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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

Drop Box/Online Storage

Not sure if you guys have used this but Ive found it pretty handy for online storage. Called drop box, you get 2Gb free and can upgrade and get more if you need it!
http://db.tt/2yz87DL
If anyone else has found simliar apps that offer more storage would love to know so just post here!

ShaunD103 said:
Not sure if you guys have used this but Ive found it pretty handy for online storage. Called drop box, you get 2Gb free and can upgrade and get more if you need it!
http://db.tt/2yz87DL
If anyone else has found simliar apps that offer more storage would love to know so just post here!
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Right. And by clicking that referral link above, both parties get a little extra space.
It's a pretty popular online storage / file sharing service and along with the DropBox Android app, a great extension for storage on tablets.

gammaRascal said:
Right. And by clicking that referral link above, both parties get a little extra space.
It's a pretty popular online storage / file sharing service and along with the DropBox Android app, a great extension for storage on tablets.
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Indeed, so far loving it!

Another online storage tool is Spideroak. It works across many platforms including Android and Linux. I am still in the process of testing it out. Not quite as intuitive as Dropbox. But I used the promo code *worldbackupday* and got a free upgrade to 5GB of storage. Not bad.

I'm using ubuntu one for my tablet and pc with ubuntu
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Just trying out Asus Web Storage. It has a very cheap option for unlimited storage.... Tempting!

I personally can't think of any use for these online storage systems. It would be okay if you could mount them and then have all your applications be able to access the files there directly, but if you always have to copy stuff back and forth first then... meh.

Well the great thing about DropBox is that it integrates into windows just like a regular folder.
Once you've installed the application (which has a very small footprint) you can use the Windows 'Send To' context menu option and send anything to the DrobBox folder on your computer and it syncs with the account, making whatever you put in there available from any web-connected device. (either in a public or private folder which you can also set up)
You can also setup shared folders between people/teams which has a semi-type check-in/check-out feature that shows when others are working on them. So, say I'm working on a design doc - I can open it directly from my DropBox folder (since its a regular windows folder) make changes, edits etc, save it and it syncs the new version with anyone else I'm sharing the folder with.
As far as the tablet goes, it really is an extension to storage but only in a minimalist sense. Launching the Android App shows you all your DropBox folders and you can navigate though folders and open files or download them to your tab (without having to mount the tab to your computer or do that SD card dance). The primary point being, you can access them directly from the DropBox app and not actually have them on your tab.
I use it mainly to store books and other documents (also my bootanimations and screenshots) so when I want to access them (or give access to them) I can share the link, or open the files directly on my tab - make changes, save and it saves to DropBox.
It really is flawless and elegant.

gammaRascal said:
It really is flawless and elegant.
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It's also entirely reliant on people and systems over which you have no control. It can fail without warning, just because something between you and their servers goes wrong, and you have zero assurance of security either.
I hate the "cloud". I think it's stupid, pointless and potentially downright dangerous. You have zero control over your data or who has access to your data.

FloatingFatMan said:
It's also entirely reliant on people and systems over which you have no control. It can fail without warning, just because something between you and their servers goes wrong, and you have zero assurance of security either.
I hate the "cloud". I think it's stupid, pointless and potentially downright dangerous. You have zero control over your data or who has access to your data.
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What.are.you.talking.about?
All that reads like over sensitive hyperbole and paranoia to me.
You're suggesting that just because you have files in your DropBox folder that it's unsecure?
Anything can fail without warning - that's hardly an ongoing and preventative concern of mine. I could turn on the light in my bathroom and *might* pop and yet, here we are. I'm not about to take a flashlight in with me every single time *just in case*.
Your HDD can fail. Your CPU can pop. Your MB can short... I mean, what are you expecting? Putting files on DropBox is no more unsecure than burning it to a DVD or copying it to a Flash drive or leaving it on your HDD.
There are *levels* of security and DropBox is far more secure than you give it credit. If security is a serious concern of yours, turn off the internet.
And regarding the cloud. See paragraph 2.

gammaRascal said:
Well the great thing about DropBox is that it integrates into windows just like a regular folder.
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I know it does on Windows, but my tablet doesn't run Windows.
As far as the tablet goes, it really is an extension to storage but only in a minimalist sense. Launching the Android App shows you all your DropBox folders and you can navigate though folders and open files or download them to your tab (without having to mount the tab to your computer or do that SD card dance). The primary point being, you can access them directly from the DropBox app and not actually have them on your tab.
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That's the whole point why I don't like these kinds of things: it's cumbersome if I always have to go through this or that application first in order to use a file. It should just be mounted on a specific directory and that's that. I can only hope someone will create something like that for Android soon.
I wonder though if there is any way of mounting SSH connections, like for example as through Fuse as is possible on Linux. Then I wouldn't have to worry about these kinds of things at all as I have ample amounts of storage space on my server.

The company I work for, one of the largest IT corporations in Europe, SELLS cloud services. I know what I'm talking about.
Your files are not secure, no matter the assurances you're given, and Dropbox has had some pretty major security flaws in the quite recent past. And as a recent screwup on Amazon's cloud services recently showed, if something goes wrong or some dumbass makes a mistake, you might not even get your data back intact. That sort of thing happens a lot more often than you think, too.
Hell, we sell the bloody services to the world, but our own internal network services are down more often than a whores knickers!

FloatingFatMan said:
The company I work for, one of the largest IT corporations in Europe, SELLS cloud services. I know what I'm talking about.
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I'm not questioning whether you know or don't know what you're talking about.
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Your files are not secure, no matter the assurances you're given, and Dropbox has had some pretty major security flaws in the quite recent past. And as a recent screwup on Amazon's cloud services recently showed, if something goes wrong or some dumbass makes a mistake, you might not even get your data back intact. That sort of thing happens a lot more often than you think, too.
Hell, we sell the bloody services to the world, but our own internal network services are down more often than a whores knickers!
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They are secure. Which, as you know, is a relative term.
If you need *more* security then don't use it. I don't know how much simpler it can be.
WereCatf said:
I know it does on Windows, but my tablet doesn't run Windows.
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That's why there is an Android App. The service is a ubiquitous sharing that acts like a regular Windows folder while in the Windows environment. It's not *beholden* to the Windows environment.
WereCatf said:
That's the whole point why I don't like these kinds of things: it's cumbersome if I always have to go through this or that application first in order to use a file. It should just be mounted on a specific directory and that's that. I can only hope someone will create something like that for Android soon.
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I'm not sure how you can suggest it's cumbersome if you haven't tried it. Open the DropBox application, navigate to a file and select it and it opens in whatever app you have it set to open. They only different between than and opening a native application and then finding the file you want to open and opening it is that using the DropBox method, the file has to be downloaded first - which maybe is a thing for you, I don't know.
If you want it on your tab, select the file and download it - it saves to the local DropBox folder and at that point you can access it locally like any other file. The only other option is to manually put the file on your tablet - via cable, SD card, email - whatever method you see fit. To me, *that's* cumbersome.
Like I said, DropBox is more about access than storage. People use DropBox because they want access to files over the web in the same manner they would over a home network (without using bloated VNC's and multiple programs). If you have no need for such a function then DropBox doesn't sound like something you'd use.

gammaRascal said:
I'm not sure how you can suggest it's cumbersome if you haven't tried it. Open the DropBox application, navigate to a file and select it and it opens in whatever app you have it set to open. They only different between than and opening a native application and then finding the file you want to open and opening it is that using the DropBox method, the file has to be downloaded first - which maybe is a thing for you, I don't know.
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It doesn't differ at all from opening file manager, navigating to samba share and downloading a file from there. That's why I said I'd like something that allows me to mount the whole thing as a regular directory on my tablet, THEN it would be useful. Like for example, the eBook reader I have shows as a collection all the books I have. If the cloud storage was mounted on a directory I could just point the eBook reader to that directory and POOF, they'd all be visible and accessible without having to copy anything back-and-forth.
Unfortunately there seems to be no such service for Android. Atleast not yet :/
If you have no need for such a function then DropBox doesn't sound like something you'd use.
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Look, I'm not bashing DropBox. I just voiced a wish for additional functionality. I already have DropBox-like functionality via file manager and browsing to either Samba-share or SFTP-share, with 2Tb storage, on my own server, but if I could just mount the thing on a directory it'd be a lot, LOT more useful.

gammaRascal said:
What.are.you.talking.about?
All that reads like over sensitive hyperbole and paranoia to me.
You're suggesting that just because you have files in your DropBox folder that it's unsecure?
Anything can fail without warning - that's hardly an ongoing and preventative concern of mine. I could turn on the light in my bathroom and *might* pop and yet, here we are. I'm not about to take a flashlight in with me every single time *just in case*.
Your HDD can fail. Your CPU can pop. Your MB can short... I mean, what are you expecting? Putting files on DropBox is no more unsecure than burning it to a DVD or copying it to a Flash drive or leaving it on your HDD.
There are *levels* of security and DropBox is far more secure than you give it credit. If security is a serious concern of yours, turn off the internet.
And regarding the cloud. See paragraph 2.
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Do a Google search using the terms Dropbox Security Breach and then read the article at CNET, a reliable IT information source. FloatingFatMan is right, at least about the security of Dropbox. I'm a bit leary of the Cloud for the same reasons. Do you know who is controlling your data or any of the folks who have access to it?

*yawn*
Yu huh...

File transfer options (USB and WiFi)

This is a list of all the options I tried (in chronological order) to solve my file transfer issues with the Galaxy Tab 10.1. The last option is the most stable one and until either Samsung or Android give us something usable I'll keep using it. Its a WiFi solution, so its slow in comparison to a USB solution.
Kies Software: Simply does not work for me since it requieres the USB drivers to be installed and for some reason they will not install correctly in my laptop.
Kies via Wi-Fi (Settings/Wireless and networks/Kies via Wi-Fi, it requires the Kies software): It says that the SIM card was not detected... There's obviously something really wrong with that Kies app because I have a WiFi only tablet...
Kies App: Basically creates a server in your tab that you can access through your browser. It works but if you need to transfer several GB's of music files organized in folders... you're going to have issues with it... Plus its really unstable.
SwiFTP FTP Server: Basically creates an FTP server in your tablet that give you access to the whole disk. It works with any FTP client in your computer. I use FileZilla. Its realy stable and you can simply drag and drop all your files to your FTP client. Also, it doesnt interfere with the use of the table. So you can use it while the files transfer. There's more options for FTP servers in the market but this one works, so why bother...
I hope this thread help you guys!

joseamirandavelez said:
This is a list of all the options I tried (in chronological order) to solve my file transfer issues with the Galaxy Tab 10.1. The last option is the most stable one and until either Samsung or Android give us something usable I'll keep using it. Its a WiFi solution, so its slow in comparison to a USB solution.
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I hope this thread help you guys!
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Try installing "samsung_usb_driverP4" .

I transfer filesnto and from my tab using the android sdk enviroment and the tab in debug mode. Once the sdk is installed it's just as easy as your phone though usb mass storage.

jolobe said:
Try installing "samsung_usb_driverP4" .
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I'll check that out. Thanks!
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lexvandoef said:
I transfer filesnto and from my tab using the android sdk enviroment and the tab in debug mode. Once the sdk is installed it's just as easy as your phone though usb mass storage.
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I tried looking for that but only found a thread on a script that seemed really complicated... Can you please post a link? Thanks!
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jolobe said:
Try installing "samsung_usb_driverP4" .
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Actually, I could not find it... What's P4?

It took the whole day to transfer all my music collection.... I'm not happy. I really need to fix this usb connectivity issue.
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If you have rooted your Tab, there is a free app that is so simple a US Congressman could us it. Check out Samba Filesharing. It makes your Tab's SD drive show up as a wireless device on Windows computers. It is fast and easy as drag and drop.
Bob

wifi file explorer pro.
I haven't used my USB cable for transfers since I got this program in August. Dev is awesome, will help those that need it, and he updates the program with new features about once a week. Best 99c on the Market.

Another option is Airdroid. Search for it in the Market.

I know theres a lot of options in the market, but I want to fix the usb issue. My music collection is about 5GB. It took the whole day to copy over WiFi... I'm contemplating re-installing Windows... which is a huge PITA...

use google music on your computer it will sync 20000 songs

FileExpert does this and much more
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Here is what I did to get usb driver to work on 10.1, including debugging mode:
1) First go here to install the drivers without the SDK.
2) Then go here to install the Samsung Drivers.

joseamirandavelez said:
Actually, I could not find it... What's P4?
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http://dl.dropbox.com/u/45601975/Samsung_USB_Driver_P4_Including_Escape.exe
This is the one i use and it works for me :had also problems with a regular usb stick ,wasn't recognized but after installing the samsungdrivers my pc recognizes my tab 10.1 and usb stick aswell.

had similar problems and removed KIES and installed Airdroid on my tablet and works great!

kies air is not an option when you have to transfer more than a couple of files.
I only found the option to transfer one at a t ime through the web interface.
so it is extremely time consuming to do 1 at a time...
The best option i found so far, was the como with the adaptor for usb sticks and flash cards.
I got it on ebay for about 25$ and i been using it all the time since then.
It is VERY fast (depending on your usb stick as well) but with a trancent stick, i get about 10~15 secs for 1GB of mp3s.
So far it is the best way i found to transfer files.
P.S. I believe it is a lot faster than using the cable usb connection with the included charge/data cable.

Zargon335 said:
Another option is Airdroid. Search for it in the Market.
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All the options u presented are great, but I was looking for a way to share files with my PC via Windows Explorer, i.e., transfer files from/to my tablet via samba file share. Does anyone knows any way to?

rexxxlo said:
use google music on your computer it will sync 20000 songs
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The overhead is just too much. Fist you need to upload all your songs and then you need to download them to your phone... Unless you have a reliable 3G or 4G connection, which I don't have...

marceloid said:
All the options u presented are great, but I was looking for a way to share files with my PC via Windows Explorer, i.e., transfer files from/to my tablet via samba file share. Does anyone knows any way to?
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A guy posted a market app called Samba Filesharing...

[Q] How can I transfer files from my PC to my Nexus 10

I have a Dell PC, I need to transfer some Power Point files and some other files to the Nexus 10. How can I go about that? Please help

I've always used Dropbox for all of my file transfer needs, and it has worked fantastically :good:. Give it a shot!

You could use wufi file explorer. Install it on your n7 then access it through your dell's browser to upload & download.

You can't use the Nexus 10 like a regular storage? USB to PC?

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You can't use the Nexus 10 like a regular storage? USB to PC?
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Yes you can.

If your using Vista+ (and not a N or KN edition of Windows), you should just be able to plug the Nexus 10 to the computer and transfer files via MTP.
If that doesn't just "work":
- You have a N or KN edition of Windows and don't have the media pack installed
- MTP is either removed or disabled
- Old drivers from ADB are possibly interfering (uninstall them, replug device, should work)
No idea what to do on XP or any other OS though.

I would use es file explorer.
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pcgeek86 said:
Yes you can.
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Got me worried for a moment. Now if you can use the Nexus 10 as storage, is it possible to make say a mobile the "PC" or whatever and exchange files tru USB or that is blocked by Google? I'm a bit clueless what is allowed and whatnot on Nexus devices.

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Got me worried for a moment. Now if you can use the Nexus 10 as storage, is it possible to make say a mobile the "PC" or whatever and exchange files tru USB or that is blocked by Google? I'm a bit clueless what is allowed and whatnot on Nexus devices.
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Might be better to think of it the other way around, could possibly connect a phone/camera etc to a nexus 10 and use the nexus as the host to see the files on the phone/camera etc

MPJ88 said:
Might be better to think of it the other way around, could possibly connect a phone/camera etc to a nexus 10 and use the nexus as the host to see the files on the phone/camera etc
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Yeah but stock N10 doesn't allow that, no? Really strange. It's okay not to have SD slot, but why does Google block USB OTG?

I havent tried but i imagine its possible whether its stock or not i dont know sorry. You can read from usbs as stock, just install Nexus Media Importer, so cameras could maybe be used with this, phones may get a bit trickier.

look at es file explorer. a must for every android user.
it lets you see network lan shares, your dropbox, skydrive, box, gdrive etc etc - with same ease as your device's local storage.
so you can export the share from your desktop where the files are and copy them on your device from that network share.
or, on your desktop, upload the files to your favorite cloud storage and do the same. have a habit of copying important files to the cloud, just in case your desktop crashes. outside of backing then up like that, you now could access then from anywhere using your mobile devices.
encrypt important stuff.
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get "software data cable" from market
then you can use any FTP client and send files
no cables. profit
benefit of using this option instead of cloud services like dropbox:
say you have a 1gig file, u have to upload that 1 gig to dropbox, then download that 1 gig from the phone. this way you only send file one time
of course if you only using small files then no benefit
but if u have 50 small files in one folder you can send 1 folder with all the files, instead of 50 individual exports from dropbox or other could service

chris198810 said:
I just found a post that has the similar confusion as you do. I also wanna get it work on my Nexus 10. So, I searched some info and tips from google, this article Solve the issues in transferring movie files from PC to Nexus 10 from someone's website helped me out
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come on guys transferring files is simple
no different than transferring to any android phone,developed years ago
either connect a cable to your computer or use any of the many cloud service available

Just got my N10 and have some questions about file transfer
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come on guys transferring files is simple
no different than transferring to any android phone,developed years ago
either connect a cable to your computer or use any of the many cloud service available
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I just starting to get familiar with my Nexus 10 16GB tablet. I have an Android phone and a Kindle fire so I've had some experience with transferring files to my devices. When I plug my N10 into my Win7 PC, it shows as a "Portable Device", not a Hard Drive so went I attempt to eject it, that device doesn't show up as a choice to eject. I have no other choice but to 'pull the plug',something I'd uncomfortable with.
Nevertheless, I can double-click into the 'internal storage' and see some of the folders. When I attempt to create a new folder (to attempt some organization), I can create a 'New Folder', but I can't rename it to anything. This is very different from my experience with my Android phone and Kindle Fire.
Anyone got any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong?

Search google play Airdroid ,awesome app
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pcgeek86 said:
Yes you can.
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[Q] Alternatives to MTP file transfer?

I HATE the MTP stuff that it seems Android is switching to but after researching it seems reasonable why they're doing it so I can't complain too much. Either way it's unreliable, slow, and has corrupted my N7's filesystem multiple times to where I had to wipe and reflash my rom so I was wondering what alternatives you guys have tried? Bluetooth? Is Bluetooth 3.0+HS even supported? WiFi? AdHoc WiFi? Which apps?
So far the things I have tried are just AirDroid which while having a cool interface is not reliable enough for me, I tried transferring my music collection of about 900 mp3s and after about half way through the file manager somehow forgot where to put folders and files so half of it was sorted properly (Music\Artist\Year - Album\Song.mp3) and the rest was just "Music\Year - Artist\Song.mp3". A very odd error to me. Lol.

Should I of posted this in the Q&A section? It kind of confuses me why their is a General section and Q&A section. Seems like those are the same to me. I figured the Q&A section was for stuff only closely related to the 7, while this is more of a general question (fits across multiple Android devices). Dunno?

I use MTP as it works fine for me. For convenience, I use WiFi File Explorer pro. Best 0.99 $ spent.
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akash3656 said:
I use MTP as it works fine for me. For convenience, I use WiFi File Explorer pro. Best 0.99 $ spent.
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When I try to delete stuff over MTP like the useless (to me at least) Alarms, DCIM, Movies, Notifications, Podcasts, and Ringtones folders, all of which are empty, it will either give me an error like device has stopped responding check the connection or it will wipe the entire internal SD card and not let anything be created there anymore. So I deleted them using Astro with no issues but still deleting files I don't need, this includes simple things like mp3s I don't listen to anymore, will sooner or later lead to the internal SD card getting wiped or device has stopped responding check connection errors. Will look into that app though, am hoping for free apps but 99cents I can't argue with.

herqulees said:
When I try to delete stuff over MTP like the useless (to me at least) Alarms, DCIM, Movies, Notifications, Podcasts, and Ringtones folders, all of which are empty, it will either give me an error like device has stopped responding check the connection or it will wipe the entire internal SD card and not let anything be created there anymore. So I deleted them using Astro with no issues but still deleting files I don't need, this includes simple things like mp3s I don't listen to anymore, will sooner or later lead to the internal SD card getting wiped or device has stopped responding check connection errors. Will look into that app though, am hoping for free apps but 99cents I can't argue with.
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There is a free version for you to try out first. I see, I don't normally delete those folders. I use solid file explorer for all file management needs from my phone. Again, not free since now its out of beta. OI File manager is another reliable file manager I used to use.
And from what I'm hearing is you probably need to run media scanner after deleting or messing with your Internal Storage. Try TricksterMOD's media scanning option here then replug the phone to PC.
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I use Estrong file explorer. The app can access shared network folders, ftp, and cloud storage. And it's free.
I don't use MTP anymore as I copy files from my nas and file servers.
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Use airdroid, I use it on my linux computer. I find it good and it's free! (been searching wireless syncing with linux since mtp integration is unexistant)

Another vote for WiFi File Explorer. Very handy.
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Airdroid for me as well, as long as you have a browser on your PC, and a wireless network, you're golden. As for the speed I usually get between 40-45Mbps
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zaclimon said:
Use airdroid, I use it on my linux computer. I find it good and it's free! (been searching wireless syncing with linux since mtp integration is unexistant)
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What Linux based Distro do you use? I have no problem with Fedora 17 here with all my Nexus Devices. I just installed simple-mtpfs and wrote some stuff in my .bashrc Now i can plug it in and write "hellonexus" in the terminal and it's there. If you need help, just PM me.
Cheers, Jan

akash3656 said:
There is a free version for you to try out first. I see, I don't normally delete those folders. I use solid file explorer for all file management needs from my phone. Again, not free since now its out of beta. OI File manager is another reliable file manager I used to use.
And from what I'm hearing is you probably need to run media scanner after deleting or messing with your Internal Storage. Try TricksterMOD's media scanning option here then replug the phone to PC.
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It's nothing with media scanning, weather I'm looking in the Nexus 7 on my desktop through MTP or on the 7 itself with Astro it shows the internal SD card empty except for the Android folder (which is now empty and nothing is ever recreated back in it, apps just give errors when they try to save stuff), and looking at Storage in settings shows that everything is actually deleted too.
And I tried the WiFi File explorer, it's simple and thus so far seems reliable to me, looks like it'd be worth 99cents.
Edit: Forgot to say I have tried rerunning the media scanner with TricksterMOD, but as I said no luck.

zaclimon said:
Use airdroid, I use it on my linux computer. I find it good and it's free! (been searching wireless syncing with linux since mtp integration is unexistant)
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I tried AirDroid but found it kind of unreliable, my OP explains in a bit more detail.

Triscuit said:
Airdroid for me as well, as long as you have a browser on your PC, and a wireless network, you're golden. As for the speed I usually get between 40-45Mbps
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My speed varied from 800KBps to 1.1MBps tops, which I find odd cause the network is idle and my laptop is connected at 9MBps (72Mbps) and the 7 is connected at 8MBps (65mbps).
I just LOVE how WiFi N gave us that huge speed boost from G's 7MBps. Not.

herqulees said:
My speed varied from 800KBps to 1.1MBps tops, which I find odd cause the network is idle and my laptop is connected at 9MBps (72Mbps) and the 7 is connected at 8MBps (65mbps).
I just LOVE how WiFi N gave us that huge speed boost from G's 7MBps. Not.
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Interesting, I was actually thinking that my 40 megbits per sec was a little slow considering my network can handle more than that, maybe its browser limitations. I never looked into it much because the files I transfer are usually less than 1 gig which takes all of a couple minutes to finish.
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Triscuit said:
Interesting, I was actually thinking that my 40 megbits per sec was a little slow considering my network can handle more than that, maybe its browser limitations. I never looked into it much because the files I transfer are usually less than 1 gig which takes all of a couple minutes to finish.
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Well after a quick Google search apparently the 65Mbps is the max for the 7, sad it can't do faster but when you think about it how many people did they expect to be trying wifi file transfers and stuff on a tablet? Lol, as for the even slower than 65Mbps speed I'm getting (about 8Mbps compared to your 40) I'm going to go ahead and blame on my Clear Internet cheapo router.

herqulees said:
Well after a quick Google search apparently the 65Mbps is the max for the 7, sad it can't do faster but when you think about it how many people did they expect to be trying wifi file transfers and stuff on a tablet? Lol, as for the even slower than 65Mbps speed I'm getting (about 8Mbps compared to your 40) I'm going to go ahead and blame on my Clear Internet cheapo router.
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Just curious, what is your PC and browser? I'm running an ancient computer and using chrome, my router is a plain old Cisco valet
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Triscuit said:
Just curious, what is your PC and browser? I'm running an ancient computer and using chrome, my router is a plain old Cisco valet
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I've got a ~6month old Acer Aspire Timeline X (5830TG), it's in no way slow with an Intel i5, 6GB RAM, WiFi N, not going to go into a nerd bragging rant so I'll stop there... Lol, I use Chrome but tried Firefox too and both worked the same. I might do some more testing to compare speeds between apps and try some of the less user friendly but more stable Android FTP clients, see if the more mature interface has any speed boost.

herqulees said:
I've got a ~6month old Acer Aspire Timeline X (5830TG), it's in no way slow with an Intel i5, 6GB RAM, WiFi N, not going to go into a nerd bragging rant so I'll stop there... Lol, I use Chrome but tried Firefox too and both worked the same. I might do some more testing to compare speeds between apps and try some of the less user friendly but more stable Android FTP clients, see if the more mature interface has any speed boost.
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Haha i remember going into my nerd rants when i built gaming computers, i would need a whole paragraph lol Cool, lemme know what you find out.
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Triscuit said:
Haha i remember going into my nerd rants when i built gaming computers, i would need a whole paragraph lol Cool, lemme know what you find out.
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Same with me, typing every little detail of a computer and having it all memorized like the back of my hand. Haha.
Well results didn't go as well as expected. A 1.2GB file from computer to tablet went at 1.6MBps (12.8Mbps) and the same file from tablet to computer went at 977KBps (7.6Mbps). An odd note is speeds decreased ~40% when I turned on WiFi High Performance in TricksterMOD. I would test MTP speed but fear it corrupting my Nexus 7 again, and would test FTP compression but don't see that helping seeing as nearly everything transferred to/from a tablet is already compressed (jpegs, mp4s, mp3s) and would most likely slow the tablet to a crawl from taxing the CPU so much.
Edit: A SD speed test "SD Card Tester" app shows 16MBps read and 13MBps write with a ~600MB file, while using ROW scheduler. So that shows a maximum speed for a file transfer.

herqulees said:
Edit: A SD speed test "SD Card Tester" app shows 16MBps read and 13MBps write with a ~600MB file, while using ROW scheduler. So that shows a maximum speed for a file transfer.
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Wow didn't think of trying that, although I didn't think that my memory read speeds went that fast.
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