Completely lost on file transfer

damascus · Post by *damascus » 2014-03-28, 20:34 UTC

I have a Nexus 7 with an OTG cable, a USB drive and something called USB Stick Plugin. When I choose USB Stick Plugin, I can see both my USB drive and Nexus HD on Total Commander. As I have Windows XP and can't copy files to the Nexus, I needed a way to do it. I want to move a file from the USB drive to the download directory of my Nexus. I tap USB Stick Plugin and see the file. How do I get it to the right side of the screen where the download directory is? When I tap on it, I get the choices of Play, Play + Open With, or Download + Edit. If I long-press, I get a few others, with the only one appearing to be helpful labeled "cut (or copy) to clipboard." When I try to paste, it says I can only copy one way, that is TO the USB drive. That's useless for me. Any way I can get information onto my Nexus?

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2014-03-30, 14:03 UTC

Tap on the icon to select the file, and then on the blue copy button to copy the files to the other panel. Or use long tap - copy - long tap - paste.

damascus · Post by *damascus » 2014-03-30, 16:25 UTC

I don't see how I can do this. When I tap on the icon, which is an mp4 file, I get a menu that asks me how I want to open it. All of the icons, including the copy icon, are greyed out and unavailable. If I long press on the mp4 file, I get an extended menu which has copy to clipboard as the only copy function. But I cannot get that to paste onto the Nexus download folder. The only way I have been able to successfully transfer the files is to download and play and then go to the temporary file and copy it from there.

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2014-03-31, 15:28 UTC

You did not tap on the file icon, but on the file NAME!

Total Commander makes a difference where you tap. If you tap on the icon, the file will be selected/unselected. If you tap on the rest of the line, the file will be opened. If you long tap on the rest of the name, you will get the context menu.

damascus · Post by *damascus » 2014-03-31, 19:23 UTC

OK, I see the difference. I get a checkmark when I tap the icon, but I don't know which icon moves the file. I seem to have accidentally created an icon while pressing everything, how do I get rid of it?

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2014-03-31, 19:36 UTC

At the bottom, the one with the two sheets of paper and the arrow copies and moves files. You can hold down a finger on an icon for more than a second to see a short explanation.

damascus · Post by *damascus » 2014-04-05, 22:07 UTC

Sorry for the delay; didn't get the e-mail with your last note. Copy works as advertised, thank you for your assistance.