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Bluetooth OBEX PUSH - Change default location

Hello,
I have a MDA Wizard and have been trying to change the default location of the files transferred to the storage card with no success. I changed the BaseDir value in the registry, but it does not work. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

yea me too, im looking for a solution. changed BaseDir and even change the My Documents path to Storage Card. Nothing so far. anyone know?

New location for files received by bluetooth
I came accross this program in this forum somewhere. Really good. Give it a try.
Just run the cab file and soft reset. After that, run the program whenever you want to switch bluetooth on and it puts a bluetooth icon on the system tray. double click icon and go to settings and set the dir where you want to receive the file and you're ready to go.
I've tried getting a really big file too just to see if this merely moves the file to the other location after receiving or actually changes the location of incoming files and found out it changes the location.
Let me know if this works for you.

hay damac
see thas :wink:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=46443
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Partial Success...
This is an old thread but I think is directly related to what I'm trying to do. I've seen many other threads trying to solve the same problem, so I won't create a new one. Anyway, first, here is the info:
AT&T 8525
HERM: 100
ROM: 3.62.502.3 (Offical AT&T)
Results:
Successfully transfered 2 test files from my laptop (XP SP2 Tosiba Bluetooth 4.00.22D) directly to my storage card:
AdbeRdr80_en_US.exe - 21,822,168 bytes
Tears of a Dragon.mp4 - 8,572,344 bytes
How:
Added a STRING value BaseDir to the HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\OBEX\{000...} set to: "/Storage Card/"
Problem / Temporary Solution:
Using Resco I can see the file in the Storage Card as soon as the beam is over, however the OBEX prompts you if you want to save the file or not. If you click NO the file gets deleted. If you click YES, the file gets moved after two seconds to \My Documents or some files just go nowhere(?). So before I actually answer the prompt, I just copy the file elsewhere on my card and then click NO on the prompt.
Analysis / Conclusions (so far):
1. The official AT&T ROM does not have OBEX FTP service installed (obexfile.dll). It only has the OBEX Default Inbox service (obexinbx.dll).
2. The obexinbx.dll is not behaving as expected. Ex: Why "/Storage Card/" vs. "\Storage card\"; Adding the DWORD value DisableUI does not eliminate the prompts as it should; If I delete the TransportAuntheticate value in the same key, it just reappears, yet the dll is not supposed to use that value as per MSDN2.
Could somebody try to duplicate my results and/or see if there is a way to disable the prompts? Thanks in advance!

Has anyone tried this? Please?
Here are some screenshots to better explain what is happening:
1. Add BaseDir value to the OBEX key.
2. Send test file from my laptop.
3. PPC displays 1st UI prompt (recfileprompt.jpg)
4. Laptop displays progress indicator for file transfer. (progress.jpg)
5. When transfer is complete, PPC display 2nd UI prompt. (uiprompt.jpg)
6. I can confirm the test file did transfer to the SD card (fileinssdcard.jpg)
7. If I click on YES the file disappears (but some files get moved to \My Documents). If I Click NO the file disappears.
So... Is there a way to get rid of these prompts? Or to make them not move or delete the file once is in the SD Card?
Thanks,

dgaud007 said:
Here are some screenshots to better explain what is happening:
1. Add BaseDir value to the OBEX key.
2. Send test file from my laptop.
3. PPC displays 1st UI prompt (recfileprompt.jpg)
4. Laptop displays progress indicator for file transfer. (progress.jpg)
5. When transfer is complete, PPC display 2nd UI prompt. (uiprompt.jpg)
6. I can confirm the test file did transfer to the SD card (fileinssdcard.jpg)
7. If I click on YES the file disappears (but some files get moved to \My Documents). If I Click NO the file disappears.
So... Is there a way to get rid of these prompts? Or to make them not move or delete the file once is in the SD Card?
Thanks,
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Unfortunately, the contents of my HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\OBEX\ are the folders Services and Transport. There is no {0000-0000...} folder there. It exists though in the folder Services, so for my device, it is HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\OBEX\SERVICES\{0000...}. After adding the key, the temporary storage for the received file is ideed SD Card so I can grab it before responding to the prompt.
Nevertheless, either if I respond YES or NO for the file save prompt, the file is deleted from SD Card and does not reappear anywhere on the device, so it does not get moved, but deleted.
Notes:
For me it does not matter weather I write "/Storage Card/" or "\Storage Card\", it still receives to Storage Card, but regardless of what I choose, YES or NO, it deletes the file.

tnyynt said:
Unfortunately, the contents of my HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\OBEX\ are the folders Services and Transport. There is no {0000-0000...} folder there. It exists though in the folder Services, so for my device, it is HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\OBEX\SERVICES\{0000...}. After adding the key, the temporary storage for the received file is ideed SD Card so I can grab it before responding to the prompt.
Nevertheless, either if I respond YES or NO for the file save prompt, the file is deleted from SD Card and does not reappear anywhere on the device, so it does not get moved, but deleted.
Notes:
For me it does not matter weather I write "/Storage Card/" or "\Storage Card\", it still receives to Storage Card, but regardless of what I choose, YES or NO, it deletes the file.
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Exactly. This is the best I could get it to work, by just copying or moving the file to another SD Card location (or renaming it) before responding to the prompt. Anyway, this is kind of an old post. I had orginally done this since Dr. Yar crashed on my phone. Since then, I discovered HTC Bluetooth FTP Explorer 1.2, which adds an FTP tab to your Bluetooth Connections settings, where you can specify the default location for incoming bluetooth files.
Thanks for trying it out though!
PS,
I was trying to upload HTC Bluetooth cab, but there is a problem with the database. Anyway, I got it from VP3G's AddOn pack in the Hermes forum. A quick search should find it for you.

dgaud007 said:
Exactly. This is the best I could get it to work, by just copying or moving the file to another SD Card location (or renaming it) before responding to the prompt. Anyway, this is kind of an old post. I had orginally done this since Dr. Yar crashed on my phone. Since then, I discovered HTC Bluetooth FTP Explorer 1.2, which adds an FTP tab to your Bluetooth Connections settings, where you can specify the default location for incoming bluetooth files.
Thanks for trying it out though!
PS,
I was trying to upload HTC Bluetooth cab, but there is a problem with the database. Anyway, I got it from VP3G's AddOn pack in the Hermes forum. A quick search should find it for you.
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I don't know whether you are referring to this (which is inside my rom), but look at my settings. Even with these, Bluetooth still receives to Device and saves to Device\My Documents.

tnyynt said:
I don't know whether you are referring to this (which is inside my rom), but look at my settings. Even with these, Bluetooth still receives to Device and saves to Device\My Documents.
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Yes. That's it. It works fine for me. Is your SD Card name "Storage Card"? I would also try using the browse button and selecting different folders inside the SD Card.

dgaud007 said:
Yes. That's it. It works fine for me. Is your SD Card name "Storage Card"? I would also try using the browse button and selecting different folders inside the SD Card.
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Just tried. Same thing!

Well. That is strange. I don't have a Trinity. I have a Hermes. What I would do at this point, is first, try installing the BT FTP cab over your existing one (backup first!). If that doesn't work, try removing/re-inserting the SD Card and also if possible another SD Card. Could there be a write access-protect restriction on your card that forces the OS to use the default My Documents location?
Anyway I have to go back now to my other life , but if I think of something else I'll let you know. Sorry you have problems

OBEX vs FTP
That bluetooth setting is only for FTP transfers. OBEX is the "native" transfer protocol that phones et al. use. Changing the setting for FTP received files doesn't alter the OBEX ones!
I'm going to try Dr Yar, but would love to find a registry setting for this!

I've just found this one as a cure, about to try it..
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-obexinboxex.html

Dumb migration questions

I just upgraded from a Nexus One to the G2x, and I have a few dumb questions about the transition.
1. I've had the phone on for a couple of hours now. I don't think any of my Market applications have installed, although most/all (haven't checked in detail) of my paid applications are listed in Market as "purchased." Should I be concerned? Will they auto-install, and if so, how long is that likely to take? Any way to speed it up?
2. Is there any way to port over my SMS history from the Nexus One?
3. Is there any way to make wifi-calling "sticky?" It doesn't seem to turn on automatically when I power-cycle the phone, and I didn't find a setting that would make it auto-start.
4. This one is just curiosity, but I noticed that when I power on the phone, immediately after it registers on the network, the provider is listed as "T-Mobile," but after a few seconds it changes to "T - Mobile" with spaces around the "-". Does that mean anything?

I use an app called SMS Backup and Restore. From the n1, i did a backup, then copied the XML file it created to my new SD card. Went into the program and changed the folder path (since the internal memory has its own SD card) then added /_ExternalSD/ to path and restored the XML to keep all my texts from my N1
Also, your purchased apps are linked to your Google account. they wont auto download, but they should be listed in the market for reinstall.

smitty24 said:
I use an app called SMS Backup and Restore. From the n1, i did a backup, then copied the XML file it created to my new SD card. Went into the program and changed the folder path (since the internal memory has its own SD card) then added /_ExternalSD/ to path and restored the XML to keep all my texts from my N1
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Thanks for the tip! I'll pick that up and give it a try.
smitty24 said:
Also, your purchased apps are linked to your Google account. they wont auto download, but they should be listed in the market for reinstall.
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But I have to individually download all the free apps? Oh, well, I know what I'll be doing with my [previously] free time tonight...
Thanks again for the help.

[APP] X-Plore File Manager - duel pane tree view. Worth checking out.

Love this file manager. Everyone should be using this. Only thing that seems to confuse people, if you wanna copy of move a file to a different location, the file has to be selected from one side, and the destination has to be selected on the other side, then you hit copy of move and it will send it to that location. I usually just keep internal on one side, external on the other, and you can pop things back and forth. Works the same for sending files to cloud storage. However dropsync is the app I most use for that, large files seem to transfer more easily than in file managers. Smaller files work just fine tho.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lonelycatgames.Xplore
Sent from my S4 using xda premium

lucas said:
Love this file manager. Everyone should be using this. Only thing that seems to confuse people, if you wanna copy of move a file to a different location, the file has to be selected from one side, and the destination has to be selected on the other side, then you hit copy of move and it will send it to that location. I usually just keep internal on one side, external on the other, and you can pop things back and forth. Works the same for sending files to cloud storage. However dropsync is the app I most use for that, large files seem to transfer more easily than in file managers. Smaller files work just fine tho.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lonelycatgames.Xplore
Sent from my S4 using xda premium
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im using this since ages. best one for ZIP operations.

Yeah it just seems like a lot of people have hard-ons for es and that root browser. I think anybody not using this file manager is just wasting time.
Sent from my S4 using xda premium

I've been using this app since the glory days of s60v3. all other file manager apps just look like a confusing mess to me compared to x-plore and I don't ever see the day coming when I'll drop it.
that said there does seem to be some kind of changes in google's file system that x-plore hasn't kept up with. moving and copying files on marshmallow roms made after roughly Jan/Feb 2016 has the exact same issues for me on 2 phones. one is an s4 i9505 running custom and the other is an m8 on HTC made google edition firmware. that stops me thinking it's rom related.
without me even describing the issue in any detail do others out there know what I'm talking about ?
does anyone with a real dev level of understanding know specifically what the cause is ? if so I'd like to share that info with the dev at LCG and to bring the app back to it's former and fully deserved glory...

3mel said:
I've been using this app since the glory days of s60v3. all other file manager apps just look like a confusing mess to me compared to x-plore and I don't ever see the day coming when I'll drop it.
that said there does seem to be some kind of changes in google's file system that x-plore hasn't kept up with. moving and copying files on marshmallow roms made after roughly Jan/Feb 2016 has the exact same issues for me on 2 phones. one is an s4 i9505 running custom and the other is an m8 on HTC made google edition firmware. that stops me thinking it's rom related.
without me even describing the issue in any detail do others out there know what I'm talking about ?
does anyone with a real dev level of understanding know specifically what the cause is ? if so I'd like to share that info with the dev at LCG and to bring the app back to it's former and fully deserved glory...
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Are you talking about Android 5+ SD card write support? If yes, X-plore already supports it.
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lucas said:
Yeah it just seems like a lot of people have hard-ons for es and that root browser. I think anybody not using this file manager is just wasting time.
Sent from my S4 using xda premium
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I switched from ES to X-plore.
To be honest, ES is more user friendly. X-plore is more like Total Commander, dual-panel styled file manager, which is more geeky.
Features are about the same, but X-plore is better for zip/archive management. I love disk map too, much faster than storage analyzer in ES. Also, ES is a adware/bloatware now, always sending data to servers in China.

salmanfarisy said:
Are you talking about Android 5+ SD card write support? If yes, X-plore already supports it.
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no that wasn't what I meant. specifically it's copying and moving files from anywhere to anywhere now results in a kind of hang for up to half an hour depending on the file size. you can leave the process to run in the background or even interrupt it and cancel it (most of the time it will be completed unless you marked more than one file). even if you've cancelled the move or copy and killed the app the notification will stay up for about half an hour before finally deciding it's completed with a toast to confirm it.
in the early days moving one file within the same memory was instant as the index was updated rather than moving anything. once this stopped being the case this weird error began it's journey.

I also use profimail from same author. Great apps
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Couldn't install .APK using this on Nexus 7 2013 with CM14.1; however, built-in File Manager can. Weird.

Great app.From Lonelycatgames.
I used profi mail , x-plore and LCG Jukebox for symbian s60 years ago...
Best software's.

MT2-User said:
Couldn't install .APK using this on Nexus 7 2013 with CM14.1; however, built-in File Manager can. Weird.
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check your configuration screen in the app, do you have "do you have open APK as zip" checked ? if yes uncheck it and see if it works.

3mel said:
check your configuration screen in the app, do you have "do you have open APK as zip" checked ? if yes uncheck it and see if it works.
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No, it was unchecked.
Thanks anyway.

Need an efficient method to extract all of my memos.

I have an old Samsung A3 using Android 7 and over the years I've journaled on the default Memo app, now that I have a new phone I want to extract all of these memos and have them saved somewhere on my PC before I factory reset. The issue is that you can only share one memo at a time and I have over 1100 entries. This would take forever. Is there a way to extract all of them in a convenient way that wouldn't involve tediously sharing each and every one of them to my drive?? Are they all located somewhere in a folder?

Youb could try using SmartSwitch for just that.
Android 11 will likely puke all over it though unless there's an updated version of that app.
It probably won't work as R doesn't like to share databases... you feeling secure?
Be careful you don't lose all of it...
It's stored in it's own folder or in the Android folder in the data folder. It may be encoded for just that app... if so danger Will Robinson, danger!
Sometimes the only way is the hard way
I use ColorNote, it automatically backs up to my SD card. For the cardless victim users it offers cloud backup.

blackhawk said:
Youb could try using SmartSwitch for just that.
Android 11 will likely puke all over it though unless there's an updated version of that app.
It probably won't work as R doesn't like to share databases... you feeling secure?
Be careful you don't lose all of it...
It's stored in it's own folder or in the Android folder in the data folder. It may be encoded for just that app... if so danger Will Robinson, danger!
Sometimes the only way is the hard way
I use ColorNote, it automatically backs up to my SD card. For the cardless victim users it offers cloud backup.
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I downloaded SmartSwitch and backed up memos and this was what I got.
I'm assuming it's encrypted. Is there a way to decrypt this so I'm able to have all of them in a readable format. I feel like I should theoretically have 1100 files but it's just one?

That's a great question and I have no clue.
I see 2 options.
If you can load that app on your new phone then inject that folder data into it's new folder you may get lucky.
Or you have a day or two of work ahead...
With ColorNote you can use hyperlinks that open directly from the "note" in the browser. No cut and paste needed. I use it for bookmarks too.
I also use an old free copy of WPS to create word documents to avoid this kind of fubar.
I doubt that app copy would even load on R however it did install on Q.
Android has screwed up their platform so badly with R that I will be running on Q for at least 2 more years. I simply won't tolerate R trashing my trusted apps... and I have other better options.

@eu7tFeTyT7vfPy
Rename the file memo.nmmm to memo.zip and then extract the ZIP-file.
You'll get a file named memo.bk wherein all the memos are stored. Take not that this file may be encrpyted unless you opted for "No encryption" in Smart Switch app's settings.

jwoegerbauer said:
@eu7tFeTyT7vfPy
Rename the file memo.nmmm to memo.zip and then extract the ZIP-file.
You'll get a file named memo.bk wherein all the memos are stored. Take not that this file may be encrpyted unless you opted for "No encryption" in Smart Switch app's settings.
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I have it in .bk but how would I read it?

IIRC then the contents of memo.bk is a SQlite (version 3) database, filename is mmssms.db.
Use this to read db: DB Browser for SQLite 3.12.0

jwoegerbauer said:
IIRC then the contents of memo.bk is a SQlite (version 3) database, filename is mmssms.db.
Use this to read db: DB Browser for SQLite 3.12.0
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I'm not familiar with this type of stuff but I've downloaded it and tried "open new database" and then selecting memo.bk which tells me isn't a database. Am I doing something wrong?

Question Moving photos to new phone (root)

Hi guys. Didn't transfer the pictures off my old phone first thing and now I'm wondering is there a way to copy them across now without it making a new modified date. My new P7P is rooted so wondering if that's any good to me.
I use Google photos but it's annoying having to download stuff to the phone in order to send via WhatsApp etc.

Android phones can be looked at as USB flash drives. You can simply connect your phone to a computer, click and drag the pictures to your computer and then click and drag them from your computer to your P7P.
Both root and apps are irrelevant for this, kind sir.

Bxperiaz3 said:
... now I'm wondering is there a way to copy them across now without it making a new modified date. ...
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NippleSauce said:
Android phones can be looked at as USB flash drives. You can simply connect your phone to a computer, click and drag the pictures to your computer and then click and drag them from your computer to your P7P.
Both root and apps are irrelevant for this, kind sir.
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@NippleSauce, this might make it have a "new modified date" though...which is what I imagine he's trying to go against -- or he probably would have done the obvious of simply copy/pasting....
May I ask why you specifically need them without a "modified date"?
Whether copying/pasting using a computer or downloading from Google Photos, I'm pretty sure the "date taken" or original date created is still preserved in its metadata. I know Windows can sort it by that; i'm unsure if Android 13 stock file explorer can/would, but I'm sure other file explorers can....

simplepinoi177 said:
@NippleSauce, this might make it have a "new modified date" though...which is what I imagine he's trying to go against -- or he probably would have done the obvious of simply copy/pasting....
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The time and date are baked into the photo file. So, copying and pasting it would not alter those settings unless the user had disabled date and time stamps in his previous phone's settings (if that was even an option on their previous phone, of course).

NippleSauce said:
The time and date are baked into the photo file. So, copying and pasting it would not alter those settings unless the user had disabled date and time stamps in his previous phone's settings (if that was even an option on their previous phone, of course).
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I'm thinking OP doesn't want a "new modified/creation date", like copying & pasting a file -- the new file will have a new "date created" instead of the original which should be the same as when the photo was taken; although I don't know why it would matter to OP so much because, as you said, the "date taken" time & date is "baked" in it....
I can only imagine it has something to do with sorting....

simplepinoi177 said:
I'm thinking OP doesn't want a "new modified/creation date", like copying & pasting a file -- the new file will have a new "date created" instead of the original which should be the same as when the photo was taken; although I don't know why it would matter to OP so much because, as you said, the "date taken" time & date is "baked" in it....
I can only imagine it has something to do with sorting....
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The file modified date should also stay the same, only the create date might be new. Shouldn't make a differnce for most sorting, works fine in Google Photos at least.

Every time I copy data to a new phone I do this in two possible ways:
1. directly from Android to Android with the app Total Commander combined with its Wifi Plugin (links go to Playstore)....
You then then simply copy over Wifi (either using an existing connection to a mutual network or creating a "Wifi direct " network). This method preserves the file dates.....
2. using a PC (which I also use as device backup) via ADB. To make things simpler I use also Total Commander (or Double Commander) together with an ADB plugin. Here also file dates are preserved and its via USB cable, transfer speeds are quite a bit higher this way.....
PS both methods do not require root to work !