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I am running Teracopy on Windows 7-64bit. It works perfectly in all conditions other than when I am copying from/to my phone's storage. In this case, the default copier is being used. The default copier is, as expected, unbearably slow.

So, how can I set Teracopy as a default for copying files from/to my phone? (Teracopy is already set to default and is working in all other directories.)

Sathyajith Bhat
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adb16x
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Teracopy will NOT paste to Android under File Transfer Mode - took a while to figure out that this just will not work

All Androids are not created equal so I had to figure this by trial and error

MotoZ4 phone did not have MTP mode option but did have a PTP option

So you use an available folder (DCIM or Pictures) as a temporary destination folder (or create a sub-folder) for the PTP operation

Use Windows copy (or cut) and paste commands - Teracopy options will not be invoked.

This example is specifically to copy/move music files from a PC to the Music folder on a phone using PTP mode since MTP mode was not available on this phone.

The principles of this process should work for copying/moving files of any type from a PC folder to any folder on an android

- on phone - select USB mode to PTP (Photo Transfer Protocol)

- on PC - select MotoZ4 > Internal shared storage > then either DCIM or Pictures as a destination folder - go to copy (or move) source and select items to be copied (or moved) - go to destination folder (DCIM or Pictures) [create a sub-directory if needed to isolate the copied/moved files] - paste item(s) to destination folder

- on Phone - change USB mode to File Transfer

- on PC - select MotoZ4 > Internal shared storage > select either DCIM or Pictures (then, wherever you pasted the music temporarily) - in this source folder select items to be moved (I assume you'd want to move (not copy) them) to destination Music folder - go to destination Music folder - paste item(s) to be moved

 - [optional] go to the temporary source folder and delete any temporary 
   sub-folder(s) you may have created

    

  • unplug the USB cable and you’re done
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This worked for me on Win10 and Win11 - probably will work for Win7 too

Thanks for reading, LUAP

LUAP
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If you are transferring data from your phone through MTP/PTP, then your default copier will be used.

Android Phones: Instead connect your phone in Mass Storage mode (in USB mode selection screen or Menu -> Settings -> Storage -> USB Mode or Menu -> Settings -> Applications -> Development -> USB Settings for older android phones) to use TeraCopy.

On a Windows Phone, you just can't change the USB Connection Mode. So, no TeraCopy.

Vishal Biswas
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