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Looking for a sync program

Hey,
I need a program to sync my movies folder via usb. I tried microsoft sync toy but it doesnt work with the tablet. Dropbox is no option and I think the Asus sync program doesnt have the ability.

the best one for over the air (not usb) is foldersync...building your own dropbox
it´s on the market
regards
Mr.Lee

Have you tried Dirsync?
http://www.dirsyncpro.org/download.html

Since neither FolderSync (which is great over WiFi) nor DirSync support MTP as far as I can see, your options are down to... errrrr... none. I do heartily recommend WiFi-based syncs with FolderSync though, and Titanium Media Sync may do the job as well (although I cannot recall if that provides sync over MTP connections as well).

I will try that but I am not happy. I fly frequently so I often push 10Gb and more up. That takes ages via Wifi.

Is there a know program to wirelesly sync contacts and agenda?
I did a search and this is the best I came up with :s
Cause the asus sync kinda sucks imo. You need to klick it at the tablet then pick dates on the computer and then hit sync? There is no way to do it automatically? HTC and Samsung do a WAY better job, but don't have such tablets :s

usern ameisval idandnot said:
I will try that but I am not happy. I fly frequently so I often push 10Gb and more up. That takes ages via Wifi.
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Oh, yeah, with that kind of transfer volume you can at least shower, have dinner and have a nap in between (and after dinner as well, quite possibly). Isn't a card reader the best option then? (And maybe an extra card so you can transfer content to one card and have the next one pumped full in the meantime?). Do you have the dock as well? That would double your transfer rate, since you could use both cards to transfer at the same time in either a multiformat reader or several card readers used simultaneously.
I'm sorry if I am pursuing a lost cause, but I'm just trying to think with you here.

Netgear recently released a gigabit router so the speed to transfer over wifi will be a lot quicker.
Though yes, i do agree (or at least i can't find a solution myself), surely there must be an easier way to push large files from PC to the tablet.
I inserted the SD Card, however the copying function keeps on crashing for (for numerous small files in many folders)
There must be some software out there that supports MTP! Totally frustrating. I use goodsync to sync to my PC/ phone/ NAS but i can't sync anything to the tablet!
MartyHulskemper said:
Since neither FolderSync (which is great over WiFi) nor DirSync support MTP as far as I can see, your options are down to... errrrr... none. I do heartily recommend WiFi-based syncs with FolderSync though, and Titanium Media Sync may do the job as well (although I cannot recall if that provides sync over MTP connections as well).
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What is the recommended way to sync back to your computer if you are using FolderSync? ie. SMB/ FTP/ SFTP etc? I have Windows7.
I dont quite understand your comment re: sync over MTP. Is FolderSync not providing that intermediary between the tablet and the PC? (ie. essentially synching over Wifi to MTP?)

Just want to push this topic!
I couldnt get Folder Sync to work. There are so many options available and it seems you need additional software installed on the computer. There are no manuals available Sync over Dropbox etc. is no option because of their file size limitations. Im using Isyncr now for my music files. Works awesome.
I still have to do the movies, etc. by hand

The fastest way to transfer media to the One X (esp on Linux and OSX)

hi,
I have been really frustrated with attempts to transfer media to my phone over MTP. On Ubuntu Linux - none of the methods work very well - including mtpfs, go-mtpfs, etc.
So I figured to use the method that Apple uses (tunneling TCP over USB) by way of ADB.
So I ran a ssh server on my phone (sshdroid, but anything should work), made sure that
Code:
adb devices
showed up my device, setup a port forward on my laptop using
Code:
adb forward tcp:2222 tcp:2222
, ran filezilla and connected to localhost on port 2222 and transferred all my media.
I got a 1.2 mbps transfer rate using my 2008 laptop. I am now planning to setup rsync over ssh to sync my music.
Here lies my frustration - Apple figured out the TCP over USB method almost a decade back, adb and ssh works well beautifully. Why did Google make the decision of going with MTP, as opposed to building something around SSH - which already has solved most of the problems around file transfer, mounting drives and sync.
Really frustrating.
EDIT: forgot to add that this should work for other devices like Samsung S3, Nexus 7 , etc. - but I personally have only my HOXL to test with.
- Sandeep
P.S. a longer rant on this topic here

sandys1 said:
hi,
I have been really frustrated with attempts to transfer media to my phone over MTP. On Ubuntu Linux - none of the methods work very well - including mtpfs, go-mtpfs, etc.
So I figured to use the method that Apple uses (tunneling TCP over USB) by way of ADB.
So I ran a ssh server on my phone (sshdroid, but anything should work), made sure that
Code:
adb devices
showed up my device, setup a port forward on my laptop using
Code:
adb forward tcp:2222 tcp:2222
, ran filezilla and connected to localhost on port 2222 and transferred all my media.
I got a 1.2 mbps transfer rate using my 2008 laptop. I am now planning to setup rsync over ssh to sync my music.
Here lies my frustration - Apple figured out the TCP over USB method almost a decade back, adb and ssh works well beautifully. Why did Google make the decision of going with MTP, as opposed to building something around SSH - which already has solved most of the problems around file transfer, mounting drives and sync.
Really frustrating.
EDIT: forgot to add that this should work for other devices like Samsung S3, Nexus 7 , etc. - but I personally have only my HOXL to test with.
- Sandeep
P.S. a longer rant on this topic here
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So you are essentially frustrated with the fact that you have the flexibility to discover your own solutions and that google facilitates this by providing you both a working file transfer method but the option to do it better? Honestly, I'm not sure that I would want to carry around not only my device but a USB stick with portable versions of a FTP client/adb for linux/windows/OS X just to be able to transfer files to/from in a pinch. Most OSs will be able to deal with an MTP device and this allows google to both not need to separate the space into space for your data/apps and allows for google to use ext file systems. There was some thought put into that decision believe it or not.

I just use FTP though my file browser.

z28james said:
So you are essentially frustrated with the fact that you have the flexibility to discover your own solutions and that google facilitates this by providing you both a working file transfer method but the option to do it better? Honestly, I'm not sure that I would want to carry around not only my device but a USB stick with portable versions of a FTP client/adb for linux/windows/OS X just to be able to transfer files to/from in a pinch. Most OSs will be able to deal with an MTP device and this allows google to both not need to separate the space into space for your data/apps and allows for google to use ext file systems. There was some thought put into that decision believe it or not.
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Actually you misunderstood what I was trying to say. I completely understand the rationale for Google wanting to do away with MSC (yes - I have read the Dan Morrill interview as well). And I'm not proposing that you carry around ADB.
what I am fundamentally asking is the rationale to choose MTP as a protocol, when a viable and far superior alternative exists. OSes are NOT able to work with MTP effectively, because it was never intended to do what we need from our devices today.
On the other hand, most OSes already work with TCP and SSH very effectively and in an extremely highly performant way. It would have been trivial for Google to build a TCP/SSH service inside the Android core and make available client services (similar to usbmux) that would have worked seamlessly across all platforms.
I am seriously questioning the choice of MTP as a protocol, because it is not too efficient.

I don't get it, why not just mount your SD and drag and drop your files? Am I missing something here?
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sandys1 said:
Actually you misunderstood what I was trying to say. I completely understand the rationale for Google wanting to do away with MSC (yes - I have read the Dan Morrill interview as well). And I'm not proposing that you carry around ADB.
what I am fundamentally asking is the rationale to choose MTP as a protocol, when a viable and far superior alternative exists. OSes are NOT able to work with MTP effectively, because it was never intended to do what we need from our devices today.
On the other hand, most OSes already work with TCP and SSH very effectively and in an extremely highly performant way. It would have been trivial for Google to build a TCP/SSH service inside the Android core and make available client services (similar to usbmux) that would have worked seamlessly across all platforms.
I am seriously questioning the choice of MTP as a protocol, because it is not too efficient.
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I hear you. You will probably have a hard time convincing windows users that MTP is broken for them.
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z28james said:
I hear you. You will probably have a hard time convincing windows users that MTP is broken for them.
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I'm on windows and think mtp is horrible. That's why I just use ftp now if a rom opts for mtp (JB).

qwertyaas said:
I'm on windows and think mtp is horrible. That's why I just use ftp now if a rom opts for mtp (JB).
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Why not just mount as disk drive and get 5MB/sec file transfers? I don't get it?

beaups said:
Why not just mount as disk drive and get 5MB/sec file transfers? I don't get it?
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The One X does not allow you to mount your internal memory as a USB drive. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Samsung S3 (even though it has a microsd ) does not allow the same.
The only way you can access data is through the phone using a protocol called MTP - it sort of pretends to mount your phone as a USB drive, but that's not what it is actually doing.
the USB drive mode is called MSC - the reason why Google decided to move away is written here

FTP and SFTP are good - You can do exactly that using the USB as the carrier (using my method) instead of the wireless network. So what you said does not make my proposal useless.
What I wanted to show was that there is a perfectly alternative way in which you can transfer files without using the wireless network (basically using the USB as a network). I am willing to stand my ground that that allows for a far superior (and much more omnipresent) protocol to transfer files. What you use on top of TCP-over-USB is upto you : SSH, SCP, FTP - all are viable.
Secondly, I like the fact that when I'm transferring all these files, my regular wifi/3g network is unthrottled.

sandys1 said:
The One X does not allow you to mount your internal memory as a USB drive. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Samsung S3 (even though it has a microsd ) does not allow the same.
The only way you can access data is through the phone using a protocol called MTP - it sort of pretends to mount your phone as a USB drive, but that's not what it is actually doing.
the USB drive mode is called MSC - the reason why Google decided to move away is written here
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We all have the the One XL which does allow for our storage to be presented as a block device. The One X might be different?

z28james said:
We all have the the One XL which does allow for our storage to be presented as a block device. The One X might be different?
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I'm assuming you are on Windows.
What you are seeing is your computer talking to the phone over MTP and presenting it as a block device. If you are able to use your phone's storage (both main as well as the "/sdcard") while you are transferring content on your phone, then it is the MTP mode.
MTP not only brings bad performance, but it also doesnt work across all platforms and screws with fundamental things like timestamps.
Phones prior to the Galaxy Nexus used the MSC mode - a true block level mounting. There are some tradeoffs to that, which is why Google gave up on that.
The iPhone talks to the iTunes using a similar protocol to what I talked about in my OP - TCP over USB.

sandys1 said:
I'm assuming you are on Windows.
What you are seeing is your computer talking to the phone over MTP and presenting it as a block device. If you are able to use your phone's storage (both main as well as the "/sdcard") while you are transferring content on your phone, then it is the MTP mode.
MTP not only brings bad performance, but it also doesnt work across all platforms and screws with fundamental things like timestamps.
Phones prior to the Galaxy Nexus used the MSC mode - a true block level mounting. There are some tradeoffs to that, which is why Google gave up on that.
The iPhone talks to the iTunes using a similar protocol to what I talked about in my OP - TCP over USB.
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No, I'm not seeing that at all in windows. When I plug my phone into any linux box as well it is enumerated as a "sd" device. I'm also not able to use the storage as it is mounted. The One XL divides its internal SD card into useable space and space for apps.
This is why people are not able to understand why you have posted this here and why I'm asking if the Tegra 3 One X is perhaps different.
EDIT: It looks like the SGS 3 uses MTP.

It is enumerated as a sd device, but it is not mounted as one.
Please double check - I'm on an AT&T One XL.
MTP is the only access path.
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sandys1 said:
It is enumerated as a sd device, but it is not mounted as one.
Please double check - I'm on an AT&T One XL.
MTP is the only access path.
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I just mounted my phone's storage on my laptop running Slackware 14.
Showed up as a SCSI attached storage disk.
fdisk shows it as a block device. In my case sdc.
sdc mounted as vfat.
No fuse, no MTP.
On windows my Nexus 7 uses MTP. My One X shows up as an actual block device. The disk manager even sees it as a block device.

z28james said:
I just mounted my phone's storage on my laptop running Slackware 14.
Showed up as a SCSI attached storage disk.
fdisk shows it as a block device. In my case sdc.
sdc mounted as vfat.
No fuse, no MTP.
On windows my Nexus 7 uses MTP. My One X shows up as an actual block device. The disk manager even sees it as a block device.
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Oh - now I see what the confusion was. The HTC spoofs the MSC mode using a partition on a single disk. Read about it here. And these are some of the problems that may occur if you continue to use it as mass storage.
I would recommend that you transfer using MTP or over the network using FTP or through my method. I'm really unsure about the mass storage path.
However, what I talked about still stands - Google has moved away from mass storage completely and switched to MTP (HTC is doing a few tricks to make this easy for us)
MTP sucks.

One word: AirDroid.
Why even bother physically connecting your phone to USB anymore when you can use apps such as AirDroid (and many other apps) to get great speeds wirelessly regardless of platform? All you need is the App installed and any browser.

sandys1 said:
Oh - now I see what the confusion was. The HTC spoofs the MSC mode using a partition on a single disk. Read about it here. And these are some of the problems that may occur if you continue to use it as mass storage.
I would recommend that you transfer using MTP or over the network using FTP or through my method. I'm really unsure about the mass storage path.
However, what I talked about still stands - Google has moved away from mass storage completely and switched to MTP (HTC is doing a few tricks to make this easy for us)
MTP sucks.
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Why can you not just accept the fact that htc includes an excellent usb interface. It's fast and stable in "disk drive" mode. Whether it's "spoofed", "faked" or whatever you want to call it, it works great, and across all platforms.
Actually I don't think it's spoofed at all considering I can write to it in direct disk access mode in WinHex.
Anyhow, they actually did quite a bit with the usb stack. USB tethering, USB network pass-through, and Disk-Drive mode are all HTC features that I sorely miss on my MTP SGS3.
I have not seen a single user complain about Disk Drive mode. It works great.
Nothing to see here, move along....

I hate mtp and miss mass storage mode from the hox

You can.
We can't. Truly.
This thread is for all of those users like me on Linux or OSX who are having trouble with transferring content.
I wouldn't have made this thread if it didn't affect us.
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Office Synching

Hey, long time XDA fan... short time account cred loser :crying:
Anyway just got the Note, and I'm liking it,but I got it for office use.
What is the best way/app to allow me to autosynch files when I export a note and connect my note via the cable?
The notes will contain highly sensitive data, so that removes the option for Cloud solutions unless you know that auto encrypts before synching.
Thanks, in advance!

Bumping for hope of an answer. This is becoming more important to my long term ownership as my workplace is looking to deploy new MDM and policy control around byod devices.
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Why don't you try something like Microsoft onenote but im not sure you can sync that without the cloud. If you don't really want to edit the notes you sync u can always save them as pdf's and copy them by usb cable
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The best way to sync your tablet with something like Dropbox is an app called DropSync. I recommend getting the paid version as it is far more powerful.
Unfortunately, Samsung chose a format for their Notes app that is unreadable by anything outside of another device running the same Notes app. Why they chose this obscure standard I don't know.
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I'm also very satisfied with Dropsync, but also very happy with SugarSync witch has better Win app and better folder setting. You can use my referral to get 500MB more.
https://www.sugarsync.com/referral?rf=d9vsa9metzoxm

Kies
androidjobe said:
Hey, long time XDA fan... short time account cred loser :crying:
Anyway just got the Note, and I'm liking it,but I got it for office use.
What is the best way/app to allow me to autosynch files when I export a note and connect my note via the cable?
The notes will contain highly sensitive data, so that removes the option for Cloud solutions unless you know that auto encrypts before synching.
Thanks, in advance!
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What about Kies? I haven't tried it yet, in fact I'm just now downloading it hoping to accomplish the same thing... even so, my use doesn't require such high standards for security. I'm hoping this can make a direct connection with my PC a lot more efficient in order to track order forms and job notifications without needing to print paper.
Hope this suggestion gives you something to work with.
:::Not sure, but thus far it seems like Kies just stores a back-up/recovery file to your computer. Not sure this is helpful but I'm still trying it out:::

Thanks for all the help. This will give me a few things to try.
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androidjobe said:
Hey, long time XDA fan... short time account cred loser :crying:
Anyway just got the Note, and I'm liking it,but I got it for office use.
What is the best way/app to allow me to autosynch files when I export a note and connect my note via the cable?
The notes will contain highly sensitive data, so that removes the option for Cloud solutions unless you know that auto encrypts before synching.
Thanks, in advance!
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The best way to sync in the office using the USB cable is with an app and computer software called "Local Sync". Sorry can't post links, but just search the goole play store.
It allows one to sync files from your Note 10.1 to your office computer w/o having to put files in the cloud. I have found it to be completely secure and reliable since its syncs over the USB cable not wireless.
You will need to also download and install the Windows program to run it. You will also need to intall the samsung drivers which means installing Samsung Kies onto your office computer.
With this app and computer software all my critical files between work and tablet are perfectly in sync.
Good luck
AlexDaryan

Syncme Wireless
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bv.wifisync&hl=de

OTG sync or file transfers seems to be a hassel. Can't you just use a card reader(SD, micro SD, M2, etc) to connect to your pc and and transfer files via the microSD Card. . No cables needed. Installing Kies means installing versions of Net Framework if you don't have it already installed. Real PIA to install AND uninstall. Isn't it a good idea to use the card reader for large files (under 4 GB)makes sense to me. Plus, you can take the card reader with you on when your away to transfer photos/files from your camera, cellphone, etc to the Note 10.1. Takes less battery power than OTA, correct?

[Q] Accessing SDCARD from a computer

I tried the search, but it's down.
Anyone know if it's possible or a good alternative way to access files on your SDCARD from your computer?
Thanks

you only have a few options
the main 3: ADB, MTP, FTP.

There are issues with the drive not showing up. I'm having the same problem.
MTP=error
PTP= works, but is mostly useless.
Looking at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2514396 now.
Edit: Simply removing my existing android device from device , along with the "delete driver" option fixed it. (windows 7)
I had the "universal adb driver v.72"
Noticed the Google driver has support for the nexus 5 as well.
https://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html#top
Edit2: adb also works out of the box with the google driver.

WiFi File Transfer is a good alternative https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smarterdroid.wififiletransfer&hl=nl. Airdroid is also a very good app for wireless file transfers.

Grab a ftp server to run on your phone is an alternative, but Wi-Fi transfer rates are often quite bad compared to usb.
I'm very satisfied with mtp, I nearly never transfer files between computer and phone.

.jond said:
I tried the search, but it's down.
Anyone know if it's possible or a good alternative way to access files on your SDCARD from your computer?
Thanks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2518454

What version of windows. If it is a version without media center such as N mtp will NOT work. Same issue happened to me.
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Connect a Note 4 to a Note Pro 12.2 for File Transfers...

Hi all,
I'd like to connect my Galaxy Note 4 to my Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 so that I can transfer files between the two directly, but without having to rely on a USB Stick/Memory Card/Hard Drive/Bluetooth/Cloud as I do now. Does anyone know how to this?
Thanks very much

Pushbullet, nice and easy, install on both devices, adds text messaging from your tablet too! And you can get all notifications on your computer plus file transfer to/from. It's a MUST app.
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Does it allow external SD card file transfers? No rooting.

I use WiFi Direct - speedy & easy ( on my SM-910T & SM-P900). I have only been able to use this if both are running Stock rom (Rooted debloated deodexed doesn't matter, but I think the WiFi direct is samsung).

Sidesynch and smartswitch should already be installed on both devices and will do what you want. Wifi direct will also work. The other way if you've remove'd all those apps and don't want to install anything would be to just connect both devices to a computer through the usb cables and transfer files between the two.

If those programs don't allow transfer to external SD card then they are useless to me.

Thanks to everyone's ideas, but the easiest solution for me was the one that "Brokens" offered & so I'm using Wi-Fi Direct to transfer my files without having to use any Cloud/Hardware to do it.
Thanks "Brokens" & to all of you for the ideas ☺?✌