LocalSend!
Works flawlessly, on windows, linux and android (and others) and you can send files, folders, text, or eadily paste your clipboard.
Just use Telegram Saved Message feature and send files to yourself This pipeline works for me since it was released
Airdroid? Provides a WebUI to browse your phone, send and receive files, and e. g. write SMS if you’re into that.
FTP Server option of Solid Explorer. Works great on Home Network
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agrEOg7X0c0
Works also with Windows Explorer
Croc
Phone to computer and back, I always use tailscale plus any file manager.
Then you can browse your files and grab whatever whenever you need to off your computer
if you have the app/feature on both devices, QuickShare.
on Linux, there’s RQuickShare, which lets you use QuickShare on Linux
idk what beaming is but I made https://dro.pm/ for sending files between any OS combination
Supports command line also in case you’d like to beam from there as well (of course wget to download, but if you curl|head the domain you also get instructions for uploading)
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I use FX on Android to connect to my shared drives on windows and my file server, and Nextcloud for syncing stuff. Looking to replace Nextcloud though because it’s a little heavy for just that function and is kind of janky sometimes due to permissions issues on Android when trying to access the files with other apps.
I used airdroid in the past. It can also mirror your PC onto your phone and vice versa.
I don’t know how it is these days, mustve been ten years ago that I used it.
Airdroid was aweaome. But they went and enshitified the thing.
Localsend is fantastic.
Cool! Thanks for sharing!
i tried it just now across iphone and android. absolutely excruciating experience.
Agreed, I’m not sure of why LocalSend is so well-received when I’ve literally been unable to get devices to even see each other, ever, even when they’ve been on the same network; I’ve tried across multiple networks (all devices on the same network each time). Literally ToffeeShare is way easier. PlainApp I’ve had some success with as well. Bluetooth works but not all devices take it, nor Quick Share.
Yes true, when the wifi network uses client isolation you’re fucked. As a workaround you can put the phone in hotspot mode and join that network from the laptop. I always need to do this at work because they are overdoing it on security.
i got the localsend functions to work ok but it was still a wretched experience for everyone
I’ve had the same issue. It’s a little irritating
The best app
kdeconnect worked very well for me to transfer between phone platforms. interface is pretty intuitive. ios app doesnt save settings and crashes when you try checking them but it works anyway. one of my oldest fantasies with the smartphones is being able to directly share music between phones with friends nearby and this app seems to make it begin to be possible.
+1 for KDEconnect
Seems to work much better on Linux than it does on Windows, in my experience.
Well, it was built for KDE, so I’d hope so.
I already installed it, you don’t need to sell it to me so hard!
I wasn’t selling KDE Connect to you, I was selling Linux to the other people that might overhear, lol.
OP was joking :)
My phone and computer can occasionally see each other through KDE Connect. Never when I actually have a use for it though.
i have this issue between my media pc (mint) and my phone (GOS), but my phone and desktop (ultramarine kde) can see each other and desktop and media pc can see each other…
You might have some background power saving mode enabled for the KDE app on your phone.
Nope, checked that already. KDE Connect is “unrestricted”
Make sure you are on the right network. My phone kept switching wifi and it took me forever to troubleshoot it.
I have issues with that too. Some of it might have to do with VPNs, but even with everything off, my devices sometimes still can’t see each other. I’m guessing I made a mistake configuring the network or something. Instead, I usually copy files from my phone via SMB, then access the same share from an NFS mount on my PC
I have both my phone and my computers in tailscale and connected them with direct IP.
So now my phone can connect to my computer all the time, wherever I am !
Pretty useless but fun
I’ve needed to open certain ports in my firewall to get it to properly work.
Best one, a bit finicky at times but amazing.
I use GSConnect for Gnome: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1319/gsconnect/
I was wondering what this app was, since I just started using Ubuntu. Interesting to know what it does, sounds useful.
Localsend!!
First, buy a domain. Then, set up a server, then a hypervisor on the server, then set up a reverse proxy, punch a hole in your firewall, set up MFA, set up a container, install docker, set up NextCloud using a docker-compose, set up accounts and a client on the devices… Simple!
I actually tried to do port-forwarding, but i think my ISP really locked down their routers. None of the normal ways of logging into my router work.
Don’t forget setting up a second instance, UPS, and health checks with automatic failover and load balancing.
And off-site! Don’t forget that!
Damn, why didn’t I think of that?I was thinking maybe email the file to myself, but your idea is so much sexier!
thats some of the finest Google cosplay
Easy game easy life