Windows 10 and Android Cell Phone File Transfer Hardware and Software by Reverend Jim I just bought a Figo Nitro 4X cell phone (Android 8.1) phone for my …son. When I connect my cell phone (Figo Android 6) to my Windows 10 laptop it displays in… Suggestions For Android e-reader Requested Hardware and Software by Reverend Jim … broke down and got a SpeakOut pay-as-you-go FiGO Ultra. It's got everything I was looking for except… New Android Phone is a Royal Pain Hardware and Software by Reverend Jim …), I finally broke down and got one. It is a Figo (Speak Out) Android (Marshmallow) phone that allows me to buy… Image File Tagging App in Python/wxPython Programming Software Development by Reverend Jim … camera tag name = re.sub(' IMG_\d+_\d+', '', name) #FIGO cell phone name = re.sub(' IMG_\d+', '', name) #other camera… Does anyone else out there have a Figo SpeakOut cell phone? Hardware and Software Hardware Mobile and Wearables by Reverend Jim I've had one for a couple of years. I like it because I only have to spend $25 a year to keep the phone minutes topped up (sometimes more if I use more minutes). It does what I want, which is make and receive calls while I am away from the house. For most everything else it's a struggle, primarily because there is so little documentation … Re: Does anyone else out there have a Figo SpeakOut cell phone? Hardware and Software Hardware Mobile and Wearables by rproffitt Sorry no, but Android 6 (Marshmellow) is rarely seen today. Smartphones seem to only last a few years and this version of Android came out in 2015 with not all developers opting to support old Android versions. About user instructions, my first Android phone was from Sprint and had a thick user manual full of errors. That was 2010 and the … Re: Does anyone else out there have a Figo SpeakOut cell phone? Hardware and Software Hardware Mobile and Wearables by Reverend Jim I tried it on a newer (Android 7) phone as well. Same story, different problem. I can browse to web sites but when I tru to download the app it just says "waiting for an internet connection". The browsing is through the Chrome app, and I am trying to download the app via Google Play Store. I was able to find the app because I had an … Re: Does anyone else out there have a Figo SpeakOut cell phone? Hardware and Software Hardware Mobile and Wearables by rproffitt Some write "everything's broken." I don't want to be dismissive here but 7 or Nougat is still dated. But given the story I'm not ready to call it an OS issue. I've seen this failure and it's the author or company that hasn't kept their Google Play Store working. You might have to resort to https://www.google.com/search?q=VeryFit+… Re: Does anyone else out there have a Figo SpeakOut cell phone? Hardware and Software Hardware Mobile and Wearables by Reverend Jim I don't know what [this](https://m.apkpure.com/apkpure-app.html?icn=aegon&ici=text_detail-apk-m) is but it looks like an app I have to install to install an app. Without any explanation I don't know why I should install it. If it's anything like 99% of the Android apps out there, it comes with no documentation on how to use it. Plust, I'd … Re: Does anyone else out there have a Figo SpeakOut cell phone? Hardware and Software Hardware Mobile and Wearables by rproffitt Sturgeon's rule seems to have two definitions. 1. 90% of everthing is .... 2. If you are bad enough at something you won't know you are that bad at something. As to the "Hell of a way to..." you can find bad [manuals](https://smile.amazon.com/Flight-School-How-Plane-Step-Step/dp/0500650012/) on any topic. Re: Does anyone else out there have a Figo SpeakOut cell phone? Hardware and Software Hardware Mobile and Wearables by Reverend Jim Number two is Dunning-Kreuger. Re: Windows 10 and Android Cell Phone File Transfer Hardware and Software by rproffitt I hear you. [This other discussion](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/197717/how-to-get-usb-file-transfer-working-on-oreo-8-1) parrots all the things I've done over time. To quote Roseanne Roseannadanna, "It's always something. If it's not one thing it's another." The one about "Revoke USB debugging authorisations&… Re: Windows 10 and Android Cell Phone File Transfer Hardware and Software by Reverend Jim One of the suggestions worked. Much appreciated. Re: Suggestions For Android e-reader Requested Hardware and Software by rproffitt There's probable a Reddit for that. -> https://www.reddit.com/r/androidapps/comments/627zrl/can_you_guys_advice_me_a_good_ebook_reader/ I tried Lithium and didn't see and adverts. Re: Suggestions For Android e-reader Requested Hardware and Software by Reverend Jim Got it. Thanks. Re: New Android Phone is a Royal Pain Hardware and Software by rproffitt In short, there is no manual and if there was this would be specific to your model and version OS. Since Android had no less than 10 versions and some hundred plus makers the only constant is there is no consistancy. At the office I work on our Android apps and we can not, can never tell our clients if our app works on a phone we haven't tested.… Re: New Android Phone is a Royal Pain Hardware and Software by Reverend Jim How did it hppen that I can't look at a file on my phone unless I am online? Re: New Android Phone is a Royal Pain Hardware and Software by rproffitt I wonder where that file is at. For example on Dropbox that file could be in their cloud but when I connect I can view it when offline. You may wish to copy that file while online to some folder of your choice. Re: New Android Phone is a Royal Pain Hardware and Software by Reverend Jim I connected the phone via USB then browsed to `Internal Storage` and created the folder `Docs`. I then copied `medical history.txt` to that folder. When I use the phone's file manager to open the file it says `saving`, then `Upload/Conversion Error. An error has occurred while trying to upload and convert your document`. I tried `File Manager -&… Re: New Android Phone is a Royal Pain Hardware and Software by dwlamb I have a medical situation also and keep an extensive amount of my own records on my phone. For transferring data from my pc to my phone, Wi-Fi Droid works very well. It sets your phone as a server while activated and provides a URL in the app which you point your PC browser to. The web page it serves provides a comprehensive file manager … Re: New Android Phone is a Royal Pain Hardware and Software by Reverend Jim Doesn't really help. Somehow a simple operation like 1. Copy my file to my phone 1. Look at it has become a technical nightmare. In any case, using the complicated procedure, I still end up with a file on my phone that I can't look at offline. Am I the only one who sees the problem here? Re: New Android Phone is a Royal Pain Hardware and Software by rproffitt At first it may be a technical quagmire as you figure out how to copy, where to place the file in the Android file system. The biggest hurdles appear to be getting used to the new way of things. It's like I droped you into a foreign land with no maps or even a compass. If you used your lessons and knowledge of WIMP (windows icon mouse point) you… Re: New Android Phone is a Royal Pain Hardware and Software by Reverend Jim No. It's more like being dropped into a foreign land without a phrasebook and no way to speak the language. The biggest hurdle is not learning a new way to do things, it's trying to get the information on how to do things a new way. None of this shit appears to be written down anywhere. Re: New Android Phone is a Royal Pain Hardware and Software by Reverend Jim OK. I have a workaround. If I 1. Press menu 1. swipe left 1. press Settings 1. Scroll down 1. Press Storage & USB 1. Scroll down 1. Press Explore 1. Select Docs 1. Press `medical history.txt` 1. Press `Open with HTML Viewer` The file opens and displays properly. And now I can get the same option directly through File Explorer.… Re: New Android Phone is a Royal Pain Hardware and Software by rproffitt That's something that I would call "Create a shortcut to a file or folder in Android" on google. Something like https://www.google.com/search?q=Create+a+folder+shortcut+android+file+explorer And sure enough it has us install some file explorer to make it happen. Android and iOS are not like Linux and Windows. The mobile OS concept… Re: New Android Phone is a Royal Pain Hardware and Software by Reverend Jim Figures. Android comes with a file explorer but I have to install another one. With all the crap that came bundled I am getting "low storage" notifications. I installed a 32 gig SD card but apparently I have only two options 1. Install it as secondary storage 1. Install and format as extended internal storage Option 2 takes care of… Re: New Android Phone is a Royal Pain Hardware and Software by rproffitt Getting there. Parting comment. On low memory Androids we trim the fat by going to Settings, Apps then find the apps we don't use and are careful not to do the following to system apps. Look at an app you never use then see if it has a DISABLE BUTTON. On current Android phones this will do two things. 1. Disable that app. 2. Uninstall … Re: New Android Phone is a Royal Pain Hardware and Software by Reverend Jim As a closing gripe, when I cable to the phone I can open Explorer to the SD card. Even though I have copied several files to the card and can open them on the phone, the Explorer window shows no files present. Re: New Android Phone is a Royal Pain Hardware and Software by rproffitt I've seen that. Since the file system changes may not be seen by the file explorer I know to try closing the app and relauching or rebooting the phone. (Added with edit) To close the explorer app I tap the SQUARE icon at the screen bottom and swipe or use the X on the app(s) in question. I also have seen phones that don't let the files be seen… Re: New Android Phone is a Royal Pain Hardware and Software by Reverend Jim The problems just kept piling up. Calibre kept reporting a communication error and nothing was showing up in Explorer so I reset to factory and started from scratch. Everything is working as expected. Of course I now know how to open txt files as html. Sigh.