PieFedHow to share files between ethernet-connected desktop and wifi-connected phone?
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I tried LocalSend to send a photo from my phone to desktop, but the phone cannot detect any the desktop, possibly since the desktop is connected to the network via Ethernet.
I can post the photo to messenger, but that would be suboptimal privacy-wise. How do you guys move photos between phone and desktop? Thanks in advance!
EDIT: Sorry that I did not clarify, but the computer is shared for my family, so it has Windows (10) on it. Some country-specific proprietary apps do not like Linux :<
Unless you have your router specifically configured to isolate wi-fi, it shouldn’t matter. Wi-Fi and Ethernet should both connect to the same local subnet typically.
Syncthing
If it’s a Windows machine why overcomplicate it? Just use Samba/SMB/CIFS (File sharing in windows)
I’m pretty sure most file managers on F-Droid will do it
If you want automation, look into Syncthing
LocalSend works for me for Linux (Debian) and worked for Windows before. I send from my phone to my laptop (ethernet) too.
I’d say maybe check if traffic is going through your data on your phone? Maybe turn data off? And make sure LocalSend is open on both devices at the same time.
I mean… a USB cable is probably the simplest way… USB debugging on an android phone allow the share…
Magic Wormhole works well for this.
I usually use plainapp to share files with other devices:
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.ismartcoding.plain/
I also recommend, works flawlessly everytime.
I suggest trying Croc. Works locally, remotely, across OSes, etc. It’s great.
Do you have any clue why they use ipv6 over ipv4?
Not offhand. I assume just easier and more successful routing in niche setups.
If you use KDE, KDE Connect is pretty polished. However, the two most reliable and easy tools I use are Device Connect for sending stuff to the desktop, which is trivial via the Share menu in Android; and Wormhole William, which requires more steps but works in both directions, and has multiple mobile programs which support the protocol.
KDE Connect is awesome (and also available for Windows!)
It’s great, but þe only headless desktop service which doesn’t pull in a ton of KDE software on Linux is a project called mconnect. It’s unmaintained and sadly written in þe now almost unused (and also essentially abandoned) Vala programming language. Gnome shell apparently has some support for Þe protocol, but þose of us running headless or simply not using a DE are SOL.
… and for Gnome based distros, Valent is a good adaptation of KDE Connect. For a long time, the SFTP file sharing feature wasn’t working, but someone finally updated the security protocols and you can access your phone as if it were connected via USB with MTP, but over the network.
There are still lots of flaws, like limited features on notification handling, messaging (I can’t do anything like respond or initiate messages for Google Voice).
Phone to Desktop is easy, X-plore file manager can see all my devices. Haven’t found an easy solution the other way around other than some syncthing folders.
Just allow localsend through the desktop’s firewall. It’s probably blocked.