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Any programs to transfer files from desktop to EVO via wifi?

I was hoping someone could recommend me an app that will allow me to transfer files from my desktop PC to my EVO (non-rooted) via my home WiFi network?
Thank you for your help,
Whiteice

Have you ever heard of Dropbox? It's not quite as simple as what your asking for but works nicely with the Dropbox app for Android.
http://db.tt/Bdz1z7E or go to dropbox.com

dustinb17 said:
Have you ever heard of Dropbox? It's not quite as simple as what your asking for but works nicely with the Dropbox app for Android.
http://db.tt/Bdz1z7E or go to dropbox.com
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Thank you for the suggestion dusting17.
How secure is this Dropbox? I could have used this a few weeks ago before my laptop crashed. I have sensitive info that was on there like my resumes and stuff.
Thank you for your suggestion,
Whiteice

SwiFTP FTW
But in your case, may DropBox be better because you don't need to download or backup to your phone: it's all on the cloud.

Hey... suggestion...
Awesome Drop does an amazing job as well, I use it for most of my transfers. requires no software on pc side, and one app on phone. does a great job. then you can open the files in any app on your phone.

ChaoticEko said:
Awesome Drop does an amazing job as well, I use it for most of my transfers. requires no software on pc side, and one app on phone. does a great job. then you can open the files in any app on your phone.
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+1 for Awesome Drop. it's AWESOME!!!
dwizzy130

ES File explorer
SMB, FTP, and BT transfer

ES File Explorer + connectify is great couple
or you can try MyPhoneExplorer

I use dropbox to transfer files from PC to phone or vice versa. gotta say this app works like a charm.
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Doesn't dropbox actually store ur files on the net? Therefore your using data allowance? I use dropbox for files I want to access from other computers or phones outside my home network. Otherwise "my phone explorer "is the best I've found just need the programme for ur PC aswell and the it's just like connecting USB but over wifi. And faster than dropbox because ur not using data just ur home network!.
My 2 cents anyway.
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File Expert by xcxin
It has an HTTP sharing feature that I use a lot. It basically starts a simple file server and tells you a URL. From there, you can upload/download through your browser on your computer.

ChaoticEko said:
Awesome Drop does an amazing job as well, I use it for most of my transfers. requires no software on pc side, and one app on phone. does a great job. then you can open the files in any app on your phone.
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I was gonna suggest this as well.

I like aswesome drop.. it's easy and simple..

tenniech said:
I like aswesome drop.. it's easy and simple..
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and slow as hell

A little late, but I am a huge Dropbox fan as well.

a kernel with CIFS support and the CIFS Manager app. It lets you mount a windows share on your device and lets any app access it as if it were any other folder on your SD card. Love it.

Haven't tried any of the others mentioned but Dropbox is easy and quick.
Keeps your files synced between computer and phone, backs up a copy online on their secure server so you can view it on another computer if needed.

Kind of old, but HomePipe is a fairly nice app.

[Q] Application to copy from PC and paste to phone

is there any app for copy-paste from PC to phone and vice versa?
for example, I found some interesting article in my PC, and I want to copy some part of it to my phone.. I could've send the file via bluetooth, email, or USB connection.. but I think it'd be very neat to just copy the text (not the file) from your PC and paste it on your phone..
or in the opposite direction, I received an interesting SMS from my phone and I want to copy it to my PC..
is there any app like that?

I know that the app Chrome to Phone together with a plugin in either Chrome or Firefox on the computer does exactly that! However I don't know if there's in the opposit direction.

alphadeeto said:
is there any app like that?
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Well this is not an app but at some point I stumbled across this url:
http://qrcode.kaywa.com/img.php?s=8&d=
If u add some text at the end and submit the url u get QR to scan with Barcode Scanner that'll get u the text on ur phone...
Example:
http://qrcode.kaywa.com/img.php?s=8&d=is there any app like that?

windmark said:
I know that the app Chrome to Phone together with a plugin in either Chrome or Firefox on the computer does exactly that! However I don't know if there's in the opposit direction.
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I've installed the extension in my google chrome.. however, I can't find the app in android market.. any downloadable link, perhaps?
edit : found it, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=756013 if anyone curious
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Well this is not an app but at some point I stumbled across this url:
http://qrcode.kaywa.com/img.php?s=8&d=
If u add some text at the end and submit the url u get QR to scan with Barcode Scanner that'll get u the text on ur phone...
Example:
http://qrcode.kaywa.com/img.php?s=8&d=is there any app like that?
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not quite what I'm looking for, but it's pretty cool! gotta try it!

alphadeeto said:
I've installed the extension in my google chrome.. however, I can't find the app in android market.. any downloadable link, perhaps?
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It's though 2.2 only and it doesn't work with lower versions of Android because it is a new API.

windmark said:
It's though 2.2 only and it doesn't work with lower versions of Android because it is a new API.
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it's okay.. I'm using 2.2, but I'm from Indonesia.. I've downloaded from the links above, though..

Hmm then it's strange that you don't find it. It's my first entry when searching on Chrome to Phone.
It's not the latest version but a google search resulted in this thread with an apk-file.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=752919&page=2

Download ES file explorer. You can add your computer as a lan drive (over WiFi) then any folders that are shared can be viewed on your phone. you can copy any file over. i have apks on my computer. If i view them with ES file explorer it coppies them to my phone then installs them. i also transfer music over this way. It might even work the other way if you change the folder permissions on the computer

windmark said:
Hmm then it's strange that you don't find it. It's my first entry when searching on Chrome to Phone.
It's not the latest version but a google search resulted in this thread with an apk-file.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=752919&page=2
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I guess it's not available on my country..
I've downloaded them though.. works like a charm! thanks
woody_2k said:
Download ES file explorer. You can add your computer as a lan drive (over WiFi) then any folders that are shared can be viewed on your phone. you can copy any file over. i have apks on my computer. If i view them with ES file explorer it coppies them to my phone then installs them. i also transfer music over this way. It might even work the other way if you change the folder permissions on the computer
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wow.. I'm not using WiFi.. I'm using bluetooth instead, and it works really well! shared a folder on my laptop and copy-paste from and to phone in that folder.. neat!

Dropbox.
Just install it on your pc, sign up for an account (it's free but you can pay for upgrades to storage size) and install the app on your phone. Tada! Any file you put into your Dropbox folder is downloadable via the Dropbox app. It works both ways!
Edit: Oops just read your entire question. Hm well I guess you can use dropbox but then for your purposes you'd have to copy paste said text to a note app and then upload the note file to dropbox..Can't think of a more direct way.
Maybe you can find an app that has Google Docs integration. Either way you need an internet connection.

anoneemooz said:
Dropbox.
Just install it on your pc, sign up for an account (it's free but you can pay for upgrades to storage size) and install the app on your phone. Tada! Any file you put into your Dropbox folder is downloadable via the Dropbox app. It works both ways!
Edit: Oops just read your entire question. Hm well I guess you can use dropbox but then for your purposes you'd have to copy paste said text to a note app and then upload the note file to dropbox..Can't think of a more direct way.
Maybe you can find an app that has Google Docs integration. Either way you need an internet connection.
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I use this all day.
I have a text file and folders that I just edit on my pc and I have it directly here on my iPhone, bb and android phone. It's the best app I've ever used. I have shares folders with friends and I can share files and pictures with them directly from my phone and then it also shows up on my pc the next time I turn it on. It's fantastic.
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anoneemooz said:
Dropbox.
Just install it on your pc, sign up for an account (it's free but you can pay for upgrades to storage size) and install the app on your phone. Tada! Any file you put into your Dropbox folder is downloadable via the Dropbox app. It works both ways!
Edit: Oops just read your entire question. Hm well I guess you can use dropbox but then for your purposes you'd have to copy paste said text to a note app and then upload the note file to dropbox..Can't think of a more direct way.
Maybe you can find an app that has Google Docs integration. Either way you need an internet connection.
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thank's.. gotta try it..
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I use this all day.
I have a text file and folders that I just edit on my pc and I have it directly here on my iPhone, bb and android phone. It's the best app I've ever used. I have shares folders with friends and I can share files and pictures with them directly from my phone and then it also shows up on my pc the next time I turn it on. It's fantastic.
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that sounds cool

[Q] Tonido: Any reccomendations? Or info?

I just found Tonido on the AppMarket. From what I can read and understand it is a remote desktop app that allows you to basically use your desktop as a cloud server.
From what I can gather you can stream media, download files, work on files and etc. Plus you can give a web address to others in link form in order to share the files with them.
Has anyone tried this or knows anything about it? It seems interesting as the storage and usage limit is your hard drive, and the security is much better than a cloud service.
Thanks in advance!

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I just found Tonido on the AppMarket. From what I can read and understand it is a remote desktop app that allows you to basically use your desktop as a cloud server.
From what I can gather you can stream media, download files, work on files and etc. Plus you can give a web address to others in link form in order to share the files with them.
Has anyone tried this or knows anything about it? It seems interesting as the storage and usage limit is your hard drive, and the security is much better than a cloud service.
Thanks in advance!
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I have a samsung TAB. Tonido works very well in TAB. There is a Tonido Android app review in Androidtapp.com. You can check that out

Thanks! That helps. I have already installed it, but was confused about some of the things it would do.

Is this app better than pocket cloud?

Tonido is not a remote desktop solution like pocket cloud. Think of it as a personal server with alps.

venkatramasamy said:
Tonido is not a remote desktop solution like pocket cloud. Think of it as a personal server with alps.
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So its like dropbox
swyped from a galaxy far far away...

Yes it is like dropbox. But the storage is yours - limited by your computer capacity.

venkatramasamy said:
Yes it is like dropbox. But the storage is yours - limited by your computer capacity.
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Can you browse your entire computer or just a selected folders
swyped from a galaxy far far away...

natious said:
Can you browse your entire computer or just a selected folders
swyped from a galaxy far far away...
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entire. it's an app worth trying.

You can exclude folders as well

Thanks guys, this sounds super handy for when i leave my USB at home.

[Q] Transfer Files Easily

Is there any app that allows you to make a folder on your computer which you can just drag and drop files into it and it then downloads to your phone instantly.. or near enough to it?
I don't want the hassle of having to (as an example) placing a file into drop box > open drop box > locate file > save file.
Is there any such thing?

Dropbox has a feature like this. You download the application on your PC (OS X, Linux, or Windows) and you set it up with your personal infomation. It'll create a folder and that folder is a synced folder.
It'll be automatically on your Dropbox and then you can download it onto your phone via the app or vice versa.
Edit: This is just a folder on your computer. Completely breaks the use of using the actual Dropbox site.
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Check out pushbullet, might work for what you looking for.

Try Airdroid.

ctbear said:
Try Airdroid.
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Okay.. after trying them all out... here's what iv found.
Can't seem to get drop box synced so that it automatically downloads onto my phone. I have synced enabled.
Pushbullet is prettttty good! Only thing is that i have to open the app and save the file
Airdroid is perfect except that it only has 100mb (free)
And after thinking about it.. Google+ is pretty good for sharing pictures between phone and PC.
I will keep using them all until i find the one that suits me most!
Thank you all! (i will thank you all later since iv gave 8 thanks already today lol)

RedBlueGreen said:
Okay.. after trying them all out... here's what iv found.
Can't seem to get drop box synced so that it automatically downloads onto my phone. I have synced enabled.
Pushbullet is prettttty good! Only thing is that i have to open the app and save the file
Airdroid is perfect except that it only has 100mb (free)
And after thinking about it.. Google+ is pretty good for sharing pictures between phone and PC.
I will keep using them all until i find the one that suits me most!
Thank you all! (i will thank you all later since iv gave 8 thanks already today lol)
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I am pretty sure if you transfer files within the same network (mostly connected to the same Wifi) with Airdroid, there is no limit.

ctbear said:
I am pretty sure if you transfer files within the same network (mostly connected to the same Wifi) with Airdroid, there is no limit.
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Thanks. Will try that out!

Foldersync can do many things.

Sugarsync is going paid: share your alternative

Well, as of 60 days form now, free sugarsync accounts will be forced to be paid, and we have 6 days to take advantage of a special 19$ for the first year / 75$ per year after that for 60 gb.... For anyone who has used the sugarsync app on android, you know that most bugs that did not render the app unusable, and many fairly basic feature requests were ignored over the past two years (see the whole syncing to SD card debacle). I get that the idea is more money - less free-loaders = better service, but there is no way that I will pay before they can prove they can provide a solid service. So.... Let's share our alternatives for those who need to rework their file syncing setup!
In the last 3 hours since I got my sugarsync ultimatum, I have found 3 possibilities (one that works great, and two that I have not fully tested yet).
1- (works great! better than sugarsync)
-Use google drive (15GB minimum if you haven't gotten some bonus of some kind over the years for being early adopters)
-This allows you to use drive sync on desktops
-You can then use Foldersync to sync on your android device
2-
Goodsync. This is paid software, but I prefer one time payments for a system I control. This is more of a "sync when you need" setup, and won't do everything automatically for you on android (but it will on desktops), but allows for unlimited space because you use your computer's hard drive as your main source of data... down side, the goodsync android app is still a long way from being on par with the sugarsync or the foldersync apps
3-
Other services with folder sync (paid version if you want to use multiple accounts at once). I have not yet tried it with services other than google drive, but I do use a similar services on my desktop that consolidate cloud drives, so I don't see why it would not work on android. If the storage provider you want to use does not support syncing, the goodsync app for desktop connects to almost any online storage provider, so you can have a reliable way to sync to the cloud, and then foldersync does the equivalent job on your android device.
Once people have added their alternatives, I will create a poll so fellow users can see the favorite solutions at a glance.
Cheers!
Uninstalling SugarSync tonight!

you can try Google drive or dropbox

pidjong said:
you can try Google drive or dropbox
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problem with google drive android app is that you have to manually sync each file, which is not so good if your goal is to have important files accessible at all times. I am quite happy with the drive + foldersync app though.
How is dropbox as far as selective folder syncing?

I'm getting to learn more and more about Dropbox since it came with a generous bonus storage on the Note 2 -if only for 2 years or so.
Also I read about Copy.com which comes with a 15gigs free + 5gig referral bonus (use the link in my sig if anyone wants both of us to benefit) though I'm not quite sure how well the sync'ing is so far. I think you can sync specific files but haven't fully tested it yet.
Mediafire is funny in that they are advertising their services anywhere there is new about Sugarsync giving up free plans but I haven't looked into them yet.
I'm also open to see what other people are using.

I've been using dropbox for a few years and upgraded to business package for my company since a few months ago. It works great for us.

Dropbox + Dropsync
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does anyone else doing this find that dropsync has a hard time keeping large folders up to date? For my biggest one it takes nearly 40 minutes to confirm that nothing has changed.

i'm using Google Drive and Dropbox

I'll be moving to Dropbox and Google drive for things like documents, temporary storage of photos, titanium backups, etc. I've started using Crashplan for backing up my very large photo and video archive.
Sugarsync was nice, but as someone who's heavily promoted them and have dozens of referrals to my name, I feel betrayed that they would do this, even as a paying costumer who uses free accounts for my daughter and wife.
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gc84245 said:
Dropbox + Dropsync
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Check out Folder Sync, I was going to buy Dropsync but Folder Sync seems more versatile and cheaper.

I've moved to Copy
I've moved to Copy with it's 20GB free file sync & sharing with this referral link. It's like dropbox but with 10x more free storage. It has a single folder like Dropbox. I've used junction.exe from sysinternals to map from some of my existing folder locations to the Copy folder.
I particularly like that it has a feature that was missing in Sugarsync and that is 'view only' sharing.
Cheers,
Mark

Go for Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, Dev-st(devloper host) & many more are there
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@marky1124
Thanks for the tip, I didin't know Copy.
I just had a look at it and it seems promising but I have one question. Does it automatically sync any folder you choose or only photos and videos?
From the description on the play store it seems only photos and videos are automatically synced....
Thanks,
Soda
marky1124 said:
I've moved to Copy with it's 20GB free file sync & sharing with this referral link. It's like dropbox but with 10x more free storage. It has a single folder like Dropbox. I've used junction.exe from sysinternals to map from some of my existing folder locations to the Copy folder.
I particularly like that it has a feature that was missing in Sugarsync and that is 'view only' sharing.
Cheers,
Mark
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Soda_47 said:
@marky1124
Thanks for the tip, I didin't know Copy.
I just had a look at it and it seems promising but I have one question. Does it automatically sync any folder you choose or only photos and videos?
From the description on the play store it seems only photos and videos are automatically synced....
Thanks,
Soda
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Hi Soda,
I started out using Copy on PC first, I placed a few files in my Copy directory on my PC. When I installed the Copy app on my Android phone it automatically copied all of my files onto my Phone. So it by default sync'd all my files between my PC and my phone. In the app settings you can tick an option called 'PhotoCopy' which then automatically copies all new photos taken on your phone into your Copy folder and sync's them to the cloud (by default it does this only on wifi connectivity).
I hope this helps,
All the best,
Cheers,
Mark

I'm still looking at alternatives. The option to sync any folder and choose with whom to share it was the best thing from Sugarsync service.
From what I read only 3 other companies give the same option directly:
Bitcasa
Tresorit
Wuala
Anyone uses/used one of these services?

I use Dropbox, however I combine it with FolderSync on Android together with "App Backup & Restore" so that my newly installed apps can be synced to Dropbox right away. I recommend this combination.

@marky1124
Thanks for the reply, it's what I wanted to know .
@Karsa
I will look into the alternatives and give a feedback. But for now, I'm using Foldersync with Skydrive.

Although I'm really sorry to see SugarSync go, I believe Dropbox is the best alternative way to go.