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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

[Q] Any idea on how to transfer files from PC to A500 without SD or Root?

Any idea on how to transfer files from PC to A500 without SD or Root? Thanks!

Why not use the included mini-USB cable?
Another option would be some kind of file manager. I use ES File Explorer. I can navigate over LAN to my laptop / desktop and grab files.
Dropbox is another option. Though you'd first have to send the files to your DB folder on your PC - this does have the added benefit of being able to get to those files anywhere you have a WiFi connection though.

File expert is nice. Plus it can stream media from your PC.
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ftp would also work I would think.

Dropbox
How about dropbox, then it's pretty much automatic after you save the file on the PC.

thisisnitwit said:
Any idea on how to transfer files from PC to A500 without SD or Root? Thanks!
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PogoPlug also works very well (free in Market), AND the premium app allows to stream audio/video to any mobile device from your PC.

USB USB USB!
USB cable to PC shows in the Windows Explorer.
USB Thumb/Flash Drive
USB Harddrive

+1 for dropbox... works awesome!

One thing I noticed is that some of the folders that appear on Root Explorer do not appear on my computer like the beautiful widgets folder.

gammaRascal said:
Why not use the included mini-USB cable?
Another option would be some kind of file manager. I use ES File Explorer. I can navigate over LAN to my laptop / desktop and grab files.
Dropbox is another option. Though you'd first have to send the files to your DB folder on your PC - this does have the added benefit of being able to get to those files anywhere you have a WiFi connection though.
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I use Tonido on my file server with the Tonido client on my A500.
http://tonido.com/
Works really well for this.

robnix said:
I use Tonido on my file server with the Tonido client on my A500.
http://tonido.com/
Works really well for this.
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That actually looks a very ellegant solution - maybe even a little enterprise'ee if you dont mind the term. As a user, how is it working for you when you compare to the other options?

robnix said:
I use Tonido on my file server with the Tonido client on my A500.
http://tonido.com/
Works really well for this.
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Acer USB drivers, USB debugging on
Plug in USB to Win 7 64-BIT PC
Device seen as portable media player
Copy and paste to Device

gammaRascal said:
That actually looks a very ellegant solution - maybe even a little enterprise'ee if you dont mind the term. As a user, how dy fing working for you when you compare to the other options?
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+1 for tonido. Works great

I don't get it... I must be missing something here.
I simply plug my stock unrooted Acer into my pc via usb port and copy over files.

gammaRascal said:
That actually looks a very ellegant solution - maybe even a little enterprise'ee if you dont mind the term. As a user, how is it working for you when you compare to the other options?
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vs. USB:
downloading files is much faster over wifi than USB, and there's no performance hit like there is with USB.
I can access my files from anywhere I have a data connection. it was nice the other day to think about an album i wanted to hear and download it over my work wifi
vs. Dropbox
no special folders to setup, you just browse the file structure on your server.
The only real issues I have with it so far are:
I can't set a default download folder on my A500. I'm hoping they fix this.
You have to kill the client to move files from the default download folder to say your external sd card.

Whats the best way of obtaining the files if you have external hard drive on a network? I've been told of several file folder managers, but have been unsuccessful in getting into my network.

You can accomplish this with tonido as long as your external USB drive is mapped to your pc.

robnix said:
vs. USB:
downloading files is much faster over wifi than USB, and there's no performance hit like there is with USB.
I can access my files from anywhere I have a data connection. it was nice the other day to think about an album i wanted to hear and download it over my work wifi
vs. Dropbox
no special folders to setup, you just browse the file structure on your server.
The only real issues I have with it so far are:
I can't set a default download folder on my A500. I'm hoping they fix this.
You have to kill the client to move files from the default download folder to say your external sd card.
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Re. Dropbox
I agree, a way to change the default folder/location to an external SD card would be nice.
Also, a way to set a global 'hard download' option for all or a folder would be nice vs. the individual file(s).
For some of us without a full time 3G/Wifi connection I prefer to have my files synced and resident on the device.

Nobody using Acer sync? The client is already pre-installed on the Iconia, you just have to install Acer sync on your PC. Sync by wifi or USB on demand. Pretty easy to use. I also use remote web desktop app with nice drag and drop feature, websharing by NextApp and wifi explorer which give you more control on which folder to transfer files.
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk

i'm still trying to figure out how to move music files around. I connect my tablet to my computer via usb cable. I put some music into the acer music folder and then look for it with the google music app and nothing comes up. But everytime I look at the music folder on the a500 using my computer the albums and songs show up. I can find the music on my computer with the clear fi app but when i click on a song to listen to it clear fi says it dosent support the file. Every thing I have has been downloaded to windows media player.

Map Windows Network Shares?

Is there any way to map Windows network shares to the A500?

agentfazexx said:
Is there any way to map Windows network shares to the A500?
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I am not aware of any such. But File Manager HD atleast allows you to browse samba shares easily, would that be enough?

WereCatf said:
I am not aware of any such. But File Manager HD atleast allows you to browse samba shares easily, would that be enough?
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Samba is Linux, not Windows.

agentfazexx said:
Samba is Linux, not Windows.
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UUUhhhhhh a cifs share, good enough.........

bonzer2u said:
UUUhhhhhh a cifs share, good enough.........
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What's wrong with that?

agentfazexx said:
Is there any way to map Windows network shares to the A500?
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Try ES file explorer then move to LAN and scan. Worked on my home network.

tomlogan1 said:
Try ES file explorer then move to LAN and scan. Worked on my home network.
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I'll give it a shot tonight. Thanks.

tomlogan1 said:
Try ES file explorer then move to LAN and scan. Worked on my home network.
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Any way to play media such as movies or music from ES? I'm still waiting for VLC to be released for Honeycomb.

agentfazexx said:
Samba is Linux, not Windows.
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The underlying protocol is called SMB. So yes, it is Linux, Windows, OSX and several other OSes.

WereCatf said:
The underlying protocol is called SMB. So yes, it is Linux, Windows, OSX and several other OSes.
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Understood. So perhaps it could connect then. I'll try it out.

You can connect and copy it over, but I haven't found a way to stream video from my NAS yet.
I would love to turn this into a XBMC-style media hub.

nithos1 said:
You can connect and copy it over, but I haven't found a way to stream video from my NAS yet.
I would love to turn this into a XBMC-style media hub.
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It'd be nice. Honestly we need a VLC app conscious of Windows shares.

Es file manager file manager hlhd works well for me. Also can access direct to my windows web hosting server as mapped drive.but only works within that app.wish it was built into long click menues. But we don't get everything we want
Someone could provided write something for this as if you install say Facebook at it added a share likpnk in long click lenient of other photo and sharing

If you are rooted and install any of the kernel available in the forum then you can use cifs app in the market to map windows shares.

erica_renee said:
Es file manager file manager hlhd works well for me. Also can access direct to my windows web hosting server as mapped drive.but only works within that app.wish it was built into long click menues. But we don't get everything we want
Someone could provided write something for this as if you install say Facebook at it added a share likpnk in long click lenient of other photo and sharing
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I'm using ES File Explorer (pre and post root) and I'm able to access a networked windows share (Win7) with my video files. When I select a video file, a dialog box appears asking me which player to use. I use Rock Player Lite and after about 15s, my video starts!
Also, this works remotely using VPN (DD-WRT!!!)

agentfazexx said:
Is there any way to map Windows network shares to the A500?
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You seem to already be rooted according to your sig. So now, backup all your apps and settings with titanium backup, and put the Honeyvillain ROM on your tab. Full wipe. Restore your apps etc. The reason for the ROM is that it already has the Cifs module integrated right into it, making it so you dont have to add it yourself. And it is an awesome Rom that is 3.1 and works great.
Now, go to the market and DL the free app calls Cifs Manager. In it you set your network shares just like in windows. You just have to run the app once (and after any reboot) and it mounts your pre set shares as if they were right on your tab. Then you can use ES File explorer to browse to them. /mnt/cifs/your shares. Clicking aything will allow access as if it was on your device.
I stream videos with no lag or delay this way. It works perfectly. And if you set Moboplayer as your default video player you can play pretty much any file without issues (at least I have so far).
Good luck!

AndSMB seems to work fine
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk

willbur73 said:
You seem to already be rooted according to your sig. So now, backup all your apps and settings with titanium backup, and put the Honeyvillain ROM on your tab. Full wipe. Restore your apps etc. The reason for the ROM is that it already has the Cifs module integrated right into it, making it so you dont have to add it yourself. And it is an awesome Rom that is 3.1 and works great.
Now, go to the market and DL the free app calls Cifs Manager. In it you set your network shares just like in windows. You just have to run the app once (and after any reboot) and it mounts your pre set shares as if they were right on your tab. Then you can use ES File explorer to browse to them. /mnt/cifs/your shares. Clicking aything will allow access as if it was on your device.
I stream videos with no lag or delay this way. It works perfectly. And if you set Moboplayer as your default video player you can play pretty much any file without issues (at least I have so far).
Good luck!
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Good point. What else do I gain with a third party ROM on this device?

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...

Can transfer .txt file by Bluetooth, but CANNOT transfer .epub file

Hi all,
Having a problem with bluetooth file transfer between by rooted Nook Color (1st Gen.) running CM 10.2, and Fujitsu AH531 laptop running W7 Home Premium/64-bit.
I am able to pair to two up just fine. However, when I try and transfer an .epub to the NC I get an error message within W7 that says, " The Bluetooth device or computer cannot process files of this type"
What's odd is that I am currently able to transfer .mp3 and .txt files just fine. I tested it before posting this message.
Short of changing the file extension from epub to txt, and then changing it back again with Root Explorer, can anyone think of a more pernanent way of fixing this problem?
On a totally unrelated note, the reason I'm not simply tethering by way of the power cord is that, as of last week's W7 updates, I cannot seem to connect the NC to the laptop. It recognizes what it is. However, it doesn't load the device driver. Kind of maddening!!
Robert

Robertjm said:
Hi all,
Having a problem with bluetooth file transfer between by rooted Nook Color (1st Gen.) running CM 10.2, and Fujitsu AH531 laptop running W7 Home Premium/64-bit.
I am able to pair to two up just fine. However, when I try and transfer an .epub to the NC I get an error message within W7 that says, " The Bluetooth device or computer cannot process files of this type"
What's odd is that I am currently able to transfer .mp3 and .txt files just fine. I tested it before posting this message.
Short of changing the file extension from epub to txt, and then changing it back again with Root Explorer, can anyone think of a more pernanent way of fixing this problem?
On a totally unrelated note, the reason I'm not simply tethering by way of the power cord is that, as of last week's W7 updates, I cannot seem to connect the NC to the laptop. It recognizes what it is. However, it doesn't load the device driver. Kind of maddening!!
Robert
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Install an FTP server app and you can transfer whatever you want from the internal/external SD card via wi-fi.
I use this: http://ppareit.github.io/swiftp/
You will need to install a FTP client on your computer, like FileZilla: https://filezilla-project.org/
This method is by far one of the best ways to transfer files quickly and securely (you can assign a password for FTP access). Also, it should be quite a bit faster than bluetooth. I get around 1.7MB/s (13.6Mbit/s) max, and 1.3MB/s average. Compare that to bluetooth's max throughput of 0.36MB/s (on bluetooth 3). TL;DR version: wi-fi transfer rate 1.7MegaBYTE/s to bluetooth's rate of 0.36MegaBYTE/s.
I have an FTP server homebrew on my PSP with custom firmware. I have no need for the USB cable whatsoever.

Thanks!! This is sort of one of those "I could have had a V8" moments!!
I went ahead and installed FTP Server Ultimate. Chose that one basically because I found a video review here on XDA when I Googled ftp servers. The free version looks like it's more than I need.
But, with that said, it STILL doesn't explain why the bluetooth file transfer is refusing to transfer an epub file to the tablet. I went ahead and renamed the file with .txt and, sure enough, it transfered just fine. Then I renamed it back and my ebook reader was able to open it just fine, with no obvious corruption from the name change.
Obviously, I probably won't need to use bluetooth transfer anytime soon now that I'll have the working ftp server. But, it would be nice to figure out what's the issue.
Later,
Robert
sagirfahmid3 said:
Install an FTP server app and you can transfer whatever you want from the internal/external SD card via wi-fi.
I use this: http://ppareit.github.io/swiftp/
You will need to install a FTP client on your computer, like FileZilla: https://filezilla-project.org/
This method is by far one of the best ways to transfer files quickly and securely (you can assign a password for FTP access). Also, it should be quite a bit faster than bluetooth. I get around 1.7MB/s (13.6Mbit/s) max, and 1.3MB/s average. Compare that to bluetooth's max throughput of 0.36MB/s (on bluetooth 3). TL;DR version: wi-fi transfer rate 1.7MegaBYTE/s to bluetooth's rate of 0.36MegaBYTE/s.
I have an FTP server homebrew on my PSP with custom firmware. I have no need for the USB cable whatsoever.
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Sorry, I don't know why your bluetooth file transfer doesn't work for epub files. Try removing file associations for that format.