halcy​ Aug 20, 2020

i thought android was supposed to be easier to transfer files from than iphones

apparently I thought wrong

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update: after trying various things, I installed a whole ass ftp server on the god damned phone

imagine trying to do this and you're not somebody who knows what these words mean? holy shit

Aug 20, 2020 at 9:13pmWeb
Show threadhalcy​ Aug 20, 2020
"I would like to copy the photos from my phone to my computer" "sorry. that's impossible"
Show threadhalcy​ Aug 20, 2020
is there any like, actual reason why phones in 2020 do not have a switch you can flip that just exposes the phone FS via SMB? like, you know, the protocol every computer can speak
Show threadhalcy​ Aug 20, 2020
also, for which a really good open source server implementation exists
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@halcy
Maybe because technically CIFS is proprietary to microsoft and phone manufacturers pay already money to Microsoft and don't want to add more ?
Show threadhalcy​ Aug 20, 2020
@Electron possibly, but god. webdav then, for all I care. or ftp. or like, anything. imagine being able to talk to your phone via wifi. i m a g i n e
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@halcy @Electron SFTP!
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@IceWolf @halcy
I think sadly the reason is:

How do you turn "adding sftp to phones" into, "make more money" without spending a lot for nothing ?

Show threadFrost [moved]Aug 20, 2020
@Electron @halcy Maybe once the PinePhone becomes viable. We're /really/ excited for it.
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@IceWolf @halcy
Because, remember. Companies don't do things that are useful to us. They only do things that they can *sell* money. They don't care if its useless, as long as we buy
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@halcy
I know I use es explorer for that (ftp support) + ftp server on all my main computers
Show threadvideogame hackerAug 20, 2020
@halcy technically Android has MTP over USB but it sucks
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@halcy rsync is what I always use, but with my laptop as the server.

it is hilarious how hard consumer software goes out of its way to suck.

Show threadHarmon758Aug 21, 2020
@halcy was using a cloud service or other type of third party app not an option?