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Micky
Jun 15, 2016, 3:07:44 AM6/15/16
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Combination blog and questions. Questions are marked with question
marks!
Before I stop using my old phone I have to get all the pictures off of
it. I googled for "How to Upload photos from Android 2 to PC" and I
found
https://www.recovery-android.com/transfer-photos-android-computer.html
I didnt' see this one until hours later:
https://www.android-recovery.net/transfer-photos-from-android-to-computer.html
The first one is labeled Android Transfer, but after I installed it,
it was called MobileGo, which I think is different from
MobileTransfer.
Has anyone used either of these, or anything else other than Google
backup to backup phone data? Do you know the difference between the
two?
I can only use it for 4 days before I have to pay for it.
From 6 or 10PM Tuesday.
On one webpage it said that MobileTransfer was only for moving data
from one phone to another, not for backing up.
Also, after my backup to the PC was done, it started doing something
else, involving MirrorGo? "enjoy your social life on the big screen,
play mobile games with your mouse and keyboards" but it asked, for the
second time, for Firewall priveleges, so I said no. I'll look that up
myself but I wanted to mention it in case any of you have feelings
about it.
I had trouble connecting the phone to the software, and it turned out
I had to change cables. The one I was using was good enough to charge
the phone but I guess one of the other two wires or connectors was
bad.
So I'm connected and then it has trouble installing drivers. I get
"Ready to Use" for USB Composite Device, USB Mass Storage Device,
Android Composite ADB Interface, Android Adapter USB Device, and maybe
even one other. I get Failed or Wizard Cancelled by User (because it
spun and spun and never stopped) for 4 occurrences of Android Adapter,
or maybe fewer occurrences but it tried more than once?? 13 lines
altogether.
But despite the failures it uploaded my 83 pictures, 1 video, 22
contacts, 3 apps, etc. and I just now found something terrible.
They're all stored in one .bak file.
77 megs. I could have backed up videos separately from photos,
seperately from contacts, but wouldn't I then have 3 .bak files I
couldn't read? Even if I backed up each of the 150 files separately,
they'd all be in .bak format.
What would happen if I used google backup? Or a competitor's product?
Could I see each photo, each video, each contact, like I could see
each contact when I had a Samsung flipphone and the free software that
came with it? What if I had a Samsung phone? Is there free software
like I want with the Samsung smartphone?
What can I do with ONE file, just load it to the next phone and use up
its storage with pictures I took months ago? I can't look at them
in this file and delete the bad pictures. I can look at each one from
within MobileGo, but I don't know if I'm looking at photos in the
phone or in the PC.
I only have about 20 contacts, so if I don't get them off, I can
retype them, but it would be nice to get them
marks!
Before I stop using my old phone I have to get all the pictures off of
it. I googled for "How to Upload photos from Android 2 to PC" and I
found
https://www.recovery-android.com/transfer-photos-android-computer.html
I didnt' see this one until hours later:
https://www.android-recovery.net/transfer-photos-from-android-to-computer.html
The first one is labeled Android Transfer, but after I installed it,
it was called MobileGo, which I think is different from
MobileTransfer.
Has anyone used either of these, or anything else other than Google
backup to backup phone data? Do you know the difference between the
two?
I can only use it for 4 days before I have to pay for it.
From 6 or 10PM Tuesday.
On one webpage it said that MobileTransfer was only for moving data
from one phone to another, not for backing up.
Also, after my backup to the PC was done, it started doing something
else, involving MirrorGo? "enjoy your social life on the big screen,
play mobile games with your mouse and keyboards" but it asked, for the
second time, for Firewall priveleges, so I said no. I'll look that up
myself but I wanted to mention it in case any of you have feelings
about it.
I had trouble connecting the phone to the software, and it turned out
I had to change cables. The one I was using was good enough to charge
the phone but I guess one of the other two wires or connectors was
bad.
So I'm connected and then it has trouble installing drivers. I get
"Ready to Use" for USB Composite Device, USB Mass Storage Device,
Android Composite ADB Interface, Android Adapter USB Device, and maybe
even one other. I get Failed or Wizard Cancelled by User (because it
spun and spun and never stopped) for 4 occurrences of Android Adapter,
or maybe fewer occurrences but it tried more than once?? 13 lines
altogether.
But despite the failures it uploaded my 83 pictures, 1 video, 22
contacts, 3 apps, etc. and I just now found something terrible.
They're all stored in one .bak file.
77 megs. I could have backed up videos separately from photos,
seperately from contacts, but wouldn't I then have 3 .bak files I
couldn't read? Even if I backed up each of the 150 files separately,
they'd all be in .bak format.
What would happen if I used google backup? Or a competitor's product?
Could I see each photo, each video, each contact, like I could see
each contact when I had a Samsung flipphone and the free software that
came with it? What if I had a Samsung phone? Is there free software
like I want with the Samsung smartphone?
What can I do with ONE file, just load it to the next phone and use up
its storage with pictures I took months ago? I can't look at them
in this file and delete the bad pictures. I can look at each one from
within MobileGo, but I don't know if I'm looking at photos in the
phone or in the PC.
I only have about 20 contacts, so if I don't get them off, I can
retype them, but it would be nice to get them
Chris
Jun 15, 2016, 3:39:27 AM6/15/16
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Micky <NONONObobb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Combination blog and questions.
If you want to blog, WordPress is that way -->
> Combination blog and questions.
If you want to blog, WordPress is that way -->
Micky
Jun 15, 2016, 4:37:32 AM6/15/16
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On Wed, 15 Jun 2016 03:07:41 -0400, Micky
<NONONObobb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>But despite the failures it uploaded my 83 pictures, 1 video, 22
>contacts, 3 apps, etc. and I just now found something terrible.
>They're all stored in one .bak file.
>
>77 megs. I could have backed up videos separately from photos,
>seperately from contacts, but wouldn't I then have 3 .bak files I
>couldn't read? Even if I backed up each of the 150 files separately,
>they'd all be in .bak format.
Well, I found that 7-Zip will unzip many .bak files (even though .bak
<NONONObobb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>But despite the failures it uploaded my 83 pictures, 1 video, 22
>contacts, 3 apps, etc. and I just now found something terrible.
>They're all stored in one .bak file.
>
>77 megs. I could have backed up videos separately from photos,
>seperately from contacts, but wouldn't I then have 3 .bak files I
>couldn't read? Even if I backed up each of the 150 files separately,
>they'd all be in .bak format.
files don't all have the same format), so I tried it, and the files
mostly end in the extension .list, which isn't helpful, but even to
extract the files by that name, it wants a password. Maybe if I paid
the fee they'd give me the password, but I didn't see anything that
said that, so maybe it's only to store data until it's dl'd to the
next phone.
And it turns out $30 is for one year. It's $40 forever, but on one
computer, and it doesn't volunteer if you can transfer it to the next
computer, as long as it's only one.
Did they make things so complicated just so we would have to use
google or spend more money? My flipphone was easy to backup and r
restore, so much so that I entered phone entries on my computer and
loaded them on to the phone.
Moe DeLoughan
Jun 15, 2016, 5:11:34 PM6/15/16
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On 6/15/2016 2:07 AM, Micky wrote:
> Combination blog and questions. Questions are marked with question
> marks!
>
> Before I stop using my old phone I have to get all the pictures off of
> it. I googled for "How to Upload photos from Android 2 to PC" and I
> found
>
> https://www.recovery-android.com/transfer-photos-android-computer.html
>
Why don't you just connect the phone to the pc with the USB cable, let
> Combination blog and questions. Questions are marked with question
> marks!
>
> Before I stop using my old phone I have to get all the pictures off of
> it. I googled for "How to Upload photos from Android 2 to PC" and I
> found
>
> https://www.recovery-android.com/transfer-photos-android-computer.html
>
the pc recognize the phone as if it is another folder, click to open
the folder, find your data, and just copy it into a folder on your pc?
If you've an older version of Android, it's just that simple. If
you've a newer version, you'll first have to enable USB Debugging
under Developer Options on the phone and then select the option to
enable USB transfer, after which you just proceed as above.
http://trueandroid.com/how-to-enabledisable-usb-transfer-on-android-devices/
Micky
Jun 15, 2016, 6:48:08 PM6/15/16
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On Wed, 15 Jun 2016 16:11:32 -0500, Moe DeLoughan <m...@notmine.null>
wrote:
>On 6/15/2016 2:07 AM, Micky wrote:
>> Combination blog and questions. Questions are marked with question
>> marks!
>>
>> Before I stop using my old phone I have to get all the pictures off of
>> it. I googled for "How to Upload photos from Android 2 to PC" and I
>> found
>>
>> https://www.recovery-android.com/transfer-photos-android-computer.html
>>
>
>Why don't you just connect the phone to the pc with the USB cable, let
>the pc recognize the phone as if it is another folder, click to open
>the folder, find your data, and just copy it into a folder on your pc?
I tried that first. It doesn't do it.
>If you've an older version of Android, it's just that simple. If
That phone used version 2. 2. 4.4 I think. It's right here connected
to the computer right now, and.... well by golly this time the phone
showing up as drive E: but it still doesn't show any file I'm
interested in. Only some .dll files, a couple android .cat and an
.inf file.
It also shows D: and F: drives, but the message is "Please insert a
disk into removeable drive D:"
>you've a newer version, you'll first have to enable USB Debugging
>under Developer Options on the phone and then select the option to
>enable USB transfer, after which you just proceed as above.
That's enabled already.
>
>http://trueandroid.com/how-to-enabledisable-usb-transfer-on-android-devices/
Thanks. But it didn't work.
wrote:
>On 6/15/2016 2:07 AM, Micky wrote:
>> Combination blog and questions. Questions are marked with question
>> marks!
>>
>> Before I stop using my old phone I have to get all the pictures off of
>> it. I googled for "How to Upload photos from Android 2 to PC" and I
>> found
>>
>> https://www.recovery-android.com/transfer-photos-android-computer.html
>>
>
>Why don't you just connect the phone to the pc with the USB cable, let
>the pc recognize the phone as if it is another folder, click to open
>the folder, find your data, and just copy it into a folder on your pc?
>If you've an older version of Android, it's just that simple. If
to the computer right now, and.... well by golly this time the phone
showing up as drive E: but it still doesn't show any file I'm
interested in. Only some .dll files, a couple android .cat and an
.inf file.
It also shows D: and F: drives, but the message is "Please insert a
disk into removeable drive D:"
>you've a newer version, you'll first have to enable USB Debugging
>under Developer Options on the phone and then select the option to
>enable USB transfer, after which you just proceed as above.
>
>http://trueandroid.com/how-to-enabledisable-usb-transfer-on-android-devices/
Thanks. But it didn't work.
Micky
Jun 16, 2016, 1:39:58 AM6/16/16
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phone and looked around and found the files I wanted.
They were in Contact, DCIM, and Documents/Data. The third one is
close but might not be exact. That's for the Android v2.4.4 phone
For Android 4 I think I can use Samsung Kies. Not sure because I
have no data, no contacts, pictures, or documents, in the new phone so
nothing to test with.
Micky
Jun 16, 2016, 12:19:39 PM6/16/16
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On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 01:39:49 -0400, Micky
I'm getting more and more senile. It's Kies3 for Android 4+. They
didn't claim that program worked for Android 2. They had just plain
Kies for that, and it probably would have worked, but everything's
been copied so there's no point in trying it.
didn't claim that program worked for Android 2. They had just plain
Kies for that, and it probably would have worked, but everything's
been copied so there's no point in trying it.
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