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Hi guys i was thinking how useful Chrome to Phone is and the ease that it has brought me, and i was wondering if there is a similar app that will allow me to send files from my pc to my phone (and maybe vice versa but am not too bothered about that).
Rather than using bluetooth, maybe an app that you could just right click on the file and give an option to send to a phone over the internet.
Does anyone know of an app like that?
Thanks in advance
Dropbox
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yeah i have dropbox, but you cant right click on the file and send it to phone, you have to copy the file into the dropbox folder and then go onto the dropbox app on your phone then navigate to it and then download it.
Thanks, but i am looking for something that will immediately download it straight to my phone, just like chrome to phone does with websites
DROPBOX
I think dropbox is the best you're going to get...the only this that is quicker than dropbox is adb one the computer but that defeats the whole not having to plug in anything.
There is also adbwireless (though not as user-friendly since you have to use the command line---there may be a script or something you can do to add the command to your right-click menu though). You can also run an FTP server on your phone using something like SwiFTP. Then just map your phone as a drive on your computer. Then it's just simple drag-and-drop.
well maybe if there arent any option it could be a great idea for a developer, i not being one, have no idea how to do that, but i think it could be a great app.
SugarSync lets you set up a folder that will automatically sync to your phone. It can be any directory you choose. Not quite as simple as chrome to phone but works similar to dropbox with 5GB free.
I use windows 7's built in bluetooth software to connect to an app called bluetooth file transfer on my phone. Of course, you need bluetooth hardware on you computer to do this.
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You could give WIFI Explorer a try. Connect your phone through WiFi and navigate to it's IP in your internet browser. You can upload/delete/copy/move files. Only disadvantage is that it's only for external storage access...
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-dooblou-wififileexplorerpro-Awzw.aspx
Samba File Sharing. Never used it myself, but heard good things.
There's also FileExpert. It can start a file server, that you browse to on your computer, then upload through an HTML form. (When started, it pops up the URL to use)
I usually use AndFTP, which requires me to have an ftp server running on my computer. All the browsing is then done from the phone.
Alternatively, SwiFTP is an ftp server for the phone - then you can run the client on your computer and browse from there.
SwiFTP gets a big +1 from me: Two minutes set-up, and then whenever the App/WiFi is open, your phone is accessible as a shared drive: I'm using this for everything but 500mb+ video transfers. I can just drag and drop e-books/APKs/etc from folder to folder and they're instantly on my phone.
On a related topic: CIFSmanager is a great App to browse your PC files from your phone, and then copy/paste any over. I use both daily
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You could give WIFI Explorer a try. Connect your phone through WiFi and navigate to it's IP in your internet browser. You can upload/delete/copy/move files. Only disadvantage is that it's only for external storage access...
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-dooblou-wififileexplorerpro-Awzw.aspx
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+1 on this app also. It's not perfect by any means but there have been dozens of times I have just forgotten my usb cable or simply needed quick access to push or pull something off my SD. It's really a pretty decent app and it does get the job done quickly. It has a free and pro so you could always check out the free and see if its like what you want.
Without doubt the best solution is Awesome Drop
Chek it out, you won't regret it
willylatorre said:
Without doubt the best solution is Awesome Drop
Chek it out, you won't regret it
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This works great in the way is as simple as write the 4 numbers code and drop the file to the PC browser, but it's slower as it uses the upload speed (uploads the file to somewhere), so for large files is slow. Wifi Explorer is much faster because uses the speed of the router (which is different from the ADSL speed). FTP is also very faster.
Hey guys, TOTAL n00b here
So i attempted to connect my GTAB (tnt lite 4.2.0) to my pc via es file explorer.
I followed the same steps that i used on my EVO 4g when connecting to my pc via LAN feature on the ES FILE explorer, but i keep getting error message
LOG IN FAILURE
-WIFI IS OFF
-SMB SERVER IS OUT OF NETWORK SCOPE
-THE IP IS INVALID
-BLOCKED BY THE FIREWALL
-SMB SERVICE IS OFF
(pic included)
I just dont understand how my evo 4g can connect without any problem and the G Tab keeps getting these warnings when i followed the same log in procedure and i am connected to the same wifi network.
someone plz help out....
Thanks everyone
HP
You didn't mention what O/S is on your PC, but if it's XP, the only way I could get Es explorer to acess a share was to use anonymous login. You also have to set the share on the XP end to allow anonymous access.
Jim
thanks for the reply! i re installed the file explorer and it works fine now, but i am still having a hard time trying to find a software to STREAM all my movies from my pc that does not require for the G Tab to first download the entire movie.
There are several threads in the Themes forum, so check there. For movies, I've been able to stream from my PC using Vlc remote/stream from market.
Jim
There is an application called VLC-Shares http://code.google.com/p/vlc-shares/. I am yet to test it out (setup seems a bit complicated), but the features are impressive. Also it supports plugins and configs to stream other online contents from MegaVideo, etc.
Let us know if you try it out and find it helpful.
well i opted out to use these three
PLAYON
TVERSITY
TV Shows Stream.
aLL WORK GREAT!
With Tablets becoming more popular but connectivity seemingly coming in second thought. Was wondering if there are any wireless file transfer progs that would be able to send files back and forth between phone and tablet ?
Bump requires there network I believe. Dropbox as well requires "cloud" uploading. And ES File explorer and others require files to be shared on a network from a PC/Mac.
Any Android to Android solutions ?
Check bluetooth file transfer program in market. Works for me...
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
I am curious to know what ways you members here go about doing this: transferring files to and from the phone to the computer and vice versa.
The only way I've discovered right now is to use the SwiFTP Android app which sets up an FTP Server on the phone using your home network, and then I setup a network location in Windows 7 using the provided address from SwiFTP.
You talking wired or wireless?
Wirelessly.
Although I'm open to hearing how everyone else transfers their files. I wanted to basically do it wirelessly to avoid the constant wear and tear of either a) using the usb cable on the phone, or b) removing the microSD card time and time again wearing down the contact points.
Dropbox. Nuff said.
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Dropbox. Nuff said.
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Absolutely...Dropbox is the best!
ES File Explorer. You can transfer files directly, manage your SD card, use Bluetooth, FTP servers and even setup your Dropbox. It's quite handy.
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WiFi File Explorer works really well also.
I like Box. I like their interface a lot better than Dropbox and until 3/23, Android users get 50 GB free for life. They do limit upload size to 100 MB, but for stuff I upload, it's fine.
That said, I use both.
I use WiFi File Explorer if I'm working primarily on my computer and want to send something to my phone. Now that ES File Explorer fixed the SMB password issue, I'll use it if I'm in a different room than my computer and want to grab a file.
Airdroid is rather nice for the limited wireless file stuff I do.
It is also nice for managing contacts OR sending text messages (or getting them) and what not without having to constantly pick up your phone)
Yes it does file management to boot
I connect my device several times every day via USB and have seen no sign of wearing it out. I wouldn't worry about that too much as they are made to last to enable charging.
I use USB transfer quite a bit.
Wirelessly I like Airdroid. I have used WiFi Explorer successfully. Box and Dropbox work very well, too. So, nothing new in my reply but there you go.
Call me old fashioned, but I like using USB and Windows Explorer. I'm pumped to see what you can do over WiFi, once I finally get it
AirDroid. So nice and easy to use
Swiftp quick ftp server setup.
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I use Box.net for continuous use files. For simply moving a file Awesome Drop can't be beat. You install the app and drag and drop the file onto your web browser to transfer it via the net.
Omnia 7 contacts BACK to PC
Hi ;
Trying to find a relative thread .... think this one is close ?? -
1. I am no techno genius ; have aquired an Omnia 7/windows phone only as my daughter told me I should get one !
2. Recently had to reinstall windows on the home PC.
3. I have all my contacts/email address's on my Omnia 7 -
4. Have lost the majority of those email address's from my PC windows live contacts/address's.
5. Have installed both KIES and also ZUNE on my home computer/pc
6. Although I can find a path to send contact list from PC to my phone on KIES,
I can not find a way to do the reverse ?
So ... what is the best/simplest way for me to transfer all the contacts, or particularly their email address's,
from my OMNIA 7 back into my list of Windows live contacts on my PC -
thanks.
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Hi ;
Trying to find a relative thread .... think this one is close ?? -
1. I am no techno genius ; have aquired an Omnia 7/windows phone only as my daughter told me I should get one !
2. Recently had to reinstall windows on the home PC.
3. I have all my contacts/email address's on my Omnia 7 -
4. Have lost the majority of those email address's from my PC windows live contacts/address's.
5. Have installed both KIES and also ZUNE on my home computer/pc
6. Although I can find a path to send contact list from PC to my phone on KIES,
I can not find a way to do the reverse ?
So ... what is the best/simplest way for me to transfer all the contacts, or particularly their email address's,
from my OMNIA 7 back into my list of Windows live contacts on my PC -
thanks.
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This is the forum for the HTC Inspire 4G, an Android phone. You should ask on a Windows forum for your phone.
oforoub way
I used to use SMB (Samba Filesharing) but I switched to airdroid. The best app ever in my opinion as you can not only transfer but send sms, install apps and a lot more. You should give it a try