Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Transfer Photos to a Windows Computer with Samsung Kies 3 App

Samsung Kies is a program that can be used to organize data and multimedia content stored on Samsung Galaxy phones. Given that function, you can connect your Samsung Galaxy S4 to Samsung Kies app on your Windows computer using the provided USB cable and then do the desired actions, e.g: transferring photos from your phone to your PC when you need to backup your photos or free up some space in your phone.

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Disclaimer: this post is written based on Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 runs with Android 5.0.1 Lollipop and the computer uses Windows 7 Professional 32-bit as the operating system.
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How to transfer photos from Samsung Galaxy S4 with Android 5.0.1 Lollipop to a Windows computer via Samsung Kies 3 app?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Connect your phone to the computer using the provided USB cable by plugging the micro USB connector to the micro USB port in your device (it's located under the Home key) and the USB connector to a USB port on your PC. If it's the first time for you to connect your phone with the PC, your PC may need a few minutes to install the driver. By default, your phone will use MTP as the connection mode.
   
   
2. When your phone has been successfully connected to your PC, launch Samsung Kies 3 app in your computer. If you have not installed this app yet, you can download it here and then install it in your computer. As a note, Samsung Kies 3 app supports Samsung Galaxy phones running with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean or later versions.
3. Samsung Kies 3 app will connect to your phone automatically.
4. In Samsung Kies 3 app screen, click Photos located at the left side menu. All of photos in your phone will be displayed here.
5. By default, your photos will be grouped by the date. But, if needed, you can group them by month, by year or by folder.
6. Now, you can select the required photos you want to transfer to your PC and then click at the top of the Kies screen.
   
   
7. Select a folder in your PC and then click the Select Folder button to save the selected photos to the selected folder. It may take several minutes or so, depends on how many photos that you want to transfer to your PC. Wait until the process is completed.
   
   
8. Once done, you can disconnect your phone from Samsung Kies 3 app by clicking in the right side of the device name in the Kies screen. Then, you can disconnect your phone from the PC by unplugging the USB cable from your phone and your PC.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Easily Import All Photos and Videos to a Windows Computer

When your Samsung Galaxy S4 has been successfully connected to a Windows PC, you'll be provided with an option that will let you easily import all photo and video files stored in your phone, either those in the internal memory or SD card, to the PC. The option to import photos and videos will be available no matter what the connection mode you're using(MTP or PTP).

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Disclaimer: this post is written based on Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 runs with Android 5.0.1 Lollipop and the computer uses Windows 7 Professional 32-bit as the operating system.
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How to easily import all photo and video files from Samsung Galaxy S4 with Android 5.0.1 Lollipop to a Windows computer?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Connect your phone to the computer using the provided USB cable by plugging the micro USB connector to the micro USB port in your device (it's located under the Home key) and the USB connector to a USB port on your PC. If it's the first time for you to connect your phone with the PC, your PC may need a few minutes to install the driver.
   
   
2. When the phone has been connected to your PC and is ready to use, a pop up window will appear on your computer. Click Import pictures and videos to let your PC locates all photos and videos in your phone. It may take several minutes or so, depends on how many photos and videos you have. Wait until the process is completed.
   
   
3. If needed, you can enter the desired tag for the folder name that will be used to save the imported files. By default, the folder will be created in My Pictures and "Imported date + tag" will be used as the folder name. As the example, if you import the files on August 8, 2015 and use "my photo" as the tag, then the folder name will be "2015-08-09 my photo".
4. Now, click Import button to import all photos and videos from your phone to your PC. It may take several minutes or so, depends on how many photos and videos you have. Wait until the process is completed.
5. The imported folder will be opened automatically when the PC has completely imported all photos and videos from your phone.
6. Now, you can disconnect your phone from the PC by unplugging the USB cable from your phone and your PC.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Transfer Photos to a Windows Computer

There are some reason why you'll probably need to transfer your photos from your Samsung Galaxy S4 to your PC, e.g: when you want to periodically backup your photos so that you can easily retrieve your photos if something bad happens with your phone, if you want to free up some space in your phone by moving your photos to your PC, etc.

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Disclaimer: this post is written based on Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 runs with Android 5.0.1 Lollipop and the computer uses Windows 7 Professional 32-bit as the operating system.
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How to transfer photos from Samsung Galaxy S4 with Android 5.0.1 Lollipop to a Windows computer?
As the example, we'll transfer some photos taken with the Camera app to a Windows PC by using the following steps:

1. Connect your phone to the computer using the provided USB cable by plugging the micro USB connector to the micro USB port in your device (it's located under the Home key) and the USB connector to a USB port on your PC. If it's the first time for you to connect your phone with the PC, your PC may need a few minutes to install the driver. By default, your phone will use MTP as the connection mode.
   
   
2. When the phone has been connected to your PC and is ready to use, a pop up window will appear on your computer. Click Open device to view files to automatically explore your phone in the Windows Explorer.
   
   
3. By default, photos taken with the Camera app will be saved in the DCIM folder in the phone memory. In the Windows Explorer, click Phone folder to explore the internal memory of your phone and then click DCIM folder and then click Camera folder. All of photos taken with the Camera app will be displayed here.
4. Select the required photos you want to transfer to your PC.
5. To copy photos from your phone to your PC go to the step #6, while to move photos from your phone to your PC go to the step #7.
6. Copying the selected photos to your PC:
• Use the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+C, or click the right-mouse button and then select Copy.
• Now, navigate to the folder on your PC where you want to save the copied photos.
• To paste the copied photos, use the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+V, or click the right-mouse button and then select Paste.
• The selected photos have been copied from your phone to your PC.
7. Moving the selected photos to your PC:
• Use the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+X, or click the right-mouse button and then select Cut.
• Now, navigate to the folder on your PC where you want to save the selected photos.
• To paste the selected photos, you can use the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+V, or click the right-mouse button and then select Paste.
• The selected photos have been moved from your phone to your PC.
8. Once done, close the Windows Explorer and you can disconnect your phone from the PC by unplugging the USB cable from your phone and your PC.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Set Youtube App to not Record Your Search History in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

In order to help you easily track or use the search term that you have used while searching a video on Youtube, this app automatically saves all your searches by default. But, for some reason, you may tend to not save your search history, for instance: when you don't want others know what you have searched on Youtube. Aside from manually deleting the search history, you can set Youtube app to not record your search history by enabling the pause search history option.

How to enable the pause search history option in Youtube app?
Assuming that you have an Internet connection, you can prevent your search history to be recorded in Youtube app by using the following steps:

1. Open Youtube app.
2. Tap the Menu key and then select Settings.
3. Tap Privacy.
4. Check the box next to Pause search history to enable this option.
5. From now on, all of your search history won't be recorded.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Clear Search History in Youtube App in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

When you want to watch a video in Youtube app in your Samsung Galaxy S4, the best way to easily find a specific video is by using the search function. Shortly after you enter the search term, you'll be provided with the list of videos match with the search term, lets you quickly find the desired video. By default, all searches you have made will be recorded automatically in order to help you track or use the search term you have made before when you want to search a video later. But, if needed, you can easily clean up your search history, for instance: when there are too many search history so that you want to clean them up, when you don't want others know what you have searched on Youtube, etc.

How to clear the search history in Youtube app?
Assuming that you have an Internet connection and is signing in with an account, you can easily clear your search history in Youtube app by using the following steps:

1. Open Youtube app.
2. Tap the Menu key and then select Settings.
3. Tap Privacy.
4. Tap Clear search history.
5. Tap OK button to confirm,
6. All search history made with the currently used account will be cleared.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Set Youtube App to not Record Your Watch History in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

By default, you can view all videos that you have watched on Youtube in the watch history menu. But, for some reason, you may don't want a video or all videos you have watched on Youtube listed in this menu, for instance: when you don't want others know what you have watched on Youtube. Aside from manually deleting unwanted videos from the watch history menu, you can also set Youtube app to not record videos that you have watched by enabling the pause watch history option.

How to enable the pause watch history option in Youtube app?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open Youtube app.
2. Tap the Menu key and then select Settings.
3. Tap Privacy.
4. Check the box next to Pause watch history to enable this option.
5. From now on, Youtube app won't record videos that you watch on Youtube.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Remove Videos from Watch History in Youtube App in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

You can utilize the watch history menu within the Youtube app to find a particular video or see videos that you have watched before on Youtube. If needed, you can also easily delete a single video or all videos from the watch history so that they won't be listed there anymore. As the example, when you don't want others know a particular video or all videos that you have watched on Youtube.


How to remove videos from the watch history menu in Youtube app?
You can delete unwanted videos from the watch history by using two different methods: from the watch history menu within the Youtube app and from the Youtube app settings menu.

Method #1: From the watch history menu within the Youtube App
You can easily delete a single or all videos from watch history while you're signing in with a Google account and have an Internet connection by using the following steps:

1. Open Youtube app.
2. Tap to open up the Account tab and then tap History. All videos that you have watched with the currently used account will be displayed here.
3. To remove a single video from the watch history, do as follows:
• Tap next to the video you want to remove and then tap Remove from Watch history.
• The selected video will be removed from the watch history.
4. To remove all videos from the watch history, do as follows:
• Tap the Menu key and then select Clear history.
• Tap Clear history button.
• All videos in the watch history will be removed.

Method #2: From the Youtube app settings menu
When you have an Internet connection, you can easily delete all videos from the watch history, either while you're signing in with a Google account or signing out, by using the following steps:

1. Open Youtube app.
2. Tap the Menu key and then select Settings.
3. Tap Privacy.
4. Tap Clear watch history.
5. Tap OK button.
6. All videos in the watch history will be removed.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to View Videos from Watch History in Youtube App in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

By default, all videos you have watched on Youtube while you're signing in with a Google account will be recorded automatically in the watch history menu in Youtube app in your Samsung Galaxy S4. If needed, you can use the watch history menu in Youtube app to easily find a particular video that you have watched in the past.

How to view a video from watch history in Youtube app?
Assuming that you have an Internet connection, you can access the watch history menu to view a particular video that you have watched before on Youtube by using the following steps:

1. Open Youtube app.
2. Tap to view the Account tab and then tap History.
3. All videos that you have watched previously while signing in with the currently used account will be displayed here.
4. Tap a thumbnail or title of a video to watch it.
5. If needed, while watching the video, you can add the video to the Watch later playlist or to your own playlist for easier access.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Enable Safety Mode in Youtube App in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

Safety mode is a feature available in Youtube app in your Samsung Galaxy S4 that can be used to automatically filter and restrict inappropriate content flagged by users or other signals, e.g: videos with mature/crude/excessive violence content, videos that have been age restricted, etc. When the safety mode feature is enabled, Youtube app will hide those videos in the search result, related videos, playlists and the feeds as well as hide comments below videos. However, since there's no filter is 100% accurate, you may find that the safety mode is unable to block all inappropriate content, but it should be able to be an extra thing that can be used to prevent you or others who use your phone to watch videos in Youtube app from seeing most inappropriate content.

How to turn on safety mode feature in Youtube app?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open Youtube app.
2. Tap the Menu key and then select Settings.
3. Tap General.
4. Check the box next to Safety mode to enable this option.
5. The Safety mode feature in Youtube app has been turned on.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Change Contents Based on the Selected Location in Youtube App in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

By default, when you're opening Youtube app to watch videos by browsing the provided feeds, you'll be shown with contents come from your current country. But, if needed, you can change location preferences so that Youtube app will show you contents from a country that you like.

How to change contents based on the selected location in Youtube app?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open Youtube app.
2. Tap the Menu key and then select Settings.
3. Tap General.
4. Tap Content location.
5. Select the required country.
6. From now on, Youtube app will show you contents based on the selected country.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Change Network Preferences for Upload Videos in Youtube App in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

By default, Wi-Fi has been set as the network preferences for upload videos in Youtube app in your Samsung Galaxy S4. It's done to help you avoid big data charges if you use mobile data connection since uploading video is one of data-intensive activities, moreover if you don't have unlimited data plan. But, if needed, you can specify what network connection you want to use for upload videos, Wi-Fi only or Wi-Fi and mobile data.

How to change network preferences for upload videos in Youtube app?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open Youtube app.
2. Tap the Menu key and then select Settings.
3. Tap General.
4. Tap Uploads and then select from the following options:
• Only when on Wi-Fi: select this option so that you will be allowed to upload videos only when you're connected to a Wi-Fi network.
• On any network: select this option so that you'll be allowed to upload videos when you're connected to a Wi-Fi network or when you're using a mobile data connection.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Switch Between Multiple Accounts in Youtube App in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

For some reason, you may have activated multiple Google accounts in your Samsung Galaxy S4, for instance: when you want to use one of them for personal purpose and use another one for business purpose. The advantage of adding multiple accounts is you'll be able to use all of them to use or access Google-related apps in your phone, including with Youtube app. In Youtube app, you can easily switch to your personal account when you want to upload your personal videos or to your business account when you want to upload videos for business purpose.


How to switch between multiple accounts in Youtube app?
Assuming that you have an Internet connection, you can use two different methods to easily switch between multiple accounts in Youtube app: from the Youtube app menus and from the accounts tab within the Youtube app.

Method #1: From the Youtube app menus

1. Open Youtube app.
2. Tap at the top left corner of the screen to open up the Youtube app menus.
3. Tap the photo profile of the currently used account to view all of your Google accounts.
4. Tap the required Google account you want to use.
5. Now, you can use the selected account to use or access Youtube app.

Method #2: From the accounts tab within the Youtube app

1. Open Youtube app.
2. Tap to access the Accounts tab.
3. Tap the name of the currently used account(below the photo profile) to view all of your Google accounts.
4. Tap the required account you want to use and then tap OK button.
5. Now, you can use the selected account to use or access Youtube app.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Manage Your Own Video in Youtube App in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

Youtube app in your Samsung Galaxy S4 lists all videos that you have uploaded so that you can easily manage them if needed, as the example: when you want to re-view your own video, when you want to delete your own video from Youtube app, or when you want to edit the information of a video that you have uploaded before.

How to view, delete or edit your own video in Youtube app?
Assuming that you have an Internet connection, you can easily re-view, delete or edit a video that you have uploaded in Youtube app by using the following steps:

1. Open Youtube app.
2. Tap at the top left corner of the screen to open up the Youtube app menus and then tap Uploads. All uploaded videos will be listed here.
3. To re-view or watch your own video, tap a thumbnail or title of a video that you want to watch.
4. To delete your own video, do as follows:
• Tap next to the video that you want to delete and then tap Delete.
• Tap OK button.
• The selected video will be deleted from Youtube app.
5. To edit the information of a video that you have uploaded, do as follows:
• Tap next to the video that you want to delete and then tap Edit.
• Now, you can edit the required information of the video, e.g: title, description, privacy settings and tags.
• Tap to save the changes.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Add a Video to Your Own Playlist in Youtube App in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

In Youtube app, while browsing the feeds or watching a video uploaded by others, you can create your own playlist and then add the video to the newly created playlist. Next time, you can add videos with the same category to the existing playlist that you have created before so that you can access or watch them with more easily since they're saved in the same place. As the example, if you have created a playlist named Favourites song, you can add other music videos uploaded by others that you like to this playlist for easier access.

How to add a video to your own playlist in Youtube app?
Assuming that you have an Internet connection, you can easily add any video uploaded by others that you like to an existing playlist that you have created before in Youtube app by using the following steps:

1. Open Youtube app.
2. To add a video to an existing playlist while browsing the feeds, do as follows:
• Tap next to the video that you want to add to an existing playlist and then tap Add to playlist....
• Tap the required playlist.
• The selected video has been added to the selected playlist.
3. To add a video to an existing playlist while watching the video, do as follows:
• Tap a video to watch it.
• Tap within the video playback and then select the required playlist.
• The video has been added to the selected playlist.
4. To access the video that you have added to your own playlist, do as follows:
• Tap at the top left corner of the screen to open up the Youtube app menus.
• Scroll down the menus to the Playlists section and then tap the required playlist. All videos that you have added to this playlist will be displayed here.
• To play a single video in the playlist, tap a thumbnail or title of a video.
• To play all videos in the playlist together, tap .

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Remove a Video from the Watch Later Playlist in Youtube App in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

There are some reason why you'll probably need to remove or delete videos that you have added to the watch later playlist, for instance: when you want to clean up your watch later playlist from unwanted or rarely watched videos, when you have added a wrong video to the watch later playlist, etc.

How to remove a video from the watch later playlist in Youtube app?
Assuming that you have an Internet connection, you can easily remove a video from the watch later playlist in Youtube app by using the following steps:

1. Open Youtube app.
2. Tap at the top left corner of the screen to open up the Youtube app menus and then tap Watch Later. All videos that you have added to the watch later playlist will be displayed here.
3. Tap next to the video that you want to remove from the watch later playlist and then tap Remove from Watch Later.
4. The selected video has been removed from the watch later playlist.
5. To remove more videos from the watch later playlist, repeat from the step #3.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Add a Video to the Watch Later Playlist in Youtube App in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

By default, Youtube app in your Samsung Galaxy S4 has a playlist named the watch later playlist. If needed, you can add your favourite videos to this playlist so that you can easily watch them again whenever you want or add good videos that you find while browsing to this playlist so that you can easily watch them later when you have a time or better connection.

How to add a video to the watch later playlist in Youtube app?
Assuming that you have an Internet connection, you can add any video that you like to the watch later playlist by using the following steps:

1. Open Youtube app.
2. To add a video to the watch later playlist while browsing the feeds, do as follows:
• Tap next to the video that you want to add to the watch later playlist and then tap Add to Watch Later.
• The selected video has been added to the watch later playlist.
3. To add a video to the watch later playlist while watching the video, do as follows:
• Tap a video to watch it.
• While the video is being played, tap within the video playback and then tap Watch Later.
• The video has been added to the watch later playlist.
4. To access and watch a video that you have added to the watch later playlist, do as follows:
• Tap at the top left corner of the screen to open up the Youtube app menus and then tap Watch Later. All videos that you have added to the watch later playlist will be displayed here.
• To play a single video in the watch later playlist, tap a thumbnail or title of the video that you want to play.
• To play all videos in the watch later playlist together, tap .

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Create a New Playlist in Youtube App in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

Youtube app in your Samsung Galaxy S4 lets you create a playlist to help you organize a group of videos uploaded by others that you like(e.g: a few of your favourite song or movie trailers) by saving them in one place so that you can watch the videos in that playlist together or whenever you want with more easily.

How to create a new playlist in Youtube app?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open Youtube app.
2. To easily find a specific video, do as follows:
• Tap at the top of the screen.
• Enter a keyword and then tap at the keyboard to start searching.
• Tap the required video from the search result list to watch the video.
3. While the video is being played, tap within the video playback and then tap Create a new playlist.
4. Enter the playlist name.
5. If needed, you can set the playlist private by checking the box in the left side of the Private option so that the playlist can only be seen by you and the users that you select.
6. Tap OK button.
7. The new playlist has been created and the selected video will be added to this playlist.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Allow Video to be Added to Offline Over Mobile Network in Youtube App in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

By default, you're only allowed to add a video to offline in Youtube app when you're connected to a Wi-Fi network in order to help you avoid huge data charges if you use mobile network, moreover if you don't have unlimited data plan. But, if needed, you can enable the option to allow you add video to offline when you're using mobile data connection so that you will not only be able to add video to offline over Wi-Fi network but also over mobile network.

How to allow video to be added to offline over mobile network in Youtube app?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open Youtube app.
2. Tap the Menu key and then select Settings.
3. Tap Offline.
4. Clear the checkbox next to Add over Wi-Fi only to disable this option.
5. Now, you can add video to offline over Wi-Fi network or mobile network.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Remove Video from Offline in Youtube App in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

If you have added a video to offline in Youtube app, you can still watch the video during periods of low or no connectivity. However, you can easily remove a video from offline anytime you like for whatever reason, for example: when you no longer want certain video in your offline list, when you want to free up some space by deleting some or all offline videos, etc.

How to remove video from offline in Youtube app?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open Youtube app.
2. Tap at the top left corner of the screen to open up the Youtube app menus and then tap Offline. All of your offline videos will be displayed here.
3. To remove a single video from offline go to the step #4, while to remove all videos from offline go to the step #5.
4. Remove a single video from offline:
• Tap next to the required video that you want to remove from offline.
• Tap Remove from Offline.
• Tap Remove button to confirm removing the video from offline.
• The selected video will be removed from offline.
5. Remove all videos from offline:
• Tap the Menu key and then select Clear Offline.
• Tap OK button to confirm removing all videos from offline.
• All videos will be removed from offline.