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Hi hope this is in the right bit but i need some help have just got a Desire S first android phone and its great but im having problems with word.docs that are attached to my email when i try to open them it is saying that the content is not supported and there is no application to open it and I have a few apps that should open it I have noticed if i go ahead and download it it is coming up as a .bin file can anyone help at all ? thanks
There is no native way for Android to display Word documents, but there are numerous (and free) apps in the Market that will. For instance ThinkFree Office Mobile is an excellent choice, but there are others.
Thanks but I have tried along with several others and they will open doc and docx files but not wps which i need to open.
Have you tried Google Docs?
I haven't how do I do that on my phone.
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Assuming you have a Google account you could simply save any document attachments to your phone, navigate to Google Docs from your phones browser, upload the document and if GD supports that format you will be able to read/edit the document right there. When finished save a copy back to your phone if you need to.
It may not be as good as having a native app for this on your phone but they can be expensive.
I've found that if i import an ms .doc file into polaris, edit it and then transfer it back to my pc, i'm unable to open the file - i get an error "unexpected error occured while reading". I get the same result whether i open it in word, wordpad, open office etc.
tried this with a few docs, even tried an factory reset, but the problem still occurs. maybe it's just a bad install on my transformer but at the moment it makes polaris pretty much unusable - if i can't sync up my documents, or send them to other people to open on their computers, then it's pointless.
has anyone else noticed this?
alan77ss said:
I've found that if i import an ms .doc file into polaris, edit it and then transfer it back to my pc, i'm unable to open the file - i get an error "unexpected error occured while reading". I get the same result whether i open it in word, wordpad, open office etc.
tried this with a few docs, even tried an factory reset, but the problem still occurs. maybe it's just a bad install on my transformer but at the moment it makes polaris pretty much unusable - if i can't sync up my documents, or send them to other people to open on their computers, then it's pointless.
has anyone else noticed this?
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My PC is down right now, so I can't test, but I had edited a doc file that was emailed to me and sent it back without problems. Does this only happen when you edit an existing file or also with newly created docs?
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alan77ss said:
I've found that if i import an ms .doc file into polaris, edit it and then transfer it back to my pc, i'm unable to open the file - i get an error "unexpected error occured while reading". I get the same result whether i open it in word, wordpad, open office etc.
tried this with a few docs, even tried an factory reset, but the problem still occurs. maybe it's just a bad install on my transformer but at the moment it makes polaris pretty much unusable - if i can't sync up my documents, or send them to other people to open on their computers, then it's pointless.
has anyone else noticed this?
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I couldn't get my PC to read a document I created and then transfered from the Transformer either. I could read it when I emailed it to myself and picked it back off of my email on the PC. Could be in the transfering?
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I couldn't get my PC to read a document I created and then transfered from the Transformer either. I could read it when I emailed it to myself and picked it back off of my email on the PC. Could be in the transfering?
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tested with one excel and one doc document, didn't have any problems viewing them on PC.
Thanks for the response.
Seems to be an issue just on edited files. So it might be that the files on the PC are somehow corrupted. But then i don't have a problem editing and sending docs on my PC - it's only once edited through polaris that there's a problem.
i noticed that when i open up a doc polaris prompts me to 'remove protection' - no idea what that's about as i don't protect the files. maybe it's something to do with that.
Pretty sure it's not the transfer methods, i've tried bluetooth,ftp, drag 'n drop etc...same results.
In my line of work I have come across some interesting information about older office files (doc,xls,ppt). There was an update for office that basically broke them, if you opened an older format file and saved it corrupted them. This same problem may have gone across to Polaris.
Does Polaris allow use of the newer format files(docx,xlsx,pptx)? If so this might be a way around the problem.
Well i tried creating a new document on my PC, edited it in polaris then transferred it back and had the same problem. can't really try other file formats (odt, rtf) as polaris doesn't appear to support them. i might try a quickinstall/refund of one of the other office apps and see if the problem is replicated.
incidentally i can open the editd documents on the docs2go viewer app and i can upload to google docs. so it might be that i have an ancient version of word, but then surely open office should be able to open it ?
I had edited a file for work last week using Polaris (document file with images, headers, etc... ), so I tried opening it on my office PC using Office Word 2007 and it opens and renders perfectly.
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Ok well the problem does seem to lie with polaris. i did a quick install/refund of quick office and was able to edit docs and view them on my pc with no problems.
i've got a feeling it's to do with the 'remove protection' prompt i get in polaris, didn't get that with quick office.
maybe it's just a bad install on my device as no one else seems to have the problem. I guess i'm gonna have to call up ASUS as polaris doesn't seem to offer any support on its site.
Same probs here. Gdocs let's me view but not edit. Kword crashes, libre office can't open.
alan77ss said:
Ok well the problem does seem to lie with polaris. i did a quick install/refund of quick office and was able to edit docs and view them on my pc with no problems.
i've got a feeling it's to do with the 'remove protection' prompt i get in polaris, didn't get that with quick office.
maybe it's just a bad install on my device as no one else seems to have the problem. I guess i'm gonna have to call up ASUS as polaris doesn't seem to offer any support on its site.
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I got that same message on the file I edited, but what I did was save a copy and worked off the copy. Not sure what the protection was, but that's what I did and it worked with opening the file on a PC.
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EP2008 said:
I got that same message on the file I edited, but what I did was save a copy and worked off the copy. Not sure what the protection was, but that's what I did and it worked with opening the file on a PC.
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Just tried your method and it worked with one file but that didn't prompt me for copy protection, but the other file with protection still wouldn't open. also tried creating a couple of docs in polaris from scratch but they wouldn't open either. it's just far too unreliable,i can't risk using this for work.
kind of thinking, to hell with it, i'm gonna buy quick office, it may be a tener but at least it works and you can actually paste stuff into it from other apps, which polaris doesn't do.
Had exactly the same issue, could write things / edit but once i saved it.... nothing would open it. Compounded by the known issue that you can't copy n paste from polaris (why!?).
The work around I use (while considering what office app to buy) is to send to google docs.
In view mode (not edit mode) click the menu and send to google docs (you'll need to have the google docs app installed first obv. - it then imports it and you can save from google docs, or email a link to the doc.
Hope this helps.
(long time reader first time poster)
With further testing I've found older versions of MS Word and Open Office won't open files edited on Polaris - Newer versions of MS Word will.
Can anyone else test and confirm this?
I tried a trial version of the newer word and was able to open up documents edited in Polaris - but it flagged up a security warning teling me it might be unsafe to do so.
But these were older documents writtten in an older version of word so maybe that has something to do with it. It might be that Polaris isn't handling older word documents properly.
I've been using Polaris Office for school work. Any file created in or edited with Polaris Office is seen by LibreOffice as outright corrupt. Can't open it at all. I tried opening the file on the school's computers with Word (probably the latest version) and it prompted me to open the file in "Protected mode" informing me that the file could possibly damage my computer (I assume they mean it could contain malicious code or something). Seems ASUS needs to get some bug reports about this.
Yep, exactly same issue... Lucky I got a backup of the files cause, only Polaris can read them!... sucks
Hello. I am using the Endnote X5 for my thesis and it makes some automatic arrangements on doc file. When I transfer the file to my Asus, polaris reads it. But back to my PC, not! So I realized that the doc files that contain plain text doesn't make any problem with polaris.
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I have had the same problem.
I could still open the document on my Android smartphone but not on my computer. I am using an old version of Office 2000. My android had 2 office suites that would read the office document. Polaris Office and OfficeSuite. Polaris would not seem to save it in any other format but Office Suite let me re save it in docx format. I then synced with my desktop and was able to open the docx file with Office 2000- though you need to install Microsoft's free file converter to do that.
I use MyPhone Explorer to sync between Android and desktop. I think the issue is associated with Polaris rather than MyPhoneExplorer as I have no other problems with that. I did wonder if Polaris had changed the format to docx without changing the postscript but just changing it to filename.docx did not make any difference so the full conversion seems to be the solution.
How do you get to transfer in the easiest way - songs from an android device to a fully unlocked Nokia Lumia 710?
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Where do the attachments in my hotmail get saved on my local phone storage? I have fully unlocked L710 and HTC Titan. Someone sent me a few clips attached to hotmail. I can play it from my email attachment but would like to find the folder where it is locally stored after download, and then be able to play the content from Zune. Is there any homebrew app for such file management? I have File Explorer, but don't know where these attachments can be found, then moved so that they are playable in Zune Hub.
this is a great question that I would also like to know the answer to. There has to be some way to mount the storage and manage it from a pc like you can with Android.
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this is a great question that I would also like to know the answer to. There has to be some way to mount the storage and manage it from a pc like you can with Android.
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I did not really bother trying to find the answer. But someone who uses Android in my family tried to send me a few clips of music that I really really wanted to hear. Now ofcourse I have got it via bluetooth and that I can access. However, he sent a few more by email as my bluetooth transfer was slow. I had presumed I can find these songs in the same place. BUT nope!
However, here is my progress.
File explorer -> Applications data -> Volatile -> Email attachments -> go to each folder. Each folder represents one attachment.
So I was happy after posting this that I found where the attachments are.
However, when I copy and paste the same under my Zune contents, I cannot see it in my Zune Hub and cannot ofcourse play it from Zune hub!
Zune on the phone uses a database of media files. Merely moving your files under \My Documents\Zune\Content\* isn't going to help. The only way that I know of to add arbitrary files is to copy them to the PC, then sync them using the PC Zune software. Nobody has yet figured out how to do it more directly, although I'm sure it's possible.
Mounting the phone as USB Mass Storage is just not even vaguely likely to happen. The amount of driver writing and re-configuration that would be needed... I don't think you realize what you're asking for. There are deinitely options, though; for example, my Root Webserver app lets you browse the phone's filesystem (including uplodaing and downloading files) from your PC. You just have to use a web browser instead of a traditional file manager.
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Zune on the phone uses a database of media files. Merely moving your files under \My Documents\Zune\Content\* isn't going to help. The only way that I know of to add arbitrary files is to copy them to the PC, then sync them using the PC Zune software. Nobody has yet figured out how to do it more directly, although I'm sure it's possible.
Mounting the phone as USB Mass Storage is just not even vaguely likely to happen. The amount of driver writing and re-configuration that would be needed... I don't think you realize what you're asking for. There are deinitely options, though; for example, my Root Webserver app lets you browse the phone's filesystem (including uplodaing and downloading files) from your PC. You just have to use a web browser instead of a traditional file manager.
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That does add some light to the scenario! Thanks!
So does that mean that even though we do have homebrew file explorers, we cannot really control our attachments i.e. sandbox issue? I have realised in last two days that our file explorer functionally isn't same as those traditional WM6.5 or Android ones. Hence theoratically speaking yes we do have file explorer but not to its full functionality..which leads me to another question. So ideally what do you use your file explorer for?
Aside from aiding my research and testing my hacks, here are a few things I use file browsers for:
Copying ebook files (.MOBI and .PRC) to the Kindle directory.
Manually editing the Marketplace configuration files (for example, some downloads are even bigger than the 200 MB that Marketplace Config will allow you to specify).
Freeing up space on the phone's storage (deleting temprorary files of my choosing, rather than simply purging the whole phone).
Backing up application data to my PC.
Turning music files into ringtones/alarms/etc.
A number of these can currently be automated using apps, and there are others that could be more useful to other people, but that's what I've found to be useful.
Content Transfer
Well I have been in same situation , I went with wifi transfer option,caz its quite secured and helpful for content transfer, like you can use smartIO App, which is good op
drupad2drupad said:
How do you get to transfer in the easiest way - songs from an android device to a fully unlocked Nokia Lumia 710?
also..
Where do the attachments in my hotmail get saved on my local phone storage? I have fully unlocked L710 and HTC Titan. Someone sent me a few clips attached to hotmail. I can play it from my email attachment but would like to find the folder where it is locally stored after download, and then be able to play the content from Zune. Is there any homebrew app for such file management? I have File Explorer, but don't know where these attachments can be found, then moved so that they are playable in Zune Hub.
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Anyone have luck extracting stuff from SNB files, or just exporting the audio from S Note? I have been taking all my class notes in S Note this semester, and while I can export my writing to PDF, I can't export the audio in case I want to do something with it later.
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Anyone have luck extracting stuff from SNB files, or just exporting the audio from S Note? I have been taking all my class notes in S Note this semester, and while I can export my writing to PDF, I can't export the audio in case I want to do something with it later.
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A possible solution, from a Windows PC. Sync your .SNB files to a PC somehow (Dropbox, USB cable, etc.). On the PC, change the .snb extension to .zip. Windows Explorer can then open the resulting folder. Hopefully you will find a usable audio file in there, if Samsung is using a standard audio format. But I haven't used this find audio, I just played around with it to see if changing it to .zip was a way to access the notes images without converting. It wasn't, as the note image I found was sized more like a thumbnail than a readable image.
Hope that helps.
JC
EDIT: Just tested this with audio. Yes it works. The folder should contain another folder titled 'Media,' in which you'll find an .amr file that I was able to play on my PC with QuickTime.
rename files from .snb to .zip then open in explorer
that will solve your issue. go into the snote folder in the zip file and then the media. the .jpg files will be images of your notes.
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rename .snb to .zip
Thanks, works great.
Vahik
jchammerpants said:
A possible solution, from a Windows PC. Sync your .SNB files to a PC somehow (Dropbox, USB cable, etc.). On the PC, change the .snb extension to .zip. Windows Explorer can then open the resulting folder. Hopefully you will find a usable audio file in there, if Samsung is using a standard audio format. But I haven't used this find audio, I just played around with it to see if changing it to .zip was a way to access the notes images without converting. It wasn't, as the note image I found was sized more like a thumbnail than a readable image.
Hope that helps.
JC
EDIT: Just tested this with audio. Yes it works. The folder should contain another folder titled 'Media,' in which you'll find an .amr file that I was able to play on my PC with QuickTime.
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easy video for extracting
Everything above works... here's a video for le nubs
if you do a google search for: "Galaxy Note 2 Tips & Tricks Episode 80: View S Note snb files on your PC Computer"
(sorry, i'd of posted the link, however i have under 10 posts) hope it helps
cheers
jchammerpants said:
A possible solution, from a Windows PC. Sync your .SNB files to a PC somehow (Dropbox, USB cable, etc.). On the PC, change the .snb extension to .zip. Windows Explorer can then open the resulting folder. Hopefully you will find a usable audio file in there, if Samsung is using a standard audio format. But I haven't used this find audio, I just played around with it to see if changing it to .zip was a way to access the notes images without converting. It wasn't, as the note image I found was sized more like a thumbnail than a readable image.
Hope that helps.
JC
EDIT: Just tested this with audio. Yes it works. The folder should contain another folder titled 'Media,' in which you'll find an .amr file that I was able to play on my PC with QuickTime.
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Can I ask you how you knew (other than playing around with it) to change the extension from .snb to .zip? Just trying to wrap my head around why this works.
Thanks.
-Rob
how to know it's a zip file
robbery89 said:
Can I ask you how you knew (other than playing around with it) to change the extension from .snb to .zip? Just trying to wrap my head around why this works.
Thanks.
-Rob
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Well, when you are dealing with an unknown format for the first time, it's always helpful to open in a hex editor and check for the first bytes, which usually act as file header to indicate file type.
in .SNB file case, this translates in ASCII characters PK
which means its a package file... from where you can try to unpack it; i.e. unzip it in case it's a zip package.
or you can always have 7Zip as your best companion, and first thing that comes in mind is to try and open it as a package through the context menu to see what is there.
Then normally you should look for an xml file or any structured format file that lists the content of the package.
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PK = Phil Katz
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Well, when you are dealing with an unknown format for the first time, it's always helpful to open in a hex editor and check for the first bytes, which usually act as file header to indicate file type.
in .SNB file case, this translates in ASCII characters PK
which means its a package file... from where you can try to unpack it; i.e. unzip it in case it's a zip package.
or you can always have 7Zip as your best companion, and first thing that comes in mind is to try and open it as a package through the context menu to see what is there.
Then normally you should look for an xml file or any structured format file that lists the content of the package.
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Just to set the record straight, PK does not stand for Package - it stands for Phil Katz, the inventor of the Zip format. The original program (on DOS) was called PKZip and it quickly became the standard instead of ARC ("Archive") files that had been invented by SEA (System Enhancement Associates). SEA sued Phil Katz because of his clone of their tool (and use of their trademark), which he called called PKArc (later renamed to PKPak).
So he started over and created the competing Zip format that eventually prevailed (he open-sourced the format). Unfortunately, he had a troubled life and died from an overdose of alcohol. You can read about it more at the PKware web site, wikipedia and many other sources on the web (including a somewhat angry diatribe by the founders of SEA).
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Thank you Very much.... Finaly i can copy my poems to Ms Word...
Thanks again...:good:
You can directly download S Note Desktop Application as of software from Samsung website. R.O.F.L.? Hi how high are you doing? R.O.F.L.? Cheers.
http://www.samsung.com/in/apps/mobile/snote/
There are other online arguments too about .snb and none of them is perhaps aware of that, except one as he eventually said that you can install it on Windows 8 as of perhaps and later. But you can install it in earlier Windows for i did and it did operate at its' best practice. R.O.F.L.?
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-way-to-read-snb-files-from-Samsung-S-Note-on-Windows
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Ooh Aah said:
You can directly download S Note Desktop Application as of software from Samsung website. R.O.F.L.? Hi how high are you doing? R.O.F.L.? Cheers.
http://www.samsung.com/in/apps/mobile/snote/
There are other online arguments too about .snb and none of them is perhaps aware of that, except one as he eventually said that you can install it on Windows 8 as of perhaps and later. But you can install it in earlier Windows for i did and it did operate at its' best practice. R.O.F.L.?
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-way-to-read-snb-files-from-Samsung-S-Note-on-Windows
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I forgot to mention that i've done it a couple of years ago.
.snb file format on PC
jchammerpants said:
A possible solution, from a Windows PC. Sync your .SNB files to a PC somehow (Dropbox, USB cable, etc.). On the PC, change the .snb extension to .zip. Windows Explorer can then open the resulting folder. Hopefully you will find a usable audio file in there, if Samsung is using a standard audio format. But I haven't used this find audio, I just played around with it to see if changing it to .zip was a way to access the notes images without converting. It wasn't, as the note image I found was sized more like a thumbnail than a readable image.
Hope that helps.
JC
EDIT: Just tested this with audio. Yes it works. The folder should contain another folder titled 'Media,' in which you'll find an .amr file that I was able to play on my PC with QuickTime.
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Dude, you guys are awesome! Worked on the first try!!!
Hello everyone,
I used a Screenshot app on my Omnia 7 to take about 800 Screenshots. Since i'm going to get a Lumia 920, i want to transfer those Images to my Computer.
Here's the Problem: The Screenshop- App obviously named all Images "Screenshot.jpg".
When I sync using Zune, Zune creates: Screenshot(1).jpg, Screenshot(2).jpg, ...., Screenshot(99).jpg
all other Images return the error "C00D11CD (C00D1188)"
Therefore I tried to upload them using "photo2cloud".
It names the images for instance "20120807_101926_Screenshot.jpg", but since many Pictures were taken in the same minute, it replaces those.
Any suggestions?
Is there a way of renaming all images in the Folder, or an app that gives every uploaded image an individual Name?
Kind regards from Germany.
Friend, have you heard about folders? you can rename and put the files you want on those and avoid overwriting...
When I changed from the T9292 to the 9295, I already have renamed and organized my folders, also the images folder always goes with the name of the device, mine goes HD7 T9292 (HD7) and T9295 (HD7S), they will never conflict...
I did a workaroud using Automator on a Mac. It synced a file, renamed it, then synced the next file...
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