Kde connect all day erry day
Somehow USB disks are still the easiest and most reliable way
Submitted 4 months ago by renzev@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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mvirts@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
kde connect and syncthing both just work, and it’s amazing
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I haven’t been able to get Syncthing permissions to work. The frustrating thing for me with Android has always been inconsistencies between vendors and weird permissions issues.
ogeist@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Localsend is also a thing
MHanak@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I personally find localsend more reliable and easyer when it comes to sending files
ChilledPeppers@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Came here to say this
kspatlas@lemm.ee 4 months ago
KDE connect is gold
OfficerBribe@lemm.ee 4 months ago
It is alright, but SFTP transfer broke for me some time ago. I think it is related to changes in Android, but surprisingly there were not a lot of posts about this issue last I searched. Using Android 13 / Samsung One UI 5.1 with Windows 11.
Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
I use Material Files (from f-droid) as my default file manager, which includes support for mounting FTP, SFTP, SMB, and webdav shares. It doesn’t handle the connection getting interrupted very well, so if that happens i have to restart the app. Other than that it’s been working great for my SMB share.
TheFonz@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It times out for me every time. After ten or so files just gives up.
franklin@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Syncthing is amazing though.
renzev@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It’s pretty good. Definitely better then self-hosted stuff like owncloud, because you don’t need to maintain your own server. But sometimes it takes a while for two hosts to discover each other on the same local area network.
untorquer@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I’ve never noticed any delay after first discovery. But i only use 3 devices so 🤷
Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
I think they’re both good for different use-cases. I use nextcloud myself on a truenas system. I sync things like my pictures to nextcloud, and delete them from my phone after I’ve sorted them into the correct folders.
This way my data isn’t clogging up my phone and other things, is still available from anywhere (as long as my home internet doesn’t go down), and it’s still safely stored on redundant storage.
This does take a bit more setting up than something like syncthing, though it wasn’t very difficult at all. Basically install the docker image, tell it where my data goes, and set up a new dns record if you want it publicly accessible. I personally run it through a zerotier network so I don’t have to do that.
Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
feddylemmy@lemmy.world 4 months ago
This is why I love lemmy. Bookmarked! Thank you.
Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
You’re welcome 😊
meliaesc@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Anyone have any other cool crossplatform tools to share?
1stQ@feddit.org 4 months ago
The only thing is that both devices need to be in the same WiFi net. But it also works on the road when the laptop uses the phones Hotspot.
alteredracoon@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Love LocalSend! Have been using it almost daily since I found it.
Xttweaponttx@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Shiiit dude thanks! Installed - definitely a keeper
Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
You’re welcome! 😊
tatterdemalion@programming.dev 4 months ago
So we’re reinventing
scpnow?Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
For what LocalSend is designed, imo, it is more convenient to use than
scp— by quite a large margin.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 months ago
The amount of times sending myself an email is still the quickest thing is insane. Sure I could try to use notion or keep to send myself some random string of text but am I logged in on my desktop? Idk. Just use email.
Also there are so many things like air drop, nfc, etc, but so many of them are so specific to certain devices. Maybe one day we’ll figure this out lol
garbagebagel@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Glad I’m not the only one! I am extra old and use my Hotmail too…
PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Most of my emails are to myself going back and forth between PC and phone lol
dantheclamman@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Haven’t had to email a file to myself since I set up syncthing
tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 4 months ago
Or just use a USB cable.
renzev@lemmy.world 4 months ago
steersman2484@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I just add the printer on my phone and print over the network
MudMan@fedia.io 4 months ago
Wait, what feature? You can't access the phone's storage? I'm pretty sure I can access my phone's storage.
Jimbo@yiffit.net 4 months ago
Yeah, double sided boi looks like a great way to ruin your phone charging port if you don’t have a usb slot pointing straight up
Tangent5280@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I dont think you’re supposed to connect to both devices at the same time.
uis@lemm.ee 4 months ago
I use KDE Connect
roguetrick@lemmy.world 4 months ago
KDE Connect
Why isn’t it Konnect?
androogee@midwest.social 4 months ago
Multiple Ks in a row gets risky fast
uis@lemm.ee 4 months ago
КDE Кonneкt.
booly@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Yes, that’s in the picture.
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Can you not just plug your phone into your computer, and then use your computer’s file manager to drag it from your phone to your computer? It’s this not a thing anymore?
Why the extra step of writing it to thumb drive?
todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 4 months ago
These are the people who take screenshots with their phone cameras.
OP is just revealing that they don’t understand device-to-device file transfers.
olutukko@lemmy.world 4 months ago
remember when it was somehow trendy to take a picture with snapchat and the screenshot it to it shows the tools on right and post that on instagram? that shit was stupid as hell
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I still do that all the time. I work with a bunch of different computers and it’s easier than sending a file or writing the info down.
I get that there’s device to device file transfers, but it’s slower, and other employees would undoubtedly fill my phone with garbage screenshots, if not virus furry porn.
Takumidesh@lemmy.world 4 months ago
That’s not a USB drive, it’s an adapter.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Nope, it’s a USB drive.
Quite a few of the usual memory device manufacturers make drives that have a Type A USB plug on one end, and either Micro USB or Type C on the other. They’re specifically meant for one end to easily plug into your PC, and the other end to go into your phone.
Example: pny.com/duo-link-usb-3-2-type-c-dual-flash-drive
Or: westerndigital.com/…/sandisk-ultra-dual-drive-m30…
I have one sitting in my desk that’s so old it still has a Micro USB connector on it and is therefore not terribly useful in this day and age.
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Male to male?
People are going to plug their phone directly into their computer without a cable?Empricorn@feddit.nl 4 months ago
Somehow USB disks are still the easiest and most reliable way
majestictechie@lemmy.fosshost.com 4 months ago
I would do this before using a double sided USB
kungen@feddit.nu 4 months ago
Maybe not trusting their computer having full access to their phone’s files?
Emerald@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Can you not just plug your phone into your computer, and then use your computer’s file manager to drag it from your phone to your computer?
That’s right, you cannot. Well, sometimes you can. MTP is quite an unreliable technology, at lease for Linux users. Sometimes you’ll plug in a device and it’ll work fine, other times it won’t even show up.
P.S. and yes I have enabled MTP on the android device
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Idk
I just plugged my pixel into my Ubuntu laptop, and tapped on the USB charging notification on my phone, selected “more options” and changed the selection from “no data transfer” to “move files”.Then my Ubuntu file viewer could see all my files. Or at least a lot of them.
Matriks404@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Except that if you connect your phone to a computer using USB, it will transfer files using MTP and it’s pain in the ass, as it’s slow and unreliable. Sending files over Bluetooth is better (but not much) over using USB connection.
marcos@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Almost no phone would allow that nowadays.
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Just tried it with my pixel 7 and it worked with Ubuntu. Im pretty sure I’ve done it with windows too, on previous pixel phones.
Empricorn@feddit.nl 4 months ago
My employer encrypts external drives, including iPads and phones.
PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Most phones are only USB 2.0. I don’t know why you would want to mess with that if you don’t have to.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 4 months ago
IR data connection.
Print out on paper & scan it into the computer.
Copy the data into the computer with in binary with an electron gun.
Recreate the data from scratch.
Install desktop os onto your phone to eliminate the need to transfer data in the first place.
Use an USB cable to connect the phone to a floppy drive & copy the data to floppy discs. And enjoy the asmr sounds as you do so.
Bluetooth if all else fails, but using a2dp dial-up frequencies.
Accept that there is no convenient way to transfer data & just live without it.
DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Place phone on scanner and scan each screen
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Oh, that’s a good one, high tech, no need for extra data conversion on the PC, works for transferring videos as well :D
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 4 months ago
swag_money@lemmy.world 4 months ago
or just a normal ass USB a to c cord
Crafter72@lemmy.world 4 months ago
kamen@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Synching ftw. As soon as I plug my phone into a charger, it starts syncing everything to my NAS. Even if it’s not charging, I can override the rule and force it to sync.
funbreaker@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
I don’t even need a double-sided boi because my dumb ass got lucky enough to pick a cheapo laptop with a USB-C port. The little sandisk drive is probably one my best investments into the phone besides the case.
Xylight@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Can’t you just plug your phone straight in and transfer the file? I still prefer KDE connect though.
lengau@midwest.social 4 months ago
KDE Connect or Nextcloud. My phone has USB 2, but I can easily top 1 Gbit/s over wifi.
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I usually just plug my phone directly into the pc and copy the file directly
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
One thing that really got me while working on computers and networking right as LAN networks became a thing in the late 90s and early 2K years was… I’m connected to this switch, and so are they. Why do I need to burn a CD/use an external hard drive (later a flash drive), to move data?
Took me a while to figure out SMB/cifs, and when I did … Game changer. Since then I’ve also learned all I can about storage, networking and file sharing. Most of my USB drives sit on my desk and don’t get touched. I couldn’t tell you what’s on most of them. I’ve picked up a few thinking that I’ll use it, but the most useful thing I’ve done with flash drives is to move data between computers when upgrading other people’s computers. For me, I just make sure everything is backed up/synced to my local NAS, wipe the system and reinstall without a care in the world.
Pika@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I use KDE connect…
But my grandfather does the ol reliable method for image upload, which is:
- emails it to himself
- prints the email off
- scans the printout into his computer again
- uploads image to
faceboomFacebook
I typo’d Facebook originally but thay was too good to get rid of so I just strikethrough’d it
vox@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
or just olug the phone into the computer?
umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
its amazing how its generally easier to transfer sonething to a server a country over for it to then reach the other device. instead of it going directly over local network speeds.
also how its much easier to backup to google than to you own computer thats right there.
simplejack@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Wireless file transfers over the LAN. I ain’t got time to find my damn thumb drives.
antihumanitarian@lemmy.world 4 months ago
KDE Connect and Syncthing do the trick for most stuff. For all else, all hail the USB C M.2 NVME enclosure.
todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Not a single network file transfer protocol in the list.
Imagine not knowing about stuff like SCP/SFTP or SMB.
mlg@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Nintendo DS wireless file transfer lol
n1ck_n4m3@lemmy.world 4 months ago
In Android just selectively enable wireless ADB debugging and then use ADB Explorer. Easier than plugging the phone in, wireless, and allows access to all folders on the device. Turn it off when you’re done. Boom, wireless data transfer to and from an Android device at way faster than cabled SMB speeds.
RomenNarmo@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
Kde Connect
patak@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Localsend ;)
thorbot@lemmy.world 4 months ago
SMB has entered the chat
fury@lemmy.world 4 months ago
uzay@infosec.pub 4 months ago
LocalSend does it best
TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
Randall Munroe shows us how it’s done:
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IronKrill@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Sad that this XKCD from 2011 is still just as accurate today…
tatterdemalion@programming.dev 4 months ago
Only because IPv6 and self-hosting is not mainstream yet. But if it were commonplace for everyone’s home to have something as simple as a public file server or SSH server, then this problem would be trivialized.
anivia@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
Not quite, we now have options like wormhole that make it pretty simple
Eheran@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Just send it over telegram. Even Whatsapp allows that size I assume.
xavier666@lemm.ee 4 months ago
HCTP: Hypercar Transfer Protocol. Someone make an RFC