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Connecting lg smartphone to pc. Setting up DLNA (Smart Share) on your LG Smart TV. We watch films and photos that are on the computer. How to add your folders to the player

Often, when choosing a new mobile device, the consumer pays attention not only to technical specifications, but also on the software component. From time to time, the developers of the manufacturing company release latest versions firmware that can bring new functionality, improve hardware performance, or new version operating system. Today we will describe how to flash LG smartphones and tablets using official methods.

Updating your smartphone over the air

The simplest and in a fast way LG update is the so-called “over-the-air” update method, referred to as FOTA in the case of smartphones from LG. Typically, notifications about the availability of a new update come when the Internet connection is turned on after the device automatically carries out the appropriate analysis. When you receive such an alert, all you need to do is expand the notification shade and click on the corresponding message. You can also check it yourself by following the path Settings - About phone - Software update (in some Update Centers - Software Update) - Check for update. If there is an update, a corresponding window will appear on the screen where you need to click on “Install Now”. It is worth drawing your attention to the fact that the smartphone’s battery charge should be at least 50%, and better yet, fully charged.

Update via LG Mobile Support Tool

It happens that the developer for some unknown reason did not release next update“by air”, but the company’s website has it. The program mentioned above is just for such cases. It appeared quite a long time ago and does not offer as many opportunities as its more recent counterparts. However, the “old lady” is still operational and often comes to the aid of owners of LG smartphones. We connect the device to a computer with the Mobile Support Tool installed, after which the program will recognize your device and start checking for an available software update. If the update is available, then click on the “Start update” button. Requests for confirmation may appear, to which we answer “Next”, “Proceed”, “Start” and so on, while carefully reading the text displayed on the monitor screen. Upon completion of the installation, a corresponding message indicating the end of the process and a “Exit” or “Finish” button will appear. After this, we can disconnect the mobile device from the PC and use it.

Update via LG PC Suite

The PC Suite program, or as it is also called PC Sync, has a richer set of interactions with smartphones from the South Korean company than the Support Tool and also allows you to update software LG mobile device. We connect the device to the PC and click the “Connect” button in the upper left corner of the program window. After the device is detected, information about the phone will be displayed, including information about the installed software. You can check for the latest version of the software by clicking on the “Check for updates” button or click on the “ tab Mobile device", and then on "Mobile device software update". The process of installing the update does not require any professional skills, so we carefully read what is written and make the necessary choice of action.

Update via LG Bridge program

Like previous proprietary software for synchronizing smartphone data with a computer, Bridge offers almost the same set of functionality, but distinctive feature is the presence of the LG AirDrive application (for remote access to phone files) and a clearer and simpler interface. This program was released last year and is mostly intended for the previous flagship device G4, but according to information from the manufacturer, the utility can be used in conjunction with all mobile devices from 2015 and older. To install the update, you need to connect your smartphone to personal computer, in the program go to the “Software Update” tab and click on the “Software Update” button. Next, follow the tips from the developers.

A proprietary utility for exchanging information and working with backup copies. LG PC Suite allows you to manage content, share multimedia files, backups, update software and perform a number of other actions with mobile phone. The application is a universal tool that supports most brands of phones from the manufacturer. Exact list The available functions depend on the device model.

Possibilities:

  • data synchronization;
  • file sharing;
  • installation of new software versions;
  • administration of phone functions;
  • connection via cable or Bluetooth.

Principle of operation:

After downloading and launching LG PC Suite, you need to establish a connection with your mobile device using the “Connect” button. The main part of the utility window is occupied by the media library. On the left there is a content navigation panel, in the center there is an area for viewing downloaded objects. Note that it supports the drag-n-drop function - you can add files by simply dragging the mouse. It is possible to play content (the “Play” item).

To update the software, you need to select the “Mobile device” block. You can familiarize yourself in detail with all the functions of the LG PS Suite using the Russified instructions (section “Help”).

Pros:

  • support for SmartShare technology;
  • built-in media player;
  • duplicate file search function;
  • interface in Russian.

Minuses:

  • A number of modern models are not supported;
  • There is no access to the content store.

Please note that the LG PC Suite program is compatible with a limited list of models. For smartphones that were manufactured after 2015 ( Android version 5.0 and later), you should use an alternative tool - the LG Bridge application.

Analogues:

  • AirDroid is a utility for remote control Android devices;
  • Nokia PC Suite is a program for exchanging information with Nokia phones.

How to connect LG to computer?



To connect your TV to your computer, you can use various types cables (HDMI, DVI, VGA, S-Video, etc.). You can connect your phone to a computer or laptop via Bluetooth and infrared, or by connecting devices via a USB cable. However, progress does not stand still and connection technical devices it is also possible through various programs, applications and options that open up more possibilities. Today we will talk about the LG brand.

How to connect an LG TV to a computer

Many modern LG TV models (with built-in Smart TV function) have SmartShare technology, which allows you to access computer content (videos, photos, etc.) and view content on the big screen.

  1. To use this application, you must connect your LG TV and computer to the same network. The devices must be connected using a router in any way (both wired and wireless).
  2. The next step is setting up file distribution from your computer. This setting will allow the TV to access computer folders. A standard Windows Media Player is suitable for configuration.
  3. Go to the Start menu and find the player.
  4. Open Windows Media and click on the "Stream" tab.
  5. Next, you need to check the following boxes: “Allow control” and “Automatic playback permission”.
  6. Then go to the TV menu using the remote control, select "Smart Share".
  7. You will see a “Shared” folder, the contents of which you can view through the TV, as well as manage files.

How to add your folders to the player

In order for you to be able to view and manage your computer folders through your TV, you need to add the desired content to the “Library”.

  1. Open the player and go to the "Arrange" section.
  2. Hover your mouse over the "Manage Libraries" section and click on the desired item (depending on what you want to add: "Videos", "Images", etc.).
  3. Then click the “Add” button, then select the required folder and click on “Add folder”.
  4. Click the "OK" button.

If your LG TV does not have a built-in SmartShare function, then you can download a special program from the manufacturer, install it on your computer and configure access to files according to the scheme described above.

How to connect LG phone to computer

In order to connect an LG phone to a computer, we also need a special program called LG PC Suite.

In addition, to connect your phone and computer you will need a USB cable, Bluetooth or infrared port and Internet access.

  1. Connect your phone to your computer using any of the following methods (USB, Bluetooth, Infrared).
  2. Follow the link, select your phone model and download the application.
  3. Install the application on your computer.
  4. When installing the program, the necessary settings will be configured automatically, based on your computer settings (country and language). If you want to change these settings, open the “Settings and Help” section, select the “Country and Language” tab and change the settings.
  5. Next, go to the "User Support" section and click on the "Application Downloads" tab.
  6. Enter your phone's serial number (SN) in the appropriate field. The serial number can be found on a sticker located inside the phone under the battery. Or you can dial the command *#06# and the digits of the number will be displayed on the phone screen (usually the serial number consists of 15 digits).
  7. After entering your serial number, click on the "Browse" button.
  8. Next, a list of applications and programs available for your phone model will appear on the monitor screen. Click on them to download to your computer.
  9. Then disconnect your phone from your computer and install all the downloaded files.

PC Suite mode

This mode allows you to synchronize your phone and computer and exchange various types of files.

  1. Go to your phone settings and disable the removable disk function.
  2. Then connect your phone and computer via USB and install the program on your phone.

Removable disk mode

This mode allows you to use your phone as an external removable device.

  1. Go to your phone settings and enable the removable disk function.
  2. Click on the additional menu button and select the "Notification Area" tab.
  3. Click on the USB icon and click "Connect".

12/18/2013. 536 comments

Setting up DLNA (Smart Share) on your LG Smart TV. We watch movies and photos that are on the computer

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I thought for a long time about how to start this article, but then I realized that this is not an essay, but an instruction :) Therefore, let’s get straight to the point!

In this article I will show you how to set up the technology DLNA, (on LG TVs it is called Smart Share) and directly from your TV access movies, photos and music that are on your computer. This is very useful feature. And if you have a TV that supports network connection and DLNA technology, then you should definitely take advantage of it.

For example: Do you have a movie or photos on your computer that you would like to view from your TV? How to do it? Yes, you can, for example, use an HDMI cable to connect a TV to a computer, but it will just be like a monitor, and there may not be a cable.

You can also download the movie to a flash drive, connect it to the TV and start the movie. Yes, but here you need a flash drive, you need to copy information. It’s much easier to go from the TV to a folder on your computer and just start a movie from there, or look at photos.

Before we start setting up, I want to briefly tell you what DLNA and Smart Share are.

DLNA(in its own words) is a technology that allows devices that are connected to the same network and support DLNA technology to exchange media content (video, photo, music).

Now, almost all devices support DLNA technology: computers, TVs, smartphones, game consoles, etc.

Smart Share is a proprietary application (technology) of LG. If you can say so, then this is a kind of shell for working with DLNA. Other TV manufacturers call these programs differently. U Samsung - AllShare. SONY – VAIO Media Server.

For example: You can watch photos on your TV that are on your smartphone. I will write about this in one of the following articles. This article is strictly dedicated to setting up DLNA between a computer (laptop, no difference) and TV. Let me remind you that the TV must be able to connect to the network.

Setting up DLNA (Smart Share) between PC and TV

We need (required) that our TV and computer (I have a laptop) be connected to the same network. What does it mean? This means that both the TV and the computer must be connected to the same router.

It doesn't matter how they are connected. The TV can be connected via Wi-Fi ( how to connect read this article), and . The computer is the same. For example, I have both TV and laptop connected to the router via wireless network.

This can even be done using standard Windows Media Player. Despite the fact that this method has a small disadvantage, we will still consider it.

Setting up DLNA with using Windows Media

Just launch Windows Media Player (look for it in the Start menu), click on the tab Flow and check the boxes next to two items:

  • Allow remote control player...
  • Automatically allow devices to play my media...

This is all. You can already go to the Smart Share menu on your TV (in case of LG TV) and watch all media files that are located in shared folders: Music, Videos and Images.

Add your movie folder to Windows Media Player

If you configure the server via Windows Media, then only standard folders with videos, music and images will be displayed on the TV. And the contents will accordingly be reflected only from these folders. In order not to copy the necessary movies and other files to these standard folders, we can add the folders we need to the library, and they will appear on the TV. I was told how to do this in the comments.

Open Windows Media Player and click on the button on the left Will organize. Hover over Library management and according to what media content you want to add, select Music library, Video, or Gallery. For example, I want to add a folder with movies, so I select Video.

In the new window, click on the button Add. Select the desired movie folder on your computer (in my case), select it and click Add folder.

In the list you will see all added and standard folders. You can add more, or select the one you need and delete.

All movies or other files that are in the folders that you added to the library should appear on your TV in the DLNA server created by the standard player.

This method is very convenient, as it does not require the installation of special programs.

Setting up Smart Share

Almost every TV manufacturer has a proprietary computer program that allows you to configure access to files (I wrote about this at the beginning of the article). In the case of LG TVs, this program is called LG Smart Share for PC.

We need to download and install this program. You can download from the official LG website (if you have a different TV, then look for similar programs on the manufacturers’ websites). The program is located at the link.

For some reason, from the official website this program loaded very slowly for me. Therefore, I downloaded it from another site. Here I post it on my website - . Version 2.1.1309.1101 (maybe already outdated). It's better to download from the official website.

To install just run the file setup.exe, which is located in the archive, in the folder LG Smartshare PC SW DLNA. The installation is simple, so I will skip this process.

After starting the program, select one of the items: Movie, Photo, Music (for setting up the program, this is not important).

Immediately go to settings, for this, in the right top corner click on the button Options.

And in the first window, immediately set the switch to position ON(On) .

Go to the next tab My shared files. This is the most important point.

Here we need to add the folders that we want to allow sharing from the TV.

Just click on the folder button (see screenshot below), and select required folders, the contents of which you want to watch on your TV. Click Ok for confirmation. Then click the button Apply. The process of adding a folder will begin. If there are a lot of files, the process may take a long time. We wait.

After this, our folder will appear in the list of available ones.

This completes the setup of the Smart Share program. If you want, then on the tab My device settings, you can also change the name of the device that will be displayed on the TV.

That's it, the program window can be closed, it will now work quietly and appear on the notification panel. Also, after restarting the computer, the service will start automatically until you turn it off in the settings where you turned it on.

Setting up DLNA on TV (LG Smart Share)

On TV we just go to Smart TV and select Smart Share (unfortunately, I don’t know how to do this on other TVs, or in models without Smart TV).

Go to the tab Connected device. We already have two DLNA servers there. The one in the form of Windows Media Player is a server created in a standard player (first method). You can open it and view the files.

The second DLNA server is the one we created in the Smart Share program. That's what we need. Let's open it.

We see the available folders. To open our folder to which we have opened access, go to the folder All folders.

Open it and run the file we need. In my case, a movie.

That's all! Settings are complete!

Update

If you have any problems with setup, with the Smart Share program, or you, for example, have a different TV, then I have prepared an article on how to set up a DLNA server using the Home Media Server program (UPnP, DLNA, HTTP )". Which we have already talked about more than once in the comments. Here are the instructions -. We connect the TV to the phone (tablet) directly, by Wi-Fi technology Direct

LG PC Suite is a proprietary program designed to manage smartphones and tablets from the corresponding Korean manufacturer. Like other similar programs, this decision allows you to comfortably work with a music library, a video section, a phone book, notes, a calendar, and so on. The design of the program is very similar to that of iTunes, but conceptually LG PC Suite is not similar to Apple's solution. It is much easier to work with partitions here, and there is no need to first synchronize data between the portable device and the PC.

The program can work both with devices connected via a USB cable and connected via a point Wi-Fi access. In both cases the client provides high speed transfer files. By the way, the application also copes well with “batch” operations, be it bulk import of contacts or copying multimedia data. LG PC Suite also makes it possible to create backup copies of all data and restore them at any time, as well as transfer information from an old device to a new one. Together with the program itself, absolutely everything is installed on the PC necessary drivers, all you have to do is connect the device and get started.

Key Features and Functions

  • control portable devices from LG;
  • makes it possible to create backup copies of all data on your phone and tablet;
  • works with devices connected via Wi-Fi and a USB cable;
  • allows you to share music, videos, contacts, notes and other content between devices;
  • installs all the drivers necessary for operation.