Overview of FlashAir App for Android ・How to use FlashAir App for Android ・FlashAir App FAQ With “FlashAir App for Android”, you can transfer photos or files stored on the FlashAir card to an Android device easily and conveniently. The following functions are available in the application. ・Setting up the wireless connection automatically by tapping FlashAir app’s icon. (only for Android devices) ・Displaying the list of the available FlashAir SSIDs, in case there are several FlashAir Cards connectable from the Android device. ・Initial set up of FlashAirTM. ・Displaying Files and folders. In case JPEG photo data is stored, thumbnails are displayed. ・ single, multiple or all files of a selected folder to the microSD card inserted into an Android device. ・Two View modes for JPEG pictures available: Thumnail preview and large picture view with the option to zoom ・Changing the security key() and SSID.
You can the FlashAir App for Android in GooglePlay on the Android device for free.
Version: 1.00_B01
How to use Look at the usage here. 【 Important Notes】 】 *This application is compatible with smartphones with the following OS versions. Android 2.2 - Android 4.0 *This application uses a microSD card inserted into the Android device. Error could occur on the Android device with no micro SD card. *Operation confirmed models: au REGZA IS04、docomo Galaxy S SC-02B Regza Tablet AT100 The app may not work properly on the other devices. *TOSHIBA may modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Services or Materials, or any portion thereof, with or without notice * This application may be terminated its service or functions without former notice. *THIS APPLICATION IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS “BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES, EITHER IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAWS. TOSHIBA WOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LIABILITY ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS APPLICATION. * FlashAirTM is a trademark of Toshiba Corporation. Your s are highly appreciated This application is in a beta release. We welcome your comments and s. Please describe your proposals or requests into GooglePlay’s review.
How to use FlashAir App for Android
・Overview of FlashAir App for Android ・FlashAir App FAQ Attached images in this manual are differ with Android Version. Location of the Menu button and other icons are device-dependent. Use with Insert a micro-SD card in your Android device. Step1 :Get FlashAir App for Android
1) Touch “Play Store” on your Android device.
2) Enter “FlashAir” in the text field. Then touch search button.
3) Touch the “FlashAir” ( made by TOSHIBA.)
4) Touch “Install” to start ing the FlashAir app.
Step2 : Prepare to use FlashAirTM
Insert FlashAirTM into a digital camera which is compatible with SDHC memory cards,
Turn on the camera.
Go to next step within 5 minutes. In case you couldn’t go to next step in time, wireless LAN functionality of the FlashAirTM will automatically turn off. If wireless LAN functionality is turned off, please turn on the camera again to start over.
Step3 : Start up the FlashAir App / Connect to FlashAirTM
1) Touch the FlashAir app’s icon on your Android device.
2) When you are using FlashAirTM for the first time , touch “flashair_xxxxxxxxxxxx(twelve-digit alphanumeric characters)”. If you had already changed SSID of your FlashAirTM, select the SSID.
3) When the input window displays on screen, enter your security key (), then touch “OK”. When you initially set up the FlashAirTM, enter the default security key () “12345678”.
If you enter wrong , touch “Reenter ” . Then enter correct into the input window.
If your screen stay “connecting…” indefinitely, it is possible that the is wrong. Touch “Back” button on your Android device, then try to input correct .* Location of the Back button is device-dependent, see your Android device manual.
In case the screen for change the SSID and is displayed (When you initially set up your Flash Air) --- Other than that, go to Step4 .
When you initially set up your FlashAirTM, or you had formatted the FlashAirTM to reset to the factory default by FlashAirTM Configuration software, the screen for changing the SSID and is displayed. You need the following steps. 1) Touch “Close” .
2) Enter the name of your choice for the FlashAirTM in the input field for SSID, then enter new security key () in the input field for . The security key should have eight (8) to sixty three (63) characters.
3)Touch “Close” in the following screen.
4) Do step2 (Prepare to use FlashAirTM) and step3 (Start up the FlashAir App / Connect to FlashAirTM) again. When the SSID you had changed is displayed, touch this SSID.
5)Touch “Reenter ” in the following screen, Enter the new security key() you had changed, then touch “OK”.
Step4 : Preview photo and files internal the FlashAirTM
1) When your Android device is connected to the FlashAirTM, Folders and Files stored on the FlashAirTM are displayed on screen. If you want to view these photo data, touch “DCIM” folder.
2) When you touch any folde icon, it displays list of the folder data. JPEG Photos are shown in thumbnail format.
Step5 : (Save) the photo or file data stored on internal the FlashAirTM to your Android device. 1) At the thumbnail view, Touch photo data that you want to (save). The Background Color of the selected photo image turns blue. Touch the selected thumbnail again, cancel this selection. When you touch “Select All” on the bottom of the screen, you can select all data in the folder, and touch “Deselect All”, you can cancel all selections.
When you a large amount of photo data, your Android device and camera may be stop the transfer by the power saving mode. In case your Android device or camera turns off during data transfer, power on to the device and do from Step2 again.
2) When touch “” on the bottom of the screen, It starts to all of selected files.
ed files are stored on the microSD card inserted into your Android device. By default, the directory is “/mnt/sdcard/FlashAir”. For more information about change the directory, see “Settings(Copy To.)” in this manual “Function of MENU”.
3) ”Would you move to Gallery Application?” message is displayed . If you want to move to Gallery app, touch “OK”, else touch “Cancel”.
4) Touch “Gallery” on the list of applications. When move to Gallery, FlashAir app close and disconnect from Wi-Fi network automatically.
Function of MENU When touch the MENU button on your Android device, Six kinds of icons are displayed. This section is explanation of these menu.
1) 3) 5)
2) 4) 6)
Example Menu button.
*Location of the Menu button is device-dependent, see your Android device manual. 1) Settings.
・”Copy To” : Change the directory. ・“File extentions of invisible file”: Setting of hidden-file extension at thumbnail. ・”FlashAir Settings” : Change the SSID and Security key () of Flash Air.
■Copy To : : Change the directory This directory is on the micro SD card. Check the insertion of micro SD card in your Android device. This directory is “/mnt/sdcard/FlasnAir”. If you want to change the directory, select the directory name in the list. You can move to the parent directory by touching “Go to upper directory” button.
When the selected directory is displayed under “Select destination directory”, touch the directory. When the new directory is displayed in “Current Destination”, this directory change procedure is complete.
In case you want to create a new directory. Touch MENU button on your Android device, then ”Create new directory” button is displayed. Touch “Create a new directory”, then enter a new directory name and touch “OK”.
■File extentions of invisible file : Set the hidden-file 1) Touch“Setting”, then select “File extentions of invisible file”. 2) Enter extension(ex. exe, bin, txt ) of the files you want to hide in the text box, then touch “OK”.
*This change is made by refreshing a page. ■FlashAir Settings : Change the SSID and Security key () of Flash Air This menu is active only on the device which initialized the FlashAirTM. If you had initialized the FlashAirTM on another device like PC, this menu option is not available. In this case please use the PC configuration tool for changing the settings. Touch“Setting”, then select “FlashAir Settings”. SSID and security key is displayed , if you want to change it, input new SSID and security key(), then touch “OK”.
*This change is made by restart Flash Air app.
2)Reload : View new photos taken while Wi-Fi connection is ongoing. Touch “Menu” button, select ”Reload”. It displays thumbnails include new photos. ①
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3) View mode : in case of magnify a photo. Touch “Menu” button, select ”View Mode”. Select and touch any photo on the thumbnails, then the photo is magnified upper the screen. The Zoom mode is available by double touch. You can zoom (zoom-out) by swipe(pinch). When touch “”, the photo is saved in your Android device. You can also change to this view mode by continuously pressing on a thumbnail.
In case you want to back to the list of thumbnails, touch “Back” button on your Android device.
4) Connect : in case of change the connection to other Flash Air. Touch “Menu” button, select ”Connect”. Then select the SSID and input security key().
5) Move to root directory : in case of error, move to top-level directory. Touch “Menu” button, select ”Move to root directory”, It displays the root directory. ①
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6) Exit. Exit the Flash Air app.
FAQ ・Overview of FlashAir App for Android ・How to use FlashAir App for Android
Troubleshooting ---Start up / Connect to wireless network.--Q : Screen stay the start up screen indefinitely after touch the icon. A: It may be caused by lack of memory in your Android device. Touch the “Back” button on the Android device to close the FlashAir app. Start up again after closing all of the applications on your device. Q : FlashAir’s SSID isn’t displayed , also after touching “Retry”. A : It can not display SSID by the timing of start up Flash Air app. Try to touch “Retry” again after minutes. Make sure your camera is powered on. If you place these devices apart, camera and Android device, must to place nearby. And It may be caused by lack of memory in your Android device. Touch the “Back” button to close the FlashAir app. Start up again after closing all of the applications on your device. Q : Screen stay “Connected”. A : Touch “Back” button on your Android device, then touch “Reenter ”. Input the security key () again. Q : Screen stay “Scanning”, or “Connecting”. A : Touch “Back” button on your Android device to close the message. Then touch “Cancel” to close the application. Next, Turn off and turn on your camera, then touch the FlashAir app icon.
---Preview photo and files internal the FlashAirTM--Q : The thumbnail list doesn’t display. Error message displays after connection. A : Touch “Menu” button on the Android device, select ”Move to the root”. Make sure there are photo data in your FlashAirTM. Q :Some thumbnails of the list doesn’t display. A : They may be file format other than JPEG. These files display by icon. Q : It takes a long time to display a photo on View Mode. A : At View Mode the whole picture data is loaded, and not just a thumbnail. Depending on the picture data size, this may take some time.
--- photos or files --Q : There are some images not selected when I touch “Select All”. A : Already ed images are not display. Q : It doesn’t start images when I touch “”. A : Make sure insert a micro-SD card in your Android device. If there are same name, same date, same size files in your device, it can’t start . These files display as ed file, file name showed blue, images showed translucent. Q : It can’t back to FlashAir app screen in spite of Touch ”Back” at Gallery app. A : When move to Gallery , FlashAir app close and disconnect from Wi-Fi network automatically. Restart the FlashAir app by tapping its icon. Q : The dialog box confirming whether to again displays after at View Mode. A : This dialog box displays in case the ed file size differ from previous file.
--- About All of app.--Q : The application forcefully closed or slow action. A : It may be caused by lack of memory in your Android device. Try to start up again after closing all of the applications on your device. Q : The FlashAirTM is malfunction. A : The FlashAirTM is released as βversion, Please write a review on GooglePlay about the malfunction.
In case of unresolvable problem, try to connect by steps of “How to browse in the Product with Wireless LAN functionality(Wireless data transfer function)” in the manual. And our center.
How to use, and others Q : Where are ed files store in my Android device? A : ed files are stored in the microSD card inserted to your device. By default, the directory is “/mnt/sdcard/FlashAir” Q : Which Android OS ed ? A : Android2.2~4.0 OS ed. Q : When is the regular edition released? A : It has not been scheduled, yet. Q : When is the FlashAir app for iOS released? A : It’ll be released in September as βversion.