The "Recognize by folder type" field is important. It's basically how the program distinguishes your G1 from any other device you connect to your computer - I added a Notepad file called ANDROID to the root of the MicroSD card, seems like it can be anything that simple.
In the "Music Folder" field, I pointed it to the Music folder at the root of the MicroSD card on the G1.
In the "Associate with playlist" I left it as "use device name." Now, when you go to iTunes, under "My Devices" there should be a playlist icon that says "G1". Add whatever files you want (make sure there isn't any DRM) and then right click on the iTunesAgent icon in your system tray and click "Synchronize devices."
Enjoy!
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The "Recognize by folder type" field is important. It's basically how the program distinguishes your G1 from any other device you connect to your computer - I added a Notepad file called ANDROID to the root of the MicroSD card, seems like it can be anything that simple.
In the "Music Folder" field, I pointed it to the Music folder at the root of the MicroSD card on the G1.
In the "Associate with playlist" I left it as "use device name." Now, when you go to iTunes, under "My Devices" there should be a playlist icon that says "G1". Add whatever files you want (make sure there isn't any DRM) and then right click on the iTunesAgent icon in your system tray and click "Synchronize devices."
Enjoy!
Although i dont use iTunes, thanks for the awesome information! Can anyone chime in and see if it works?
This is one of my major concerns/to-do's with my G1. Works great!
Although it is simply a file transfer method, and does not update iTunes with any play counts/times from the G1, it is awesome! I suppose to make this work we would actually need an actual iTunes app - not holding my breath on Apple giving us that.
Thanks for the info!!! Now to get an Outlook sync solution, and I'm set!
Well i got it to work but as Expected it will only sync Music you have imported into Itunes if you purchased it from Itunes still no go. Witch doesnt suprise me i kinda figured it would be that way
Worked exactly as described, and setup was straightforward and well documented. I'm new to the G1 music player, so I feel like I could get even more functionality though use of playlists.
I did, however, create a Smart Playlist in iTunes to dynamically grab recent podcasts matching a certain pattern ("NPR:") - and voila! I'm replicating the functionality I had with the iPhone, providing me my morning public radio fix while I ride BART in to the city. Ahhh....
Thanks for pointing this useful sourceforge project out!
FWIW, you can automatically sync the G1 with Windows Media Player 10 without the need for 3rd party software. WMP10 sees the G1 as an external media device and will sync what you throw at it.
I'm using iTunes to read from an external hard drive with my music on it, getting 1 set of music onto my iPod, and with WMP10 and a G1 with a much smaller storage space, I'm using WMP10 to just sync specific albums
Well i got it to work but as Expected it will only sync Music you have imported into Itunes if you purchased it from Itunes still no go. Witch doesnt suprise me i kinda figured it would be that way
I am able to put itunes purchased tracks on my g1. I downloaded and mp3 converter from here http://www.download.com/Free-Mp3-Wma-Converter/3000-2140_4-10442362.html and then converted the itunes track into a mp3. I took the mp3 and put it into the music folder on sd card and then turned it into a ring tone with ringroid. I also checked the track with the music player on the g1 and it works fine although the artist info was gone but the track name was still there.
Could you not just copy and paste from computer to microsd card the music files/folders you want and put them on the card and go???
Thanks and I need to set this up.
Larry
if you ripped the track off a cd you can just transfer on to the sd card but I had trouble with sync and ended up using a mp3 converter to get my tracks on to the g1. I like that I can use my all of my itunes tracks.
The "Recognize by folder type" field is important. It's basically how the program distinguishes your G1 from any other device you connect to your computer - I added a Notepad file called ANDROID to the root of the MicroSD card, seems like it can be anything that simple.
In the "Music Folder" field, I pointed it to the Music folder at the root of the MicroSD card on the G1.
In the "Associate with playlist" I left it as "use device name." Now, when you go to iTunes, under "My Devices" there should be a playlist icon that says "G1". Add whatever files you want (make sure there isn't any DRM) and then right click on the iTunesAgent icon in your system tray and click "Synchronize devices."
Enjoy!
I am having problems with this. For some reason my device is not coming up in my I-tunes under my devices. I think it has something to do with the Recognize by folder jank. I am not 100% sure of what to do there. Can you please help a brother out. Thanks
Hey, i downloaded and ran the Itunes Agent and everything is working great so far. The only thing is, when I go to "music" in my phone, i see all of the names of the songs, but it says that the author and the album are "unknown". Is there any way that I can make it so that when I put the song onto my phone I can also include the artist and album names?
Songbird is Open Source, which means someone (not me I havent got the time) can write a plugin for the G1 to sync songs and play lists. This is the future
WOW! This is the project that I have been hoping would happen for a long time. I've been trying to find an alternative to iTunes because of the macintosh lock-in that they force you into. I mean, even Windwos Media Player allows you to sync to any USB device? Very lame on that Apple is doing everything they can to force you use only their products. I guess that's par for the course from a corporation.
Anyway, thanks much for the information on Songbird. http://www.getsongbird.com/
I'm downloading and installing it right now on my mac.
What the heck am I doing wrong? I installed the app, I set up a text file called ANDROID, I set up the app to look for that file, now every time I try to sync it says: No Devices, there are no devices connected to synchronize.
There's no help section to trouble shoot, anyone have this issue and can help me?
I'm having a little trouble with my iTunes playlist. Under My Devices there should be an icon for my G1 and its not there. I've already downloaded everything correctly and iTunes Agent is all set up, but I'm stumped as to why it won't show up.
Its probably an extremely obvious reason, and I apolgize if it is, but HELP!
hello everyone.....im new to the g1, great phone/appliance. im trying to get music loaded onto it from my pc, but no matter what program i use (itunes, WMP, MM) it doenst see the phone/sd card......what am i doing wrong?
hello everyone.....im new to the g1, great phone/appliance. im trying to get music loaded onto it from my pc, but no matter what program i use (itunes, WMP, MM) it doenst see the phone/sd card......what am i doing wrong?
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so i dloaded the agent....but i cant seem to configure it! i sees the g1 in the fdrive....but when i click on it the agent asks me to insert a disk into the fdrive!.....whats this about creating a note on the sdcard? how do i do that? is thats whats missing? man im all messed up here
so i dloaded the agent....but i cant seem to configure it! i sees the g1 in the fdrive....but when i click on it the agent asks me to insert a disk into the fdrive!.....whats this about creating a note on the sdcard? how do i do that? is thats whats missing? man im all messed up here
td1
I dont use iTunes ... but I think you might be referring to the instruction to create a file in the root directory of the SDCard ... It is nothing more that a text file... With the word "android" in the file ... then Saved and the file name is "Android.txt"
This is a quote from one of the posts "The "Recognize by folder type" field is important. It's basically how the program distinguishes your G1 from any other device you connect to your computer - I added a Notepad file called ANDROID to the root of the MicroSD card, seems like it can be anything that simple."
Below is the OP's instructions msg #1 in the thread..
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Sync G1 with iTunes in Windows
If you download and set up the program iTunes Agent
The "Recognize by folder type" field is important. It's basically how the program distinguishes your G1 from any other device you connect to your computer - I added a Notepad file called ANDROID to the root of the MicroSD card, seems like it can be anything that simple.
In the "Music Folder" field, I pointed it to the Music folder at the root of the MicroSD card on the G1.
In the "Associate with playlist" I left it as "use device name." Now, when you go to iTunes, under "My Devices" there should be a playlist icon that says "G1". Add whatever files you want (make sure there isn't any DRM) and then right click on the iTunesAgent icon in your system tray and click "Synchronize devices."
Enjoy!
Last edited by justjimjpc; March 30th, 2009 at 02:37 PM.
Well i got it to work but as Expected it will only sync Music you have imported into Itunes if you purchased it from Itunes still no go. Witch doesnt suprise me i kinda figured it would be that way
Hey, since January, you can upgrade your itune purchased songs to be DRM-free, and then they can be copied over to the G1 like a breeze... Check the right column in the Itune store, quick link, and use the link update my library
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Note - you can upgrade any DRM music (for a fee) from the iTunes app. It cost me $60, but now my music is fully portable and thanks to HTC Magic I am buying music from many sources rather than just from iTunes.
ps - Plantronics do some fantastic stereo bluetooth headsets, so do drop the HTC Magic "horrid headset" if you still use that...
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Originally Posted by ppcardinal85
If you download and set up the program iTunes Agent
hi
itunes sees my htc hero, but it doesn't show the music on my phone. i want to be able to drag and drop music to my phone - i have the same prob with WMP and Songbird. any advice?
thanks!
I want to try iTunes Agent but every time I try to download it, Zone Alarm reports that it is malware. Has anyone else had this problem? Is there a virus lurking in Itunes Agent or is something there falsely triggering Zone Alarm. I just want to be sure before downloading it.
Hello All. I was able to sync one of my playlist successfully, but I have several playlists in iTunes. Is there a way to sync multiple playlists? I tried creating multiple Devices and named it like my playlist name, but iTunes can only see and sync the first Device I created... it ignores the rest of the Devices I created. Any ideas on this?
There is another project that I started called mediaSync which syncs android phones with iTunes. It is free to download, and while it lacks some of the shiny stuff of things like DoubleTwist it does work, its simple to use and fast to sync.
More information for it can be found here: mediaSync
I just didnt have good luck with DT or Google Music, or Amazon cloud stuff... so I ended up going in a different direction and wanted to share the project with some more folks.
Hey guyz how are you am new here i bought htc g1 and i want to install games over there but i have a problem is that it needs a astro file manager but guyz plz exactly tell me how i install astro file manager in ma htc from pc to mobile because i dont have wifi or 3g and astro file is in my pc so plz help guyz or give ur suggestions....plzz
Hey guyz how are you am new here i bought htc g1 and i want to install games over there but i have a problem is that it needs a astro file manager but guyz plz exactly tell me how i install astro file manager in ma htc from pc to mobile because i dont have wifi or 3g and astro file is in my pc so plz help guyz or give ur suggestions....plzz
I bought that and used it with my wife's Palm Pre Plus when she was still using that phone. A great tool all around and I don't know why no one is listening - LOL.
The free version works - but loads the entire library sync each time rather than only updating what you have changed. We have the paid version.
Sync G1 with iTunes in Windows
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