Ok, I know I'm not crazy, but is there ANY way, besides Bluetooth, to transfer large files between the LGOG and another Phone?
I've tried the LGOG's FileShare app but it refuses to recognize my GS3 even after they both connect via Wi-Fi Direct. And just using plain ol' Wi-Fi Direct doesn't even come up as a sharing option on this phone. I can't use NFC obviously because it's only intended for small files and links. I've already tried bluetooth, but I have another thread floating around this forum detailing my experience with my LGOG being unable to connect to ANY other phone after it powercycled when connected to a friend's GS3. (On a side note, it did it AGAIN when I was connected to my bluetooth speaker today)
This is the only thing that freaking bugs the hell out of me about this device. The lack of options to wirelessly share files between devices. Obviously my bluetooth is most likely defective. Waiting on a custom OS to see if that will resolve my BT issues. But come on, this is ridiculous.
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Oh, and the SmartShare app limits you to only Pictures, Video, and Music!
You could always connect both phones to a PC and put them in MTP mode (not charge mode) and the PC will recognize them both as a media player, allowing you to browse the entire file system. Then just copy the file from one phone to the other using PC.
Can't WiFi direct be used? I know you tried it but maybe your doing something wrong. Sadly I've never messed with it
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You could always connect both phones to a PC and put them in MTP mode (not charge mode) and the PC will recognize them both as a media player, allowing you to browse the entire file system. Then just copy the file from one phone to the other using PC.
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Yeah, I know the old school way. I'm just looking for a way to do it wireless.
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Can't WiFi direct be used? I know you tried it but maybe your doing something wrong. Sadly I've never messed with it
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Well, I have a GS3 also. On that phone, whenever you long press on a file/app and click "Share", Wi-Fi Direct comes up as one of the options to use as a file transfer medium. All you have to do is clock wifi direct and click the device and BOOM! The file starts sending. However, on the LGOG, it's not that simple for some odd reason. I can turn on wifi direct on both phones AND link them. But if i wanna send a file from my LGOG to another wifi direct device, it doesn't come up as a share option. You can open up Smartshare and use the LGOG like a DLNA server and play/upload music, movies, and pictures from the LGOG to the other wifi direct device. But Smartshare (unless i'm using it wrong) only limits you to those three options. What if I want to transfer an 850MB .zip or .iso file???
You could try "samba file sharing" on the market. Phone should show as a samba share on your windows network. Then you can use es file explorer, LAN, access the share. Have not tried, but this should enable wireless file sharing.
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skandranon314 said:
You could try "samba file sharing" on the market. Phone should show as a samba share on your windows network. Then you can use es file explorer, LAN, access the share. Have not tried, but this should enable wireless file sharing.
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Haha, so funny that you mentioned that app. I did an intense search and ended up stumbling on Samba Fileshare a few hours after my last post. Has a tendency to force close every now and then but it works pretty good.
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Anyone know how I would go about mounting my EVO's sdcard on a pc wirelessly? Thanks.
bluetooth?
lol, yes that is a question
Bluetooth File Transfer from the Market works well for me, although obviously your PC has to have Bluetooth as well. I bought a cheap Bluetooth dongle for my laptop.
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Anyone know how I would go about mounting my EVO's sdcard on a pc wirelessly? Thanks.
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I just use dropbox. drop the file you want on your dropbox folder then go to your phone, find that then download it and your good
Drop box is a necessity that or sugar sync basically same thing. I use it for all my side loaded apps so they are always ready when I flash a new rom.
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I use ftpserver on the phone and cuteftp on the computer.
Try SwiFTP, I think its what youre looking for.
thorpe24 said:
Drop box is a necessity that or sugar sync basically same thing. I use it for all my side loaded apps so they are always ready when I flash a new rom.
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why not use a2sd? (apps 2 sd)
Ive tried most of the solutions mentioned. I'm particularly looking to be able to access my EVOs sdcard either through a mounted drive or windows share wirelessly. Its important I can access it in this fashion because I work on computers all day and would like to be able to carry my drivers collection around with me. Its nice to be able to just point a machine to a drive share load the appropriate drivers. FTP, Dropbox and WebDAV solutions just to make this process efficient for me.
EStrongs File Browser is nice how it can browse PCs on the same subnet but I would like to do the same except browse my phones storage from the PC side via a share.
If you used something like dropbox you wouldn't need to use your phone at all just load up your dropbox with all of them and then just log on to the dropbox website on the computer you need the drivers.
I would think that anything that would make so you could wirelessly push files from your evo to a computer, would require a program or driver installed or a Bluetooth dongle, and that would take most of the point of away
you can always just carry around a usb cable and do it that way.
do a bluetooth file transfer, that usually works for me
try android desktop it is a small websserver on your phone it allows you to access your phone through the pc web browser. free from ao store. Blue tooth is fairly slow on large files. with the desktop you should be able to use the wifi or 3 g.
Hi all,
I'll start with what I want to do. Basically I want to be able to access my files on my PC at home from anywhere where I have a network connection, either over 3G or Wifi.
I don't want something like dropbox where I have to sync all my documents/music/videos to dropbox online. That means I have copies on dropbox and on my PC. Plus I am restricted to the space dropbox provides (I think it is 2gb).
I have searched the internet and the market to try and find an app that will help with this but I can't find anything. I don't want to stream anything I simply want to be able to browse my files on my home PC and then copy anything I need from my PC, using my phone, to my phone.
I have heard of Orb but that sounds like it streams the data. Take this scenario... I am in the office and realise I need to show a client a video. I show it streamed from my PC. Someone else comes and wants to see the video but I'm in an area with no data signal, I can't stream! If I could have copied the file to my phone from my PC remotely the 1st time then I wouldn't have that problem.
I hope I've explained this enough. Thanks in advance for any answers, it is much appreciated.
Take a look at this : ES File Explorer
Also take a look at this, too : FileLinx 3G Print or Transfer
Also some interesting articles:
howw-to-accesstransfer-files-on-your-android-phone-wirelessly/
transfer-files-to-android-phone-via-drag-and-drop-using-awesome-drop/
I use Windows Home Server to get this functionality. It also gives me automated backup and lots more such as music streaming.
1. set up a ssh/sftp server on your home PC
w w w.digitalmediaminute.com/article/1487/setting-up-a-sftp-server-on-windows
2. use ASTRO, ESfileexplorer, or CIFS manager to mount/access the share remotely. Start by setting up inside your LAN, and makesure it works. Then move to WAN (will probably need to make sure your ISP provides you with a static WAN, and port forward the port the server is using to be able to access it "out in the wild".)
3. access your files whenever you want (as long as PC is on, and server running, and connected to the net)
I have installed Teamviewer on PC and Android version on HTC Desire and Samsung Galaxy Tab, working great.
I have tried to use a bluetooth mouse on Desire during such remote connection, which was a bit funny.
I'm using cifs manager, works perfect for me!
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LogMeIn does that also
https://secure.logmein.com/welcome/android/
Does anyone know of any good apps to use for this? I used to have one for my G1 but it stopped working, got renamed, and I can't remember what it is now. Basically an app where I can take files from my PC and send them to my phone over my LAN using my phone's WiFi. The program I used before did this through my web browser on my PC and it worked fantastically while it lasted. I have Dropbox and I thought this was a feature, but either I'm not figuring out how to make it work or it's not.
Thanks!
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Does anyone know of any good apps to use for this? I used to have one for my G1 but it stopped working, got renamed, and I can't remember what it is now. Basically an app where I can take files from my PC and send them to my phone over my LAN using my phone's WiFi. The program I used before did this through my web browser on my PC and it worked fantastically while it lasted. I have Dropbox and I thought this was a feature, but either I'm not figuring out how to make it work or it's not.
Thanks!
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Have you tried placing a file in your Dropbox folder on your PC, then accessing it through the Dropbox app on your phone?
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Well that works obviously, however it doesn't transfer via LAN. It uploads it to the Dropbox server then downloads it from there when I grab it on my phone. While this works, it is also a time consuming process because Dropbox limits, at least my, download bandwidth from my phone. I can upload at about full speed (close to my 5 mbps upload) but my download isn't fast at all (will only download at about 100 kb/s when I have a 50 mbps download line). The reason I'm looking for LAN is because it is the fastest option available.
I'm looking for something like this to. I move stuff between my Transformer and g2 alot. Dropbox is nice but I want to get rid of the middle man.
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you could just use one of the abd over wifi apps, that's what I do and it works well.
no spiffy web ui or anything of course and transferring via adb push/pull can be a little cumbersome, but it's easy enough (and fast).
Details on how to do this?
I use AndFTP. You might have to set up an FTP server on the receiving machine, but it allows multiselect and browses quite easily. It also has SFTP and you can connect over WAN as well.
Another option would be bluetooth file exchange, which might be built in at this point. You'll probably have to pair your device so that your computer can recognize the BT service. It's a bit slower than wifi! I know that Linda file manager and the OI/CM file manager support it. Long press the file and select send/send to bluetooth. To send from computer to phone, you'll need sumpthin sumpthin on your PC.
I put stuff on my NAS and the use CifsManager to access the drive over the network.
I think the best way to do this may be with Samba, and I used to use astro filemanager with the samba plug in to do this, but it just force closes on Gingerbread
Samba Is The Best!
Samba is by far the best way.
I personally use this app: Samba Filesharing
It runs a native samba server on the device.
I then have a drive letter mapped to my phone so i can simply access my sd card with any pc application without wires.
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OllieD
Try ES File Explorer
It does it all: basic file explorer, copy/paste, local or SD card or LAN and FTP, etc
One app to do it all
WiFi File Explorer is the app I use.
Turn Wifi on the phone, via web browser open the url (typically something like http://192.168.1.XXX:8000) and then you can transfer/delete/modify/create files on your sd card via your LAN.
CIFS File Manager:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=756158
SuperDave81 said:
CIFS File Manager:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=756158
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I use this too.
ES File Explorer works great.
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SwiFtp is what I use and like.
ellessidil said:
WiFi File Explorer is the app I use.
Turn Wifi on the phone, via web browser open the url (typically something like http://192.168.1.XXX:8000) and then you can transfer/delete/modify/create files on your sd card via your LAN.
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WiFi file explorer was free on the amazon market yesterday...
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I thought I'd found the perfect accessory for the Nexus 7-2, a WiFi hard drive adaptor. Something that can stream video via wifi from a hard drive or USB stick.
The Eaget air disk A60 looked perfect, about $70, an internal battery, can handle hard drives, SD cards or USB sticks, and has a wireless b-g-n access point.
All good in theory. After wading through the Chinglish manual, which was almost no help, attempting to get an app from the play store that isn't there, using Google translate on their Chinese forum, I managed to find the apk to run it.
Setting up wasn't easy either, as I had to access the device's internal webpage... which was in Chinese. Finding the switch to make it English wasn't easy.
Anyways.. the idea seems good, but I cannot get my Nexus to access the device due to continuous password errors. I've attempted to change the password but that doesn't help.
If anyone has any experience whatsoever with this device, or anything similar from Eaget, I'd love to hear from you. I'm waiting for Eaget to return my email.
If I get it going, I'll also let you know how I did it. Save someone a world of pain.
I've managed to get it working. I connect the Nexus to the airdisk's wifi server, then use ES file explorer's LAN tab and find it as a server, then login as admin - with the password I gave it when I logged into its webserver. I can also connect it to my home wifi system, and access it from everything on my network, sort of like a NAS. Anyways, seems there's not a whole lot of interest, so I'll leave this topic for now.
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I've managed to get it working. I connect the Nexus to the airdisk's wifi server, then use ES file explorer's LAN tab and find it as a server, then login as admin - with the password I gave it when I logged into its webserver. I can also connect it to my home wifi system, and access it from everything on my network, sort of like a NAS. Anyways, seems there's not a whole lot of interest, so I'll leave this topic for now.
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Well the device sounds interesting.. I was about to purchase the Seagate solution for $300m, this may save me some money..
It's a pretty cool device. Handles my WD portable hard drives no problem. But the apk (air HDD) if you can find it is crap... I was lucky that ES file explorer found the airdisk as a fileserver. It doesn't have much range on its wifi. All I want to do is use it as a video server when I go camping, removing all the painful USB-OTG cabling and USB power that needs to be connected to attach a HDD to the Nexus. There is a windows app that can be useful, for locating the airdisk when it's connected into your network. That exe took a bit of finding, I'll put it on dropbox sometime and post the link, if you want. If there's anything else you'd like from me let me know.
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Squire-au said:
It's a pretty cool device. Handles my WD portable hard drives no problem. But the apk (air HDD) if you can find it is crap... I was lucky that ES file explorer found the airdisk as a fileserver. It doesn't have much range on its wifi. All I want to do is use it as a video server when I go camping, removing all the painful USB-OTG cabling and USB power that needs to be connected to attach a HDD to the Nexus. There is a windows app that can be useful, for locating the airdisk when it's connected into your network. That exe took a bit of finding, I'll put it on dropbox sometime and post the link, if you want. If there's anything else you'd like from me let me know.
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Hi there
I'd love to try the App you think would help access the airdisk.
Please let me know what it is.
Cheers
Chris:
Hey. Thought this thread was dead! Anyways, I found the apps, put them on dropbox. The links are https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/100322668/Air HDD_V1.0.1.6.exe for the windows program to locate the airdisk when it's connected to your wifi network, and https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/100322668/Air HDD_V1.3.28.apk for the apk. Which didn't work for me, I ended up using ES file server and finding it as a LAN server. This requires either having the airdisk connected into your wifi system, or connecting directly to it via wifi. I think the airdisk's default WEP key is 111111, its default IP address is 10.10.10.1. The server address was 10.10.10.254 and username admin. Whatever password you set up.
Hope this helps!
Hi everyone,
An iOS App called "DeskConnect" caught my attention because it is pretty neat at what it does. It allows you to send files from your PC/Mac to your, in this case, iDevice (or vice versa) over WiFi in a breeze. You just have to download the App on the computer and iDevice register with the same account on both devices.
My question is, is their an application similar to DeskConnect for Android? I'd like to download an App on my Mac and HTC One and be able to send stuff from my computer by just dragging what I want to send into the application and then receiving the document in the application on my phone.
I know I can probably connect my phone via USB and then transfer files like but I want to know if there is an easy way to do this over WiFi.
AirDroid is pretty cool for doing that.
For me sometimes a bit buggy though. (especially when transferring mp3)
Still in my opinion the best choice!
Everything runs over your browser.
Ps: the registration is only needed if you want to transfer files through the Internet rather than using your network.
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PushBullet is what I use. But the limit for uploading a file is 25MB. I know some apps are bigger than that but it's worked well for me so far, light on the PC and phone, just runs on the browser as well.
ferrerj004 said:
PushBullet is what I use. But the limit for uploading a file is 25MB. I know some apps are bigger than that but it's worked well for me so far, light on the PC and phone, just runs on the browser as well.
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PushBullet!:good: It's simple. Download the app to your phone and the Chrome extension, log in to both and voila "push" files with one click!
palomino6294 said:
Hi everyone,
An iOS App called "DeskConnect" caught my attention because it is pretty neat at what it does. It allows you to send files from your PC/Mac to your, in this case, iDevice (or vice versa) over WiFi in a breeze. You just have to download the App on the computer and iDevice register with the same account on both devices.
My question is, is their an application similar to DeskConnect for Android? I'd like to download an App on my Mac and HTC One and be able to send stuff from my computer by just dragging what I want to send into the application and then receiving the document in the application on my phone.
I know I can probably connect my phone via USB and then transfer files like but I want to know if there is an easy way to do this over WiFi.
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I've been using WiFi File Transfer Pro for a good while now, it's very good..... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smarterdroid.wififiletransfer&hl=en
I would say Air Droid is best because you can also control your camera and have notifications displayed on the PC
Android has a lot better solution than that. You can install "Software data Cable" . Chose Sync and it create an FTP server. You just need to have a FTP client on your PC/Mac/Linux.
What's more, when the phone is not in wifi network, it can create an wireless Hotspot.
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i use this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=lutey.FTPServer
working with wlan/3g
ES File Explorer which is very easy to setup, especially using this guide
Solid Explorer has a nifty FTP share feature... I used it because for what ever reason I couldn't mount my One via USB. Airdroid works well too.
Whoa! Didn't expect to get a lot of replies, thanks you guys!
OptimusDan said:
Solid Explorer has a nifty FTP share feature... I used it because for what ever reason I couldn't mount my One via USB. Airdroid works well too.
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OptimusDan You should try this, maybe it helps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2650872
tudorlv said:
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OptimusDan You should try this, maybe it helps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2650872
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After the first OTA update came out the issue was non existent but thanks!
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yoda1998 said:
I would say Air Droid is best because you can also control your camera and have notifications displayed on the PC
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Air Droid is a manager, WiFi File Transfer Pro is full fledge file transfer
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Been using Wifi File Explorer Pro for about 5 years now without a single problem. I can highly recommend it
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Why install extra app
ES Explorer do all jobs
Activate WiFi Hotspot or connect phone to PC WiFi
open ES explorer >> tools >> remote manager >> click on Turn on Note ftp address >> Windows explorer >> address bar >> fill Ftp address from phone to bar & now you can access all files
Phone to phone file transfer same way & 1 more short way
SuperBeam is Also for both PC & Phone
Zapya has a perfect interface and possibilty to connect to iphone and PC by wifi direct. Approximately 3MB per second
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