I was wondering if there is way to transfer files between pc and the vibrant. I would like to directly access my computer files while I am away from my computer when wifi is not in range. I have been searching on the market but can't seem to find an app that isn't using wifi. Thanks.
Do you mean something like dropbox? It syncs well and I think you get about 2 gigs. Use this link and we'll both get extra space:
https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTE0OTQxNzI3OQ
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No, I would like to directly transfer files between devices almost like remote desktop.
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Trying to find a way how to connect 2 rooted Vibrants wirelessly so I could transfer large files from one to another. Bluetooth is not an option due to speed/file sizes. Could it be done with tethering and running some kind of a file server?!
Thnx
Install dropbox on both.
ST4LKER said:
Trying to find a way how to connect 2 rooted Vibrants wirelessly so I could transfer large files from one to another. Bluetooth is not an option due to speed/file sizes. Could it be done with tethering and running some kind of a file server?!
Thnx
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Have you actually tried bluetooth? I haven't tried it yet myself, but it should be as high speed as any wireless transfer you'd get on our phones -- They support Bluetooth 3.0, so as long as the wifi radios are enabled a pair of Vibrants should autonegotiate a wifi link to send the file, if you just pair them with bluetooth.
I've used bluetooth (Bluetooth File Transfer app in market) and dropbox... both work great.
Bluetooth
Bluetooth file transfer works great. I use it all the time to transfer apps, music, vids and just about anything else on my vibrant to any other android device that supports the BT file transfer protocols. It works great! An entire CD of music in 128k MP3 took about 3 minutes to transfer from my Vibrant to my wife's Nexus.
You can also use Hoccer found in the market. It's best to use it while both phones are connected to a wifi network. It's also fun.
Think of it like Soccer where you're passing the ball back and forth, one person passes the other person "catches".
Except you pass data
The good thing about dropbox is that there is no need for any file transfers. You just upload your files and they are available to any phone with the app and login info. Done.
Bad thing about drop box is that you are limited to 2 gb of data and you got to upload from your chimp then download to your phone. Not really ideal for large file transfers like movies.
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^ depends on your connection, I download very large files from my phone using dropbox.
AND SPACE IS MADE LARGER IF YOU USE MY REFERRAL LINK, COUGH * below* COUGH
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^ depends on your connection, I download very large files from my phone using dropbox.
AND SPACE IS MADE LARGER IF YOU USE MY REFERRAL LINK, COUGH * below* COUGH
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I was in love with Dropbox. Until they deleted all my files, then replicated the "changes" down to all my PCs. That was fun. Luckily nothing critical. But I cringe when I see folks talk them up for backup, etc, after having that trouble.
I guess the fastest way to transfer is by FTP, just install a client and a server on both phones and you get the maximum speed that your router supports. I'm using ANDFTP and SWIFTP from the market, both free.
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Tried searching but didnt come up with much.
ANyone ever use dropbox?
I was thinking of trying it just to make things easier when want to put music, movie or book onto my gtab or phone.
Just wondering if it works with gtablet and how well it does. Like will it take an hour to get a 100mb file onto gtab etc..
Thanks for any info you can offer
jacobbones said:
Tried searching but didnt come up with much.
ANyone ever use dropbox?
I was thinking of trying it just to make things easier when want to put music, movie or book onto my gtab or phone.
Just wondering if it works with gtablet and how well it does. Like will it take an hour to get a 100mb file onto gtab etc..
Thanks for any info you can offer
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How long a file takes to transfer usually (almost always) depends on your internet connection speed. Since the GTAB is WIFI only, you would think that it would be on a decent ISP. I have beed using Dropbox for months now on both my EVO and my GTAB and it works spectacular.
Side note:
Dropbox is free, why not just try it? Only takes minutes to install and try.
It works like any android phone.
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+1 Works awesome! I load anything I need in my DropBox and is available anytime I need it on my Laptop, GTab or HTC Inspire 4G. You can also share to anyone, anywhere. Great app!
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Like will it take an hour to get a 100mb file onto gtab etc..
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It's no slower on the gtab.
Remember with dropbox that everything goes "thru the cloud" - so if you want to copy a file from computer to gtab, and the two are 1' apart, sending the file to dropbox (limited by your broadband upload speed) and then copying it down from dropbox to your gtab (limited by your broadband download speed) is going to be a lot slower than using local networking, or direct USB mounting, or a USB memory stick.
Dropbox is often slower than my 45mbit connection at work, and even slower than my 12mbit connection at home. It seems to download for me at about 250-400kb/sec, or about 6-7 minutes to transfer a 100MB file.
Dropbox is great, but if your looking for automatic file sync then SugarSync is far superior. You can selectively sync files between a computer and android device, so the downloads happen automatically. Also if your looking to play video files on the Gtab, google docs now streams uploaded video files in a youtube style player, which works very well on the Gtab
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It's no slower on the gtab.
Remember with dropbox that everything goes "thru the cloud" - so if you want to copy a file from computer to gtab, and the two are 1' apart, sending the file to dropbox (limited by your broadband upload speed) and then copying it down from dropbox to your gtab (limited by your broadband download speed) is going to be a lot slower than using local networking, or direct USB mounting, or a USB memory stick.
Dropbox is often slower than my 45mbit connection at work, and even slower than my 12mbit connection at home. It seems to download for me at about 250-400kb/sec, or about 6-7 minutes to transfer a 100MB file.
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That is mostly correct. Dropbox uses md5 checksums when you upload a file to see if it already has it in its database. If it does, it automatically shows it as in your dropbox and it is ready to download instantly. They do this so they save space.
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yes its very nice to use. You can sideload any apk's on your laptop then just grab the ones that you need tablet side
Phone to tablet, laptop to tablet, tablet to desktop whatever.
Wi-fi? Bluetooth? Usb stick? Sd card?
None of those options seems readily fast.
I typically transfer all files using ftp over wifi. It's the "quickest" in my personal opinion. But the overall speed also depends on what you are transferring and the speed of your network.
SD Card if you have a class 10 ought to be good, except for having to do it twice. I usually use SMB/CIFS or scp.
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Uhh.. obviously.. DropBox
computer to computer, computer to phone, computer to tablet, tablet to phone, tablet to tablet, tablet to computer.... you simply can't beat it and it is free... I use it on my tablet, computers and phones. Instant transfer. There is an app for the phone/tablet and load it up on your computer and presto...
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Uhh.. obviously.. DropBox
computer to computer, computer to phone, computer to tablet, tablet to phone, tablet to tablet, tablet to computer.... you simply can't beat it and it is free... I use it on my tablet, computers and phones. Instant transfer. There is an app for the phone/tablet and load it up on your computer and presto...
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I don't get it how that's fast at all.
So if I want to transfer from my desktop to my tablet via Dropbox. I upload to Dropbox at 500 kbps then download on the tablet at 12mbps. I don't see how that's faster than a Wi-fi transfer at 300mbps.
A better Q is whether or not the Android client has the LAN support the desktop clients do.
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I don't get it how that's fast at all.
So if I want to transfer from my desktop to my tablet via Dropbox. I upload to Dropbox at 500 kbps then download on the tablet at 12mbps. I don't see how that's faster than a Wi-fi transfer at 300mbps.
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You want wifi than use AirDroid
I don't know what your expecting or hoping for as you should already know the limits of all possible methods & none are hella fast. Dropbox may not be the speed you want but it is very very convenient
Try Tornido. It is like a dropbox client but lets you access your local files on your computer. Amazing program.
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You want wifi than use AirDroid
I don't know what your expecting or hoping for as you should already know the limits of all possible methods & none are hella fast. Dropbox may not be the speed you want but it is very very convenient
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ES File Explorer seems to do the trick for me.
I've heard USB transfers on hear are pretty slow and it doesn't give the speed during the transfer like on Windows. Same with Bluetooth.
I guess I don't get it, Dropbox seems like the least convenient and slowest to me.
Yeah I have folders of TV shows and each folder is 15Gb roughly. Dropbox is not gonna work. Dropbox is awesome for the random file/picture but not for transferring large amounts. The free account is only about 2GB of space so it wouldn't work well at all for movies/tv shows.
I have a 32GB microsd card I leave in all the time. I transfer files to that from my desktop, which is where I have all my goods, using a USB card reader. I haven't tried transferring from the card to internal yet though so I cannot comment on how fast that will be.
A program called SwiFTP seems to be a wifi solution people are happy with,. I haven't tried it.
Some of you need to check out AirDroid. 7000 downloads and 5 stars - that is rare. It is a badass app and I can transfer any file size to and from phone, tablet, computer, etc. And the GUI is crazy awesome. You can backup and transfer anything and it even allows for saving of MMS, ringtones, notifications, pictures, apps.
That's a pretty slick app. Definitely worth the 5 stars. So easy to use.
found this really cool trick for you guys that dont know about it just follow the instructions, wirelessly put music and files into your device link >>http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/4158...between-your-pc-and-android-phone-wirelessly/
Using AirDroid is a lot easier than this
That's cool. I use WiFi File Explorer. You can use a Internet Browser to browse/upload/download files. It has a great web-based gui.
Thanks to all of you for those. I guess I never even thought about WiFi file transferring. I always just use usb.
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i actualy like this one it has root access , you can access all the files on your phone , the other ones cant do that
Hey Guys,
So I guess it is a known issue with AOSP/AOKP Roms that MTP file transfer is not working and you have to use USB Storage mode to transfer files from your PC to your Note --- unless I'm doing something wrong.
Unfortunately, File Transfer is just too slow. I only hit 1.86MB-2.00MB/sec (according to Windows 7). I've tried so many ROMs like AoSPxxx, KingKang, SeraSlim and they display the same issue.
I tried Non-AOSP Roms, which of course, uses MTP - file transfer is so much different. probably 20x faster.
To the Guys who are using AOSP/AOKP ROMS, what method do you use to transfer files to your Note? Do you use a third party app to have a faster file transfer?
I tried wirelessly using File Expert's FTP and it is actually a little bit faster compared to the USB storage mode, but not by much (Wireless FTP transfer is about 3MB/sec)
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
Keis Air
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Remove sd card, put it in an adaptor, and move the files within your pc file manager. Its way faster for moving lots of files at once, including time to shut down and reboot phone.
You said any suggestion welcomed.
Lol ... yup i forgot to mention in my original post ... of course except that
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Hmm I tried kies. I think it also uses FTP since the same file I copied using File Expert and FTPServer finished at the exact same time as Kies Air. So it is also around 3.0MB/sec
Is there an app that can utilize file transfers using the USB cable connection instead of wireless?
I guess I must be easy to please. 3mb per second is more than enough for me. That being said, I get approx 5mb through es file explorer ftp
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I guess I must be easy to please. 3mb per second is more than enough for me. That being said, I get approx 5mb through es file explorer ftp
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I'll give file explorer a try.
I have been using AirDroid for awhile and like it:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid&hl=en