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Kyu96
5y

Is it just me or is it annoyingly finnicky to get an android device connected to Linux? I want to transfer files but its not getting mounted (unlike all my other devices like USB sticks/HDDs). And yes mtp is turned on on my device. How do you guys do that? Any convenient way? In this case I would actually appreciate a non CLI method

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  • 1
    5y
    run an ftp server app on your phone?
  • 1
    5y
    @heyheni What if I don't have an internet connection?
  • 2
    5y
    I use Syncthing for that purpose. It works great!

    - Website (https://syncthing.net/)
    - F-Droid (https://f-droid.org/en/packages/...)
    - Play Store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/...)

    Note: There's also a fork version, but I haven't tried it yet.
  • 1
    5y
    @Jilano Looks cool. Is it complicated to setup? I'll have a look this evening.
  • 1
    5y
    I do not have any problems like that. Every time I plug usb in my lappy and another end in my Galaxy a Nemo window pops-up for browsing.

    If I'm too lazy to look for my usb cable I usually upen up the ESExplorer and start an FTP server on my phone. Then connect to that from my Mint lappy et voila!
  • 0
    5y
    I use the X-plore file manager on my phone, it is capable to use SSH connections to transfer data and I have set up SSH on all my machines anyways, so no need for additional configurations.
  • 0
    5y
    @Kyu96 Connect your two devices (or more), select what folders and type of synchro, and voila!
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