is there any decent program that can turn my SGS2 into a external Wifi HardDrive that works just like my external hardrive that connected strait to my home network?
I expect you could achieve this by using a samba server on the phone and mapping a network drive on your computer.
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I used an app Samba file sharing for android and this makes my phone a samba server. I was then easily able to access my SD card on my laptop on LAN (wifi).
I now have a mapped network drive for my SD Card and it is super easy to transfer data to my SDCard.
But(I tried this, but was unsuccessful), I want to use my phone as a portable wifi hotspot and then use my phone as a samba server so that I can easily share my SDCard contents with any other (android) device which connects to my phone's wifi network. Is it possible?
This is what I was thinking the other day when I was at a freinds house when I didn't have my cable with me and he does not have a WiFi router, I had to email him the file which was about 5mb which would of been alot faster for his laptop to connect and pull the file from my phone on its own.
Very interested if this can be done.......
I guess the app would have to deal out dhcp and dns
+1 - really want this, would be so much better than using Bluetooth to shift files from one droid to another without a router. Don't really see why Samba reports 'wifi is down' when there's an active client connected to the hotspot
What about using you phone as a portable wifi hotspot and switching on an ftp server?
Edit: just tried it with "ftp server" and hotspot switched on. Appeared to work but have no-one to test with :-(
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Anyone ever get this working?
I've tried this using "LAN Manager" from play store. And using a beelink gt1 ultimate TV box as client. It working fine so far. But if I boot the box with CoreELEC, I'm able to connect but file read is extremely slow.
Noticed there are a few apps out there that let you copy/move/delete/access files from both internal storage and SD card to a pc via wifi, wondered if anyone had tried any of these apps with any success. If so, what is the speed like compared to usb connection?
Thanks in advance to anyone able to give any advice.
File Expert is great. It lets you setup an FTP server that you can connect to on your desktop. Transmission speeds should be in the area of 10 MBps depending on the connection quality.
Works quite well cheers, and is free. Thanks for the help fella. Any other recommends peeps?
Does anyone know if there are any Apps or ROMS that allow access to SD card on the Galaxy Tab 10.1?
Im using DropBox at the moment but it takes hours to upload music/films.
I know Kies is an option, but it is not registering my device due to the ROM I am running.
Any help will be appreciates.
If you are running Windows then load the Samsung USB driver and it will mount as a USB drive. I believe for that to work you need debugging off (I could have this backwards though).
The driver is in this download along with all the files needed to root the device
http://www.thedroiddemos.com/downloads/gtab/root.zip
i'm using the USB adaptor and FAT 32 memory sticks to get my data onto the tab. It's worked fine for me, not as easy as syncing with itunes and iphone but it works simply enough.
Kies is a joke. I managed to get some pics onto my tab, but they were all scrambled. It wouldn't find any video's to transfer. WIFI explorer didn't work for me either but I'm glad the USB adaptor worked for me and it's a hell of a lot quicker than WIFI.
'TCommander' - Worked a Treat. Thank you
A good alternative is using ES File Explorer and adding other computers on your home wifi network. Then you can browse files from your computer(s) from your Tab.
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A good alternative is using ES File Explorer and adding other computers on your home wifi network. Then you can browse files from your computer(s) from your Tab.
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First I used the SD adaptor but the speed is poor, but far better as wi-fi. Now I use a HDD via usb-adaptor and keep my files on the HDD. Copy big files to the tab is a nightmare imo.
I need help configuring my router and tinyCam Monitor app. Here is my setup, Asus RT-N13U rev. B router, Tablet running Android 2.3, and 2 IP Foscams.
My goal: To run the IP Cameras that are directly plugged into the router, wirelessly access the cameras through my tablet using tinyCam Monitor (which it does work), then utilize the recording function with tinyCam Monitor and record the cameras saving the files wirelessly to the a hard drive connected to my router.
Here is where I need some help. I have an external hard drive connected to my router via the USB port, works fine, I can transfer back and forth. I have the IP cameras plugged into the router and I am using the tinyCam Monitor app, which works very well and I am able to view both cameras. The tinyCam Monitor program offers a recording function, which can record to FTP server. The catch is I do not have internet connected to the router.
Question 1: How do I setup my router (ex. FTP server, Virtual Server,…), so I can permanently access the hard drive through my tablet? What setting do I need to setup on the router?
Question 2: Based on the configurations of my router. When I use tinyCam Monitor, do I have the program look for an FTP server? Is there any other path I can use to tell the program where to write the recorded files, so they write to the hard drive connected to the router?
Question 3: Do I need to setup my Tablet with any specific setting, such as an SSH configuration, so it can communicate with the router as I need it to?
Question 4: Mapping the Network Drive??? This is easy on a PC, by just mapping a network drive and I have access to the hard drive easily. Is there a way to do so on my tablet? Setting up the network hard drive as a functioning folder would also be a possible solution to my problem.
Any input or solution will be helpful. This has been a 4 week project of mine and I have reached a point where it is beyond my general knowledge of networking/router configuration and a tablets communication capabilities, vast readings of forum posts, and no tutorials has what I need. I am hoping there is someone out there that is versed in both these areas. I am also hoping there is an answer to my goal or some solution, besides one telling me I have wasted a lot of money.
Thanks a bunch,
-Mr. Frustrated
Hi,
I have a HTC Sensation XL running ICS, the device is not rooted. Does anyone know of any apps that I can use to remotely access a hard disc attached to my home router?
What I want to achieve is kind of my own cloud storage system, I have seen these networked hard drives that attach directly to your broadband router rather than being inside a P.C and then computers on the home network can access this hard drive via the router, kind of like a central storage area for every one in the household. Well I want to set up the same thing but with the added bonus of being able to access the HDD when I am out of the house as well, via my phone or android tablet. I spend a lot of time in the country on my own and fill my devices with music and films etc and basically I want to access my entire library of media remotely. I have tried drop box, sugar sync, Skydrive etc but they do not provide any where near enough storage space for my needs, at least not for free and if I can achieve the above I will not be limited by the storage capacity of the device.
I currently use Pocketcloud to access files on my PC when I am away from home and this is fine for when the computer is turned on but when its not obviously I cant access anything, my theory is that a HDD connected directly to my router would be accessible 24 hours day as it should be independent of my PC, the question is how to actually set this up.
I have tried using ES File explorer to detect my home network but it wont for some reason, I was hoping that if I got it to find my network it might allow me to do the above however I could be wrong so any advice that people could give regarding this would be great.
Thanks
Ben