Anyone try this out yet? If so what's the best app out there? Many thanks in advance
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I've been using ES File Explorer. Download it from the market.
I can connect to my NAS and my MAC. Should let me connect my phone as well, but I haven't messed with that yet.
I use Samba Filesharing; it works great over wifi. I'd link it for you, but I don't have enough posts yet.
Astro File Manager and Total Commander can do that as well.
Someone else here just turned me on to File Magager HD- made for the tablet.
Check it out,... on the market.
Here's the link about a couple of differences between ES and File Manager that I noticed.
+ 1 for File Manager HD
Samsung kies works for me.
ES File Explorer works great, if ur trying to stream of a media server UpNserver works well as well..
File Manager HD look good. But how to set it up? What to fill in? I thought it will be easy just like to add new notebook to my home network. I just know the name of my network and the password generated by Win7. Where to find the rest?
I love ES File Explorer as well.
tomasmedek said:
File Manager HD look good. But how to set it up? What to fill in? I thought it will be easy just like to add new notebook to my home network. I just know the name of my network and the password generated by Win7. Where to find the rest?
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It is easy. Tap on the menu in the upper right corner. Tap on LAN connection. Then Tap on Scan in the upper right hand corner. All of the PCs on your home network should show up.
Then just tap on the PC you want to exchange files with and a dialog panel will show up. In that panel select the option that says it's a secure connection, add in your user ID and password. You should see all the shares on that computer.
As stated above. Easy.
Now if you want to avoid scanning every time. You can assign a Static IP to your computer (with the Router) and use the Create for Bookmarks to the folders you access all the time.
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To access your sdcard from windows explorer ... wireless.
Go here to get the FTP server for your phone http://www.rapfox.com/
It’s free and very easy to set up.
I then went to windows explorer and mapped my sdcard as a network drive.
if you are on a network the address will be whatever was assigned.
You can now access your phones sdcard from windows explorer without plugging into usb.
Just use explorer to move files to and from your Flyer.
I then used MS Sync toy on my laptop http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/e...5-98d0592d8c52 Also free to sync music and photos.
Just start the ftp server on the Flyer and click sync on my laptop and everything syncs up
another one if you are rooted...
I found Root FTP Server here https://market.android.com/developer?pub=waterdev
Using this you will have full root access and can do anything root explorer can do
Moving files in and out, set permissions ... Very handy for me
Edit ... More info on Root FTP Server here ... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=945188
And yet another one:
Got to the market and get kWS web server https://market.android.com/details?id=org.xeustechnologies.android.kws&feature=search_resultit’s free.
Next go to no_ip.com and set up a free account. After you have chosen your account name (like http://xxxx.redirectme.net) go to account settings and check port80 redirect.
Now start kWS on your phone go to settings and set your dns server to no-ip.com and your username/password.
You can now access your sc card from any computer with an internet connection.
I use this to share cad files with my employees when I’m away from my office
This is pretty neat. I'll definitely have to look into this.
Thanks alot will be checking this out soon as well.
Nice I'm going to set this up when I get home today thankss
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Good info for me to try out..
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i just use web sharing app.
I usually access my SD Card, copy/paste...etc using MyPhoneExplorer...FREE
Is anyone else getting really slow transfer speeds when transfering files from the PC to the Prime via USB cable? It was going to take at least 15 minutes to transfer ~125MB worth of files before. Am I doing it wrong or is this a common thing?
it's due to MTP that HC/ICS uses for syncing data, alternatives that speed things up are apps like wifi file explorer, dropbox, box or if you have a microsd card, put that in an adapter, copy files to it and then put it in the tablet and copy to main memory if you want.
I had the same issue..
I was having the same issue with slow speeds, but another thread pointed me to using the airdroid app on the market. Download the app, it then gives you an http address to type into your pc browser and once that is open enter the password they give you and then click the file icon. Once that is open you can see the file structure of the ATP, select which folder you would like to put your files in. In the upper right corner you will see an import icon, click that then in the dialog box click select files, choose which files you want to add and boom they transfer. Much faster. Sorry my directions may be a little confusing, but i think the thread about MKV files is the one that has the detailed info in it. Hope this helps.
Thanks a lot for the replys, I'll give these methods a go now.
BKBUDDHA74 said:
I was having the same issue with slow speeds, but another thread pointed me to using the airdroid app on the market. Download the app, it then gives you an http address to type into your pc browser and once that is open enter the password they give you and then click the file icon. Once that is open you can see the file structure of the ATP, select which folder you would like to put your files in. In the upper right corner you will see an import icon, click that then in the dialog box click select files, choose which files you want to add and boom they transfer. Much faster. Sorry my directions may be a little confusing, but i think the thread about MKV files is the one that has the detailed info in it. Hope this helps.
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Thanks for that. I was getting pretty fed up, I'm not even able to dl'd with my usb cable to the tablet. MTP driver (no many how many times I try to update it) errors out and it can't see my tablet. I'm sure theres a post out there somewhere to fix it but I just don't have much time to dig. BTW, ES Strong File manager lets you access your LAN files also. (assuming you have your network set up properly)
I have the App Wifi Explorer Pro which turns my Prime into a Server and then I can go to my PC and Wifi connect to this Prime server and do file transfer. Now this is just being Lazy but is there a way to do this in "reverse". Can I be on my Prime and access my PC via WiFi Network without have to go to my PC to Transfer Files? I have my PC as a Server and when I go to the App MyNet I see my Network and I can Play music Files and view Pictures off my PC though my Prime but I don't see a way I can transfer files off my PC to my Prime with this App. Is there an App for this or is it even possible? Like I said I know this is just being Lazy but would like to know if I could do this.
Thanks
ES file explorer can browse network shares. I use it for my NAS and transfer files to my prime from the luxury of my couch. Don't have my pc setup like yours but if you can access through lan I see no reason it wouldn't work.
rand4ll said:
ES file explorer can browse network shares. I use it for my NAS and transfer files to my prime from the luxury of my couch. Don't have my pc setup like yours but if you can access through lan I see no reason it wouldn't work.
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Thanks for reply and info. I got the App and it found my PC upon scan but something is Blocking my access. It probably Firewall or something I just need to dig round and see if I can figure out how to set up.
I got ES explorer finally going so it accesses my Network and it transfers files between my Prime and Home Network. The key to making it work if anyone else tries this App is that your PC has to have a User ID with a Password. Since I am the only one using my Home PC I had never created a Log in Password for my User name I had just left it Blank. You have to a Password to make this work.
RonH54 said:
I got ES explorer finally going so it accesses my Network and it transfers files between my Prime and Home Network. The key to making it work if anyone else tries this App is that your PC has to have a User ID with a Password. Since I am the only one using my Home PC I had never created a Log in Password for my User name I had just left it Blank. You have to a Password to make this work.
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Wrong
It works perfectly without requiring userid's or passwords. just go to your (assuming ur using w7) W7 computer, go to your network preferences, DISABLE password protected sharing AND let windows manage homegroup settings.
ES file explorer works like a charm BUT it has a big downside, the average throughput is rly disapointing.
Thanks. I am using Win and I didn't know about PW setting.
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Try this:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mobileaction.AmAgent&feature=search_result
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Try this:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mobileaction.AmAgent&feature=search_result
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Market says it's not compatible.
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Try this:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mobileaction.AmAgent&feature=search_result
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Surely there must be a way to simply use ES on it's own, I am sharing D: drives on both computers and ES shows a D: as NOT having a $, and it also shows C$, ADMIN$, and strangely a D$. I can open Users and see all those folders, but I have no useful data there, nor do I want to put any there. Could someone pretty please revisit this and give really detailed instructions? ES error message says:
LOGIN FAILURE
This may be caused by:
- The account has no permissions
I'm so close, I just need one more branch down in the tree and I'm there....argh
downwiththebanksters said:
Surely there must be a way to simply use ES on it's own, I am sharing D: drives on both computers and ES shows a D: as NOT having a $, and it also shows C$, ADMIN$, and strangely a D$. I can open Users and see all those folders, but I have no useful data there, nor do I want to put any there. Could someone pretty please revisit this and give really detailed instructions? ES error message says:
LOGIN FAILURE
This may be caused by:
- The account has no permissions
I'm so close, I just need one more branch down in the tree and I'm there....argh
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Use file expert, works all the time...
You should have a look at AirDroid it's free and simple to use I use it all the time to transfer files and entire folders over my wifi.
RonH54 said:
I got ES explorer finally going so it accesses my Network and it transfers files between my Prime and Home Network. The key to making it work if anyone else tries this App is that your PC has to have a User ID with a Password. Since I am the only one using my Home PC I had never created a Log in Password for my User name I had just left it Blank. You have to a Password to make this work.
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Believe me. I have tried all file explorers that support shared network drivers (file expert, es file explorer, honeycomb HD file explorer.) All are very slow, although I prefer honeycomb HD fe for its intuitive interface on tablets. But the absolute best in terms of file transfer speed is by far Solid Explorer. Give it a try. I use a Cisco Linksys wireless router.
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I noticed an issue with my favorite file explorer the other day, when trying to copy a large file over wifi, it would fail every time when letting the tablet sleep. I am using an alternate file explorer for those large file copies but really wish I could move back to ES FE. Anyone have this experience? It fails literally every time I do a file over a few hundred Meg. I don't have the issue on any of my other android devices, but none have ICS. Maybe an issue with ICS and that program? Or just my Prime? It is not losing the signal, just stops the transfer--- still shows that it is going but never completes and file size never changes.
I have the same problem. Beside that I'm somehow unable to cancled a transfer, I had several failed downloads of huge files. Also switched to a different file-browsers which works without problems.
Mine failed too...
Can anyone confirm other devices that have ICS having the issue? It would be helpful to know if it had something to do with ICS or just the prime. I actually installed it based on recommendations from this forum and found issues with it on my first large file transfer... I can agree on how powerful and simple it is but switched over to File Explorer HD because it works. Not that I recommend FEHD, full of ads and still not "HD" enough for the prime
Is there a manual somewhere how to transfer files with wifi using es explorer?
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slowatsch said:
I have the same problem. Beside that I'm somehow unable to cancled a transfer, I had several failed downloads of huge files. Also switched to a different file-browsers which works without problems.
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It's not a prime (or ICS) specific problem. It happens frequently across all my devices with ES File Explorer. And as far as I can tell, there's no way to cancel a copy once it's started.
wohli - there may be a manual somewhere but it really is pretty easy. Just tap the "local" selection on the top left corner of the app, then choose LAN. You can either scan for servers with SMB shares or you can attach one by using the "add" dialog, that will ask for user/pw, IP or name, domain (optional). Then hold on a file from one of the shares for the copy option. Then use the same menu at the top left to get back to local, then tap the paste button at the top.
vels13 - Thanks for the info!! Question: Why do you think there are so many people that recommend ESFE if it doesn't even do a decent wifi copy? I have seen it plastered on every "first apps to install" post and "recommended apps" post!!
jordanmw said:
wohli - there may be a manual somewhere but it really is pretty easy. Just tap the "local" selection on the top left corner of the app, then choose LAN. You can either scan for servers with SMB shares or you can attach one by using the "add" dialog, that will ask for user/pw, IP or name, domain (optional). Then hold on a file from one of the shares for the copy option. Then use the same menu at the top left to get back to local, then tap the paste button at the top.
vels13 - Thanks for the info!! Question: Why do you think there are so many people that recommend ESFE if it doesn't even do a decent wifi copy? I have seen it plastered on every "first apps to install" post and "recommended apps" post!!
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I actually like the app and use it for wifi copying, but it does halt frequently when copying files over wifi and that's kind of frustrating. Usually happens on really large files or when you queue up a bunch. I don't think I've ever been able to queue up say 10 video files and get them all to finish. The annoying thing is when it finally does stop copying, you can't cancel and restart, you have to force close the app or reboot phone. I've experienced this on transformer prime, galaxy 10.1, and my HTC glacier. Works great for smaller files though.
This is probably obvious, but I believe the Prime is set to turn off wifi when sleeping by default. This might be an ICS default.
You can change it under Wifi->Advanced.
Yeah, same here. Both my phone and Prime have that problem w/ ES.
I don't know if there's a better WiFi file manager on the market but I really like ES.
Even if wifi is set to sleep when the prime does... the prime will not fully sleep with a data stream going of any kind. Other File explorers do not fail when it sleeps.
vels-- Why would you use something that constantly errors, and has the issues that you described? Like I said, I am using File Explorer HD.. at least it works!
Does ANYONE know of a good file explorer that will pull files down from wifi reliably? It would also be nice if it had most of the features from ES and even better yet if it displayed at native resolution for our primes!!!
Anyone?
jordanmw said:
vels-- Why would you use something that constantly errors, and has the issues that you described? Like I said, I am using File Explorer HD.. at least it works!
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It works well enough for what I need it for 95% of the time. If I need to transfer a big file or a lot of files, it's quicker to do it over USB anyways.
guys,
you may use airdrod for wi-fi file transfer if that's what you wanted
Try Ghost commander. Not a good interface, but work well for wifi transfer, and you can see a speed - current/average.
it's the same man
jordanmw said:
Can anyone confirm other devices that have ICS having the issue? It would be helpful to know if it had something to do with ICS or just the prime. I actually installed it based on recommendations from this forum and found issues with it on my first large file transfer... I can agree on how powerful and simple it is but switched over to File Explorer HD because it works. Not that I recommend FEHD, full of ads and still not "HD" enough for the prime
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Nothing new, the problem still exists, you can't move large files, I'm keeping try to move a 2GB file with no luck.
I am trying to share content over my home wi-fi network between my 2 PCs and my SGS3.
I've tried a few things but I can't manage to see the S3 device under "View network computers and devices"
I don't see a lot of options on the S3 to help with that. There's just Wi-Fi direct and Nearby Devices - File Sharing. But even with both activated or one at a time, I get no magic.
My PCs are running windows 7 and 8
How do i view my phone's content on my PC and vice versa over wi-fi?
Just to be a bit clearer, my aim is to stream media and access documents
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You can try WiFi File Explorer PRO from the Play Store (it's a paid app, $0.92). I've used this in the past and it works well. It allows you to access the files on your device from your PC.
If you want to share media between your device and PC, take a look at Plex, you can get it from the Play Store and you can download the app for Windows. It's pretty simple to setup the media server.
nadram said:
I am trying to share content over my home wi-fi network between my 2 PCs and my SGS3.
I've tried a few things but I can't manage to see the S3 device under "View network computers and devices"
I don't see a lot of options on the S3 to help with that. There's just Wi-Fi direct and Nearby Devices - File Sharing. But even with both activated or one at a time, I get no magic.
My PCs are running windows 7 and 8
How do i view my phone's content on my PC and vice versa over wi-fi?
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I tried this for my NAS drive so may work for you.
Req: i am assuming the phone and the media drive are sharing the same network. The media drive should have a fixed IP address.
Download ES File explorer on your phone.
Open ES app.
On the topmost left corner it will show a tab : Local, tap on it, select LAN. From the top menu click New > Server
Now you will have a option window open up.
Type the IP address of your wireless streaming media drive in the field.
If you have a username and password to access the drive type that in and hit enter/save
You should now see the drive IP address in the es explorer main screen. Select and you should have access to the hard drive contents. Just copy move or do whatever else you want to do..... ;-)
Hope it works for you. Screen shots attached
Send me a pm if it does
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FIVE86 said:
You can try WiFi File Explorer PRO from the Play Store (it's a paid app, $0.92). I've used this in the past and it works well. It allows you to access the files on your device from your PC.
If you want to share media between your device and PC, take a look at Plex, you can get it from the Play Store and you can download the app for Windows. It's pretty simple to setup the media server.
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Certainly worth a shot, i'll try it tomorrow. Watching the Euro games now
despy1989 said:
I tried this for my NAS drive so may work for you.
Req: i am assuming the phone and the media drive are sharing the same network. The media drive should have a fixed IP address.
Download ES File explorer on your phone.
Open ES app.
On the topmost left corner it will show a tab : Local, tap on it, select LAN. From the top menu click New > Server
Now you will have a option window open up.
Type the IP address of your wireless streaming media drive in the field.
If you have a username and password to access the drive type that in and hit enter/save
You should now see the drive IP address in the es explorer main screen. Select and you should have access to the hard drive contents. Just copy move or do whatever else you want to do..... ;-)
Hope it works for you. Screen shots attached
Send me a pm if it does
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I'll give this a shot. Yes, I also have an NAS and managed to stream video and music from my phone to it without any apps. Just start playing the movie or open the picture, and there's an icon to play on other device right there on the GS3 screen. I never managed to access my NAS from my phone before though.
I was hoping to be able to do all of this without using any new apps. If there's no other suggestions, I'll get started tomorrow...
Thanks!
nadram said:
Certainly worth a shot, i'll try it tomorrow. Watching the Euro games now
I'll give this a shot. Yes, I also have an NAS and managed to stream video and music from my phone to it without any apps. Just start playing the movie or open the picture, and there's an icon to play on other device right there on the GS3 screen. I never managed to access my NAS from my phone before though.
I was hoping to be able to do all of this without using any new apps. If there's no other suggestions, I'll get started tomorrow...
Thanks!
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ES file explorer is a great file management and app backup manager rolled into one. So it's a good one to have on your phone anyway.
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Thanks bro. I have that, but again, it doesn't work both ways and it's impractical. I also need to view pc content from phone.
When I walk home I want my phone to show up on my pc as a network device and the opposite.
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