how to view my andriod directory?

[damevenus]

I don't know if I worded correctly my question.

Basically, the problem is that whenever I connect my andriod phone to my Windows 7 PC using the provided propriety usb connector, I cannot seem to use Xyplorer to access my folders and files in my andriod phone.

The directory path taken from Windows Explorer looks something like this:
Computer\SGH-XXXX\Phone\

However, I am able to view and access using Windows Explorer instead.

Is this something to do with my configuration that needs to be changed or simply Xyplorer has its limitation just like I noticed I cannot create new right click context menu links on Xyplorer

By the way, I am using the latest version, v11.90.0.0200 on Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. Thanks.

[j_c_hallgren]

I think this prior thread is similar : http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6139

But as a recent newcomer to the smartphone/Android suff, I found this to be an even better solution (esp since the used phone I bought didn't have the USB cable included) and just wondering if you're aware of this AirDroid app that uses wi-fi so no cable needed:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... d.airdroid

[damevenus]

Thanks for the great tip about the AirDroid!

Yeah, I am totally new with smartphone concept. Never own an iphone -totally a newbie and unaware of any fancy apps out there. Still learning how to use my new toy. Will definitely look into this AirDroid. Last time I tried the Samsung Air Kies, I did not find it that easy to navigate. Of course, I am comparing my Xyplorer experience to it -so I am not being fair to Samsung. LOL

Thanks again!

[j_c_hallgren]

Thanks for the great tip about the AirDroid!

You're welcome! The other app that I was directed to as being useful for file management is https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... mes.Xplore

Yeah, I am totally new with smartphone concept. Never own an iphone -totally a newbie and unaware of any fancy apps out there. Still learning how to use my new toy.

About a month ago, I bought this 2 yrs old Gingerbread OS phone as I use a prepaid since my needs are minimal...it's a whole new experience finding out all what this phone can do...and you may have diff needs/usages than I do but I'm willing to share what i've learned thus far in terms of apps that I've found valuable.

Here's a part of my Facebook post about this topic:

And finding the apps that I can use for tasks (some I never thought about) is more of a challenge -- but -- am planning to use it strictly as voice only for phone side and wi-fi only for data given how much t...ime I'm at home and such -- I use PagePlus MVNO so my cost is $10 every 120 days for 100 min and I never use much of that.

So my friends: What apps for a Gingerbread phone do you suggest I look at having?

Already found: AirDroid (love this!), Caffeine, Evernote, Lookout Security, Handy Scanner, Navfree USA (GPS maps), Scanner Radio, Smart Compass, Tune In Radio, Talkatone, TeslaLED flashlight, Wi-fi Analyzer, Zedge (wallpapers/ringtones), I-Heart Radio, X-plore file manager and a few others...P.S. : CamScanner, Handy Scanner, NoLock

[damevenus]

Hi j_c_hallgren,

Thanks for the long post and for kindly taking the time to recommend me your favorite apps for andriod. I will have to take another day to make a longer reply -just not today.

Anyway, mine is the newest Samsung Note 2 phone running Jellybean 4.1 OS. Frankly, I am not not a heavy cell phone, like you, so I technically is alright using my 5 yr old flip phone. Just thought it was time for me to get a smartphone as these day in age, every where seems to be requiring the convenience of a cell phone usage. For example, I keep seeing QR codes in newspapers, magazines, and poster ads at bus stops to name a few. And of course, the convenience of being able to access my google calendar, email accounts, Facebook and etc when I am out of the house. Once I own one, I find the damnest thing about owning such a phone is the battery usage. I find it very annoying that my same brand name old Samsung flip phone only needs one recharge on 7 day standby mode whereas my Samsung Note 2 needs daily recharge. For that reason, I still use my old cellphone for phone usage and my smartphone more like a mini tablet usage only. Still, that device drains battery like crazy. I have installed several apps to control battery drainage but still cannot get away with recharging once a day. It's maddening. I love the device but at the same time hate it.

Anyway, will reply more next time with my list of favorite apps on my device.

[j_c_hallgren]

Agree with you about the battery thing! My ole Nokia would run for most of a week on one charge (if I made only a few calls) while new one looks like it'll last a day as well...the main diff seems to be: smartphones are a micro computer that does phone calls as side benefit whereas dumbphone is a phone that has some minimal computing features and its the need to power that souped up computer that uses all the battery...after all, how long does a laptop/netbook last on battery power? A few hours and we're happy with that so when you compare laptop style battery pack size to phone, no wonder they last only a day...if we had phone battry packs that were decent sized, they would last decent time!

Thanks for you nice comments! Just wanted to share some of the stuff i found as new user to help out maybe...

[neminem]

Heh. My laptop has a giant honking battery, and still lasts an hour and a half if I'm lucky. But it's also basically a desktop in a laptop case.

I also finally joined the smartphone world (got a Transform Ultra, refurb for like 28 bucks ) a couple weeks ago, and was extremely disappointed to discover you're required to root it just to be able to put your own files anywhere on its internal hard drive. Mega-lame. So be happy you can see it at all, even not in xy. (You can put stuff on an sd card, which I yoinked one of from an unused old digital camera, but it was still pretty lame.)

Battery lasts 2-3 days with the screen off when not in use, though, which isn't too terrible. (Though, yes, my old crappy flip phone lasted over a week on a charge, but my old phone couldn't do very much.)

For apps, so far what I've been most happy about other than the obvious (being able to google/wikipedia things from anywhere, google calendar, email, GPS that uses the only map application that's actually good - google's), are the apps for deal sites (Amazon Local, Google Offers, LivingSocial) so I don't have to print anything out to use a coupon at a restaurant, and the Bank of America app that lets you deposit a check without going to a bank.

[damevenus]

Sorry j_c_hallgren for the super belated reply on this thread. Been super busy but I did not forget to reply this thread . . . along with a few other old emails still queuing in my mailbox. LOL

Although I still love to use my laptops, I am gradually learning to appreciate the use of smartphone as I learn to install and customize apps to my needs. However, there is a common hate in me for both of these devices and that is whenever I need to restore them to factory setting. Shortly after I posted my last reply on this thread, 1 of my laptop crushed -as in froze to death- and the other got some bug as a result of some unknown latest Win7 update screw ups. So for the next 3 weeks or so, I had to reinstall Win7 OS on 1 laptop and the other restore to last windows backup. To make things worst, just when I was done with them, I noticed my smartphone was lagging but could not figure out which app(s) were causing it. So had to reset to factory setting and reinstall each app until finally found the culprits. Took me for repeat trials to find the culprits -lovely. At least with PC, I had already pre-written my installation scripts for bulk reinstall and restoring configurations for all of my favorite softwares. But no chance with my smartphone since I am completely newbie in it -that is until I learned about Carbon app recently. Too bad I did not know about Carbon app until after I had already got through the pain of manually re-configuring the same darn settings for each app each time for four factory resets. Darn!

Anyway, as promised before, here are a list of my favorite recommended apps for smartphone. Don't know if they are compatible with gingerbread though.

For battery saving ones:
-battery full notification (rings the phone whenever battery is fully recharged)
-easy battery saver (set to "super mode" and configured only certain apps to enable wifi connection -great for blocking ads requiring network connection on game apps)
-easy task killer (compliments easy battery saver although I stopped using it recently because I found another better one see below)
-andriod clean master (best task killer, cache cleaner and memory killer for me)
-easy history cleaner (a bit redundant with andriod clean master but I keep it just to delete browser history since andriod clean master does not delete)
-battery drain (gives me a log of my battery drain)
-wakelock detector (shows which system processes are awake)
-wifi adblocker (the best ad blocker, it effectively eliminated 99% of the apps that run ad banners, include blocking ads from YouTube, does not need root and it's free and save battery in the process)

For utilities
-taskbomb (great for launching apps at certain time)
-https://www.xyplorer.com (great for setting count down timer for cooking even parking
-any.do (to do list)
-life reminders (I used this more than any.do. Great for reminding me to take my vitamins and pills)
-MRK Timeout (selectively set each app with different screen timeout time - save me from repeatedly change screenout time when viewing youtube or reading ebooks)
-sound profile (set up different volume control, data connection, bluetooth state, and screen brightness for different profiles)
-english (offline dictionary with text-to-speech capability)

For app management
-elixir and elixir widget (create customizable widgets making any launcher look neat and clean)
-carbon (backup/restore all my favorite apps including their data in one easy click, no more reconfiguring settings from scratch)
-app lock (password lock sensitive app)
-app rotator (save me time for manually clicking "screen rotation" when using certain apps
-appbrain ad detector
-AutoAppOrganizer (My most favorite app organizer. I use it to group my apps into several categories. Then create widget shortcuts. Every time I install a new app, it will automatically ask me where to categorize the app. I never need to sort my apps in alphabetical order within each category like with other launchers. Best I can also backup and restore apps and categories.)

The above listed are my most recommended practical ones. Hope this information is useful to anyone out there.