Transfer media to & from computer
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Transfer media to & from computer

Transfer files to or from your device and a computer.
INSTRUCTIONS & INFO
  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 the device. 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.
    Note: For more information, view the Amazon Fire Phone tutorial: Back Up & Restore your Fire Phone.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
    Note: Fire phone supports these content types: Audio: Dolby Digital (AC-3), Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3), non-DRM AAC, MP3, MIDI, OGG, PCM/WAVE, AAC LC/ELD, HE-AAC (v1 & v2), AMR-NB, AMR-WB, AMR-WB+, Audible Enhanced format (AAX) Video: MPEG4, VP8, H.264/MPEG4/AVC,MPEG4 SP, H.263, AVI Images: JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, GIF87a, GIF89a Books / Documents: PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively, DOC, DOCX, Kindle (AZW), KF8, TXT.
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  5. Disconnect your phone from your computer.
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  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).
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  7. In the content library, open the left panel, and then tap Device to view your content.
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  8. To transfer files between your Mac and the Fire phone, download Android File Transfer. After the download completes, open androidfiletransfer.dmg, and then drag Android File Transfer to Applications.
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  9. 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 the device. 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.
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  10. 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.
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  11. 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.
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  12. Disconnect your phone from your computer.
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  13. 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).
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  14. In the content library, open the left panel, and then tap Device to view your content.
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