The Samsung Galaxy Nexus acts as a fine music player, with a well honed interface and a handy lockscreen facility for changing tracks quickly on the go. However, with no Google Music (yet) for us in the UK, how do you get music tracks onto the phone in the first place? Here’s how.
Google has officially launched Google Music, its very own iTunes rival. Not only can you purchase MP3 tracks and download them to your computer or smartphone, you can also upload your existing music collection into the cloud and access them from any of your devices.
The only trouble, as we’ve already mentioned, is: it’s only available in the US. So what are we in the UK to do while we’re waiting for the service to hit these shores? After all, we have a stunning Samsung Galaxy Nexus burning an AMOLED-bright hole in our pockets.
You have to transfer your music the old-fashioned way, following these steps. The final point is a worthy alternative if you’ve been alert to alternative MP3 services in the past.
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1. Connect Galaxy Nexus to your PC or Mac
Using the included USB cable.
2. Locate the phone on your computer
For PC users, the relevant drivers will automatically be installed, so just wait until the Galaxy Nexus appears as an attached device in the Computer menu. For Mac users, you’ll need to got to the Android web page and download a program called Android File Transfer. Once installed, the phone directory will automatically open when you plug your Galaxy Nexus in.
3. Navigate to Music
On both PC and Mac, locate the Music folder within the Galaxy Nexus directory. Also, locate and open the folder on your computer that contains all your music files.
4. Drag and drop
Now it’s a simple case of dragging and dropping the artists, albums or tracks that you want from the computer directory to the Galaxy Nexus Music directory. The Galaxy Nexus’s Ice Cream Sandwich software will be able to deal with whole folders containing multiple albums being copied across, so knock yourself out (but do remember the Galaxy Nexus’s 16GB storage limit).
5. 7digital alternative
If you’ve bought any tracks through 7digital in the past, you can redownload them to your Samsung Galaxy Nexus by downloading the 7digital app for free from the Android Market. Once you’ve done this and signed in, you’ll be able to access all of your previous purchases and download them to your phone – again for free. Just make sure you’re on a nice fast Wi-Fi connection.
That’s how to transfer your existing music to your Samsung Galaxy Nexus. It’s not the most elegant method, but keep in mind it’s only a stop gap until the all-encompassing Google Music arrives.Desinger iPhone 4 cases
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