How to transfer files between an Android device and a Computer

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In this video you'll be taught how to transfer files between an Android device and a computer. I even explain figuring out problems like getting the phone drivers so the computer can recognize the device.

[@dawnparker9358]

Thanks for a GREAT video. I am not very techy. I like how you explained things and also showed each step as you spoke not assuming that somebody knew what you meant when you said go here or there, or do this. This will sound weird to lots of people but even explaining about the USB cord and how to plug it in would be helpful to someone just learning(not me luckily but I thought that deserved a comment lol) This has made it so much easier for me to load my pictures now. Thanks again. Glad I found your video. BTW I rarely ever comment but after watching your video I was so impressed I had to let you know.

[@sandiherron173]

Thank you so much. My husband bought me a new phone and I was freaking out about losing all my pictures and videos on my phone. Your info was the only info that helped. It was simple and straightforward.....even this grandma could understand!!!!!

[@ronfriedman3035]

WOW! I am a newbie w/ smartphones but well versed in computers. You made this easy to understand. Thanks

[@MindsetSpeakers]

Thank you. Another video had me downloading KIES and I was nowhere for an hour. your tip worked right away.

[@philbond9362]

Thanks for that-was tearing my hair out trying to figure it out-great job!

[@Andrea-vn6be]

thanks so very much!! you showed me enough i can now pass on this info to others. I've also just freed up space to take lots of pictures for my daughter's first real trip to the circus tomorrow.

[@edmcdougall1575]

Very informative young man. Explained everything clearly. Thanks.

[@Misifusmiau]

Thanks!!!!! I gotta download the driver. This tip was very helpful. Otherwise I would not be able to download.

[@SandStormGamingUKAE]

On my HTC one, i copy a video onto my phone. but sometimes it gives me the option to convert and transfer, sometimes it doesnt. I need to convert every time or it doesn't play properly. How do i fix this?

[@uhZoku]

Skip nonsense.. vid starts at 1:30

[@trappytripper8316]

thanks kind sir

[@jailbreakguy4395]

your a true homie

[@colio4726]

thx bro ;-)

[@javierdothat284]

thx

[@endster1122]

byZoku thanks

[@ayeeitsssmiaa7528]

Even though you talked a lot in this video like A LOT it was really helpful thank you!🤗

[@staceymannaert3048]

Thank you! I will try this but I may have questions later :-)

[@julienewton30]

Do you have to make a new file for the photos one has on the samsung galaxy phone?

[@renancervi7954]

Which camera are you recording??! Only.... so good!!!

[@siliconrockstar187]

Ha, thanks man, it never occurred to me to press the empty space until I saw this :)

[@nuriahmet9852]

okay so I use to have Samsung before a long time ago then I joined the iPhone hype and now back with Samsung (home sweet home) I just have a question that isn't really asked often but, when I put music onto my phone it goes on great but I am one who loves having album covers showing on all my music (bit OCD about it) is there any way you can tell me which I can edit my music on my Samsung to show the artists album cover and not just some blank thing

[@nobtobthelob2452]

Thanks so much this really helped me out!

[@marykiernan9706]

Thank you! You were very helpful!

[@AdultToons]

some of my files for both photos n videos wont show. help?

[@greatbestboy]

Thank you for the video. It helped me alot!

[@fannykasher2367]

Thank you! Problem solved. Your video was excellent.

[@insanegaming3908]

Hi,when I go onto my phone files I can see Internal Storage and SD card on the laptop screen. I go to click on any of those to see what they contain and it just says they contain no files. Nothing,even though it tells me how much space is taken up,no files show up on either the SD card or internal storage. Help,please it's urgent!!!

[@Misakyanovich]

When i transfer my videos (m4v files) from my mac to galaxy S6 with android file transfer they don't show up. do i need to convert them ?

[@skylark304]

very simple as you said compute takes mobile hand set as an external hard drive. you also need a driver for your usb connected device to your computer ( good info) but your jargon about mobile memory ( +storage ) internal + external (sd card ) is a wonderful explanation ****** thanks

[@joannesinspirations]

Hey there. You're obviously very well versed. Apparently all my photos and videos are uploaded to the "cloud". I plugged in my usb and I get a message that says "there's nothing to import". I want a concrete back up. Not just the crazy cloud. I don't know why it is saying that there is "nothing to import" when my storage is now FULL; hence, the REASON I am looking to transfer from phone to computer (but cannot, since it says there nothing is there to import; and, yes I can see all photos/videos on my phone and most on cloud except for the most recent. Thanks in advance for your response :)

[@grateman4088]

This feels so old and it still works

[@jadencofield8499]

You helped thank you

[@ilikeoptter]

Thank you. Great tutorial!

[@clb4351]

I found this really useful but please can you advise how you also transfer text messages to your laptop as well as pictures etc. Thanks in advance.

[@austinoquinn7573]

What are if you have a KZbin channel on your phone will it transfer to your computer with the philes

[@marcos22571]

Hey Canada, can I download it direct to my laptop?

[@doom8566]

Thnx for this video. Still working in 2015!!

[@bipulbisural4372]

do i need to convert videos for to paste in my phone ? because the process is to slow

[@edwinedwin645]

Hi is it possible to retrieve deleted pictures from a Samsung Note 3 ?

[@Babblingboolean]

Not sure, perhaps they're being saved to a different directory for some reason. Try the following: open the "Gallery" app, find a video you recorded, open it, hit the menu button, and select "Details". From there it should show you where it is saved. Cheers.

[@priscillaclanton7577]

how do I get the floating fish screen saver that you have, I have a galaxy 5

[@jenniferwalden3029]

How do you find your contacts? I know how to find my photos, etc. but I would like to find the contacts file.

[@kvnhernandez8]

How do you get parts of a file into an app? My friends has fruity loops on his tablet and laptop , I'm trying to place instruments from his laptop to the tablet but I can't seem to have it save them but the file is there..

[@morganjones7543]

thank you so so much this has helped me so so much before I didn't have a clue what to do. :-)

[@dariusscott7103]

Where can I find the folder for downloaded.games that I got from google.play store?

[@slicknick484]

what was the concern about removing the usb cord quikly what can happen?

[@josephanthonysoriano1002]

hey bro, i did what i watched but when i connect the usb cord, there is no phone storage that i see. can you help me??

[@Budro4764]

Good vid You sound french. I have a 7.o Gpad that i want to transfer pics to my PC I am gonna try your method . Does your way do it ?

[@AngelaR47]

When I open up my folder from my phone there is nothing there.

[@mattiasleiger]

Angela Ralano yeah same

[@alannacodo6176]

Question what if you have a virus on your computer.Could it transfer to a phone.I have protection if so.I just wanted to know

[@thebest18181818]

someone tell me how to upload photos to computer from huaweiy625? active sync didnt help. when i plug phone usb cable in to computer nothing pops up in phone.

[@s11wolf]

omg thank u man i had a problem and i fixed it by looking at this video really thank u so much :).

[@ludlowbushmatt5089]

Excellent. Thanks.

[@wiccedwill101]

i got a question, my phone dosent ask to turn on usb storage (yes i slid notifications tab down and checked) nor dose it do it atomaticaly, how do i connect it?

[@Babblingboolean]

You might be missing the drivers, I explain how to get them for your Android device at 5:27 However, Android devices with versions of Android 4.1 and newer don't usually show on the Android device to turn on USB storage, it simply does it automatically.

[@strikerfc1018]

Thanks man this really helped me ;)

[@15Troylee]

Hey BB , is there a reason why when I go into my DCIM folder I can't find the videos I recorded?

[@ItsYaboyrobinho]

i did what you did! i put my video to my mobile (in the same folder) but... when i,m plug-out my mobile the video won't show him self in the folder :(

[@RMS-gt2gt]

Dropped my phone and screen blank. i decided to change my phone since it will cost me the same to get a second hand phone with buying the new screen with digitizer. my dilemma... how do i transfer my contacts which were saved in device to the computer, and to the new phone?

[@achofl]

thank you so much, i couldnt get my picturesoff my nook tablet, but i have now got them!

[@drifty9]

Help Please My android hot spot connected to my laptop but my laptop does not show any disc on the screen. if i connect any hard drive or pen drive to my laptop it shows straight away.

[@De_Leon_Records]

u can also use the air driod app

[@garypatrick2606]

Did you have to download an MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) on your computer first before you could view your files from your phone on your comp?

[@Babblingboolean]

No, Windows auto detected it.

[@mettta88]

Can I do the reverse, transfer files from my android to my computer?

[@elsmirdragonsbane8470]

k so I took something I saved and put it on the desktop then transferred it over to my phone but when I went to go look for it it wasn't there

[@wilsondiep509]

Great help! ty

[@jreyesonline]

ok when ever I connect my phone nothing comes up anywhere.. I got the droid razr HD and I want to get music on it... so can you plz help me?

[@Babblingboolean]

The only thing I can think of is that when you paste it to your computer, you might be right clicking and selecting "paste as shortcut" instead of "paste". If that isn't the issue then I'm not sure if your files from your Android device are corrupted/have errors or your computer. You'll have to Google search the issue, I suggest asking in "XDA forums" website, that's where developers could help you.

[@timwilliams2887]

How do you put videos that was already saved into your computer into your android device

[@ninicatlover]

Thanks! It helps!

[@ddraguti]

Hi.I got problem, when connect samsung Galaxy S 4 to laptop in order to transfer files to pc, basic "camera" folder on my pc doesn't display phone video files just photo files? Why is that so?

[@andrewdimarco4136]

How can I save my pictures to a zip drive or my computer? Thanks!

[@AliciaKonHealth]

Excellent! Thanks a thousand

[@KariHolmes]

Hi thanks for the video. My phone says "the requested resource is in use" and isn't letting me open, transfer or copy ayd videos from my phone to my PC/laptop-can you help?

[@Babblingboolean]

That's strange I've never heard of that problem before, try again after restarting your computer and Android device. If it still doesn't work, sign up to the website "XDA Forums" and ask in the "General" section, it sounds like a pain but most Android developers are there and are very fast to respond.

[@akay1014]

My keyboard keeps saying Unfortunately lg keyboard has stopped. I downloaded swiftkey keyboard a year ago on my old phone. It isnt in the playstore anymore. How can I transfer it to my new phone? Thanks

[@demetrasoeldner522]

Hi, watched your video and what you say is right I have been doing that for ages with my Samsung. BUT my son gave me an Elephone P6000 which I cannot see it in my PC at all. Used every cable and all my friends PC's just in case there was something wrong with mine and it did not recognize it but no luck. any suggestions? I need to transfer some pictures and I am long overdue..

[@yuanyanii]

Have you tried your charger? My charger was my USB cord

[@iDeKz]

i have a problem. i have a motorola moto g, i smashed the screen so i wanna transfer my data to my comp. i have the usb cord thats no problem, the problem is when i plug my phone in nothing comes up on my computer. and when i plug my phone into the usb port on the tower it just charges it, from what i can see on my screen it does not give me an option to recognize the phone or to even mass storage. please reply immediately

[@mastercoolbeansya8388]

the storage thing didn't pop up on my phone and it didn't pop up on my computer either what should I do then?

[@AneeshaKumar1]

That helped a lot! thank you =)

[@donnamaher8132]

I connected my android tablet to my PC via USB and when I try to view the contents in file manager it asks me to "insert disc in portable drive". The PC's file manager does not show me any contents whatsoever as I hoped for. I'm an android newbie so what do I need to do now?

[@2worldsmix]

hello, I was wondering what can I do when I plug in the USB and all i get is a charge. I don't get any pop ups or any other indications . My phone will charge automatically. I have Samsung galaxy s6

[@saddlebum777]

Is it possible to transfer voice mail messages from a android phone to laptop?

[@jaytraeblack1933]

thank u!!!! real helpful!!

[@EmmxnSxvxgeonyt]

What happens if I uploaded a KZbin video from my phone and I delete from my twist will it delete from my laptop

[@EmmxnSxvxgeonyt]

Which one do I click to see the file's

[@Michael64633]

Love the weather app on your phone. Do you know the name of it? Thanks very helpful video. Mike

[@Babblingboolean]

Michael Don Haven't used it in a while but it's called "Beautiful Widgets", forgot the name of the widget theme though.

[@shazzburridge4419]

when i take a video on my galaxy note 2 and transfer it to my computer it plays the video on its side ... is there anyway to rotate it or to play it correctly ... when playing it on the phone its fine

[@Babblingboolean]

Try different video playing apps like "vlc player", "mx player" "vplayer", etc.

[@johndunn7409]

how do you transfer pictures from your cell phone to the TV video

[@morganjones7543]

+salmaelie then go to the files that says movies and not videos

[@jazz1279]

can anyone tell me, its pretty urgent I want to transfer my pictures and songs from an old phone to a new one. I've already gotten them into two folders on my pc, ready to be transfered. I'm just hesitant to transfer them onto my new phone. I have a galaxy s4, and I am afraid of messing it up somehow. If I drag and drop those folders with the pictures and songs onto the sd card of my galaxy, will it automatically go into the right place on the sd card or do i have to put them into specific folders?

[@Babblingboolean]

Sorry for the delay, your message got lost in all my emails. You can put pictures, videos and music anywhere and apps within Android should auto detect them. To make life easier for organization, on external microSD I put music in a folder I create called "Music" or "Songs", videos in "Movies", etc. Android doesn't put them in a folder automatically though, it's just like Windows on a computer, you'll have to manually paste them wherever you want.

[@kp10292]

Good job man!

[@steelbearslayer1512]

How do you transfer app data from I pad to Samsung using USB cord

[@MiskoKatua]

Can i transfer also self-made apps into an android-phone? (thus without using the app store)

[@Babblingboolean]

Yes, absolutely! Watch this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGTaqHSkiq6mj68 it has more to do with your particular question. The video is a bit low quality but it works. :P

[@IqbalHamid]

@07:10 The reason for the different versions is to comply with requriements for different geographic regions, so there may be differences in relation to languages, voltage settings, plugs that come with the phone and other fine tweaks to suit the country the product is being marketted to. USA is not the wohole of the world, you know!

[@mer1red172]

your english is so easy and fluent I wish I could speak it like you . why the americans do not speak that simply. I feel like my listening is so good with you

[@sharisscrappyshares]

Novice question here...once you see your picture files do you need to save them all or are they synched for you? Thanks!

[@Babblingboolean]

I assume you mean when you see your phone pictures on your computer? They most likely aren't synced (unless you activate a feature like that in an app such as Google+). The best way to save them is to simply copy and paste them to your computer's hard drive.

[@cosmicremix311]

Trying to transfer a network driver download file to my computer but my phone folder on the computer shows up empty. Can someone help me, please?

[@brontecooper9675]

Need info from Samsung A Tab folder to PC

[@lemongrabracing71]

when i do this, the jpeg turns into an unknown file, then the photos and camera files dont transfer they worked on my samsung galaxy S4. the note 4 wont let me throw my pics on here.

[@Nicole-wx4hs]

100 videos on youtube all saying the same thing, NOTHING COMES UP ON MY PHONE OR LAPTOP WHEN I PLUG IT IN HELP ME!

[@aeswd8722]

Nikki Penny same here

[@crazyvideocraft]

Did you allow USB debugging maybe that's why go into setting and find USB debugging and allow it

[@Nicole-wx4hs]

I've done it now, I used a different cable, although the tutorials don't follow what I have to do, I have to drag all the photos into my pictures folder, there's no other way to do it Afolabi Adekanle

[@crazyvideocraft]

Ok

[@popejonas178]

+Nikki Penny Plug the USB cable PC to Phone. Once done, drag from top status bar (where battery level, wireless signal, time, etc min icons appear) and will show you USB options.

[@shazzburridge4419]

yes thanks i figured it out i did hold it vertical and have now edited them ,,, shame i didnt know this before my europe trip but know now ,, thanks for your reply

[@PoppaWasAPlaya]

how would you do that?

[@t1redeyeddragonsgaminglife475]

y doeent all the tutorial gat to the point!!!

[@mordicy123]

erm.. yeh i have a toshiba at300 and no option comes up for turn on usb storage and it wont come up on my computer. i have tried unplugging the usb port and replugging but still wont work. please help????!!!!!!