Can't transfer files to/from my Galaxy Nexus to/from my PC

[thescholar007]

I ran across this post and wanted to post my workaround in case someone else has this problem.
This happened to me with my Samsung Galaxy note 2. Whenever i tried to copy a media file to the SD card windows explorer crashed.
Like a poster above said, the problem was always the divx codec.

I solved the problem by doing the following:

1. remove the extension from the file (in my case it was a .mkv so movie.mkv became movie)
2. copy the file to the sd card
   [*from the android device, ]rename the file and add the extension back to it (movie becomes movie.mkv)

 

[ChEeCh187]

AOKP ROMs have a fast charge/sub charge setting in the ROM control tab under settings. If it's on you will not be able yo connect as a media device = no transfer.
Just a thought...

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Android Central Forums

 

[justinthekahuna]

Uninstalling the DIVX codec absolutely worked for me! Thanks for the tip!

 

[justinthekahuna]

Uninstalling the DivX codec solved the issue! Thanks for the tip!

 

[5n1p17]

Midimench, thank you so much for posting this fix. When I first read your post, I really thought it was a long shot, but I considered it because I was able to transfer files off of my gnexus with no problem.

After I tried your fix, I was able to transfer files to my gnexus with no problem at all. Thank you so much for this post! Man, I hadn't been able to successfully transfer files to my gnexus for months. I seriously gave up on it and wanted to try one last fix before quitting altogether. Thank you again for this post!

 

[Ryan D4]

everything worked after I turned on USB debugging.

I had the opposite problem, I still had USB debugging on from some previous changes I was making, and after seeing your suggestion I turned it off, and viola! it works perfectly now.

 

[Dark-Psyche]

I was having the same problem and USB Debugging didn't work either. So,I tried something that I am using to transfer my music to my phone, that resolved the problem.
As I have all my music, videos and playlists on iTunes, I have installed the iSyncr app from Google Play so I could easily transfer my music from my PC to my phone (including the playlists, which was the reason I installed the app; otherwise, I would have to do them manually which is an extensive piece of work).
I was amazed that I could also transfer the videos with no problem at all.
For someone that is not using iTunes, may not be practical but still, it could be an option.


UPDATE: Better and quicker solution - rename extension file of your video to .mp3, copy to your phone and change it back to the original extension file. I was able to copy videos of over 1GB under "mp3" file.