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Galaxy S II: The Missing Manual
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Galaxy S II: The Missing Manual

by Preston Gralla
December 2011
Beginner to intermediate
436 pages
14h 59m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Using the Galaxy S II Files Application

IF YOU WANT TO browse through the files of your Galaxy S II, you don’t need to rely on your PC or Mac—you can use the Galaxy S II’s My Files app. From the Application Tray, tap My Files to launch it.

The app opens 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.

You see the name of each folder. 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 Galaxy S II’s various built-in apps.

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

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

  • Copy puts the folder on the Galaxy S II’s Clipboard.

  • Move lets you change the folder’s location.

  • Details gives you more information about the folder, including its name, number of folders and files it contains, and its size, as well as when it was last modified.

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To create a new folder, when you’re viewing a list of folders, tap the Menu key, select “New folder,” type its name, and then tap OK. To select multiple folders and move or delete them all, tap the Menu key; checkboxes appear next to all folders. Tap any folders you want to select for moving or deleting, and then tap Move or Delete ...

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