So today i just converted to an android from an iphone and i was wondering what is the best way to move music from itunes to my phone. Should i download a new music player or is there a better way to use the music player that is already on my phone. It's a galaxy s4 if it makes any difference.
just download android file transfer. put music from iTunes into folders on desktop. drag folders into android transfer. super easy.
On my galaxy s4 I use an app called kies which I think is made by samsung, you download it on your computer and it syncs up your itunes files and playlists with your phone just like an iphone in itunes.
BaltoOn my galaxy s4 I use an app called kies which I think is made by samsung, you download it on your computer and it syncs up your itunes files and playlists with your phone just like an iphone in itunes.
Cool thanks. Downloading right now.
good choice with the S4. the s5 is really not worth 200 bucks
BaltoOn my galaxy s4 I use an app called kies which I think is made by samsung, you download it on your computer and it syncs up your itunes files and playlists with your phone just like an iphone in itunes.
Does this work with movies also?
Or you can just create a music folder on a micro sd card and drag and drop your music from iTunes into the card.
My experience with Kies is that it's really slow in transferring files and what not.
https://www.doubletwist.com/ lets you sync your phone with itunes playlists and music you already have, basically a client that brings itunes to android. And it has wifi sync. Better than keis.
yeah kids is fine, altho if u have a mac it tends to be a bitch and recognise your mobile once outa 10...
You might want to look into power amp, a music player faaaar better (mostly better looking) than the native one. You might go crazy trying to transfer itunes playlists to mobile though, if you do feel free to pm me, i've probs spent 100h getting playlists from itunes to mobile through kies. a real pain
McLSyeah kids is fine, altho if u have a mac it tends to be a bitch and recognise your mobile once outa 10...You might want to look into power amp, a music player faaaar better (mostly better looking) than the native one. You might go crazy trying to transfer itunes playlists to mobile though, if you do feel free to pm me, i've probs spent 100h getting playlists from itunes to mobile through kies. a real pain
yeah it was more difficult then i thought it was going to be so once i finally got frustrated i just copied my music and pasted it right into kies. So now i'm gonna have to go buy an sd card to hold all my music.
.Rybak.yeah it was more difficult then i thought it was going to be so once i finally got frustrated i just copied my music and pasted it right into kies. So now i'm gonna have to go buy an sd card to hold all my music.
yh pretty much what i did. there's a way to not redo all the playlist from mobile though, gotta transfer a m3u playlist file to mobile and then find a scan music folder option and it works. sometimes
omnidataJust get spotify.
Not all of us are as fancy as you lawrence.
.Rybak.yeah it was more difficult then i thought it was going to be so once i finally got frustrated i just copied my music and pasted it right into kies. So now i'm gonna have to go buy an sd card to hold all my music.
android noobs... This is from someone who has owned droids since the original and developed a few aps and mods in my down time. Keis sucks, don't use it. Its plauged with compatibility issues, it often makes mistakes, and is kind of clunky and not very user friendly. Doubletwist is THE best itunes to android music transfer system, you will never have to convert files or playlists and it will automatically update as you change itunes. Basically you set it up once, and you just use itunes as usual and treat your phone like an Ipod. It also comes with a better-than-native on device player.
If you have to worry about space, use Google Play Music or whatever its called now. You get like 10 free gigs of cloud music storage, and it also has a good player. However it means you have to stream music so data usage can be an issue. You can download the files you want to hear often to your phone, so maybe you have 150 songs on device and another 2,000 on the cloud. You won't use much storage, but it doesnt work with itunes like DT does.
Spotify is nice, but its still not itunes compatible and still uses data. I have all my songs downloaded already so i have no real need to use it outside of a pandora like use.
But don't use kies air, it fuckin sucks. Airdroid is a better wireless file transfer system, it auto connects and can even text and make calls through your computer to your phone.
iTunes music to Android phone, you can easily extract iTunes data to computer .Then use android assistant to transfer data between computer and android phone.
Byron_tha_gr8android noobs... This is from someone who has owned droids since the original and developed a few aps and mods in my down time. Keis sucks, don't use it. Its plauged with compatibility issues, it often makes mistakes, and is kind of clunky and not very user friendly. Doubletwist is THE best itunes to android music transfer system, you will never have to convert files or playlists and it will automatically update as you change itunes. Basically you set it up once, and you just use itunes as usual and treat your phone like an Ipod. It also comes with a better-than-native on device player.If you have to worry about space, use Google Play Music or whatever its called now. You get like 10 free gigs of cloud music storage, and it also has a good player. However it means you have to stream music so data usage can be an issue. You can download the files you want to hear often to your phone, so maybe you have 150 songs on device and another 2,000 on the cloud. You won't use much storage, but it doesnt work with itunes like DT does.
Spotify is nice, but its still not itunes compatible and still uses data. I have all my songs downloaded already so i have no real need to use it outside of a pandora like use.
But don't use kies air, it fuckin sucks. Airdroid is a better wireless file transfer system, it auto connects and can even text and make calls through your computer to your phone.
Yeah everyone says doubletwist is fucking awesome. so i downloaded it- primarily because i just want to download to my phone a few of my iTunes playlist.
Doubletwist downloaded those playlist... names, and then filled those playlists with random fucking music from my music library. WTG? why does it hate me?
Byron_tha_gr8android noobs... This is from someone who has owned droids since the original and developed a few aps and mods in my down time. Keis sucks, don't use it. Its plauged with compatibility issues, it often makes mistakes, and is kind of clunky and not very user friendly. Doubletwist is THE best itunes to android music transfer system, you will never have to convert files or playlists and it will automatically update as you change itunes. Basically you set it up once, and you just use itunes as usual and treat your phone like an Ipod. It also comes with a better-than-native on device player.If you have to worry about space, use Google Play Music or whatever its called now. You get like 10 free gigs of cloud music storage, and it also has a good player. However it means you have to stream music so data usage can be an issue. You can download the files you want to hear often to your phone, so maybe you have 150 songs on device and another 2,000 on the cloud. You won't use much storage, but it doesnt work with itunes like DT does.
Spotify is nice, but its still not itunes compatible and still uses data. I have all my songs downloaded already so i have no real need to use it outside of a pandora like use.
But don't use kies air, it fuckin sucks. Airdroid is a better wireless file transfer system, it auto connects and can even text and make calls through your computer to your phone.
Spotify only uses data for songs you haven't marked for offline listening, though this is only a premium feature. It's also amazing at syncing 3rd party music over wifi to your devices. If you convert all of your songs in itunes to .mp3 or .mp4, you can add them to your spotify playlists and sync it right to your mobile device which will transfer the files correctly over wifi hassle free.
GOOGLE PLAY MUSIC
I'm hoping you have a Gmail set up that has all of your shit tied to it, it makes androids super slick. Go on your account on your computer, you download this app that runs in the background and you can select a folder to automatically upload from. Set it to your itunes. Anytime anything is added, it'll be added to your Google play and be able to stream. If you want to keep the song for when you can't stream, you just hit download on your phone.
Easiest way to manage music. Never have to mess with cords and you have constant access to your whole library.
This also works with photos, set it up to autosave your pics in WiFi and you'll never lose a picture or video again
daOysterSpotify only uses data for songs you haven't marked for offline listening, though this is only a premium feature. It's also amazing at syncing 3rd party music over wifi to your devices. If you convert all of your songs in itunes to .mp3 or .mp4, you can add them to your spotify playlists and sync it right to your mobile device which will transfer the files correctly over wifi hassle free.
K-Dot.GOOGLE PLAY MUSICI'm hoping you have a Gmail set up that has all of your shit tied to it, it makes androids super slick. Go on your account on your computer, you download this app that runs in the background and you can select a folder to automatically upload from. Set it to your itunes. Anytime anything is added, it'll be added to your Google play and be able to stream. If you want to keep the song for when you can't stream, you just hit download on your phone.
Easiest way to manage music. Never have to mess with cords and you have constant access to your whole library.
This also works with photos, set it up to autosave your pics in WiFi and you'll never lose a picture or video again
Both rely on a wireless connection which is either unavailable causes data overage issues much of the time.
I jst want itunes on my phone, fuck!!!
californiagrownBoth rely on a wireless connection which is either unavailable causes data overage issues much of the time.I jst want itunes on my phone, fuck!!!
Well if you don't want it to use data it won't. You can set it to wifi streaming only and then just save songs you want. And if you wanna go the extra mile just buy a big micro SD card. A 64gb on amazon right now is $17, practically nothing to store the size of most peoples itunes.
K-Dot.Well if you don't want it to use data it won't. You can set it to wifi streaming only and then just save songs you want. And if you wanna go the extra mile just buy a big micro SD card. A 64gb on amazon right now is $17, practically nothing to store the size of most peoples itunes.
my android doesnt take sd cards :( and playing music on the road, or skiing, or biking is THE most important time for me to have music haha.
Looks like ill be buying another ipod nano off ebay...
j river media center is a much better choice than itunes. it has a very similar look and feel so it wont be too hard to get used to. some of the benefits are how incredibly customizable it is, along with higher sound quality. its definitely a professional level program, so the number of options can be a bit overwhelming at times.
can sometimes be a little tricky to get to sync with phones at first, but once you have the program set up to your liking, its so much nicer to use than itunes.
californiagrownmy android doesnt take sd cards :( and playing music on the road, or skiing, or biking is THE most important time for me to have music haha.Looks like ill be buying another ipod nano off ebay...
Ah that's a shame. One the biggest appeals to droid for me is expandable memory, something that will forever turn me off of apple devices. Pissed me off when the s6 came out without one, I hope they correct that on the next Galaxy iteration.