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Bluetooth in File Explorer

Hello,
I just bought my Polaris and I have a noob question:
How on earth do I use the bluetooth shared folder in the file explorer?
Can I have it see the shared files on my computer. I saw that CorePlayer sees the Bluetooth folder, so I guess that would be the only way to play music/movies/pictures stored on the PC.
Is there any way to do a network folder mapping?
Thanks!
Ovi

Also
On an old SE i had an option to control the computer mouse, by bluetooth.
It had an application to do that...
Is there any equivalent application on Windows Mobile? Or do i have to write it myself
Afaik, it used a bluetooth service called "Drivers for keyboard, mice, etc (HID)"
but I can't install this for my Polaris
The only option i'm thinking of now, is to build a small app that uses the wireless connection and sends messages to another application that I put on the computer. That's not the best option, but if i ever built it, i'll post it here

torrent download reomote

I heard about a program that will read a barcode of a dvd/cd/game and find a torrent and then have your computer at home start downloading it. I think this would be an awsome app but I cant find a download yet, not even beta. And I heard its only working with utorrent on Windows, I will need to work on Linux, I guess it might work with wine. anybody know more about this app?
I did however came up with a way to remotely control torrent downloads on my home pc from my G1 that I thought Id share.
Running Ktorrent on Linux Pc
-install plugin for "scan folder" and set up a directory to put .torrnent file you want to download.
-optionally you can install and set up the "web interface" plugin to control running torrents remotely.
- get a no-ip account (or similar) and set up to access pc over the net
- install AndFTP (or similar) on the G1 Android
note - also have to have a FTP server running on you pc
To Use -
- Find wanted .torrent file and download via browser and download wherever (have to long hold an "save as")
- Open AndFTP and connect to home pc (via no-ip) and upload the, or many, .torrent file to the torrent share directory and Ktorrent will start downloading it.
It nothing like the app with barcode scanning but id does work. I also use AndFTP and my no-ip account to move other files back and forth all the time. Its great when you want a mp3,video,picture,etc thats on your home pc.

Two questions
- get a no-ip account (or similar) and set up to access pc over the net
How do you get that, and 2nd How do you connect to your pc using the AndFtp, Perhaps a picture Tutorial? Thank you.

torrent droid. its in alpha.

I am currently alpha testing TorrentDroid and beta testing BarTor. BarTor recently (yesterday) added ktorrent support per my request (I use ktorrent at home). BarTor will be released a bit sooner than torrentdroid from what I can tell. The main differences between the 2 are how the search is performed. More info about these can be found on my home page at android-dls.com as I recently did mini reviews on both. Keep an eye out in the market for these apps.

I will not comment on the idea of scanning and downloading something, but I will comment on an easier to use Torrent "client". TorrentFlux lets you set up a server side client that runs on a linux server and allows you to start a download on the server from any computer or PDA.

Most torrent cliets have that now. It is what these apps use to send the torrent file. ktorrent, utorrent and vuze all have it and its called a webgui/webui/web interface. I do not think the "scan" feature of these clients is much more than soemthing to show off, but the manual search/upload feature is great.

Darkrift said:
Most torrent cliets have that now. It is what these apps use to send the torrent file. ktorrent, utorrent and vuze all have it and its called a webgui/webui/web interface. I do not think the "scan" feature of these clients is much more than soemthing to show off, but the manual search/upload feature is great.
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I know, but this runs out of a non-gui server OS. (My server runs Ubuntu with no gui, with Webmin for managing it.) This allows me to download things without having a full GUI or something else.

ryanroth said:
I heard about a program that will read a barcode of a dvd/cd/game and find a torrent and then have your computer at home start downloading it. I think this would be an awsome app but I cant find a download yet, not even beta. And I heard its only working with utorrent on Windows, I will need to work on Linux, I guess it might work with wine. anybody know more about this app?
I did however came up with a way to remotely control torrent downloads on my home pc from my G1 that I thought Id share.
Running Ktorrent on Linux Pc
-install plugin for "scan folder" and set up a directory to put .torrnent file you want to download.
-optionally you can install and set up the "web interface" plugin to control running torrents remotely.
- get a no-ip account (or similar) and set up to access pc over the net
- install AndFTP (or similar) on the G1 Android
note - also have to have a FTP server running on you pc
To Use -
- Find wanted .torrent file and download via browser and download wherever (have to long hold an "save as")
- Open AndFTP and connect to home pc (via no-ip) and upload the, or many, .torrent file to the torrent share directory and Ktorrent will start downloading it.
It nothing like the app with barcode scanning but id does work. I also use AndFTP and my no-ip account to move other files back and forth all the time. Its great when you want a mp3,video,picture,etc thats on your home pc.
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You can get remote access to your home PC by installing transmission and transmission-remote. But to use this, you would have to login to your home PC and submit the request.
I think this is what you were looking for...

A program to access my pc from hd2

Hey guys
i have been trying to fing a way to link my computer files or even a drive on my pc to htc hd2 where i can open from any where
and use its files like modefing it or attach any of them to a mail and send it through my mobile
so i will be so thankfull if someone can give me some advice about that
thank you

if you create a dropbox folder on your desktop with items in it you wish to access, you can use the browser on your phone to acess, download and modify them via the dropbox website.

The first step you must take is sharing the drive or folder you wish to access. This is achieved by right clicking the desired item and selecting "Properties", then going to the "Sharing" tab and staring blankly at it until the wysiwyg interface makes sense.
Once your share is created, you should either buy Resco Explorer and use it's "map network path" function while connected to your home Wi-Fi, or install/buy nothing but apply slightly more elbow grease and access your files using WM's built in file explorer.
The built in File Explorer application can access net shares by choosing "Menu"=>"Go To"=>"Open Path"=>"New Path..." and inputting the share adress formatted as follows: "\\ComputerNameOrIP\Share".
Now, this will obviously only allow WiFi access. To have truly anywhere, anytime type access install an ftp server on your pc in combination with "kickme.to" or a similar service and setting secure ftp shares for aforementioned files and folders, having RTFM'ed beforehand on both FTP serving and IP dynamic rerouting services such as kickme.to.
My sincere hopes to have made sense, DuperMan

You could also try Live Mesh. A free service from Microsoft which is quite similar to Dropbox but has a native WM client which I find preferable to browser access.

It's worth noting that a Dropbox WM client is in development, and I personally can't wait for that!

Thank you doperman

How to transfer files to Transformer (preferably wirelessly and controlled from PC)

Hi, I want to be able to easily and quickly transfer files from my computer to the tablet. Preferably, wirelessly, and controlled from my computer. I hope we can discuss various solutions in this thread.
Here are the suggestions I and the other participants in this thread have come up with:
SD card: Possibly very fast, but I would need to plug/unplug the card every time, and maybe move files internally
FTP server on tablet: I have tried two FTP servers, both are very slow and stops after a few files.
Samba client on tablet: Should work OK, but I would then have to control it from the tablet
Samba server on tablet: Would be the perfect solution, but as far as I could find out, I need root (which is not yet possible on my B80)
USB connection: Fast and easy, but requires me to unplug the proprietary mad cable from the charger and into the tablet
DLNA: Buil-in support in both Transformer and Windows, but only supports streaming.
Dropbox: Simple and easy, but with space limitations.
SSH/SCP: QuickSSHd
WebDAV: ServersMan
What is your best solution?

Without root you don't have anymore options it seems to me.
Edit.....Thanks CaNsA......Dropbox, but its slow

You have exhausted all available options bar one......
Dropbox
And if its not good enough then create an app that will do what you want.
/end of thread.

CaNsA said:
You have exhausted all available options bar one......
Dropbox
And if its not good enough then create an app that will do what you want.
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Thanks for the tip, I just thought of another one that might have great potential: DLNA. Will explore later.
/end of thread.
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Seriously?

Wifi File explorer here in free version, won't allow uploading files to Android, only downloading to the computer, but does a fine job once it's the paid one.
What FTP servers did you try? I admittedly used it ONLY on the Galaxy tab, but FTPServer worked very well for me. At least using Cyberduck as a client on the computer. For example, doing the opposite accessing an ftp server hosted on a computer, AndFTP gave me horribly low speeds. Free version anyway.
More options? Sure. SSH. I use QuickSSHd and again, still not tested on the TF.
Still not finished here, WebDAV in the form of something like ServersMan. Never really used it to be honest. But hey, still an idea right?
Also, give up on DLNA, at least partially. Depending on the client you might be able to only stream multimedia files instead of saving them. Keep in mind that there isn't any upload to a DLNA server, so you'd need a server on the computer (possibly a good one, not WMP) and control everything from the TF. "Everything" meaning pictures, music and videos shared by your server. Upside is that you can just stream stuff without using up space if that is fine with you... like watching a movie for example from bed. And you can get better results if using something that transcodes the files, I found to work very well Plex that however requires the paid app to connect to the Plex media server on your computer, might not be the best thing for you. Useless anyway if you need files that aren't multimedia. (notice so far no subtitles with Plex for Android, my only and actually huge, complaint)
On the TF side you could access the SMB shares on your network with ES File Explorer that works very well. But it's all done from the TF.
Now you have more options

Great post, I will update the first post and try the various solutions. I briefly tested DLNA, and reached the same conclusion. It's a shame, I suppose it wouldn't take much development effort to make file transferring possible when the auto discovery and data streaming implementation is done. Still, I guess that's not the purpose of DLNA.
I tested FTP Server and SwiFTP, both hung while transferring from Windows or WinSCP.
Also, I read that Dropbox supports direct transfer when the two clients are on the same network, great. However, I want to be able to transfer videos without caring about my Dropbox limit...

I use ES File Manager and transfer from my tablet, so far it's the best method.

I just use Samba on my TF and access it from my desktop

Install https://market.android.com/details?i....softdatacable to your transformer
Find a good ftp client on your computer (I use filezilla, there a setting for concurrent transfer, set it to max)
Run software data cable, open ftp client, enter ip and port and copy away

thebadfrog: I suppose you have rooted, then? Samba would be my preferred solution, but unfortunately, I can't root mine yet...

I have had good luck with File Expert. It is free and supports transferring using a web interface and ftp. I have mostly used the web interface which always has worked great.
Sent from my PG86100 using XDA Premium App

Actually, DropBox is great, but means you have to manually sync files you want.
DropSync solves that problem and makes Dropbox on the tablet work just like Dropbox on your PC/Mac with background syncing. I've been using it for 2 weeks now with no issues and virtually no battery impacts. If you pay you can configure the sync frequency. I have mine at 10 minutes, but a simple options click can force a sync if you really need it. You then have all your dropbox files on the TF.

I would say MyPhoneExplorer is what you need. You can copy or install from PC and it does much more.

I mostly use adb (adbwireless) to push files to the transformer. It seems to work fastest. There is a fuse file system available, so if you are using linux on the desktop you can even mount it. Very convenient!

Get ES File Explorer, go to LAN and point it to your computer's internal IP (requires it to be static)
Then you have access to all shared folders on your computer. Of course, this only works when you're connected to the same network, but I assumed that'd be the case anyway.

AlexTheStampede said:
Wifi File explorer here in free version, won't allow uploading files to Android, only downloading to the computer, but does a fine job once it's the paid one.
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They had it free on the Amazon market so I tried it. Worked quite well, I bought it (on the Android Market, I dont like how you need the amazon market installed and how slow it is with updates).

ES file explorer with the PC added as a server sharing the appropriate folders over network works pretty well for me!

+1 for ES File Explorer

Bluetooth
Today for the first time I used Bluetooth to send some e-books from my laptop to tablet. Not the fastest way , but convenient for smaller files, as it works without having to install or run seperate apps.
Great sugestions from all, much appreciated
Cheers,
Richard

ES File Explorer is great for what it does but it is not what the OP is looking for(Read the title)
+1 for My Phone Explorer, can transfer/delete/move files to sd,microsd, and internal hard drive.

How to transfer and move data from Android to Computer?

Hello guys,
Is anyone facing the problem to move and transfer from Android phone to computer system? Does anyone solve this issue? I am also facing the same problem. I want to transfer large size files (movies) from my Android mobile to my laptop. Give me some solutions to move data between phone and laptop without USB cable.

Do it wirelessly by means of LAN drive.

xXx yYy said:
Do it wirelessly by means of LAN drive.
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Will it require internet? Is it safe app?
Edit: I don't think any free app are working. You may need to use USB cable to transfer data.

Can't you do that via USB cable in MTP mode? If no, try to ask for help from a third-party program. Usually, such tool can help us to access videos and other data on the Android phone and transfer them to the computer easily. My suggestion is Coolmuster Android Backup Manager. Its backup function can help us do that easily and for free. About the details, please search online. Hope this will be your help.

ciyan38284 said:
Hello guys,
Is anyone facing the problem to move and transfer from Android phone to computer system? Does anyone solve this issue? I am also facing the same problem. I want to transfer large size files (movies) from my Android mobile to my laptop. Give me some solutions to move data between phone and laptop without USB cable.
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You need to load the Windows driver to do that.
Windows may already have a driver.
Example, if you have a Samsung installing SmartSwitch loads the driver. After the driver is loaded...
go to Disk Management, and scan for new devices. If the Android drive(s) are shown access them directly in this window. You can transfer files and folders.

nazhai said:
Can't you do that via USB cable in MTP mode? If no, try to ask for help from a third-party program. Usually, such tool can help us to access videos and other data on the Android phone and transfer them to the computer easily. My suggestion is Coolmuster Android Backup Manager. Its backup function can help us do that easily and for free. About the details, please search online. Hope this will be your help.
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It's an paid program. But I need a free program.

ciyan38284 said:
It's an paid program. But I need a free program.
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The backup function is free to use.

Upload the data to your Google Account to then use them on your computer.
Use a chat app that’s accessible on your computer to transfer file.
Or use some 3rd party tool, such as AirDroid,.MobiKin, Xender...

If MTP transfers (Typical USB transfers) are unstable, you can try using FTP over a local network (Your home WiFi router, USB tethering). This method is way more stable than MTP. Once configured, it can be easily used.
For security, use this guide only on home networks. Otherwise, take security precautions
Install an FTP app on phone - install Amaze File Viewer (free, lightweight, FTP available with a good file viewer)
Connect both mobile and PC into the same network. (For example, You can either follow step 2 or step 3. Otherwise, you can use any other method to connect these devices to a network such as wifi-direct)
Connect the phone to the PC using a USB
Connect phone and PC using a cable
Enable the "USB tethering" option in phone settings. (Usually faster)
Connect both phone and PC to the same router using WiFi or cables. (Fast with a good router and a good phone)
Connect the phone to the router
Connect the PC to that router
This method doesn't consume your internet quota even if your connection is limited.
Open FTP Server from your FTP app on your phone -
Open the Amaze app
Open the left pane by clicking the menu icon on the top left corner
Select "FTP Server"
Configure FTP server settings
Click the options icon on the top right of the FTP server page of the Amaze app
Disable secure connections, Read only access, etc...
Click logins and disable anonymous login
fill in some user detail (eg: username="abc", password="bcd")
Click start to start the FPS server.
It should display an URL address like "URL - ftp://192.168.42.129" and a port (such as port- 21).
The link should have "ftp" instead of "ftps"
Otherwise, disable the "secure connections" option in settings and restart the server (stop then start again).
View files from windows explorer
Open windows explorer
Type or paste the link you obtained in step 6 in the address bar
Windows explorer will then ask you for login details
Fill in the details you configured in step 5
If everything went fine, you will be able to browse your files using the familiar windows explorer view. It might take some time to load. You can copy, delete, rename or move files as you wish.
Make sure you recheck the login details and link every time you change the connection or settings. After changing any setting on the Amaze app, try stopping and starting the FTP server again. You can also change the "shared path" of your phone in the Amaze FTP server settings.