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Help How xcopy files from PC to Nexus 7?

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hallergard

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In Win7 I can copy and paste into the USB connected Nexus 7 drive, but I would prefer to use a batchfile to xcopy all those files that I would like updated. But what is the windows path to Nexus 7??
 
There's no mapped drive to the N7, so you can't copy through the command line. Actually, I don't think anything is exposed to the command line through MTP.

If you're set on using the command line, you could use ADB to copy files over - which could be written into a batch file. The Asus drivers are available here:

ASUS - Tablet- ASUS Nexus 7

And the ADB utility can either be downloaded from Google, or you can download them in this thread:

http://androidforums.com/faqs/443072-adb-guide-updated-12-05-2011-a.html

I don't think you have to be rooted to write to the /sdcard/ partition through ADB.
 
I was looking for a drive letter or path to N7. In Ubuntu I can use a script to copy files like with xcopy to /media/N7. ADB seems above my capabilities I am afraid. thanks!
 
ADB is actually pretty easy to use. The hardest part is really just installing the right set of drivers. Once that's done, you just go to a command prompt and type "adb devices" to see if your device is listed - if so, for copy, I think it's just "adb copy <source> <destination>."
 
The Ubuntu alternative works, but is far too slow. Realized that I can just as well do the xcopy in two steps, first the incremental xcopy to a Win7 folder "Documents" which contains the relevant subfolders, and then copy this to N7 using the USB-cable to /storage/sdcard0/ (or with AirDruid). Or maybe I will copy "Documents" to the Dropbox folder instead.

Even though I don't feel that I need to xcopy straight to N7 anymore with the USB cable, I decided to accept the challenge. It was not too difficult, except I did not succed to install the USB drivers as anticipated in the guide. Installing the ASUS drivers all three (Android ADB Interface, Android Composite ADB Interface and Android Bootloader Interface) show Code 10 in the device manager. (Same with the drivers from SDK, which seem identical except for different date).

Installing SDK with platform-tools and enabeling USB debugging on the N7 resulted in another instance of the Android Composite ADB Interface in the device manager "working properly". Running "adb devices "gave an empty list of devices and "adb shell" gave device not found.

Any suggestion for a guide for installing the USB drivers?
 
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