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

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    • Opolork
      Opolork last edited by Opolork

      Hi.

      Should I use FileZilla?

      Must my firewall be edited/disabled?

      Thanks.

      How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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      • AppLee
        AppLee @Opolork last edited by

        @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.

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        • Pulsar33
          Pulsar33 last edited by 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

          Aquaris BQ E5 HD UBports OTA-24 (currently testing features)
          Aquaris BQ E5 HD Ubuntu Edition Canonical OTA-15 (last Canonical version, daily use)
          Raspberry Pi 4 B - 4 GB & 8 GB with various OS and Desktops (UBports not OK)

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          • Opolork
            Opolork @AppLee last edited by

            @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

            How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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            • Opolork
              Opolork @Pulsar33 last edited by

              @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. 👍 👍 🙂

              How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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