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Music copying

6 replies · 7,309 views · Started 25 November 2010

Virus5800 wrote:I don't see the problem here.. Just copy all your music to your PC via USB and then to your N8... 😊

My PC is not feeling very well so I was looking for away to avoid using the PC

I presume your music is on the micro SD card. Remove it from the 5800, insert into N8. Job done. I seem to remember the N8 scanned the card and picked up the music from there. You can use the file manager to copy to internal flash if you wish.

njefferies wrote:I presume your music is on the micro SD card. Remove it from the 5800, insert into N8. Job done. I seem to remember the N8 scanned the card and picked up the music from there. You can use the file manager to copy to internal flash if you wish.

I want to put it on the N8's card can I just restore from a PC backup?

spaceprobe wrote:I want to put it on the N8's card can I just restore from a PC backup?

Have you tried connecting the two phones directly via USB? N8 supports USB-on-the-go, so using the supplied USB-adapter cable you can access a regular USB memory stick directly on the N8.

Not sure if it works with a 5800 --> N8 connection, but its worth a go 😊

Apart from that, the memory-card switch is actually pretty easy.

1. Make sure all your music is on the 5800s memory card, and not internal memory (if the 5800 even has such a thing).
2. Place your 5800-card in the N8.
3. Copy your music from the 5800-card to the N8's internal memory (copy from F:\Music to E:\Music ).
4. Place your own (new) N8-card in the N8 again, and move the music from N8 internal memory to your N8-card (move from E:\Music to F:\Music again).