I'm just lost bro. I give up. I don't get a mount option (don't know if I should, but I don't) and I right click on these files and just do not get how to send them to my phone. You say move them around I don't understand where to. I don't see them in/on my phone, I don't have ANYTHING on my PC related to my phone. I'm missing something that is probably so simple it's pathetic
you are overcomplicating it,for sure. you dont need any special phone software on your pc. all youre doing is moving files. when you right click,hold the button and move the mouse to drag it from one place to another.i assumed that most windows users are familiar with dragging files to move them,my apologies if this has simply confused you further.
i see now that you are right clicking,then scrolling down to "send to",wich could maybe work,i havent done it that way.when you click "send to" a list should come up... if you have chosen "disk drive" on your phone,then that drive should be a send to option. im downloading GSB 1.7 right now... ill try it in a sec and see if it works.
ok,actually looks like that worked just fine. when you first plug in the phone,pick disck drive,tap done... the "auto play" box should pop up on your puter. you dont want to pick any of its options,just look at the name up top-this is the name/location of your phone. i have lots of storage(2 hard drives,a CD drive,an expansion drive,a flash drive) so when i plug in my phone the computer sees it as KFAT0(I: ) yours will prolly be called something different.
so i downloaded GSBv1.7 into my downloads folder. i found it,the right clicked,picked "send to". a list came up,wich included KFAT0(I: ). i picked that and it transfered just fine. after it completed i opened KFAT0(I: ) and there it was
maybe this will make it less confusing.
I don't believe the option says "mount." I believe it should say "disk drive." .
exactly. like metlcat says,there is no "mount" option. get that out of your head. you are mounting the sd card to the PC by picking the "disk drive" option.
unfortunately,im not sure how else to explain it to you. i like to move files by dragging them from place to place,but you can do it however your comfortable. have you ever moved pictures,songs,or other files from a usb flash drive to your PC? or from the PC to a flash drive? or even from one folder in another in your hard drive? if so,move your zip files the same way.
once you select "disk drive" your PC sees your phone as simply another storage space,essentially a flash drive thats connected via a usb cable
if you still cant figure it out,my last idea is to remove the sd card from your phone(power it off before yanking it out) and insert it into an adapter that you plug into a usb port. you can move files to and from it in a manner that youre comfortable.
failing all of the above,it sounds like youre best bet is to eliminate the computer completely from the equation,using the below excelent directions from my man BC. just going to insert one small detail that is prolly obvious,but... oh,and by "click" he means "tap"
GJW, You're like me when I was first getting into the rooting game, I didn't really get it either. I'm a little lost you are rooted right? This is how I do it on my phone and I bypass the computer completely. 1.
on your phones browser Go to the XDA thread of the Rom that you're wanting (also anything else that goes with it). 2. Click on the zip or zips (download one at a time). The zip will download automatically into the download file of whatever app you're using ( I use File Manager ). 3. When the download or downloads are complete click on file manager and after it opens scroll down to download and click on that. Scroll down to where you see the zip or zips you just downloaded. Long press on the zip and an option box will pop up. Select move. It will have four boxes across the top. "home" "mint" "sd" "download" and a bar under them with move on it. Click on the sd block then click the move bar. The zip file is now in sd but to make sure scroll down and you should see the zip. Repeat the process if you have other zips to move. For Roms such as GSB, Boot into recovery scroll down to nand backup/restore, click on backup and do what it says, when it's done push vol down to return to main screen, click on wipe, then click on wipe data/factory reset ( if this is a fresh install of a new rom ) or wipe Dalvick-cache ( if you are flashing over a rom ), after it's done press vol down to return to main screen, scroll down to Flash zip from sdcard and click on that, scroll down to the rom zip and click on it, when it's done loading it will send you back to the main screen, if you need to install something else like gapps, scroll down to Flash from sdcard and install that, when it's done you'll be back at the main screen again, click reboot and go from there. Remember I told you the way I do it from File Manager others may be similar but I'm not familiar with them. I hope that helps you.
and one last thing... bobcat are you using "astro file manager" or is your file app simply called "file manager"? so he can get the same one and follow your directions exactly.
as i said before... nothing wrong with downloading the roms right to your phone. the important things to remember are a)do not use rom manager
or terminal emulator,root expolrer,gscript lite to try and flash roms. they have their uses,but this isnt it b)boot into recovery as we have described above and flash roms from there. its the safest way. c) always make backups before making any changes.
dont get discouraged... if a plumber can do it... and a parts delivery guy(me) can do it... anyone can do it!
