How do I copy files to and from my phone & PC with uFTP & WifiTransfer? [Solved]
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Hi.
Should I use FileZilla?
Must my firewall be edited/disabled?
Thanks.
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@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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@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 -
@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
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@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
Pulsar33Cheers, pulsar33. That was very informative.