Android file transfer through Win10

Hello all,

I hit a Windows roadblock that I'm hoping someone here might be able to offer some advice on how to deal with.

I'm in the process of setting up a new Samsung Android phone. My old phone has an SDcard port but the new phone only has internal storage. I need to transfer files from the SDcard to the new phone's internal storage and for some reason, the built-in file transfer options are not capturing all of them. I've tried transferring them from the card to a windows folder and then to the phone memory via cable but windows again, not everything makes it through. Android uses dots and dashes in it's file and folder names and as I discovered recently, Windows won't handle items with dots and dashes in their names.

Does anyone know of a workaround, other than manually renaming every item and folder, or software/app that will allow me to transfer the full content of the SDcard to and from Windows?

Thank you.

Try this program once. MyPhoneExplorer | Functions

F22 Simpilot said:

Try this program once. MyPhoneExplorer | Functions

Will do. I'm working with it now. I'll report back with results later.

Thank you!

F22 Simpilot said:

Try this program once. MyPhoneExplorer | Functions

This seems to have done the trick. I haven't noticed anything missing yet but the files I was mainly concerned about made it and that's what I needed. Thank you again!

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Try3 said:

I use MyPhoneExplorer
MyPhoneExplorer links Windows computers and Android phones reliably - my post #3 - TenForums

Another method I use seems to be relevant to your current situation.
I have
1 a 500GB Fat32-formatted MicroSD card [formatted with MiniToolPartitionWizard]
2 a USB-MicroSD card adapter
3 a USB-USB-C adapter
so I plug 1 into 2 into 3 and connect that to the USB-C connector on my phone.
I can then use the explorer in my phone to copy from the MicroSD card into the phone's internal storage.
- My phone's explorer is TotalCommander but I believe many others can work with externally-connected storage.
- This arrangement also works with exFat-formatted SD cards.
- I used to use a phone explorer that could work with NTFS-formatted SD cards but it was awkward to use and I have not seen or tried any for at least five years now.

I have also transferred files across using a direct USB cable connection to the phone.
- I did not have any of the problems you describe.
- I did not attempt to transfer anything to any Android system folders which is what I imagine you mean by their having dots & dashes in their paths.
- I transferred to, for example, the Documents folder on my phone.

This diagram was made in MPE but the folders are the same when I connect by USB cable.


Best of luck,
Denis

Great info. Thank you for the tips.

You're welcome. And thanks for the Rep.

F22 Simpilot said:

Try this program once. MyPhoneExplorer | Functions

Quick follow-up...

I created a backup/sync folder on my PC with MPE. The files being backed-up equate to about 65GB. I started a sync routine and the "time remaining" fluctuated between 400 and 600. I take it that this number is minutes? If so, that's potentially 10 hours. Is that typical?

FTNR21 said:

Quick follow-up...

I created a backup/sync folder on my PC with MPE. The files being backed-up equate to about 65GB. I started a sync routine and the "time remaining" fluctuated between 400 and 600. I take it that this number is minutes? If so, that's potentially 10 hours. Is that typical?

Possibly. There are other ways, but if your computer has USB C then use that if at all possible. There are so many USB Specs I can't keep up. I know with USB 3 some are data and others are charging or something. I'm assuming the same with USB C. This cable looks promising. That is if your computer has a USB C port.