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How do I get my iTunes music on to my non-Apple phone?

Feb 6, 2015 9:40AM PST
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How do I get my iTunes music on to my non-Apple phone?


I have a Samsung S3 cell phone and I use iTunes for my music. I'm not averse to moving to different music software. But I was "raised" on iTunes, I know what I'm doing with it and I simply want to know how to get my music from iTunes to my Samsung. I've tried using the suggested Samsung apps for this - like Easy Phone Sync. But they don't seem to work well for me. I've tried dragging and dropping [music files] into my Samsung Music Folder, but I must be doing something wrong because they don't show up. And I have a lot of different Playlists which are important to me. Just having the songs on my phone is not good enough. I need them organized. And dragging and dropping doesn't cut it for Playlists. How do [other people] who are hooked into iTunes, but have an Android phone, sync their music AND playlists? I've thought about calling the local community college and suggesting they offer a non-credit class on electronic music for those of us...a little past the age of 20...who need an eMusic 101 class on this topic. Thanks.

--Submitted by: Cathy B.

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Mar 1, 2015 12:48AM PST
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Free tool like DoubleTwist can help
Apr 26, 2015 3:37PM PDT

I know a free tool like doubleTwist can easily help with that. Many third-party programs are available to help transfer iTunes media to Android, but I consider doubleTiwst as my first choice because it is simple operated. Just make sure you have installed both it on your computer and your samsung mobile phone beforehand. One condition I have to mention is that not iTunes media files can be transferred by doubleTwist, iTunes purchased movies can't because of certain kind of protection. It needs to be stripped off by DRM removal tool like ChewTune and then transfer with the help of doubleTwist.

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iSyncr and DoubleTwist
Jun 8, 2015 8:26AM PDT

Both the iSyncr and DoubleTwist are fantastic and popular apps to sync iTunes with your Android.

Doubletwist is nice with an elegant and iTunes-like UI. Unfortunately, it takes a tremendous time to sync (both with iTunes itself and then with the phone). From reading the forums, it seems that there is likely some syncing error that is causing the problem and that the DT team is working on reducing such errors. However, until that time, DT is a suboptimal solution.

iSyncr definitely gets the job done. It's not nearly as clean or elegant (you end up running an executable from your mounted Android device), but can identify and update specific playlists quickly. The biggest complaint I have for iSyncr is that it does not remember which playlists you have synced...

But for DRM-protected content, both are not eligible for transfer or playback, but that's expected from a non-official solution.