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Help Move files from external sd card to phone

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sunshineab

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Hi all,
I just recently bought my S2 and have gotten over the initial shock of moving from my BB Bold to an android. I finally have everything the way I want it to look, and have been reading tips and tricks as often as I can. BUT I can not find out how to do this:

I copied pdf books from my computer to my sd card. I can read the books by going into "my files" "External sd" and "Downloads" (Downloads being the folder holding the pdf books)
I can not figure out for the life of me how to move these books into a file I created on my phone "books".
It seems to only let me move or copy within the sd card???
Help!

Thanks so much!
 
sunshineab said:
I can not figure out for the life of me how to move these books into a file I created on my phone "books".
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Your "books" folder will be on the internal storage card.

I don't have the My Files app installed any more, but if you navigate up the file tree from Downloads to External sd then up again you'll find yourself in SD card. Now you should be able to see Books.
 
When can a newbie post a photo? Lol.
The up and home buttons shade out at external sd...i can't get to sd...I showed my husband last night and he wasn't sure either...but he is also new to android :)
Is there another way to get to the external sd?

Thanks so much!
 
I know from past experience that My Files can show both internal and external SD storage, but it's probably easier for now to connect the phone to your PC, select "connect with USB" and, when the two removable drives appear in Explorer, copy the files from one to the other that way.
 
Oh i see!! Yes, it allowed me to go past external to just sd. the book folder i created didn't show up though which is what confused me. i was able to move them into the kindle app and view that way, which workable just as well!

Not sure why i didn't think of just connecting my phone to a computer. i think the switch from my bb to this intimidated me and i went stupid! Lol

thanks again!
 
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