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[APP] SwiFTP - FTP for your phone

I found this cool app in the Market, and wanted to post it up in case anyone else might find it useful. Don't know if anyone else has seen this app before, but it is an FTP server for your phone. You can connect to your phone over WiFi using any FTP client software. It is actually pretty awesome, and I have been using it at work to save files to my phone since I usually leave my USB cable at home.
You just turn on your phones Wi-Fi, Start the server and it gives you the FTP IP address to connect to and your SDcard pops up so you can manage your files as if it was a drive on your computer.
Pretty cool stuff, and also great to show off your phone when at a buddies house and you want to copy a file over.
I can't post links, but you can search for SwiFTP in the market or go to swiftp.org

http://www.appbrain.com/app/org.swiftp

Excellent app. Thank you
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http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/tools/ftpserver_tju.html
^^
Much better, imo.

acrh2 said:
http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/tools/ftpserver_tju.html
^^
Much better, imo.
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Nice, I will need to check that one out too.

Hi Dave. i downloaded this file and installed it by typing in a username and password and then typing in sdcard. The port number. I am assuming you are using a WTP program on the computer to connect to the SWIFTP app to gain access to your computer right? I'm not getting any connection. I'm confused, how do you manage to see what is on your computer? Do you need another program on your computer for this to work?

SwiFTP – Transfer & Manage Android Files Wirelessly

Hey guys, today's demo is of SwiFTP. Here's the description from my site
Tired of connecting your phone to your computer every time you need to transfer something. Looking to do some on-the-fly file management? Wanna be cool? Download SwiFTP. This handy little app will make your Android phone function as its own server, allowing YOU to connect and transfer files wirelessly (without USB, if you’re confused) to your Android phone or just manage your Android system. You have access to everything, too. Right down into the nitty gritty of the system. Did I mention its free? I don’t think you have a choice but to NOT download it.
SwiFTP Video App Demo/Review

O thats awesome. Now I just need some sort of window I can leave on my 2nd monitor and just drag files to it, and have it automatically connect and throw it into a folder. HMMmMmm. Any devs have ability to code something like that?

I'm definitely going to test this out. Great find and recommendation!

How about transferring files from my sdcard to my pc.or browsing my pc files thru my phone and downloading from my pc to sdcard
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madunix said:
How about transferring files from my sdcard to my pc.or browsing my pc files thru my phone and downloading from my pc to sdcard
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Well if you setup your computer as a server, you can use ES File Explorer or AndFTP to connect to your computer

Nice work!

brown14you said:
Nice work!
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Thanks man Pretty excited about the Performance Benchmark App Series I'll be running starting tomorrow.

djR3Z said:
Well if you setup your computer as a server, you can use ES File Explorer or AndFTP to connect to your computer
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Has anyone tried to set up SwiFTP and connected to it using AndFTP from another phone with success? Me and a friend of mine have been trying it but keep getting an 530 invalid credentials error on AndFTP

I dont use SwiFTP but, download FTPServer in the market and put FileZilla on your computer. Couldn't be easier.

I've always installed an ssh server on all my devices, iphone, ipad and androids. I just activate the server and then use Winscp or I just mount it in Linux.

My friends and myself with Evos use the bluetooth transfer with laptops and between evos. It is not as fast but works pretty well.

I've always just used dropbox for android

What's the range?

[Q] Music file transfer without mounting SD?

is there anything out there using the same technology as
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=628138
that enable file transfer to the device with having to mount and unmount the SD?
Ive been looking for some sort of music managing app? but I haven't found anything like this.

If you have a wifi connection, you can easily estabilish the FTP connection between phone and your PC/Mac by using SwifTP server in Android device - works great with like 800kb/s transfer.

the technology is adb...
you could setup an ssh/ftp/smb server on the phone

I have toyed around with FTP and SMB connections and they are fine foe single files but for managing media they can be very manual.

Hmm, I am ueing the ftp connwction very often with Windows Commander as a client. Worked great.
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djmickyg said:
is there anything out there using the same technology as
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that enable file transfer to the device with having to mount and unmount the SD?
Ive been looking for some sort of music managing app? but I haven't found anything like this.
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SwiFTP and NetDrive (netdrive.net sorry, I'm not allowed to post URL's. )
This allows you to map your SD card as a network drive in windows explorer. You just have to start the SwiFTP service on the phone each time you want to manage files (and keep the small netdrive service running on your computer). Other than that, it's just drag and drop like any attached hard drive.

Why? Use Android Commander or QtAdb
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K900 said:
Why? Use Android Commander or QtAdb
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Because I don't always like to go find my cable and deal with the flaky USB port to transfer files.
Although QtAdb looks interesting...

What's wrong with DropBox?
www dot dropbox dot com
Yeah, no posting URLs for me, either.
You can get up to 10 GB of storage free there.
It's best if you get a referral from someone to sign up, that way you start with an extra 250 MB over the stock 2 GB they give you.
PM me if you care to, and I'll refer you.
You can also check out DoubleTwist for managing media. I believe they are working over WiFi now.

Try Awesome Drop free in the market.

App to transfer files remotely?

Anyone know of a good remote file transfer app? I have logmein and whatnot, but i'd rather have the option of just dragging and dropping or copy/pasting files from my home pc to my phone without having to use a remote view.

Software Data Cable: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lyy.softdatacable&feature=order_history

Try Dropbox

dmang83 said:
Software Data Cable: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lyy.softdatacable&feature=order_history
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Is this app any different than using Filezilla or Andftp?

dr.ketan said:
Try Dropbox
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I concur. Pretty much the only use my cable gets is to charge my phone thanks to this

My favorite method is using the PirateBox method as posted here.
NOTE* I am not rooted so there will be know adhoc but once you start it on the phone it gives you an ipaddress:8080 to go to. do that on you computer and youll be golden

For me, I wanted to not only transfer files remotely, but also 'sync' automatically and found this program: https://market.android.com/details?id=org.pcfilesync. I'm using an SMB profile that automatically sync's my shared directory '\users\mywindowsprofile\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Podcasts' every 3600 seconds (1hr). Works well since when I delete the Podcast in iTunes, that deletion is replicated to my Android's '/sdcard/Music/Podcasts' folder. I really like this set and ignore automation.

Thanks for the feedback so far everyone. I found:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.tonido.android&feature=search_result
Which seems to do justice.
I have dropbox, but i guess i should have explained better. I wanted remote access to all drives / files on my computer at any given point, without a full desktop display.

nice app you found , personally i dont like dropbox myself

does it have to be remote remote or are you just trying to find a way to transfer files without plugging a cable in.
SMB filesharing in the Play shop
with one click the whole of your sd is available on your pc as a shared network drive, and it doesnt dismount the sd card on your phone while its on.

How to transfer data from mobile to computer?

Is it possible to transfer data from Atrix2 to pc via wifi directly? How to do it?
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Ashwasash said:
Is it possible to transfer data from Atrix2 to pc via wifi directly? How to do it?
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you can use es file explorer. just make sure file sharing is set upp on the computer so that you an access it from the network, then connect to the same network and put the ip address of your computer in.

I have used WiFi File Explorer from Play store with decent success. Free version restricts number of simultaneous up/downloads. I still prefer to hook up phone, much faster speeds and bonus of charging at same time.

You can use Zumocast if you have XP or Motocast if you have Windows 7. Keep your computer running and that will give you access to your files from anywhere. Stream or download. For upload/downloading over wifi, you can use Motorola Phone Portal (uses Internet Explorer in Windows for file management). Zumocast and Motorola Phone Portal come pre-installed on the Atrix 2. Motocast is new. It's very much like Zumocast, Win 7 or Vista only. Hope that helps!

lkrasner said:
you can use es file explorer. just make sure file sharing is set upp on the computer so that you an access it from the network, then connect to the same network and put the ip address of your computer in.
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this is probably the easiest way.
You could possibly set up samba on the phone and then connect from the pc-> phone, but that's a lot more difficult.