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Wirelessly Transfer Files to and from Xoom using FTP (look mom no cables)

Hello Everyone,
This isn't anything ground breaking but it might be something that someone has not thought about doing to their Xoom yet. You can easily turn your Xoom into an FTP Server through a free application. And then get an FTP client for your computer. Then use your computer to upload and download files onto your Xoom over the local Wifi or Internet. File transfer between devices is really fast and works very well. I have a video tutorial running through the basics on getting this working both on your Computer and on your Xoom.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy_wnSKN_CM

What makes this more or less desire able than say dropbox?

cwizardtx said:
What makes this more or less desire able than say dropbox?
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Dropbox is cloud based. Your information is saved on a remote server where any device that supports Dropbox can download from it. So you have to upload it to the cloud from your computer, then download the files to your xoom.
This type of direct FTP transfer is similar to a USB transfer. There is no intermediate storage space, like a dropbox, you are directly transferring files from your Xoom to your computer or vice versa.
I personally use both. They have different functionality. If I want to quickly transfer a file to my android device, I use FTP. If I want to store a file so I can grab it later from any of my devices, I use cloud.

grab an app from the market called Websharing.
It allows you to transfer files, wirelessly, from an android device/to a computer and vice versa, all through a web browser..
very handy for transferring stuff without a wire...

FYI, all of the decent file explorers for android have this feature built in. No need to download another app.

mobius999 said:
FYI, all of the decent file explorers for android have this feature built in. No need to download another app.
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Agreed. I was more or less throwing the idea out there. But there are many options and applications both for the Server and Client.

What I like about this option is that it uses such an age-old-tried-and-true method of moving files.
Nothing weird, ****ed up, magical about it like USB on Linux that dosn't want to work 90% of the time

please try wifi explorer available in the market.

I use SwiFTP server on my Xoom & DroidX. The I just FTP files to and from my devices with Filezilla. There might be better ways but this works just fine for me.

With as fast as the USB data is on the xoom (like a movie a minute, if not faster) i dont see why you would want to do this if your already at your computer. If your out and about then yeah, that's cool.

I've done the same on my Nexus One for ages.
The idea is that this effectively gives you ability to push files onto the device wirelessly without having to go and find it. And you don't actually need an FTP client - in Windows, at least, Explorer (not IE, but the stock file manager) can perfectly well handle ftp://... if you type it in the address bar. If you also assign a name to your phone on the router, you can use that instead of IP, so you don't have to look it up on the phone.
Also note that we're talking about running an FTP server on the phone (exposing /sdcard), not connecting to other servers out there. "All of the decent file explorers for android" are FTP clients, which is quite different.

Yea, there's multiple ways to go about this. I just use an app called Samba Filesharing from the market. It just makes your internal storage visible on the network as an SMB share. Works really well. I've also started to use AndSMB to browse my home FreeNAS server as well so that's another option I suppose.

I actually prefer awesome drop or dropbox(when it is working right) but nice thinking outside of the box

I can highly recommend "File Expert",
for me it's the ultimate app/toolkit - all in one
just uploaded 2 GB of music files to my Xoom via that "Sharing" -> "Start Share via FTP" function

Wi-fi file sharing

Hi, how can i transfer files PC>TRANSFORMER or TRANSFORMER>PC via WI-FI?
thanks for answering...

i'm interested two...
also would like toknow if a good upnp soft exit without needing multiple tools like upnplay and moboplayer...

Try AndSMB.
Also if you have a kernel with cifs support, you can use cifs manager to mount your windows shares, so that you can directly open your shared files without copying them.

There are a few ways to do this.
The first is to use SwiFTP. This makes the transformer behave as an FTP server, then you can explore files on it using an ftp client from your computer.
The second is to use your computer as an FTP server and use AndFTP to explore files on your computer to move files onto your tablet.
I use both all the time, and they work really well.
Cheers.

I use ES File Explorer (free from Android Market) on my Transformer (and before that, my GTab).
It supports browsing of FTP and LAN. So as long as you know how to set up shares on your windows PC, you can access those directories from your T.F. and copy / paste / install APK straight from your PC.

or install File Manager HD.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rhmsoft.fm.hd&feature=search_result
and you can browse files on your pc from the Transformer (once you have shared them in windows.) and set up the connection in File Manager HD.
You can then copy and paste them as if they were on the same machine.
It will ask for login details, these are:
your computers network ip address eg 192.168.0.2,
your log on which is the name you use to log into windows with,
and a password, again, this is your windows password.
You will need to install Windows Media Player 11 or higher and add the shared directories to your 'library' then they will show up on the shared network using UpnP or SMB.

eliak said:
Hi, how can i transfer files PC>TRANSFORMER or TRANSFORMER>PC via WI-FI?
thanks for answering...
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The Cloud

I originally tried that. But, for whatever reason, it wouldn't see my "shares" across my network whereas ES File Explorer did.
Also, File Manager HD has advertisements. ES File Explorer doesn't clutter up your screen with ads. Unless of course you are rooted and have ad blocking software installed on your TF.
CarsnGadgets said:
or install File Manager HD.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rhmsoft.fm.hd&feature=search_result
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I'm going to offer a different solution...dropbox.
I use it constantly to transfer files to and from my phone, laptop, and TF...
Its fast and brainless.

rpavich said:
I'm going to offer a different solution...dropbox.
I use it constantly to transfer files to and from my phone, laptop, and TF...
Its fast and brainless.
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This and "my cloud" are really simply and easy solutions that i also prefer, however they are not really wifi, or your home internal network. They require moving the data up over your broadband access and back again. If you have a large broadband monthly rate who really cares i guess but it seems kind of silly to push it up and back again. But at the same time i do't really trust free services like drop box to snoop over my stuff if not to just sell my habits or likes and dislikes to potential sales.
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proplayer44 said:
This and "my cloud" are really simply and easy solutions that i also prefer, however they are not really wifi, or your home internal network. They require moving the data up over your broadband access and back again. If you have a large broadband monthly rate who really cares i guess but it seems kind of silly to push it up and back again. But at the same time i do't really trust free services like drop box to snoop over my stuff if not to just sell my habits or likes and dislikes to potential sales.
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Ahh...right, I never thought of it that way....true.

There is a free app called Wireless File Transfer Lite in the Market that does what you want to do.

thanks for the tip..I'm going to try it too.

you can try es fie explorer they have lan tab where you cantrasfer to share folders

Dropbox
rpavich said:
I'm going to offer a different solution...dropbox.
I use it constantly to transfer files to and from my phone, laptop, and TF...
Its fast and brainless.
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+1 for Dropbox!!!

proplayer44 said:
This and "my cloud" are really simply and easy solutions that i also prefer, however they are not really wifi, or your home internal network. They require moving the data up over your broadband access and back again. If you have a large broadband monthly rate who really cares i guess but it seems kind of silly to push it up and back again. But at the same time i do't really trust free services like drop box to snoop over my stuff if not to just sell my habits or likes and dislikes to potential sales.
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Very true!!! I never thought of dropbox like that!!! OK!!!

Many awesome suggestions so far. Going to try a few of them, since I've been wondering the same. Thanks!

CarsnGadgets said:
or install File Manager HD.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rhmsoft.fm.hd&feature=search_result
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Thanks, this works really well. I hate having multiple apps that have overlapping functions, so was keen to avoid a separate app just for file transfer. Was using File Manager HD anyway, so that works!
As for Dropbox, want to keep my files where they are, not put them in a special Dropbox folder. Also, having read somewhere that the only thing stopping Dropbox employees accessing your storage space is trust (ie no specific security measures stopping them from snooping), not sure I really trust that service!!

Thanks you work much .for information .is Very fine work on my galaxy tab
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i installed DROPBOX too...

[Q] Cloud storage?

Since we are going to be limited on the amount of internal space I'm curious... what type of cloud storage do you use and why?
Personally I have a box.com account because I was able to get it when it they were offering 50g free for signing up. But I know 50g won't last forever so...
What do you recommend?

Dropbox mostly. I like how well it integrates into Windows and how easy it is to share files. And so far the 7GB I have has been enough.
Might try using Google Drive a bit more.

Stared to use Google drive lately and does the trick
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I think my 30GB dropbox will do me nicely. Also had a box acc. with 50GB, but didnt like their 100mb upload limit.

Between Dropbox and Drive I've got 10 GB of cloud storage, free. You can up Drive storage to 25 GB for $2.49 a month.

I've got 25GB on Skydrive, 3.6GB on Dropbox and not even touched Google Drive barely. I just spread things around between them, good to have the choice.

Main one is dropbox just so easy to use though the others pretty much do things the same way now. Tend to also use it to transfer small files to my phone/tab.
Google drive I mainly use for syncing backups from Titanium backup, don't like the way you can't just download a file somewhere sensible on android without hunting through folders for where it put it.
Sugar sync mainly on PC it syncs a few specific folders for backup, photos standalone apps I never forget where I got them from etc.
Box have an account not really used it for anything.
Sky drive not really used yet
Asus sync, have the old unlimited storage plan £20ish a year thats no longer available to new customers. It has backup of most of my PC, has a stupidly slow upload speed been backing up my computer for over a year.
No need to restrict yourself to one.
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Big_Den said:
I think my 30GB dropbox will do me nicely. Also had a box acc. with 50GB, but didnt like their 100mb upload limit.
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Do they still limit uploads to 100 megs?
DagsJT said:
I've got 25GB on Skydrive, 3.6GB on Dropbox and not even touched Google Drive barely. I just spread things around between them, good to have the choice.
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I thought I was supposed to have 25 gigs also. I sighned up b4 they announced they were lowering the limit to 7 gigs. But this morning I got a notice that I'm nearing my 7 gig limit!

I use them all, and none of them work worth a **** for streaming videos.
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I downloaded a trial of Just Cloud. A pop up came when the trial was over. I followed the link to an offer for 50% off. I decided against continuing when they offered 70% off and I jumped 250 GB of storage for $27 a year. The only down side if the app won't work for my Nexus, just my phone.
I have Box, SugarSync, Drive and Drop box. I need to pare this down a bit I think

I use MegaCloud. A free account gives you 8GB for files, and 8GB for backup. It's easy to earn more free GB's too, and they have a free app in the Play Store to easily transfer your stuff back and forth to the N7. If you need more storage, they also have paid accounts.

SpiderOak - free and zero knowledge end to end encryption.

I suggest anyone to get the Pogoplug from walmart for $50 its an in house cloud device just hook up external HDD whatever size and it even has a slot for SD cards on the side. Then you can read anything off it from all devices you want to reach it. Its basically a cloud storage that's in house on your hard drive or SD card. check it out here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzxKko1bzJw

drvsbsm said:
I suggest anyone to get the Pogoplug from walmart for $50 its an in house cloud device just hook up external HDD whatever size and it even has a slot for SD cards on the side. Then you can read anything off it from all devices you want to reach it. Its basically a cloud storage that's in house on your hard drive or SD card. check it out here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzxKko1bzJw
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That's a good option for anyone without NAS
http://www.plugcomputer.org/ lists other home plug cloud options

I use:
Google drive mostly,
Sugar sync
Drop box
And sky drive
I Hare 16 Google accounts, so I get 80gb of storage on Google drive, plus 25gb on sky drive, 5gb on drop box, and another 7gb on sugar sync
I still haven't used up even half of all the space
Corey
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I got Box, SkyDrive, Dropbox, and Drive.
and i access all of them conveniently with ES File Explorer. full copy paste download options, except, of course, Box got 100mb filesize limit. silly Box.
i use GDrive as pictures as they have unlimited pic and video storage and my RAZR does all the shooting. everything with camera i upload using desktop Picasa. unlimited. storage.
sure it has some 5Gb of misc storage too or something.
DropBox is nice for quick document multi-location work as it syncs best between desktop and phone. but 3.75Gb only (click the link on my sig! ) also use Public folder for sharing public pics for forums n whatnot... and pretty much sharing public stuff.
SkyDrive i got 25Gb and that's where i store most of my office docs and misc files.
Box i got 50Gb but with the filesize limit i use it only for Titanium Backup and a couple Android stuff (fastboot and ROM and stuff). i use GSplitter to split/unify the files.
yeahmon said:
I use them all, and none of them work worth a **** for streaming videos.
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Dropbox + ES File Explorer + MX Player. Streamed xvid avi just fine for me. need to try SkyDrive i suppose...
edit: just tried Skydrive. it doesn't support AVI. but Box.net works just fine. And Drive too. maybe ill put my movies in Drive.... hmmm....
edit: spoke too soon. Box uploaded and stream just fine. But Drive won't stream. it uploads and it looks like its playing, but i only got black screen. oh well, i can always go to G+ app and open my videos there.

[Q] Anyone using the free 50GB box account for backup?

I would like to have my phone automatically upload any photos I've taken to BOX (since there's so much room) so i don't have to think about it.
Is this possible? If my phone was stolen (heading to NYC next weekend) I can remotely wipe it but it would be nice if my photos (the only thing of value on the phone) were always backed up/uploaded to cloud without me having to intervene and select each one manually.
Is there a how-to or what are other people doing about this?

nyvram1 said:
I would like to have my phone automatically upload any photos I've taken to BOX (since there's so much room) so i don't have to think about it.
Is this possible? If my phone was stolen (heading to NYC next weekend) I can remotely wipe it but it would be nice if my photos (the only thing of value on the phone) were always backed up/uploaded to cloud without me having to intervene and select each one manually.
Is there a how-to or what are other people doing about this?
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Google + does this. without thought. Log into Google plus on the device.

tweaked said:
Google + does this. without thought. Log into Google plus on the device.
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is there a limit on google+? 5GB?

Dropbox does this as well. Free account is 2GB. Use my link in my sig for another 500mb free.

Stryder5 said:
Dropbox does this as well. Free account is 2GB. Use my link in my sig for another 500mb free.
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I signed up for the free 50 GB but that damn thing is so hard to use. Can't get it set up correctly on my pc, there's no folder showing up to drop anything into, and can't find any decent support on their site. Dropbox is so much better, I got free 5 GB last year with my Rezound from HTC but still need more space.

kzoodroid said:
I signed up for the free 50 GB but that damn thing is so hard to use. Can't get it set up correctly on my pc, there's no folder showing up to drop anything into, and can't find any decent support on their site. Dropbox is so much better.
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Since you can't (still?) use their app, I just mapped it as a network folder Makes backup super easy.
http://www.instantfundas.com/2012/05/how-to-access-boxnet-files-from-windows.html

Until they integrate with the phone storage so other apps can access the files I cant figure out a use for these things

ace7196 said:
Since you can't (still?) use their app, I just mapped it as a network folder Makes backup super easy.
http://www.instantfundas.com/2012/05/how-to-access-boxnet-files-from-windows.html
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They have a sync program for windows pc's which is supposed to be just like dropbox and google drive, a folder is supposed to be created on your desktop that you drag and drop files into and that folder syncs with your phone. I've installed the sync software a number of times and the folder is never created. The instructions in the sync program say to drag your files over to the desk top folder so it should be created but its not

Stuck with 8gb version - how do you save space?

Ok, so I got stuck with an 8gb model. (I got an extremely good condition one used with box/unused accessories for $285 so I won't complain too much.
The 8gb never appealed to me. Not because I need so much space, but I hate the idea of using the cloud *when* carriers are charging so much just to get 2gb-4gb of bandwith.
Well anyway, for that reasons I am using an Unlimited T-Mobile plan, and am wondering....what tips does everyone have for using the cloud to keep using all the features you want (games, music, pictures, etc.) while keeping storage available on the device?
I never used a lot of space, but I at least would always put a lot of music on my SD card and let things clutter up because I had a 32gb SD card.
So what are you guys doing?
I'm going to use Pandora/Play Music streaming for my music fix....
anybody have a good way of uploading pictures you take/deleting them automatically?

Not using this method myself, but you could get these apps:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dk.tacit.android.foldersync.lite
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.box.android
From what I've heard Box gives you 50GB of free storage when logging into the app on an LG device!
I hope this is the solution you're looking for.

Wiggierip said:
Not using this method myself, but you could get these apps:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dk.tacit.android.foldersync.lite
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.box.android
From what I've heard Box gives you 50GB of free storage when logging into the app on an LG device!
I hope this is the solution you're looking for.
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So do you think I can use Foldersync to sync with Box?
I have always had Dropbox, but I use that primarily for work and don't want to put personal stuff on it.
I have a Box account (already with 50gb from signing up way long ago) but they make you pay for syncing...

gpgorbosjr said:
So do you think I can use Foldersync to sync with Box?
I have always had Dropbox, but I use that primarily for work and don't want to put personal stuff on it.
I have a Box account (already with 50gb from signing up way long ago) but they make you pay for syncing...
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You definitly can, I tested it just to be sure. Maybe they used to charge you for syncing, I dont know, but they don't anymore. You can see what features you can use on the free plan right here: https://www.box.com/pricing/
If you want to use an alternative cloud service you can also use Google Drive or any of the other Cloudsync supported services. You can see what other cloud based storage services are supported in the Cloudsync description: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dk.tacit.android.foldersync.lite
Hope this helped you.

Box is good, use two gmail accounts with your nexus and get 100gb. Drop box is good also. I generally have around 2gbs available. I keep all things that I use most often on internal storage. Everything else on cloud/s. The 8gbs isn't that big of a deal, just makes you a little more aware of what space you have.

To keep your photo and video storage to a minimum, you can use Google+ Instant Upload. Once your photos and videos are uploaded, you can delete them from your device.

Foldersync and Box did the trick. I have 50gb on box, so I set up my picture/video folders to sync with Box then delete the content off the device after sync.

if you are keeping a stock backup, use twrp as you can compress a backup file.
leave google+ instant upload or similar on.

I use kainy remote desktop app for streaming movies and games
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Doesn't Google + compress pictures to lower resolution?
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chrisrozon said:
Doesn't Google + compress pictures to lower resolution?
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By default, yes. But with one of the recent updates, you now have the option of uploading at full resolution.

Wiggierip said:
Not using this method myself, but you could get these apps:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dk.tacit.android.foldersync.lite
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.box.android
From what I've heard Box gives you 50GB of free storage when logging into the app on an LG device!
I hope this is the solution you're looking for.
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Good shout, didn't know about the upgraded space! Just logged in on Android app and got myself some free space, nice one!

I'd still consider drop-box if i were you. If you have camera upload enabled, even if you delete a photo after you've taken it, when you get home or connect to WiFi, the deleted photos still get uploaded. It's kinda of strange, but its always done it on my Gnex, and same thing happens on my N4, so it cant be just me.
But if you really want to keep your drop-box account for work that's fine.
To get more drop-box storage, ask any of your friends that have a fairly new HTC or Samsung device if you can log in with your drop-box account, it will give you bonus storage.