• Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
        2·
        5 months ago

        I haven’t been able to get Syncthing permissions to work. The frustrating thing for me with Android has always been inconsistencies between vendors and weird permissions issues.

    • OfficerBribe@lemm.ee
      2·
      5 months ago

      It is alright, but SFTP transfer broke for me some time ago. I think it is related to changes in Android, but surprisingly there were not a lot of posts about this issue last I searched. Using Android 13 / Samsung One UI 5.1 with Windows 11.

      • Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        5 months ago

        I use Material Files (from f-droid) as my default file manager, which includes support for mounting FTP, SFTP, SMB, and webdav shares. It doesn’t handle the connection getting interrupted very well, so if that happens i have to restart the app. Other than that it’s been working great for my SMB share.

    • renzev@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      12·
      5 months ago

      It’s pretty good. Definitely better then self-hosted stuff like nextcloud, because you don’t need to maintain your own server. But sometimes it takes a while for two hosts to discover each other on the same local area network.

      • untorquer@lemmy.world
        71·
        5 months ago

        I’ve never noticed any delay after first discovery. But i only use 3 devices so 🤷

      • Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        2·
        5 months ago

        I think they’re both good for different use-cases. I use nextcloud myself on a truenas system. I sync things like my pictures to nextcloud, and delete them from my phone after I’ve sorted them into the correct folders.

        This way my data isn’t clogging up my phone and other things, is still available from anywhere (as long as my home internet doesn’t go down), and it’s still safely stored on redundant storage.

        This does take a bit more setting up than something like syncthing, though it wasn’t very difficult at all. Basically install the docker image, tell it where my data goes, and set up a new dns record if you want it publicly accessible. I personally run it through a zerotier network so I don’t have to do that.

        • GFGJewbacca@lemm.ee
          2·
          5 months ago

          I like Nextcloud on my TrueNAS scale setup, but for photos I’ve started using Immich. It works extremely well, and does automatic backups of specific folders from your phone. The interface looks nice too.

          • Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            1·
            4 months ago

            I’m actually using Photoprism on the same truenas system to view my photos, I just already had nextcloud for the rest of my files, so I’m using that to upload. They point to the same datasets, so they share the image data. I believe photoprism is pretty similar to immich, but i haven’t used immich myself.

  • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee
    28·
    5 months ago

    IR data connection.

    Print out on paper & scan it into the computer.

    Copy the data into the computer in binary with an electron gun directly to SSD.

    Recreate the data from scratch.

    Install desktop os onto your phone & use it as your main rig to eliminate the need to transfer data in the first place.

    Use an USB cable to connect the phone to a floppy drive & copy the data to floppy discs. And enjoy the asmr sounds as you do so.

    Bluetooth if all else fails, but using a2dp dial-up frequencies.

    Accept that there is no convenient way to transfer data & just live without it.

  • Crafter72@lemmy.world
    19·
    5 months ago

    https://github.com/localsend/localsend

    I used localsend on desktop, laptop and my phones to sync stuffs between OSes and phones. What I likes is that it support multiplatform out of the box and works flawlessly between Windows, Android and Linux distros (tried both on Ubuntu, and LM without problem). It’s just SHAREit without any stupid weird stuffs on it.

  • Xylight@lemm.ee
    15·
    5 months ago

    Can’t you just plug your phone straight in and transfer the file? I still prefer KDE connect though.

    • marcos@lemmy.world
      3·
      5 months ago

      KDE connect only works painlessly on phones that allow you to use your files… As weird as it is, that’s not most of them.

      But you can still move them around somehow and force it to work. Also, the same works for syncthing. USB drivers haven’t been the easiest option for a while.

  • kamen@lemmy.world
    15·
    5 months ago

    Syncthing ftw. As soon as I plug my phone into a charger, it starts syncing everything to my NAS. Even if it’s not charging, I can override the rule and force it to sync.

  • umbrella@lemmy.ml
    12·
    5 months ago

    its amazing how its generally easier to transfer something to a server a country over for it to then reach the other device. instead of it going directly over local network speeds.

    also how its much easier to backup to google than to you own computer thats right there.

    • RaoulDook@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      5 months ago

      It’s really not if you have the right setup at home, instead of using somebody else’s servers. Like nobody has a NAS or their own servers?

      It’s much nicer not worrying about who can get to my files in the cloud, when they’re not in the cloud.

      • umbrella@lemmy.ml
        1·
        5 months ago

        Like nobody has a NAS or their own servers?

        unironically no.

        thats what i do atm but its hardly easy for normies, when it 100% could.

    • pyre@lemmy.world
      6·
      5 months ago

      me too. the double sided thing looks awkward.

      there’s also localsend if you prefer over wifi for any reason

  • Pika@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    9·
    5 months ago

    I use KDE connect…

    But my grandfather does the ol reliable method for image upload, which is:

    1. emails it to himself
    2. prints the email off
    3. scans the printout into his computer again
    4. uploads image to faceboom Facebook

    I typo’d Facebook originally but thay was too good to get rid of so I just strikethrough’d it

    • Lemminary@lemmy.world
      2·
      5 months ago

      scans the printout into his computer again

      Your grandpa got the memo that *inhales* IT NEEDS MORE JPEG! And took it one step further.

  • n1ckn4m3@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    5 months ago

    In Android just selectively enable wireless ADB debugging and then use ADB Explorer. Easier than plugging the phone in, wireless, and allows access to all folders on the device (including /Android/data/* which is blocked from being accessed using on-device file explorers). Turn it off when you’re done. Boom, wireless data transfer to and from an Android device at way faster than cabled SMB speeds.

      • n1ckn4m3@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        5 months ago

        IDK, have you tried to copy files over USB-C/USB 3.0 to a phone? I similarly thought it was going to be much faster than it actually is, but it’s still mind bogglingly slow using MTP – especially with file creation operations. Want to move 5,000 small text files totalling 20MB? You’ll be there for 8 hours, haha.

        In my experience ADB is significantly faster than a cable (even USB-C+3.0), even when ADB is connected wirelessly. I typically get 20MBps-40MBps using ADB regardless of whether I’m writing large files or a bunch of small files, where at best I will (and a cursory google search sems to indicate most people will) see 8MBps-10MBps over the cable for large files, and when I’m copying small files (e.g., game roms for ScummVM or something), I will get maybe 1Mbps at the top end. Results are consistent between computers I use to copy, cables I use to copy, and phones I’ve copied data to.

        I’m honestly surprised that in 2024 copying data to a brand new flagship phone using a USB cable is as poor of an experience as it is.

    • Emerald@lemmy.world
      1·
      5 months ago

      That would work great for me if it had a linux version. Theoretically someone could just use fuse for it

      • n1ckn4m3@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        ADB Explorer is really just a wrapper for adb-pull, you can use that manually on Linux but without the GUI it’s true it’s not quite as seamless.