Transferring music directly to your Android device is not all that difficult especially if you have the music files in a folder already and not in another program. This being said it can be transferred from other programs as well. In order to transfer music to your Android device you will need to keep in mind that Android can only read certain music file types. The file types allowed are common though so no worries, you can transfer MP3, AMR, WMD (8), MIDI, WAV, OGG Vorbis, and M4A music files without needing to convert them. We will cover transferring music with only your phones USB cable.

Transfer Music to Android via Phone and USB Cable:

1. Connect your Android phone to computer via USB cable
2. drag notification bar down and select the USB connection
3. select the option to mount as drive (different phone to phone)
4. open the drive on your computer created by the phone
5. navigate to the music folder within the mounted drive
6. navigate on your computer to the location of your music
7. drag your music from your computer to the music folder
8. congrats your done unplug and listen on your phone.

In many cases you can transfer music directly from programs using the same method only difference is you will be dragging from the program and not a music folder on your computer. If you have any issues or just general questions about the process please feel free to drop a comment below.

Many people use iTunes and are worried about moving to Android because of this, syncing your iTunes library to an Android device is very easy though. While there are many ways to do this we are going to cover the one we feel is the easiest and clearest. Also the process to sync your iTunes library to Android device we will be using does require a windows PC with iTunes installed on it since this is the way we have tested it.

How to Sync iTunes to Android:

1. Download DoubleTwist for Android from the Android Market
2. Run the DoubleTwist app from your Phone
3. Email yourself the PC download link
4. Install DoubleTwist on your PC via the link emailed
5. Run DoubleTwist once it installs and it will scan and import your iTunes Library
6. Connect your Android device to PC via USB
7. Drag Notification Bar down and Enable USB storage Mode
8. DoubleTwist should now detect your Android device (will show on left)
9. You should now be able to sync from DoubleTwist easily

NOTE: In order to play the music that you have synced with your Android device you will open the DoubleTwist Android App and play it from there.

Keep in mind that the instructions above are for syncing iTunes to your Android device via PC although the same instructions hold true to a Mac.  Feel free to drop us a line if you have any questions or feel we should add anything else.  Good luck and have fun playing your iTunes music on your Android device.

There are many ways to backup your Android contacts to a computer with using Gmail contacts being the easiest although you can backup directly from the device to a PC as well. In some cases people don’t create contacts as a Google contact and they are not backed up automatically when created. There are a few reasons you may want to backup your contacts. You want to have a backup on your PC for piece of mind in the event something happens to your phone and they are removed or you get a new phone and want to transfer them to it.

How to Backup or Restore your Android Contacts from Gmail:
If you select the option when creating contacts to save them to Google then they will be located in your contacts via Gmail. The Gmail account that will hold your contacts will be the one that you have attached to your Android device. Generally also the same as the one that you use to download Android apps from the market. You can backup and restore these contacts from here.

• To backup your contacts to your PC via Gmail: Login to your Gmail account and go to your contacts. Click on export and choose the contacts that you would like to backup. Select vCard format and you can view the contacts in your PC address book.
• To Restore Contacts to your Android Device via Gmail: Simply grab the Android device that you would like to have your Gmail contacts and attach your Google account via “settings -> accounts and sync”. Make sure that the contacts sync is on for the account you added and wait 15 minutes or so for the contacts to be added to your phone or tablet.

How to Backup and Restore your Contacts When on Phone Only:
If all or most of your contacts are saved to your phone and not backed up to Gmail don’t stress you can save them to your Gmail account via a PC backup. There is a great Software called MobileGo, an Android contact manager for PC that will detect your Android device and allows you to connect it to the software.  Download Wondershare’s MobileGo for the following methods (http://www.wondershare.com/android-manager/)

• How to Backup your Android Contacts via MobileGo: connect your Android phone to your PC via USB. Click on the contacts tab within MobileGo to get to the contact manager. Here you should see a list of contacts that are on your phone and can be exported. Now select the contacts you want to backup, click export and save them to your PC in vCard format.
• How to Restore your Android Contacts via MobileGo: Connect your Android phone to your PC via USB. Open MobileGo and click on the contacts tab, here you can import your contacts from the vCard you either exported from Gmail or a previous backup.
• How to Restore your Android Contacts via Gmail from vCard: Login to your Gmail account and go to your contacts. You can now Import your contacts from the vCard backup you made with MobileGo.

If your having any issues with baking up or restoring your contacts please feel free to ask any questions you have below. The process is very simple although results could very from device to device so there are chances that you will run into an issue that could help someone else.