Yeah, since I know you're forced to use Zune to transfer stuff on a, let's say, Lumia 800, how does it handle .pdf/word/other misc. file transfer? I know that there are no folders whatsoever. Do I really have to upload everything on SkyDrive?
Also, are there any other misc. issues out there? Heard about bluetooth transfer issues - being too hard to transfer files.
If you upload your pdf files to skydrive you can view them on phone with Adobe etc, Bluetooth only really works for headsets and contacts transfer on Nokias, Music and stuff yep through Zune but it works well.
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How is it possible:
1. Sync photos between Skydrive and Windows Phone 7.5 in original resulution ?
2. How to sync MP3 files between Skydrive and Zune player in Windows Phone 7.5 ?
Thanks for help and ideas.
1) I don't think it's possible but I could be wrong.
2) Skydrive can't be used for Zune cloud storage. Microsoft wants you to stream music using Zune Pass so there would be no need to store music locally or in the cloud.
marek1 said:
How is it possible:
1. Sync photos between Skydrive and Windows Phone 7.5 in original resulution ?
2. How to sync MP3 files between Skydrive and Zune player in Windows Phone 7.5 ?
Thanks for help and ideas.
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1. no sync, you can only upload via Skydrive app
2. its not possible...
MS makes strange features... Autoupload from photo app to Skydrive resizes photos to 1/4 of original size, so its unusable... There is no internet on every places, why only stream music from cloud? There are many and many stupid things in WP...
So I have two apps that I would recomend to use if you want to stream music from the cloud:
Music Cloud - Use with SoundCloud
StreamBox7 - Use with DropBox
Both apps have a free trail along with a paid version.
Hopefully this may help you out some.
it sucks that the screen resolution gets changed, i hope this problem is getting fixed by microsoft.
Ach, jo.
What I need is so simple:
1. Sync music from Skydrive to my Phone Zune\
2. Sync pictures from Skydrive to Picture Hub with Folder support.
3. Sync IE Favorites from Skydrive to IE.
4. VPN [ SSL VPN, IPSEC ]
Why first 3 areso difficult to build in ?
I must mention that the following is certainly possible and probably best amongst all mobile OSs I have used
Sync Photos between Skydrive and Picture Hub
1. Upload your photos to the SkyDrive associated with the Live ID used as the Primary Live ID of the device. You can do this either via SkyDrive app on WP or use SkyDrive website via computer (which is easier obviously).
2. You must set the folder to which you have uploaded your photos as "Photos" to make sure it syncs and shows up in Pictures Hub. Otherwise, this folder will be tagged as "Documents" or "Others" which may show up in the Office Hub but the pictures will not be recognized.
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I must mention that the following is certainly possible and probably best amongst all mobile OSs I have used
Sync Photos between Skydrive and Picture Hub
1. Upload your photos to the SkyDrive associated with the Live ID used as the Primary Live ID of the device. You can do this either via SkyDrive app on WP or use SkyDrive website via computer (which is easier obviously).
2. You must set the folder to which you have uploaded your photos as "Photos" to make sure it syncs and shows up in Pictures Hub. Otherwise, this folder will be tagged as "Documents" or "Others" which may show up in the Office Hub but the pictures will not be recognized.
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Yeah, I found it also. If you upload photo via function "share"
its uploaded to Skydrive and If I will make HW reset I can just easily
open this pictures from Skydrive, and are automatically synced to Pictures Hub via WIFI or Data connection.
It's mean that at the first time I have to connect to wifi or data connection and download the pictures and then I got it there.
But still missing SYNC IE favorites or music via Skydrive.
Is MS preparing something new for us ?
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2. You must set the folder to which you have uploaded your photos as "Photos" to make sure it syncs and shows up in Pictures Hub. Otherwise, this folder will be tagged as "Documents" or "Others" which may show up in the Office Hub but the pictures will not be recognized.
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It must be "photos" in folder name (not exactly "Photos"), i have folder "Photos Full Resolution" and it syncs with photo hub also
Is there a way to watch videos loaded in SkyDrive on you device?
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Yeah you can. You just have to make a folder and if you're using SkyDrive.com, click on the checkbox of that folder and click on the 'Information' tab in the right column. In 'Folder Type' change it from Documents (the default) to Photos.
Now if you go to that folder in the Pictures Hub or the SkyDrive app, you should see the thumbnail for the video. But of course Windows Phone will only play the video files its supports natively, i.e. MP4 files.
Hope this works for you (it works for me!)
Awesome thanks!
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Holy crap this is awesome. I have been looking for a way to control what albums / folders show up in the photo hub. This totally does this, along with the playing .mp4 benefit. Thanks!
Awesome sauce! Couldn't get it to work in the Pictures Hub at first, but somehow it did after I refreshed SkyDrive on my browser. Didn't work even after syncing my email and SkyDrive on my phone, or maybe it just happened to refresh on my phone afterwards too.
Edit// Oh right, I did try uploading a picture as well, maybe it refreshed after that.
Can't get it to work. Do you upload using the SkyDrive website or the app that was released last week. I used the app.
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Can't get it to work. Do you upload using the SkyDrive website or the app that was released last week. I used the app.
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[UPDATE: Never mind. I had to restart the Skydrive program on my PC for some reason to get it to start the sync.]
I'm having trouble, too. I'm not sure what the correct sequence is.
I created a folder on my PC in the SkyDrive folder that was created when I installed the "app". Then I put a video file into it. I thought it would sync and create a parallel folder on the Skydrive site. Nothing happened. So I created a folder with the same name on Skydrive. The file from my PC didn't sync. I looked for a way to manually sync on both my PC and Skydrive but couldn't find any.
I also tried to drag my file to Skydrive but it complained it was more than 300k (IIRC).
Please tell me what the correct sequence is to get a new folder created on Skydrive and to sync files from my PC.
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Only way I can get movies to play is view skydrive through the browser. Vids don't show in my pictures hub and on the skydrive app, it just gives me the vid details when I tap it.
To watch MP4 videos directly from SkyDrive, need right MP4...
Not all MP4 files are created alike, unfortunately.
My old videos are from a (gasp) Palm Pre.
Converted them to Microsoft Zune HD WMV movie format with "Any Video Converter" (freeware), and volia! I can watch them on my phone again (without taking up the space!!!)
For some reason the conversion to some of the other MP4 type files did not work as well as the WMV format for me. I don't pretend to be a videofile, but works well enough. They're not high quality vids in the first place.
Oh, and if you are having trouble with a "new folder" on your SkyDrive folder in your computer showing up online, try refreshing the SkyDrive page, or log/in out. It should pop up.
Won't let me post it in the WM forums so I'll ask here. I've been using Android for the past 2 years but I'm considering a switch to Windows Mobile (8), mainly out of curiosity. However, before I do so, I want to make sure it's capable of all the stuff I could easily do on my Android device.
So, let's get to it. Is WM8 capable of:
- File managing? Downloading a .rar or .zip archive, extracting it's contents and opening them (be it music, documents, videos, anything)? Also, browsing ALL the files on the phone, not just the known formats or visible ones?
- File transfer between devices? Simply taking a picture or any type of file and sending it via Bluetooth, as well as receiving it?
- Media playback? I'm assuming it can play MP3s, WMVs and AVIs, how about some less usual stuff like MKVs or FLAC files?
- YouTube? Is there a dedicated app or is it just viewing via browser?
Some minor questions include:
- How's file transfer between PC and Phone? Can it be done via explorer like an USB device or do you need to do the SkyDive and Zune player transfers to get stuff on your phone?
- Does it have some minor apps, "Accessories" you could call them, such as Calculator, Calendar, Sound record, etc ?
- Is there anything else you'd tell and Android user transfering to Windows Phone?
OK,
Wife and I have a large music collection stored on a NAS. We previously used iTunes to pick out the good stuff from this collection and manage it on our old iPhone 4's and that worked great. How are folks doing this on their N5's? Some caveats:
1 - Cloud is not an option, so no Google Music. No unlimited data and like to spend weeks off the grid.
2 - Freeware only.
3 - Since our collection was in iTunes via remote network shares, drag and dropping it via USB or BT won't work as all the files we want are not in one place. They are referenced on the network share by iTunes, not stored locally on our PC's.
I've tried DoubleTwist but that was flakey as hell with our N5 USB MTP connections. Also imported iTunes collection into MusicBee which look sgreat on Windows but it was also flakey synching over MTP USB connection. It would freeze during synchs (latest version on Windows 7). If I turned off WiFi and Mobile Data I got it to synch everything but lots of artwork was missing that is definitely embedded in the files.
So looking for something free and reliable like iTunes that meets my requirements mentioned above. Thanks!
Hello, are there any pc sync managers for android, similar to MediaGo? I used MediaGo since I had my Xperia Tipo and it worked great with Samsungs and Huaweis since. But now it's discontinued and I can't find anything similar.
What I'm looking for:
-Sync with USB
-Knows which files are already shared between PC & Android, so I don't have to manually keep track which files to transfer.
-Syncs to folders (eg. Pictures from Android album "funny" goes to PC folder "funny")
That's really the main requirements. Please help.