I switched over to using an SD card for image storage on the SGC, Plugging it into the USB and going through the import process with Picasa (this on a Win8 machine) only shows the pics and vids on the internal storage. I've tried both MTP and Camera mode for the USB connection. Even using the folder option in Picasa's import menu and navigating to the folder on the SD card doesn't work. As an FYI - I can see the photos through the standard file explorer.
Would love to use Picasa to import my pics - as it does a spiffy job of keeping everything organized.
Anyone figure this out? It also seems to be an issue with SGS3 with pics on the SD card.
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See my post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34698013#post34698013
This might help you.
apprentice said:
See my post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34698013#post34698013
This might help you.
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This worked like a charm - a bit more intensive than just plugging in the cam - but it works and seems to work well. Plus my camera's rooted now. Bonus.
Thanks again.
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I just pickedup a 4gb sd card off amazon, and it works fine for music, but I was trying to figure out if there was any way to sync pictures taken on my phone to my PC automatically? I'm looking for a way to set up a folder to automatically get a copy of all new pictures I take when I sync, so that I have them stored on my PC. I can't for the life of me figure out how to do it, and google/searchs aren't turning up anything! I know it might not even be possible, but any help would be great!
Rainsford said:
I just pickedup a 4gb sd card off amazon, and it works fine for music, but I was trying to figure out if there was any way to sync pictures taken on my phone to my PC automatically? I'm looking for a way to set up a folder to automatically get a copy of all new pictures I take when I sync, so that I have them stored on my PC. I can't for the life of me figure out how to do it, and google/searchs aren't turning up anything! I know it might not even be possible, but any help would be great!
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Mobsync runs alongside active sync and allows you to sync any folder from PC to SD or DD card to PC.:
http://mobsync.en.softonic.com/pocket
also see here for general backup info:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Backup%20Bible
Mike
Using windows media player, you can set it up to automatically sync pictures to your device.
Its quite complicated, but it does work.
Surur
I have a USB OTG cable, and it comes in handy for looking at pictures from SD cards and the like.
I was wondering if there is any app or setting that I can use that will basically hoover pictures from an SD card and then back them up to Google+ Photos.
I know it does this on the desktop with Picasa installed, but being able to automatically upload photos from an SD card while I'm out and about would be handy.
Thank you for your time!
hbar98 said:
I have a USB OTG cable, and it comes in handy for looking at pictures from SD cards and the like.
I was wondering if there is any app or setting that I can use that will basically hoover pictures from an SD card and then back them up to Google+ Photos.
I know it does this on the desktop with Picasa installed, but being able to automatically upload photos from an SD card while I'm out and about would be handy.
Thank you for your time!
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FolderSync can do this. You could also use Tasker to start the FolderSync once the sd card was connected.
farfromuman said:
FolderSync can do this. You could also use Tasker to start the FolderSync once the sd card was connected.
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Thanks! I'll take a look at that. I have done a few things with Tasker, so I may be able to figure it out. I just wish it was automatic like it is on my computer when I insert an SD card or USB key into my computer.
Does anyone know whether it's possible to use the Google Plus Photos app with sync on the Z1 Sony stock firmware (I'm using 4.4.2)?
How it is supposed to behave:
- Edited photos replace the original, yet maintain the edit/meta-information to revert
- All changes, including deleting photos, sync across all devices
How it behaves for me:
- Editing a photo on the Z1 creates a new image, without the editing information, i.e. without being able to revert anything
- The original photo on the device does not get deleted when I delete it on another device or online
rxzlmn said:
- The original photo on the device does not get deleted when I delete it on another device or online
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Hi!
Maybe it's a stuppid suggestion, but have you check the option "google+ photos" is activated in Settings > Google > "your gmail account" ???
rxzlmn said:
How it behaves for me:
- Editing a photo on the Z1 creates a new image, without the editing information, i.e. without being able to revert anything
- The original photo on the device does not get deleted when I delete it on another device or online
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Same here, found out it was because my pictures were on my SD card.
Are your pictures on an SD card? If so, move them to Internal Storage and see if the problem persists.
You should also run the SD card fix if the SD card issue was your problem.
kentexcitebot said:
Same here, found out it was because my pictures were on my SD card.
Are your pictures on an SD card? If so, move them to Internal Storage and see if the problem persists.
You should also run the SD card fix if the SD card issue was your problem.
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thanks, I did save to SD card before but disabled it already. perhaps I try wiping the remaining photos from the card. can I ask what do you mean by SD card fix?
edit:
actually I just quickly wiped the phone to see if it's of any fix. unfortunately, it's not. the behaviour is really annoying:
- if I edit a pic in google plus online or another android device, the Z1 shows the edited version in the google photos app and the original version in the sony album app
- if I delete a picture in google plus online or via another android device, it will disappear in the google photos app on the Z1 but remain on the stock album app
- if I open a photo from the stock album app and select to edit it in the google photos app, there will be a copy of the original plus an edited copy in the stock album app, but only an edited version in the photos app.
so ultimately, making the sync/edit tools from google useless as it creates a mess, I used to edit my photos all the time on my N10 or online and everything was synced nicely. now the only non-messy option is doing _everything_ from within the sony app and also lose the option to change edits later on.
any help how to solve this appreciated. but I have a feeling that this is not possible on stock. anyone knows the behaviour on CM?
A weird one here regarding file structure. Can you help? Have a pressed a crazy setting somewhere?
This has caused me to lose photos so quite important! I'd hate other to have this issue to without realizing!
If i take a photo on my phone. it goes to the SD Card/DCIM/100ANDRO folder.
If i go to ALBUM app and view that file and move it to another location (i.e SD Card/Backup) the file moves..
If i look at the photo again and look at its 'details' the folder location is showing the new location
If I use 'File Commander' app, it shows it has moved too to the new location.
All good!
If i then go to my laptop, and plug my USB into my phone (or view my phone files via the Wireless Media Transfer) and view my phone files. the photo has NOT moved location.
BUT, if i physically remove my mico SD card from my phone, place it into my card reader attached to my laptop, the SD card shows that the file HAS moved.
It seems the usb cable connectivity is not showing the updated file location.
How can this be?
Also. If i view the photo and move it via 'File Commander' app, according to my phone the file gets moved. But when i view my files via USB cable, the the file has been copied (not moved)to the new location, so now there is a duplicate.
And also, now according to the 'Album' app, the file has moved to it's new location but there is a corrupt image file in the old location.
Because I file manage via my phone and then manually connect via USB and back up files and file manage there too, because the file locations are different, I have managed to lose photos.
It seems i shouldn't use a USB cable to view my phone, but i should eject my micro SD and view it away from the phone! But Why?
Can anyone shed a light on this annoying problem/bug?
Thanks
kuztardd said:
A weird one here regarding file structure. Can you help? Have a pressed a crazy setting somewhere?
This has caused me to lose photos so quite important! I'd hate other to have this issue to without realizing!
If i take a photo on my phone. it goes to the SD Card/DCIM/100ANDRO folder.
If i go to ALBUM app and view that file and move it to another location (i.e SD Card/Backup) the file moves..
If i look at the photo again and look at its 'details' the folder location is showing the new location
If I use 'File Commander' app, it shows it has moved too to the new location.
All good!
If i then go to my laptop, and plug my USB into my phone (or view my phone files via the Wireless Media Transfer) and view my phone files. the photo has NOT moved location.
BUT, if i physically remove my mico SD card from my phone, place it into my card reader attached to my laptop, the SD card shows that the file HAS moved.
It seems the usb cable connectivity is not showing the updated file location.
How can this be?
Also. If i view the photo and move it via 'File Commander' app, according to my phone the file gets moved. But when i view my files via USB cable, the the file has been copied (not moved)to the new location, so now there is a duplicate.
And also, now according to the 'Album' app, the file has moved to it's new location but there is a corrupt image file in the old location.
Because I file manage via my phone and then manually connect via USB and back up files and file manage there too, because the file locations are different, I have managed to lose photos.
It seems i shouldn't use a USB cable to view my phone, but i should eject my micro SD and view it away from the phone! But Why?
Can anyone shed a light on this annoying problem/bug?
Thanks
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Are you using a 'debloated' rom? Are you stopping the media server from running in any way, via amplify or greenify for example?
Make sure you have the correct drivers
A lot of Devs remove USB services from a build as it's big and takes up a lot of resources. If it's 5.1.1. build then you might be able to use Wajk's flashable missing services .
Hi there,
The phone is a month old, and only has apps from Google play on it. No custom ROM either.
I have developer options, but that's all..
I'll try the driver thing you mentioned soon to see if that helps.
kuztardd said:
Hi there,
The phone is a month old, and only has apps from Google play on it. No custom ROM either.
I have developer options, but that's all..
I'll try the driver thing you mentioned soon to see if that helps.
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Are you using a USB hub from the PC? Try plugging in the phone directly.
If you have developer options available, have you enabled USB debug?
Didgesteve said:
Are you using a USB hub from the PC? Try plugging in the phone directly.
If you have developer options available, have you enabled USB debug?
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No hub here, its a cable direct from the phone to the laptop. I've even tried different cables (not that that should make a difference).
and I the issue persists with developer on or off and with usb debugging on or off too.
Hey, could you do a favour? can you confirm that if your phone is plugged in via USB and you have windows explorer open on a folder with a photo in. (and you can see that file)
and then via your phone and ALBUM app you move that photo to a different location, that it moves it via your windows explorer too?
Thanks
kuztardd said:
No hub here, its a cable direct from the phone to the laptop. I've even tried different cables (not that that should make a difference).
and I the issue persists with developer on or off and with usb debugging on or off too.
Hey, could you do a favour? can you confirm that if your phone is plugged in via USB and you have windows explorer open on a folder with a photo in. (and you can see that file)
and then via your phone and ALBUM app you move that photo to a different location, that it moves it via your windows explorer too?
Thanks
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I don't have USB working properly on my phone either, it doesn't show the contents of folders on the phone SD card, just empty folders, although I can copy/paste an item into a folder and it shows.
But I have a debloated rom and the USB funtions haven't been installed.
I doubt that windows will see any folder changes until you tell it to refresh (F5)
Since moving to the Note 9 I have been having issues with Google Photos backing up to my Google account. It has been working perfectly for years on my Note 8, Note 5, etc...
Now, on the Note 9, the backup sticks at "Getting ready to back up" until I go into a folder that backup is enable on and toggle the option off then back on. This makes the application begin the backup. I have it configured for High Quality but it did the same when I tried Original quality settings.
I initially though it was a problem with photos that I moved over from my Note 8, but I cleared out all of my on device photos and it is still having this same problem. I tried all the usual steps of clearing Photos cache and data. Uninstall and reinstall, clear Play Services Cache and data. I haven't performed a factory reset, but I don't feel like taking the time to reconfigure everything for something that might not even work.
Does anybody else have this problem also?
No issues. Did you disable any services?
Photos works fine on my 960F/DS...
Yes and I can't figure out how to solve the problem. What have you found?
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jezaz said:
Yes and I can't figure out how to solve the problem. What have you found?
Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk
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Hello,
I have similar issue on a French SM-N960F/DS (Dual Sim)
Somehow, the Google Photos App is stuck while retrieving my Photos (from Google Web Server) an I can only view a couple of them (the most recent ones), without being able to scroll down and view the older ones.
Also when taking photos, it wont upload them
And finally if I try to toggle the switch (for backup) inside one directory, I have a popup asking me to first enabe Backup and Sync in Google Photos Apps, which is ALREADY enabled.
I suspect this is linked to the SD Card.
I removed it (just unmount it is sufficient, no need to physically remove it) and I reconfigured the Native Samsung Photo App to store all photos on the internal memory.
And now Google Photos Apps is just working fine. Full access on old pictures and proper upload.
EDIT1:
I have RE-mounted the SD Card without changing the Samsung Photo App settings, which means all taken Pictures are still stored on the Internal Memory.
By doing so, when I get into the Google Photos App, I see the new picture, and I see that there is "1" new photo to be uploaded on the upper right corner, but it is stuck there. The round icon keeps circling and it never gets uploaded (I cannot see the new Picture on the Google Photos website from my laptop)
If I Unmount the SD Card again, then the new Picture gets properly uploaded and the App is not stuck.
There is definitively an issue with the SD card.
This is quite annoying as I store lots of TV Series on my SD Card, hence I have it always inside the Phone.......
EDIT2:
I have formatted the SD Card from the Phone menu and now it works fine , even if the Card is present.
EDIT3:
I have copied back 10x MKV Files onto the SD Card (while Note9 was connected to laptop), and now the problem re-appears. If I delete the directory containing these MKV, back to normal, functioning fine.....
Then I tried to configure the Samsung Photo App to store taken pictur on the SD Card. In that case, the Google Photos App is correctly synching the new picture.
So now I'm more thinking there is an issue with some of the files stored on the SD Card. This card had been used for +2 years on a Galaxy Note 4 without issue. I do think the Note 9 might have a flaw while handling content from the SD Card.... ?
EDIT4: SOLVED
I just simply put a text file called ".nomedia" inside the directory containing the MKV files and VOILA
Hope that helps someone else
SD Card Issue with Google Photos
Damin0u said:
Hello,
I have similar issue on a French SM-N960F/DS (Dual Sim)
Somehow, the Google Photos App is stuck while retrieving my Photos (from Google Web Server) an I can only view a couple of them (the most recent ones), without being able to scroll down and view the older ones.
Also when taking photos, it wont upload them
And finally if I try to toggle the switch (for backup) inside one directory, I have a popup asking me to first enabe Backup and Sync in Google Photos Apps, which is ALREADY enabled.
I suspect this is linked to the SD Card.
I removed it (just unmount it is sufficient, no need to physically remove it) and I reconfigured the Native Samsung Photo App to store all photos on the internal memory.
And now Google Photos Apps is just working fine. Full access on old pictures and proper upload.
EDIT1:
I have RE-mounted the SD Card without changing the Samsung Photo App settings, which means all taken Pictures are still stored on the Internal Memory.
By doing so, when I get into the Google Photos App, I see the new picture, and I see that there is "1" new photo to be uploaded on the upper right corner, but it is stuck there. The round icon keeps circling and it never gets uploaded (I cannot see the new Picture on the Google Photos website from my laptop)
If I Unmount the SD Card again, then the new Picture gets properly uploaded and the App is not stuck.
There is definitively an issue with the SD card.
This is quite annoying as I store lots of TV Series on my SD Card, hence I have it always inside the Phone.......
EDIT2:
I have formatted the SD Card from the Phone menu and now it works fine , even if the Card is present.
EDIT3:
I have copied back 10x MKV Files onto the SD Card (while Note9 was connected to laptop), and now the problem re-appears. If I delete the directory containing these MKV, back to normal, functioning fine.....
Then I tried to configure the Samsung Photo App to store taken pictur on the SD Card. In that case, the Google Photos App is correctly synching the new picture.
So now I'm more thinking there is an issue with some of the files stored on the SD Card. This card had been used for +2 years on a Galaxy Note 4 without issue. I do think the Note 9 might have a flaw while handling content from the SD Card.... ?
EDIT4: SOLVED
I just simply put a text file called ".nomedia" inside the directory containing the MKV files and VOILA
Hope that helps someone else
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I also had the same issue since I got my Note 9, photos was stuck uploading, I uninstalled the App and cleared the cache still the same, upon reading your forum. I bought 512gb SDCard was working perfectly fine since PIE 9, after rolling back to Oreo; I unmounted the SD card closed Google Photos and checked the camera setting to make sure it was Internal. I opened Google Photos and it had already uploaded screenshot I took earlier and also seen in online. I then re-mounted the card by rebooting the phone for fresh install and worked normal again. Took a few screen shot's and google photos was uploading them as normal.
So anyone else check your card first, baffled me for a few day's