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Where to get drivers for Android smartphone file transfer to PC
Which is the correct Android driver to install on Windows
in order to copy camera files from the LG-P769 to the PC? When I plug in my LG Optimus L9 Android cellphone to the USB port on my Windows XP PC, the T-Mobile phone tells Windows to pop up a message to either install the 206MB LG tool suite, or just the 12MB MTP driver. LG Suite of tools: tool.xcdn.gdms.lge.com LGPCSuite_Setup.exe MTP Driver: http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/swdata...XP-X86-ENU.exe |
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Where to get drivers for Android smartphone file transfer to PC
On Fri, 4 Apr 2014 09:57:11 -0700, Lucia Gallo wrote:
LG Suite of tools: tool.xcdn.gdms.lge.com LGPCSuite_Setup.exe It wasn't easy to find the URL of the LG suite: http://tool.xcdn.gdms.lge.com/swdata...uite_Setup.exe I was able to get that URL by hitting escape when the IE browser popped up for about a second, in order to freeze the browser before it went to just a download window which didn't have the full URL in it. Since the LG Optimus L9 SD card is useless (you can't transfer or move apps or data to it), the simplest way to get data off the L9 would be to use the USB cable. Given I must choose between the two methods, which would you suggest I download onto the PC for transferring files by USB cable? MTP driver? http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/swdata...XP-X86-ENU.exe LG Suite? http://tool.xcdn.gdms.lge.com/swdata...uite_Setup.exe |
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Where to get drivers for Android smartphone file transfer toPC
On 4/4/2014 1:14 PM, Lucia Gallo wrote:
On Fri, 4 Apr 2014 09:57:11 -0700, Lucia Gallo wrote: LG Suite of tools: tool.xcdn.gdms.lge.com LGPCSuite_Setup.exe It wasn't easy to find the URL of the LG suite: http://tool.xcdn.gdms.lge.com/swdata...uite_Setup.exe I was able to get that URL by hitting escape when the IE browser popped up for about a second, in order to freeze the browser before it went to just a download window which didn't have the full URL in it. Since the LG Optimus L9 SD card is useless (you can't transfer or move apps or data to it), the simplest way to get data off the L9 would be to use the USB cable. Given I must choose between the two methods, which would you suggest I download onto the PC for transferring files by USB cable? MTP driver? http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/swdata...XP-X86-ENU.exe LG Suite? http://tool.xcdn.gdms.lge.com/swdata...uite_Setup.exe I am surprised than any Android device cannot transfer files natively -- no additional programs or drivers required. The few I've tried simply showed up as an external USB memory device when I plugged them into my Windows PC. If all you want to do is transfer pictures then the MTP driver should do the trick though. Are you sure that there isn't some setting on your phone which tells it how to react when it is connected via the USB cable? |
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Where to get drivers for Android smartphone file transfer to PC
Per Lucia Gallo:
Which is the correct Android driver to install on Windows in order to copy camera files from the LG-P769 to the PC? I gave up on hardwire file transfers. WiFi transfers are just too easy. -- Pete Cresswell |
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Where to get drivers for Android smartphone file transfer to PC
On Fri, 04 Apr 2014 15:06:30 -0400, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
I gave up on hardwire file transfers. WiFi transfers are just too easy. As if simply connecting a USB cable is too much of a hassle... It works just fine with my Galaxy S4 Mini. -- s|b |
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Where to get drivers for Android smartphone file transfer to PC
On Fri, 04 Apr 2014 14:09:55 -0400, John McGaw wrote:
Are you sure that there isn't some setting on your phone which tells it how to react when it is connected via the USB cable? I would show you a screenshot of the LG menu that asks when you plug a device in, but I can't get the screenshot off the phone onto my PC. So, I will tell you (in words) what happens: 0. You power on and unlock the T-Mobile LG Optimus L9. 1. You connect the micro-USB cable to the WinXP SP3 laptop. 2. On the smartphone, a menu titled "USB connection type" pops up. 3. It has a (o) circle that you must choose one of four options: a. Charge only (Charge with a USB cable) b. Media sync (MTP) c. LG Software (Connect to PC software for LG mobile) d. Camera (PTP) When I select "Media Sync", the WinXP PC pops up a message to download the MTP software located at http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/swdata...XP-X86-ENU.exe If I change the selection on the phone to "LG Software", a different box pops up on the WinXP PC asking to download http://tool.xcdn.gdms.lge.com/swdata...uite_Setup.exe So, my question is basically which would you suggest? |
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Where to get drivers for Android smartphone file transfer to PC
On Fri, 4 Apr 2014 18:14:50 +0000 (UTC), Dustin wrote:
I've got an LG phone running Android v2.x series. Didn't they remove USB capability in Ice Cream Sandwich? This LG Optimus L9 has Android 4.1.2. USB mode is no longer available in that Android. So, I have to add the MTP drivers or the LG software suite, but before I do, I'm asking for advice. |
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Where to get drivers for Android smartphone file transfer to PC
On Fri, 04 Apr 2014 15:06:30 -0400, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
WiFi transfers are just too easy. I tried "Kies Air" but the fact it would only transfer a single file at a time drove me absolutely crazy. So, I gave up on WiFi transfer. If there was an /easy/ way to transfer hundreds of files by WiFi, that would be a different story though. |
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Where to get drivers for Android smartphone file transfer to PC
On Fri, 4 Apr 2014 13:17:38 -0700, Lucia Gallo wrote:
On Fri, 4 Apr 2014 18:14:50 +0000 (UTC), Dustin wrote: I've got an LG phone running Android v2.x series. Didn't they remove USB capability in Ice Cream Sandwich? This LG Optimus L9 has Android 4.1.2. USB mode is no longer available in that Android. So, I have to add the MTP drivers or the LG software suite, but before I do, I'm asking for advice. My 4.1.2 phone has no problem with USB. It worked OK 4 hours 9 minutes ago, i.e., the last time I synced. -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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Where to get drivers for Android smartphone file transfer to PC
On Fri, 4 Apr 2014 13:15:53 -0700, Lucia Gallo wrote:
On Fri, 04 Apr 2014 14:09:55 -0400, John McGaw wrote: Are you sure that there isn't some setting on your phone which tells it how to react when it is connected via the USB cable? I would show you a screenshot of the LG menu that asks when you plug a device in, but I can't get the screenshot off the phone onto my PC. So, I will tell you (in words) what happens: 0. You power on and unlock the T-Mobile LG Optimus L9. 1. You connect the micro-USB cable to the WinXP SP3 laptop. 2. On the smartphone, a menu titled "USB connection type" pops up. 3. It has a (o) circle that you must choose one of four options: a. Charge only (Charge with a USB cable) b. Media sync (MTP) c. LG Software (Connect to PC software for LG mobile) d. Camera (PTP) When I select "Media Sync", the WinXP PC pops up a message to download the MTP software located at http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/swdata...XP-X86-ENU.exe If I change the selection on the phone to "LG Software", a different box pops up on the WinXP PC asking to download http://tool.xcdn.gdms.lge.com/swdata...uite_Setup.exe So, my question is basically which would you suggest? Both, then try them to see if either one works. I'd guess Media Sync, but I (fortunately, apparently) don't have an LG phone, so I can't test. It looks to me like the other selection might require you to install the LG software, but then I have not the slightest idea what that SW is or what it can do. -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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Where to get drivers for Android smartphone file transfer to PC
On 2014-04-04, Lucia Gallo wrote:
On Fri, 04 Apr 2014 14:09:55 -0400, John McGaw wrote: Are you sure that there isn't some setting on your phone which tells it how to react when it is connected via the USB cable? I would show you a screenshot of the LG menu that asks when you plug a device in, but I can't get the screenshot off the phone onto my PC. So, I will tell you (in words) what happens: 0. You power on and unlock the T-Mobile LG Optimus L9. 1. You connect the micro-USB cable to the WinXP SP3 laptop. 2. On the smartphone, a menu titled "USB connection type" pops up. 3. It has a (o) circle that you must choose one of four options: a. Charge only (Charge with a USB cable) b. Media sync (MTP) c. LG Software (Connect to PC software for LG mobile) d. Camera (PTP) When I select "Media Sync", the WinXP PC pops up a message to download the MTP software located at http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/swdata...XP-X86-ENU.exe If I change the selection on the phone to "LG Software", a different box pops up on the WinXP PC asking to download http://tool.xcdn.gdms.lge.com/swdata...uite_Setup.exe So, my question is basically which would you suggest? If you want "b. Media sync (MTP)" I think you'll need the MTP driver for your computer. If you want the fancy "c. LG Software (Connect to PC software for LG mobile)" instead of using whatever tools you already have on your computer, install it. Here's what LG have to say about that package: http://www.lg.com/uk/support/pc-suite "LG PC Suite: Manage Your Photos, Videos and Music | LG UK" I wouldn't be surprised if you need both, in practice, depending on what you want to do with the phone and computer connected. -- -- ^^^^^^^^^^ -- Whiskers -- ~~~~~~~~~~ |
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Where to get drivers for Android smartphone file transfer to PC
On 2014-04-04, John McGaw wrote:
On 4/4/2014 1:14 PM, Lucia Gallo wrote: On Fri, 4 Apr 2014 09:57:11 -0700, Lucia Gallo wrote: LG Suite of tools: tool.xcdn.gdms.lge.com LGPCSuite_Setup.exe It wasn't easy to find the URL of the LG suite: http://tool.xcdn.gdms.lge.com/swdata...uite_Setup.exe I was able to get that URL by hitting escape when the IE browser popped up for about a second, in order to freeze the browser before it went to just a download window which didn't have the full URL in it. Since the LG Optimus L9 SD card is useless (you can't transfer or move apps or data to it), the simplest way to get data off the L9 would be to use the USB cable. Given I must choose between the two methods, which would you suggest I download onto the PC for transferring files by USB cable? MTP driver? http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/swdata...XP-X86-ENU.exe LG Suite? http://tool.xcdn.gdms.lge.com/swdata...uite_Setup.exe I am surprised than any Android device cannot transfer files natively -- no additional programs or drivers required. The few I've tried simply showed up as an external USB memory device when I plugged them into my Windows PC. If all you want to do is transfer pictures then the MTP driver should do the trick though. Are you sure that there isn't some setting on your phone which tells it how to react when it is connected via the USB cable? The stumbling block in this instance is the obsolete Windows XP system, which didn't come with "Media Transfer Protocol (MTP)" drivers already installed - because MTP hadn't been invented when XP escaped. Early Android systems (up to version 2.something I think) detect a USB connection and offer the user 'charge only' or 'disk drive' (and possibly 'sync' or 'tether' if the OEM included those features). Choosing the 'disk drive' option would make the Android device 'unmount' its MicroSD card and make it available to the computer as a 'USB external storage device'; when the computer had finished with it and unmounted it ('you may now safely remove your device') you could unplug the phone, which would then check its MicroSD card and if possible re-mount it and make the contents available on the phone again. But computers can do /all sorts/ of things to external storage devices, and Android phones also like to do interesting things with them (especially if they use them as extensions to built-in storage) so you could really mess up your Android phone if you weren't careful. That's why MTP is now used instead; the computer has no access to the phone's MicroSD card at all - all it can do is read and write files via the phone's own operating system, which should make it much harder for the human to muck anything up beyond the point at which 'nothing works'. -- -- ^^^^^^^^^^ -- Whiskers -- ~~~~~~~~~~ |
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On 4/4/2014 4:18 PM, Lucia Gallo wrote:
On Fri, 04 Apr 2014 15:06:30 -0400, (PeteCresswell) wrote: WiFi transfers are just too easy. I tried "Kies Air" but the fact it would only transfer a single file at a time drove me absolutely crazy. So, I gave up on WiFi transfer. If there was an /easy/ way to transfer hundreds of files by WiFi, that would be a different story though. TotalCommander has a LAN plugin that lets you transfer multiple files over your WiFi network. |
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Lucia Gallo expressed precisely :
On Fri, 04 Apr 2014 15:06:30 -0400, (PeteCresswell) wrote: WiFi transfers are just too easy. I tried "Kies Air" but the fact it would only transfer a single file at a time drove me absolutely crazy. So, I gave up on WiFi transfer. If there was an /easy/ way to transfer hundreds of files by WiFi, that would be a different story though. Seems to me DROPBOX is the easy way to go. Photos transfer to computer as soon as phone is on network. l-) -- John G |
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Where to get drivers for Android smartphone file transfer to PC
On Sat, 05 Apr 2014 09:52:42 +1100, John G wrote:
Lucia Gallo expressed precisely : On Fri, 04 Apr 2014 15:06:30 -0400, (PeteCresswell) wrote: WiFi transfers are just too easy. I tried "Kies Air" but the fact it would only transfer a single file at a time drove me absolutely crazy. So, I gave up on WiFi transfer. If there was an /easy/ way to transfer hundreds of files by WiFi, that would be a different story though. Seems to me DROPBOX is the easy way to go. Photos transfer to computer as soon as phone is on network. l-) Dropbox is my preferred method... -- Char Jackson |
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