I like LocalSend because it can send folders without zipping them, but it did fail for me once when I was sending a folder with 7000 pics.
But LocalSend isn't a direct option like airdrop, devices need to be connected to a same hotspot.
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I use localsend, if I need to share between devices while out and about I just turn on hotspot to create a local Wi-Fi network.
All the sharing tools built into android are garbage, none work properly.
EDIT: In my excitement to share a way to do this I didn't realize you don't want FOSS or other apps so I deleted my original comment.
EDIT2: See my reply to OP.
Yeah bring back the comment! Even if OP didn't want it, some of the rest of us might benefit from it :)
I'm interested!
Sorry if it is misunderstanding. I meant no app if possible, but a Foss app would be OK if unavoidable
It is I that misunderstood the whole thing.
But since we're here, I use an SSH server app worth about $3 on my phone to access it from other devices with an SFTP or SSHFS client. The app is literally called "SSH Server". Once the server is active I can use an app like Solid Explorer (free with ads or paying for a license) on another Android device to connect to my phone on the same Wi-Fi network. Or from Windows I can just map a network drive using the format \\sshfs\user@ip. And on Linux just find the "Connect to server" option in your favorite file explorer to use SSHFS. Or any SFTP client of your choice.
I'm not familiar with Wi-Fi Direct since I've been using SSH for years now, and certainly much more work this way, but it works okay across all my devices.
Thanks, that's an interesting option. It reminded me that I used primitive ftpd a long time ago, which is a Foss app to create a local ftp server, which you can then browse from other devices. I had forgotten as it was probably 6 or 7 years ago, and I'm happy to see it's still being developed. This still relies on a local network of course, like yours. I don't know if it could work over mobile data, I suppose you would need to run a full server and a domain name. Mind you it is feasible
I cam vouch for Snapdrop/Pairdrop or whatever it is called nowadays. Requires opening a browser and being on the same network. Snapdrop does support sending files over the internet, but I couldn't get it to work last time I tried.
I use KDE Connect with my laptop and it just works (Linux with KDE required)
Linux with KDE required
Not true, it's available for all major distros regardless of DE as well as Windows and Mac OS
Or gnome with gsconnect. I think it's actually even out on windows now...
Works wih bspwm too
I think I sorta used it in the early 2010s but with 3rd party apps to transfer larger files phone to phone instead of bluetooth.
Nowadays NFC does it fine enough but I rarely have the need to share files outside of my home.
when there is LocalSend one doesn't even need to know what is wifi direct.
This is why I only buy Androids with MicroSD. This problem was solved in the 1980s with the invention of floppy disks. Now it seems they have worked hard to "uninvent it" so your data needs to go through their servers before you are allowed to have a copy.
You know that you can use a cable or a flash drive right? Fiddling with microSD cards seems annoying.
Cable + MPV is the precise nightmare that lead me to be prejudice of these "non-solutions".
And plugging in a big ackward fat USB-C in the bottom of the phone sounds like a hazard way to break your USB port.
Avoiding phones without 3.5mm AUX and without MicroSD is easier. Problem averted.
Edit: Also, phone suddenly dead? No problem pull the MicroSD for your data.
Uh, so I guess I should stop "plugging in a big awkward fat USB-C" every day to charge my phone then...
That must be why my phones have a broken port ... checks motes ... zero times in the last many years.
BTW a USB key with USB-C on one side and a classic USB-A on the other side is great for transferring stuff between a phone and a PC IMO.
Not sure what you mean by MPV.
But why the hell would a flash drive break your USB-C port? What are you doing with your phone?
I wasn't suggesting you keep in there 24/7 only when you need to transfer a file. So like, max a few minutes each time.
Also you can buy small USB-C flash drives. I have this one which is fairly nice: https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/memory-storage/usb-flash-drives/usb-type-c-256gb-muf-256da-am/
MTP* and if you don't understand why plugging a chonker into USB-C might be a bad idea you probably haven't had decades of repair experience and "accidents".
You should see what people do to their DC-AC ports.
I suggest you are more careful with your phone.
I suggest you are more careful with your phone.
I suggest you re-read my postulate and stop acting in bad faith.
USB-C really isn't that fragile.
microSD is fairly fragile though
Fair enough, I understand your view. For my use case I will vote with my dollar for 3.5mm and MicroSD.
Data recovery pulling a MicroSD from a phone is much easier than trying to desolder a memory chip with a hotair gun and figure out how to download it.
Also I am not cool with Google and Microsoft and Apple stacking the deck to send all the data to their headquarters, but that's just me.
YMMV. Choice is good. And yes I got what you meant about people. USB-C is engineered better than predecessor ports still without a proper stand or attentive care I can't see average user wear and tear not breaking some ports assuming they knew how to do it to begin with.
Maybe you could argue that a external NVME would be less hazardous but a stiff Flash is going to be harder to make a case for. I've seen people have more problems with USBC than USBA despite its improvements.
But that's just my view and if you have your own and we disagree I understand and that's okay.
I'm not arguing that expandable storage and that 3.5 mm ports should be removed. I would love both.
I'm just saying that transferring files using microSD cards seems like a pain compared to USB.
They are great for expandable storage.
WIFI file transfer, downloaded from pure apk:
https://m.apkpure.com/wifi-file-transfer/com.smarterdroid.wififiletransfer
You have to allow third party apps to install it but then you're good to go.
To share from where to where? For sharing with your own computer at home I just have a SMB share and I use Cx File Explorer to access it like I would on a PC. For direct phone to phone sharing... I haven't had to do that in ages, so I wouldn't know. I have a number of solutions for cloud file sharing that are platform agnostic, though.
I was specifically asking for what you haven't done in ages
Oh, gotcha. Yeah, direct phone-to-phone transfers have been rare and mostly replaced by cloud shares for me. It's just easier to add the file in question to some cloud destination that allows link sharing instead.
localsend makes it easy.
i used it for android to android, android to mac, mac to ipad, &c
i as a fool can confirm that it's "fool proof"
I read that pairdrop.net was 👍 too.
Relies on local network as the name says
hotspot works fine.
one connects to other's hotspot and both can send/receive files. Helps when you're out in the middle of nowhere
Could you explain the steps ?
- enable hotspot on the first device
- connect the second device to this hotspot
- open localSend on both
- send and receive
i have an always on vpn, so i have to disable rules and conditions for localSend.
I use Superbeam. You can send to desktop too
The Quick Share option missing is weird - Nearby Share/Quick Share is supposed to be available on every Android 6 or newer device since roughly 2020. And it's supposed to be able to automatically figure out a reasonable way to connect the devices (LAN if they are in the same network, Bluetooth or WiFi Direct otherwise).
You are right that it is workable, I will edit my post. I thought quickshare was a Samsung thing only
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