy Burns" wrote in message o.uk... Tim Watts wrote: I don't like the micro USB. Mini was OK, micro is too flimsy Micro is supposed to survive many more mating cycles than mini. And is deliberately designed so that the easy to replace cable connector is what wears, not the much harder to replace connector it plugs into. Ah - that'll be why I had to replace the bottom PC in SWMBO's Galaxy S2 when the socket (regular micro) fell to bits... No one ever said that no one would ever stuff up the design of the connector that is in the device rather than on the cable. Mostly it is the one on the cable that wears out first tho. ******* job, but cheap enough... |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
Blimey I thought I was out of date with xp.
brian -- From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active "Andy Burns" wrote in message o.uk... News wrote: What I can't see is the phone from the Netbook. Should I be able to? I perhaps naively assumed the phone would appear on the Netbook (W98) Earlier versions of Android presented as USB removable storage so would look like an external drive to a PC, but newer versions use MTP or PTP instead, so the phone doesn't have to unmount the storage to allow the PC to mount it. Win98(!) doesn't come with MTP drivers, you might be able to find some and install them, e.g. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/171263/mtp-devices-in-windows-me/?p=957830 |
'Seeing' Android phone from Windows PC
In message , Robin writes
Does *nobody* else just use the "remote manager" facility built into ES File Explorer which, as I've already posted, gives an ftp address to use to manage files on the device from a PC? I do now :-) Thank you. It just works. I can now access phone from PC and PC from phone, both over home wi fi. Even son was impressed. -- Graeme |
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