How do I copy files to and from my phone & PC with uFTP & WifiTransfer? [Solved]

Opolork

Hi.

Should I use FileZilla?

Must my firewall be edited/disabled?

Thanks.

AppLee

@Opolork To use FTP, you should have a FTP server running on the phone.
I don't know of any.
But you can SSH to your phone as we already explain in another topic...

What is exactly what you want to do ? Functionally speaking.

Pulsar33

@Opolork : Hello

WifiTransfer :

acts like a server => use Filezilla on the laptop
the Filezilla UI allows multiple selection of files and folders and make things easy
I experienced "silent errors" of transfer, often for a bunch of photos which is easy to detect
=> you always must verify the integrity of what you have transfered

uFtp :

acts like a client => use Filezilla Server on the laptop
I never succeeded to transfer a folder or multiple files from Laptop to Phone
I never experiment "silent errors"
uFtp makes a temporary copy of all what you send in his folder. This is a huge drawback !

Confinement :
WifiTransfer and uFtp are confined as usual so they can only access to the .local/share/<appname>/ folder.
The only choice is to use UT file manager and enable show hidden files and full access.
Using Terminal, you can create symbolic links for easier access :

ln -s ~/.local/share/wifitransfer.sil/ ~/Ftp
ln -s ~/.local/share/ftpmanager.costa/ ~/uFtp

Firewall :
Depends on your PC OS and configuration ... Might be necessary to modify.

Hope this helps
Pulsar33

Opolork

@AppLee said in How do I copy files to and from my phone & PC with uFTP & WifiTransfer?:

@Opolork To use FTP, you should have a FTP server running on the phone.
I don't know of any.
But you can SSH to your phone as we already explain in another topic...

What is exactly what you want to do ? Functionally speaking.

Hi AL. I want to copy audio recordings to my PC from the phone. Ref: https://forums.ubports.com/topic/3862/can-t-find-way-to-move-recorder-app-audio-files-to-my-pc/9

Opolork

@Pulsar33 said in How do I copy files to and from my phone & PC with uFTP & WifiTransfer?:

@Opolork : Hello

WifiTransfer :

acts like a server => use Filezilla on the laptop

the Filezilla UI allows multiple selection of files and folders and make things easy

I experienced "silent errors" of transfer, often for a bunch of photos which is easy to detect
=> you always must verify the integrity of what you have transfered

uFtp :

acts like a client => use Filezilla Server on the laptop

I never succeeded to transfer a folder or multiple files from Laptop to Phone

I never experiment "silent errors"

uFtp makes a temporary copy of all what you send in his folder. This is a huge drawback !

Confinement :
WifiTransfer and uFtp are confined as usual so they can only access to the .local/share/<appname>/ folder.
The only choice is to use UT file manager and enable show hidden files and full access.
Using Terminal, you can create symbolic links for easier access :

ln -s ~/.local/share/wifitransfer.sil/ ~/Ftp

ln -s ~/.local/share/ftpmanager.costa/ ~/uFtp

Firewall :
Depends on your PC OS and configuration ... Might be necessary to modify.

Hope this helps
Pulsar33

Cheers, pulsar33. That was very informative.