Questions tagged [file-transfer]
The act of moving a file or a set of files from one device to another through the use of common techniques such as USB, WiFi, Bluetooth, etc.
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How easily can an old phone be converted into an NFS server?
I've been using an old Android phone (not rooted) as an occasional backup device, manually using scp or rsync to copy data to its 256 GB SD-card.
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Methods to backup files to desktop
Say I have Android 10+. (This means phone is encrypted with FBE?)
I am using internal storage
I want to copy files to my desktop.
I just need USB cable and choose use it for File Transfer.
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Meta Quest 3 access files between users?
Using ADB or other methods, is there a way to access the secondary account's files?
The Meta Quest Developer Hub is able to download files in the File Manager tab on Windows, which makes me think, ...
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Restoring photos from backup to PC causes issues with chronological display in apps [duplicate]
I needed to format my phone completely, so I connected it and copied all my photos and music to a location on my PC (running Linux if that is pertinent). After formatting my phone, I reconnected it to ...
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Simplest way to backup entire Android device offline without using cloud
I have multiple Samsung android stock handsets (not rooted) and I need to backup the data to my Linux pc.
Call logs, SMS, Photos, WhatsApp Messages, Samsung notes, Spotify, etc.
One problem I've found ...
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Is MTP only used for transferring media files?
Is MTP only used for transferring media files (image, video, and/or audio files), not files of any type, such as pdf files? Some said that MTP can be used for transferring files of any type, but it ...
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How does the Android Studio transfer a folder to device?
When I use
adb shell "run-as com.example.myapplication push C:\\Users\\x00879271\\Desktop\\ttest /data/data/com.example.myapplication"
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run-as: exec failed for push: Permission denied.
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Arrange photos in Pictures app by date taken
I moved a large volume of photo files from my Samsung Galaxy S10 (running Android 11) to my computer for backup, but then copied them back, realizing that I still wanted them on the phone. Now some of ...
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sd card becomes unrecognisable after large data transfers
i have a sandisk 64 gb sd card, recently it has been acting a bit weird. whenever i plug the sd card into my phone with around 20 gbs of data, my phone recognises it as corrupt while i can still use ...
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How to make the USB connection default to file transfer on Android 14 (and newer)?
In the past, I could choose the default USB connection function on Android using Developer Options.
Settings->Additional Settings->Developer Options->Default USB Configuration->File ...
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Is there an Android File Manager app that allows to browse rapidly through photos stored on a remote SMB share?
I have a desktop with Open Media Vault 6 installed, and I have set up a SMB 2 (also tested with 3) share on it so that my girlfriend and I can get access to our photos from any device via Tailscale ...
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A quicker way to share Android folder over non-internet WiFi on Windows 10/11 systems?
Windows 10 / 11 allows for a network share of folders over WiFi, even if there's no internet, where I can easily access and/or transfer files to/from folders from one computer to another. (i.e.: by ...
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Gabb Phone Z2 not prompting me for USB file transfer
I always use my Gabb Phone Z2 for transferring videos to watch on road trips, but it's different now. I was about to transfer some episodes to my phone, and it always prompted me to choose either file ...
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Need to push files to Android data folder in Android 14
I use FL Studio Mobile to make music on my phone, and I recently switched to a Pixel 8 and need to transfer all of my FL Studio files to my new phone. It's all in the app's data folder, due to how ...
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Files missing after data transfer between SD card connected as a USB OTG pen drive sending to an external SD card on a Samsung Galaxy A42
I just tried to move about 2 GB of files from an SD card --connected as a USB OTG Pen drive in the USB-C port-- to the "external/removable" SD card mounted inside of the phone.
(*first, I ...
