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How to move files from an Android Phone (Pixel) to a Windows PC?
I'm having a lot of problems with this, and not found any kind of resolution in the last 2 years.
I would simply like to get the contents of an entire folder on my Pixel 7 Pro and move them to my ...
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How to make OneNote for Windows 10 / Android auto sync more frequently
I'm using One Note in 2 devices:
OneNote for Windows 10 Version 16001.14326 on Windows 11 PC
Microsoft OneNote for Android on a Samsung Galaxy S9 Version 16.0.15726 (updated Nov 8, 2022)
In the ...
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How to sync a folder between multiple PC and Android devices using a local network such as Wi-Fi?
Basically What I'm looking for is a software/ program / anything that can help me achieve the following objective :
I have a folder that is full of PDFs and I have multiple devices ( Android and ...
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Chrome sync: is mobile history merged into my desktop's?
I am trying to save mobile chrome's browsing history but I heard unless I root my android
phone, I can't.
So I decided to use Chrome's sync option.
But the concern is that I don't want to lose my ...
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Sync Joplin between desktop (Ubuntu) and phone (android)
The note taking app Joplin should be able to sync files between a phone and a desktop. However, I have not managed to get this to work.
I authorized the same dropbox account on both the desktop and ...
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Using Git to sync Mac and Android
I have a folder on my Mac and corresponding folder on my Android phone, which I would like to keep in sync both ways. ie. sometimes work is done on my phone, sometimes work is done on my Mac.
I ...
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unexpected item in Google Chrome's right-click shortcut-menu
I need your help figuring-out what's going on here:
Note: the platforms I'm using are:
- PC: Google Chrome on Windows 10
- Phone: Android version: 7.1.1 NMF26F (skin: Xiaomi MiUI version: 11.0.2.0 ...
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(How) can I use BackBlaze to synch a few key data files between Windows & Android?
Can I install the BackBlaze client on both Windows and Android, and then synch files, no matter which device updates them?
I am thinking of only a very few key data files, such as my Keepass password ...
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Change account in Your Phone app
This is my setup:
I have a PC with two linked Microsoft accounts - my work account and my personal account. It has Windows 10 Enterprise, version 2004.
My wife has a PC where we both have our ...
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Sync Outlook on PC with Android Phone (Calendar, Contacts, Tasks and Notes)
I have researched this extensively online and in SE, but I'm finding it hard to believe that in 2020 there is no native solution for synchronizing Outlook on a PC (calendar, contacts, tasks and notes) ...
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Need a way to bidirectionally sync between android (ver 9 pie) phone and windows 10 pc over the LAN
The title pretty much sums up what I am am trying to accomplish. The only requirements that I have are:
1.) Everything must be done over my LAN (wirelessly) no servers allowed.
2.) It has to be ...
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how to remove error in android studio gradle syn fail Build model 'org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.model.BuildScriptClasspathModel'
I getting the gradle sync error in the android studio as shown.
I am using plugin 3.4.2 with the new gradle version 5.1.1
How can I fix this error and also try the re-installation of Android Studio?...
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Can't download Android source with Repo: "cannot initialize work tree for platform/build/blueprint"
I'm trying to use repo to download the Android source as per Google's instructions. I've downloaded and initialized the Repo client and am now trying to update the working tree. After running repo ...
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Android Studio Gradle sync error
I installed Android 3.3 and upgraded it to version 4.10.1.
Now I'm going to run one of the default activities.
But when it comes to sync the Gradle, it shows me this message:
What should I do?
please ...
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Android Studio - Import Project Error
I copied the downloaded project to the root folder and then imported it into android studio. Instead of syncing the project, it throws the following error -
06:41 Gradle sync started
06:41 ...
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Privately synchronising calendar files between platforms
Introduction
I would like to be able to maintain a calendar privately, using offline calendar applications on both my Android mobile and Windows/Linux desktop computers.
I understand that cloud ...
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How to Sync same file on Computer, Drive and Android phone with read/write access?
Hello,
I am new to the data uploading and downloading to cloud services of google and Microsoft. I am having a problem in this aspect.
Problem:
I have a MS-Excel file on my Laptop(Windows 10), and ...
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Cortana stopped syncing text messages (sms) between Windows and my Android phones
So, Cortana syncing SMS and other app notifications was very handy while it worked. I got accustomed to it, but then one day it just stopped for no apparent reason. Form what I searched on the web, ...
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Sync Mac AddressBook with android phone, /without/ using the cloud? [closed]
Is there free or commercial software which will sync the
Mac AddressBook with an android phone [via cable to USB
port]
without putting the data in cloud (not even temporarily), and
syncing all the ...
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Realtimesync: MTP Protocol does not support directory monitoring on Android
I have a Samsung J7 Prime running Marshmallow. I tried to synchronize one folder of the phone with another folder on my PC using FreeFileSync and it worked fine. Now, I wanted to make the ...
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Sync pictures taken to dropbox
I am using dropbox sync to sync of my phone pictures to the cloud (dropbox). Works like a charm. Only thing is that also want to sync the pictures I take to my dropbox folder.
Both the pictures I ...
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How to sync large directory (30gb) between Android and OSX devices?
So, my laptop is a Mac, and my phone is an Android. I want to sync my music directory between the two. The sync can either be multi-directional, or in a single direction from computer to phone.
I ...
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Firefox passwords on Android do not sync
I have several installations of FF (2 desktops, 1 laptop, 2 Android).
All of them use the same sync account and the same master password.
Bookmarks sync fine between all the devices.
Passwords sync ...
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How to Sync PC, Laptop and Tablet on same network
I have files that sometimes need moving between PC (Win10), Laptop (Win 7) and Tablet (Android).
Before I had tablet, I've used Windows Homegroup, but the settings went south every time I've turned ...
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Sync Outlook calendar with color categories to Android tablet
I'm setting up all my appointments in Outlook using categories with their accompanying colors. How can I sync my Outlook calendar to my Android tablet in a way that my colored categories will be ...
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How to sync files between Windows 8 and Android device?
I've tried Microsoft SyncToy and FreeFileSync but the first app does not work with devices (I cannot choose any folder on my phone to sync).
FreeFileSync has poor sync options.
Are there any ...
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How can I sync calendars and contacts across platforms while *not* using a related email address?
Okay, this one is super complicated, but I'll try my best to be clear and concise.
I am trying to help a user get his accounts together. The user has the following hardware:
iPad
Android phone
...
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How do I automatically sync all videos I record with my android phone to my desktop?
I record a lot of short videos with my Android phone, and I would like to know the most convenient way to keep them synced with a folder in my desktop (OSX). I automatically sync my media from my ...
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Recover incomplete download in Android Open Source Project
I am trying to sync the following repo
repo init -u git://github.com/CyanogenMod/android.git -b gingerbread
and then
repo sync
my problem is that repo sync stuck at fetching projects 99 ...
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Android apps doesn't sync over WiFi
"Network Manager" (Mint 17.1) can create a WiFi hotspot for Android phone if you use the option the «Create a Wireless Hotspot».
Until recently, this hotspot worked fine, but now i have a problem. ...
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Google Calendar One-Way Sync
I use Google Calendar and wish to sync it with my Android phone. Events I schedule from my PC always show up on my phone after sync, but events I schedule on my phone never show up on my on my PC when ...
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Firefox browser addons not syncing to android/between android devices
Is this supposed to happen; will it be added at some point if not?
I can currently go into my android firefox for instance and install adblock plus, ghostery, https everywhere, and presumably ...
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Using new computer with Windows 8. How to import pics?
How can one import pics from Android phone to computer using Windows 8?
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Synchronization stopped working: Microsoft Exchange contacts with Nexus 4
I have in my office Microsoft Exchange 2010 on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2. My Nexus 4 (Android 4.4.2) is configured to sync contacts (only) with it. It used to work and then stopped (although no ...
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Sync playlists from Linux to Android
I'm currently using OS X Mavericks on my Macbook Pro, but since it's an older model, I've been experiencing some slowdown since I upgraded. After doing much research, I'm going to replace my current ...
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Remove synced contacts from gmail?
I have a lot of old contacts I wish to get rid of. When I sync my phone old contacts appear. How do I remove them?
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Sync files from 'portable device' to Windows 7 folder
What I'm looking for is an efficient way to back up my phone's SD card (Galaxy S4). In an ideal world* I would plug in the phone and it would automatically fire off a synctoy or robocopy task or ...
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Android sync pictures both ways
I have a Galaxy s3 and I'm wondering if there is a way to sync pictures that is better than Dropbox
Right now I use Dropbox which just downloads all my pictures but it doesn't use the same folders ...
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How to share my comments, notes etc for my .pdf across multiple devices?
I have a Windows laptop and an Android PDA. I'm using Adobe Reader for reading my e-books for both these devices. But I'm also putting comments and notes into them, which are stored only in a single ...
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Syncing contacts regarding Android, vCard & Exchange
My aim:
To import a list of contacts in the format of a vCard (.vcf) file into sync with a cloud server using Microsoft Exchange, for use with an Android device.
My problem:
The bunch of contacts ...
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Configuring Firefox sync on a PC with an already configured Android phone
I have a Firefox Sync account that I created on my home PC.
I have also configured this Firefox Sync accout on my Android phone by following the standard procedure of entering a phone-generated code ...
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Transfer Books from Mac to Kindle App on the Nexus 7
I have some e-books that I've downloaded from Project Gutenberg and some other sources to my MBP. They are all DRM free. Excluding e-mail them to my Kindle as a personal document as a method (the ...
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Syncing bookmarks in Firefox' own "Bookmarks" menu with bookmarks of Android (4.0) phone
Is it possible to make Firefox sync its own bookmarks (accessible from the "Bookmarks" menu) with the bookmarks on my phone (Galaxy S3 running Android 4.0), so that when I add a bookmark in Firefox on ...
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Can I sync books I didn't buy from Amazon via Kindle app?
I have the Kindle app both on mac and android, I want to know if it's possible to sync the books that I have on android over to mac and vice versa as well as the last page I viewed? Some books weren't ...
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Can I sync an Android phone with Lotus Notes Contacts and Calendar?
In my office, they currently use Windows Mobile phones, mostly for legacy reasons. Contacts and calendar are synced from Lotus Notes like this:
Lotus Server → Lotus Notes → Lotus EasySync ...
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Is there any way to synchronize an Android device with Thunderbird or any other Linux PIM application (without Google)?
I would like to synchronize my Android device with my desktop computer which runs Ubuntu. The following data needs to be synchronized (listed in the priority descending order):
Calendar
Tasks
Email
...
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Which twitter client can synchronize unread tweets? [closed]
Right now I'm forced to read all the tweets in a single client on a single device (TweetDeck on my Android phone).
If I would switch to another device and/or client, I would need to search for the ...
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Winamp sync between Windows 7 and Android not working
I've installed Winamp both on my Android phone (Sony EriCSSon Xperia X10 Mini Pro) and on my computer (running Windows 7) and successfully managed to pair the two. However, the music library on my ...
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PC sync software for android 2.2 phone (samsung I5801) using bluetooth
Is there any free or opensource software for synchronizing (sending/creating sms, creating/editing calender events, add/edit contacts etc.etc.) your android phone with windows xp (sp 2 or later) using ...
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Syncing Outlook, gmail, calendar and contacts
My previous phone was a Windows Mobile 6.5 HTC. I had it linked to my computer (Windows 7 Professional 64-bit) and it used Windows Mobility Center to sync with Outlook 2010.
Everything was fine. I ...
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