Transfer Content To Your Fire Phone Via Usb - Amazon Fire Phone User Manual

Transfer Content to Your Fire Phone via USB

To transfer content from your computer to your Fire phone, use the micro-USB cable that was included with
your device.
You can connect Fire phone to your computer as a media device or as a camera. To change the USB
connection type, open the Quick Actions panel, and then tap Settings
USB connection type. Select File Transfer if you want to transfer music, documents, and other files, or
Photo Transfer if you want to transfer photos and personal videos.
Note: If you select File Transfer on a Mac (with OS X 10.5 or later) or PC (with Windows XP), you will
need to download additional software before your computer will recognize your Fire phone. To learn how
to download the software, go to https://www.amazon.com/usbtransfertools. If you select Photo
Transfer, you do not need to download the software.
Transfer content from a PC:
1. Connect your phone to your computer with the micro-USB cable. You will need to unlock the screen
on your Fire phone before your computer will recognize Fire phone. To unlock the screen, press the
Power button on Fire phone and swipe up on the screen. If you have a password or PIN, enter it
when prompted.
2. A notification will appear on your computer screen when Fire phone is connected. Select this
notification, and then select the option to open the device to view files. Your Fire phone will
appear in the Computer or My Computer folder.
3. Open the Fire phone folder on your computer, open the Internal storage folder, and then open the
folder for the content type you want to transfer.
4. Locate the content you want to transfer from your computer to your phone, and then drag-and-drop
the content into the corresponding content folder on Fire phone. For example, if you're transferring
a song file to your Fire phone, you would drag-and-drop the file to the Music folder.
5. Disconnect your phone from your computer.
6. To view your transferred content on your Fire phone, go to the Home screen of Fire phone, and then
swipe from the left edge of the screen (or tilt the phone to the right) to open the left panel. Then,
select the content library that you want to see (for example, Music).
7. In the content library, open the left panel, and then tap Device to view your content.
Transfer content from a Mac:
1. Download Android File Transfer
androidfiletransfer.dmg, and then drag Android File Transfer to Applications.
2. Connect your Fire phone to your computer with a micro-USB cable.
Your Fire phone will appear on the desktop. You will need to unlock the screen on your Fire phone
before your Mac can access Fire phone. To unlock the screen, press the Power button on Fire
phone and swipe up on the screen. If you have a password or PIN, enter it when prompted.
3. Open the Fire phone folder on your computer, open the Internal storage folder, and then open the
folder for the content type you want to transfer.
4. Locate the content you want to transfer from your computer to your phone, and then drag-and-drop
(English only) on your Mac. After the download completes, open
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