Help Where is "More Networks" ? Can't connect to my PC direct via WiFi

just updated the above post...

Well, been almost a week since I started this thread. I was really hoping that someone knew how to "fix this network access issue"

My thread has been the top one in this M9 forum for all that length of time.
Has the M9 been out so long that no one is reading this forum anymore?


Just to see if it would, today on my Galaxy S5 I used ASUS File Manager to open up my desktop PC via the WiFi network, locate a file on that PC in a directory 4 levels deep. Then copied that file from the PC to the phone's extSDcard/DCIM/Camera folder.

I find it very disheartening to have a "top level flagship" phone that is unable to work with networks.
I ordered a Samsung Note 4 last night... when it arrives and is configured, the HTC One M9 which is the subject of this thread is going to be disposed of.

The Note 4 cost just barely a bit over a 1/3rd of the highly touted M9...
so sad, but HTC has lost a potential consumer here.

Thank you for that, I will now go exploring and see if I can make the daughter's M9 work like I want it too.

I just tried WiFi File Explorer Pro and it does work.

It is a bit tedious, but it does get the job done. I much prefer the ASUS File Manager method.
You just select the pictures you want to send, then you select where to send them, and done.

I'm going to try the other two you mentioned, in the meantime, thank you for taking the time to give me some help.

John

WiFi PC File Explorer

This one is a mess, way to damn hard to get it to copy to the PC....

AirDroid

this don't want to play house either....
too convoluted to set it up and get it going. My daughter will NOT put up with that kind of mess.
she told me "to hell with it dad, I will just stay with the USB cable."

pretty damn poor that HTC can't support a Network
ASUS File Manager is so damn simple, it just works, out of the box, the 1st try.

I am very happy that it does work for you on your M8. I am sure you can see why I want to make it work on the M9, it is sooooo easy to use.... and very Intuitive to use.... quite unlike the other work around apps that I tried yesterday... yes, they will all work "eventually" but they are a Kluge compared to ASUS File Manager.

With your success with the M8, I will once again, get my daughter's M9 in my fingers once she can "stand to leave it alone" for a few minutes

I tried to do that, and as mentioned in Post #1, it told me I have to establish a "network connection" which is a very reasonable thing to ask me to do.

but, I fiddled with that M9 for an hour, and no where on that phone's menu was I able to find a way to set up Network Connections...

I really hope, that someone can show this ole reprobate what I have missed... I don't mind being educated on new toys, I have Never, Ever, Known It All........

I have worked with Communications Devices since 1958 and I thought that I "should be" able to figure this out...

.

As a separate append on this. Last night, on my Galaxy S5, I sent 2.26 gB of images from my S5 via ASUS File Manager to my PC in about 25 minutes....

No way in hell, can you accomplish that even with USB 3.0

BA100 said:

http://www.htc.com/au/support/htc-one-m9/howto/602125.html

Click to expand...

I appreciate you trying to help with my dilemma, but all that references is how to connect to a WiFi signal.

I see no where in there on how to Share a Network Resource, like my PC which is on a LAN and only accessible via the LAN thru the WiFi router.

My Galaxy S5 does that w/o any hiccups at all...

Tried to email them, what a joke. They want me to set up a "Newsprint Server", booger that....

I think that I'm missing something here. You do not have to share any network resource from the phone. My assumptions ...

1. You have a PC on your home network (LAN) which you can access via ASUS File Manage (AFM) on your Samsung. Correct? From this I assume that you have some shared resource on that PC which is visible to your Samsung via AFM.

correct: On the PC I setup the Main C: drive as "Shared" to a network device and it requires the sharing device to know the Password. The Samsung S5 sees the Shared Network.... this is going to get a bit tedious, so, I am going to do a pictorial step-by-step just as the menu items come up.

Once all the pix have been selected, we have this menu:


and then clicking on "copy to" brings up this menu:



and then I select "Previous network" which then shows me:





so I select that item.... some times I can see as many as 4 networked PCs, depending on how many are turned on in the house.


Then when this menu comes up, I select "Camera Pix" which will then display the Folder named: Camera
and that folder has more folders.... I just copy to the main Camera Folder, and then use Windows to move them where I want them.





Camera Folder selected on my PC:

1. Your daughter's HTC is configured access your LAN's router and use its internet gateway instead of your wireless data plan.

No, her HTC is on WiFi only. The Main router is a AT&T Pace 5132N which has an internal WiFi router in it.
that is how all of the laptops and smartphones access the internet at home.

1. When you open the menu in AFM and tap through Network Storage ... Network Place you DO NOT receive a prompt to establish a network connection. Correct? If you do receive a prompt then my second assumption is incorrect and you can establish a network connection by following the directions in the link that I sent previously.

1. If the prompt did not appear then you should see a list of devices on your LAN that have shared resources. Each device will have its IP address displayed below it. Tap the device that you wish to connect and share with and a list of shared folders will be displayed.
2. When you click on a shared resource you may be prompted to enter the ID and password required to open the shared resource.

Can you tell me where the connection process fails given my stated assumptions? Maybe I can provide more specific assistance.


I just now got a hold of her M9 for the first time in a week... I was going to take pcitures of every step on it just like I did with the S5.... and I don't quite know what to think of this new situation.... the darn thing now knows that a network is available, and I was able to copy files from her HTC M9 to my PC !!

I'm dumb founded, but elated that it is now working....


I Thoroughly appreciate the effort you have gone to helping me with this. But I have absolutely no way of knowing Why? the HTC now is aware of a Network to share with, when before it plainly stated: "You must establish a Network Connection".

here is her HTC showing that it found my PC:





at this point, all I need do is show her how to use it, and we are done.
thank you very very much...

John

Okay, I went to her PC, it did not have sharing nor a password on it.
Set up Sharing
Created a password for her name:

bingo!

the M9 can now see her new 'Camera' folder that I created, showed it to her, and transfered a bunch of pix.

all is done, I am happy, she is happy, supper is ready on the table.
thank you

Well well well... what a coincidence. My daughter's previous phone and she is still using it on WiFi, a Lumia Windows phone. It is about 3 years old now. She said that a lot of it worked quite well, but she was aggravated that Microsoft was not giving her the apps she needs.... then the thing started having some really bad hiccups and she could not dial out and call anyone.

so, I asked here for a good phone that has "Loud front facing speakers".... she watches a lot of videos in her spare time.
The M9 seemed to be "best of crop" and so I bought her that one... at full price 'ouch'... she really gave me a ration of shit over that choice, said that she already has "bluetooth speakers, dad, why are you wasting money???"

oh well, at least you helped me get through this bit of muddy water...

I'm now getting ready to take her 4 year old Sony laptop and wipe Windows completely off of it and install PCLinuxOS Full Monty. That version of Linux gave me the "best warm fuzzies" for being the easiest for a Windows oriented person to switch over to Linux.

I tried Xubuntu, and Mint, and Elementary... but for some reason they would not install on her previous Sony laptop which I am using as a guinea pig.... . It has a 4 gB SDchip in it for the "Primary" hard drive.... and that is too small for a full blown version of Linux...

PCLinuxOS somehow figured out a way to get around that and installed and ran on the big 250 gB hard drive and seems to be doing a good job. We are both trying to get acclimated now to the "new world of Linux"...

Now that I have the 7 year old Sony laptop working in Linux, I have more confidence about installing PCLinuxOS on her "work laptop".... she has a business and I can't have it not working... it brings in her bacon... Her "newest Sony is 4 years old", and is too slow to run her apps. Tried Win10 on it, and that slowed it down worse than Win7 was running. So, my thoughts of putting Linux on it.

I tried Linux many years ago before it had a GUI, and gave it up because my employer required me to maintain all of the "new" Windows Desktop GUI workstations... it was just too much trouble to try and learn a different environment for a casual hobby... spend 10 hours a day working on PCs at work, at home you just want to rest.