Droid X: The Missing Manual

Using the Droid X Files Application

If you want to browse through the files of your Droid X, you don’t need to rely on your PC or Mac—you can use the Droid X’s Files app. From the Application Tray, tap Files to launch it.

To browse your SD card, tap the Phone files icon, and a file manager opens. Tap “Phone files” to browse the files on your SD card, in much the same way that you can browse remotely using Windows Explorer or the Mac Finder.

Note

When you run the Files app, you also see a “Shared folders” choice. Use of the shared folders feature requires you to connect to a media server via Wi-Fi. Check your media server’s documentation for setting up a server, including passwords and user names. Once you know the server’s name, password, and user name, you can connect to the media server from the Files app’s shared folders feature.

You see the name and date of creation of each folder, as well as the number of items in it. Tap any folder to open it, and then tap any file to open it—view a photo, play a piece of music, and so on, using the Droid X’s various built-in apps.

Hold your finger on a folder, and you get a menu of options for file and folder management:

• Open, Delete, and Rename, which are self-explanatory.

• Copy puts the folder on the Droid X’s clipboard.

• Move lets you change the folder’s location.

• Info gives you more information about the folder, including its name, number of folders ...