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I got a captivate about a month ago, I am pretty much illiterate when it comes to techno speak. I was able to root my phone, have super user icon and downloaded "astro" for management which I learned from her. All I want is to wireless tether my device so myself and roommates can use with our pc's. When I download the wireless app it shows up in astro, but doesn't ask for permission, it simply says for security reasons it blocks apps not from the market. Can someone patiently and slowly walk me thru the process. Keeping in mind that a lot of the computer speak I don't understand.
You need to enable sideloading. I never did it but I know there's a thread about it in development. Before I flashed to froyo I used this to sideload apps: http://www.androidcentral.com/sideload-android-apps-all-you-want-sideload-wonder-machine
Follow the instructions on that page to install the app.
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Sounds good, I'll try. Keep in mind I'm a simpleton how user friendly is this?
p1p3l1n3r205 said:
Sounds good, I'll try. Keep in mind I'm a simpleton how user friendly is this?
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Very. Just make sure usb debugging is enabled, copy the apk to your desktop, browse to the file, and install.
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This is where my problems come in, with my lack of knowledge I don't know how to connect and move the files from my pc to my phone. I know how to turn off the usb debugging and plug in, but am lost after that. Pleas don't think me a total idiot, just need a complete walk thru. To be honest, I have no honest idea how I got as far as I did. I downloaded the 1 click lag fix from the market to root the phone, so I got lucky to find that instead of going thru the pc process. Is there any very simple step by step walk thru? Be patient with me, atleast I'm trying right.
Also what about loading directly to the phone?
To mount the phone to the pc (I'm not sure what you have your usb connection set to but when plugging it in if it gives you an option choose mass storage), pull down the notification bar and select mount.
You'll get one or two removable drives (two if you have an external sd card), select the internal one (should have a DCIM folder) navigate to the download folder, copy the apk you downloaded to your desktop, and then pull down the notification bar again and dismount the phone.
Launch the sideload wonder machine, browse, navigate to desktop, select the apk, install.
Note: You'll need the drivers installed and that can be found in the development forum.
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I am at work now but am going to try as soon as I get home. Thank you for your help, its very much appreciated.
Look at the captivate wiki, it has like four methods for side loading.
And dump astro, buy root explorer.
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Can someone make a recommendation? I basically want to sideload some apk's & pictures, videos & books. I was using Calibre for sideloading non B&N books with Win Explorer for wallpaper. I was partially successful at getting USB ADB working, got driver working, but realized that Windows now does not see the NC as a mass storage device & Calibre will not ID it. Am I better off just putting apk's on the sd card & installing via Astro file mgr? Any insight on this subject is appreciated.
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kev
I had that issue until I realized that
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I had that issue until I realized my nook was not awake. Once I woke it up ut worked like a charm.
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bugeyed1 said:
Can someone make a recommendation? I basically want to sideload some apk's & pictures, videos & books. I was using Calibre for sideloading non B&N books with Win Explorer for wallpaper. I was partially successful at getting USB ADB working, got driver working, but realized that Windows now does not see the NC as a mass storage device & Calibre will not ID it. Am I better off just putting apk's on the sd card & installing via Astro file mgr? Any insight on this subject is appreciated.
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For me... Got my NC for Christmas ! I followed the BN instructions to download and update my NC to 1.0.1. I then followed the instructions for using Auto-Nooter and then these for setting up the USB drivers in Windows:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=882751
And it works for all cases. I can use ADB, Windows sees it as a mass storage device and Calibre connects to it. Something could be wrong with your USB setup. Try checking out the thread I used.
OK, as long as Win. still sees it as before & Calibre still works, I will try to get ADB working over USB. Right now Windows "computer" doesn't see it, but it shows in Device Mgr as Android Phone/Android ADB interface. The NC is ON & displaying the USB mode screen. Since explorer doesn't see it, I can't eject it. As I said, I will back up & try the ADB setup again. If anyone knows what I did wrong, please speak up. I will be working on this this afternoon. Should I remove the ADB driver & start from the beginning?
Thanks,
Kev
Update: Got it working. At least it reported the serial number when I ran "adb devices". I can now see the NC in explorer & device mgr shows the device. I now need to learn to use these new adb tools. Any helpful instructions I can read?
Thanks,
kev
If using my computer and I find an apk. I want to install, I use dropbox. I then open dropbox on the NC download the apk and install it.
Also the Wireless ADB app works well too.
I honestly have no clue why so many people are mucking around with ADB and command lines. If people like doing things the hard way, fine, install apps via ADB, but there are much simpler ways to do things.
Yes, there are a handful of things that need to be done by ADB, but installing standard apps is not one of them.
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I honestly have no clue why so many people are mucking around with ADB and command lines. If you like doing things the hard way, fine, install your apps via ADB, but there are much simpler ways to do things.
Yes, there are a handful of things that need to be done by ADB, but installing standard apps is not one of them.
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Well, I did ask for recommendations in the OP! Care to make one?
Cheers,
kev
Oh, certainly, what I meant was a file manager is great for it, as it's the other method you mentioned. Dropbox is by far the easiest way I've found to move things from your PC to your Android device, too.
My comment about people "doing things the hard way" wasn't specifically directed at you, either, although upon looking back it does seem to come off that way. I'll fix it. Anyway, what I meant was that everywhere I go I see people posting very long sets of commands for people to type in to ADB or the Terminal so that they can accomplish things that are easily done with the push of a button or two in the appropriate app. And then I see lots of people responding with "It didn't work" which usually means they typed something wrong.
The command line is wonderful because it's so powerful and precise, but that doesn't mean it should be used for every simple task.
I find that the majority of things that I need to do can be done with Root Explorer.
Hi all
So here's my problem, I smashed my galaxy S screen (ink all over the screen).
1. a short time ago i could see certain parts of the screen like the top horizontal bar and saw that touch and tactil and all functions still work
--> what is the operational risk of buying a new screen and installing it myself ?
2. i got the system folder on my computer using ADB
--> how can i use it ? i have the possibility of buing another phone, cani simply push contacts or messages to that one from my computer
3. i'd like to make a titanium backup but i can't see a thing.
--> is there a way to get control on my phone through screen sharing like a vnc ?
my last titanium backup is a bit old, and ll i want are my contacts (i forgot to sync with google, wont let that happen again)
thanks in advance for any help suggestions or solutions
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1. I've heard it being do-able, but have not done this myself. Im sure there will be a tutorial of some kind online (youtube perhaps)
2.I'm not sure where the contacts are kept but yes as Titanium backup does very much the same. It saves the contacts etc
3.Two things being an option here, TV-out, if you can successfully get to the menu and have a cable, if not the nokia one comes quite cheaply.
Secondly someone mentioned Android screencast. Haven't used it myself, but sounds like its worth researching more about if you can get usb debug active. (It doesn't require scrolling up, so i can give you approximate directions to try enable it)
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USB debugging enables control of the phone via the computer using ADB and utilities such as "Android Screencast".
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Hi, I'm wandering how to mount USB drive on my brand new 4x.
I really need to sync my Handy Safe data with my PC, but even if I tried all the connection option available I wasn't able to sync them.
Any help really appreciated, thanks.
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Hi, I'm wandering how to mount USB drive on my brand new 4x.
I really need to sync my Handy Safe data with my PC, but even if I tried all the connection option available I wasn't able to sync them.
Any help really appreciated, thanks.
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No way???
I use android file transfer on my mac, in mtp mode works fine..
Its like an adb gui really with drag'n'drop..
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I think what he 'is looking for is a USB Host feature. I don't think that the 4xHD can do that out of the box...
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I think what he 'is looking for is a USB Host feature. I don't think that the 4xHD can do that out of the box...
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Yes, I have an application (Handy Safe, password/info secure storage) I used on symbian and on my 2x before.
You have a mobile apk and a desktop one, and you can sync the datas between them.
Normally I had no problem on changing phone (or ROM), just because I could sync back all my data from my desktop.
Now, on 4x, the desktop application can't sync data because he is not able to find the drive where the mobile database is!
I'm quite desperate about this, I had many many infos on that program, and I'll hate to digit those infos again on the phone...
I found a solution from the net if you still have problem, just copy the 3 files from epocware directory from pc to phones internal card where it is installed .Your data is transferred.
EDIT: Re-editing my post to remove the rant.
Basically, MTP ignores folders with .nomedia files in them... very short sighted.
Just wondering if there are any good alternatives out there, and what people prefer, other than just rebooting to recovery to mount USB?
I use wireless transfer apps like Samba. You can set it up on your network and browse the touchpad just like another directory.
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I use wireless transfer apps like Samba. You can set it up on your network and browse the touchpad just like another directory.
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True, that does work. I have been using Android Commander, which freezes sometimes... and doesn't like to connect over USB, so I have to use WiFi.
I guess what I'm hoping for is something that will work over USB which is a little faster for transfers than WiFi, which can be pretty slow for larger files.
The reason MTP ignores other files is because it stands for Media Transfer Protocol.
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The reason MTP ignores other files is because it stands for Media Transfer Protocol.
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Yeah, I think I'm smart enough to figure that out.
Don't care. It is insufficient, because it makes it very difficult to manage the SD Card as a filesystem, forcing use of 3rd party utilities. I've heard all of Google's excuses for ending support of USB Mass Storage mode, but in the end, they did not give us a workable alternative.
The reason I use a .nomedia file is because I'd rather not have thousands of images from manga/comics, etc, show up in my Gallery app.
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Yeah, I think I'm smart enough to figure that out.
Don't care. It is insufficient, because it makes it very difficult to manage the SD Card as a filesystem, forcing use of 3rd party utilities. I've heard all of Google's excuses for ending support of USB Mass Storage mode, but in the end, they did not give us a workable alternative.
The reason I use a .nomedia file is because I'd rather not have thousands of images from manga/comics, etc, show up in my Gallery app.
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Well i don't know how smart you are and was just trying to be helpful ,its not often I get told for trying . I will try to be more careful/refrain before offering any advice in the future.
I use FTP to transfer files from PC to my touchpad vise versa first install ES file explorer from Play Store, go to settings> remote settings> turn on remote manage> set the parameters
Use filezilla on your PC to enter the IP add of your touchpad>quick connect and you can access your tablet files
I use Android Sync Manager over WiFi (Free in the Play Store and a free download for the PC) which lets me transfer back & forth over a WiFi network connection.
OK I will try again there is an app called USB Mass Storage Watcher. I have just installed it and put a tick in Mount mass storage automatically. Now when I connect to my PC although the tablet says connected as media device when I open the USB SD card on my computer I am able to see all files and tested by transferring a 1.3 g backup file to my desktop.
Maybe this helps ?