how to transfer from phone-comp

[Derrick Patrick]

Hey there new just got the nexus 6 a few days back and had a galaxy s4. With the s4 I could take pics, movies I have downloaded and put them right on my comp. I can't see any of the files on this phone is there a way I can change this?

 

[VW Maverick]

Howdy.
You want to put stuff from the phone to your PC or vice versa?

Mav

Sent from my Sprint Tri-Band Nexus 6.

 

[Derrick Patrick]

Correct from phone to PC.

 

[VW Maverick]

So when you hook uo your N6 you do not see the files where the info is stored?

Mav.

 

[Derrick Patrick]

I can see the files but I can not see any of the documents in the files. Its like they are hidden and I can't accesses them.

 

[Derrick Patrick]

Anybody have an idea?

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[Sullie714]

What exactly are you trying to move? Have you tried other types of files? All i do is plug in my phone with USB, open up a File Explorer window and cut, copy/paste or whatever. The only thing to this point that I have done is pretty straight forward, moving from phone to computer some pics and vids from DCIM. I haven't tried to move downloaded items etc. I see you indicate you can look at the phones files and open them, but there are no items viewable in the folders. I wonder if the computer is blocking access for some crazy reason, like sensing something that involves Rights Management, or some Firewall issue.....

 

[Morq]

It should work correctly, for instance, when you want to copy photos from phone to pc, you would:

1. Connect phone to usb - phone will show in device manager and you should be able to double click it to open its folders, go to step (3), BUT there is chance it will be empty, showing nothing - in that case go to step (2).
2. Unlock the phone and wait a moment, all files should show on pc now (power button + swipe up/pattern/password/whatever lock you are using)
3. Go to DCIM, you should see all the camera folders you have.

Noteworthy folders:
DCIM - Digital Camera Images, everything you took with your camera apps
Download - where everything you downloaded went
Music, Movies, Documents - where you should put your music, movies and documents
Pictures - pictures (including screenshoots) go there
Notificiations/Ringtones - where you put mp3s for notification/ringtone sounds

Also, while browsing your device you are limited to what you can do - it is best to copy the files from phone to computer and try opening them from there.

 

[VW Maverick]

What he said. ^^^^^

Mav.