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Foni ,

never underestimate the data transfer speed of a truckload of hard drives

ArcaneGadget ,

Send via Bluetooth…

DJDarren ,

sad iPhone noises

KoalaUnknown ,

Send via Airdrop…

DJDarren ,

I mean, yeah, but only to other Applethings.

Raptor_007 ,

www.snapdrop.net

Run it locally yourself to make it even easier.

hperrin , (edited )

QuickDAV

Super easy. Move entire folders. Free and open source.

Also, what’s a figther?

Jumuta ,

honestly though the cloud ones are so bad, their ui is so slow, bloated and clunky, and they take ages to transfer files with

renzev OP ,

My experience with owncloud/nextcloud tbh. Same buggy sluggishness of cloud storage services, but hey, at least it’s selfhosted!

steersman2484 ,

I use a private room in my Matrix instance

uzay ,

LocalSend does it best

hungover_pilot ,

Localsend!

mvirts ,

Kde connect all day erry day

Jumuta ,

kde connect and syncthing both just work, and it’s amazing

Duamerthrax ,

I haven’t been able to get Syncthing permissions to work. The frustrating thing for me with Android has always been inconsistencies between vendors and weird permissions issues.

ogeist ,

Localsend is also a thing

ChilledPeppers ,

Came here to say this

MHanak ,

I personally find localsend more reliable and easyer when it comes to sending files

TheFonz ,

It times out for me every time. After ten or so files just gives up.

OfficerBribe ,

It is alright, but SFTP transfer broke for me some time ago. I think it is related to changes in Android, but surprisingly there were not a lot of posts about this issue last I searched. Using Android 13 / Samsung One UI 5.1 with Windows 11.

Ghoelian ,

I use Material Files (from f-droid) as my default file manager, which includes support for mounting FTP, SFTP, SMB, and webdav shares. It doesn’t handle the connection getting interrupted very well, so if that happens i have to restart the app. Other than that it’s been working great for my SMB share.

BeardedGingerWonder ,

Solid explorer seems, pretty solid

kspatlas ,

KDE connect is gold

AceSLS ,

ADB via USB for speed, rsync via WiFi for everything else

renzev OP ,

Is ADB faster than MTP (the thing that android does by default when connecting over USB)?

QRCP is also pretty neat. It boots up a local http server to send/receive files and shows a QR code pointing to it. Works on android via termux as well!

HakFoo ,

MTP is awfully slow on my Nokia G20 at least. OTOH, it has a uSD slot so I could just pop it out and transfer that way.

$150 phones are better than $1500 ones.

renzev OP ,

$150 phones are better than $1500 ones.

Couldn’t agree more lol. fLaGsHiP phones are such a scam. I got my current phone for like 300 euro: It’s built like a tank, has a headphone jack, a microsd slot, unlockable bootloader, no camera bump, and if the usb port becomes damaged, I can just order a new one from the manufacturer and replace it using a single screwdriver. Meanwhile mainstream phones focus on bullshit gimmicks that nobody cares about like 5g, more cameras, glass back, “AI”, thinness to inflate the price tag.

franklin ,
@franklin@lemmy.world avatar

Syncthing is amazing though.

renzev OP ,

It’s pretty good. Definitely better then self-hosted stuff like nextcloud, because you don’t need to maintain your own server. But sometimes it takes a while for two hosts to discover each other on the same local area network.

untorquer ,

I’ve never noticed any delay after first discovery. But i only use 3 devices so 🤷

Ghoelian ,

I think they’re both good for different use-cases. I use nextcloud myself on a truenas system. I sync things like my pictures to nextcloud, and delete them from my phone after I’ve sorted them into the correct folders.

This way my data isn’t clogging up my phone and other things, is still available from anywhere (as long as my home internet doesn’t go down), and it’s still safely stored on redundant storage.

This does take a bit more setting up than something like syncthing, though it wasn’t very difficult at all. Basically install the docker image, tell it where my data goes, and set up a new dns record if you want it publicly accessible. I personally run it through a zerotier network so I don’t have to do that.

tobogganablaze ,

Or just use a USB cable.

renzev OP , (edited )

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/df1e7c92-5ef0-4f10-9ea2-0fcd7d02cd67.webp

For phone-to-computer it works fine. But double-sided boi will still win if you need to send files to a dumber device like a printer – those don’t typically support MTP or whatever iphones use. Unless you have an ancient android phone that gives full block-level access to the internal storage/microsd card through usb cable lol. I really miss that feature.

steersman2484 ,

I just add the printer on my phone and print over the network

saltesc ,

So many people on here always talking about printing stuff in 2024. Is everyone a lawyer?

tourist ,
@tourist@lemmy.world avatar

Some banks and other places like that still require physical documents for stuff like proof of address, affidavits etc.

Even though they’re going to fucking scan it into pdf anyway

I use my printer to print silly stickers, because I am a manchild, but I don’t think I am using the correct ink or paper, because they fade very quickly and smudge sometimes.

Also use it to print graph paper to doodle on.

DakRalter ,
@DakRalter@thelemmy.club avatar

What type of printer/paper do you use? I find cheap photo paper works well for high res on my inkjet, although it can fade if you leave it in the sun. I’ve been using vinyl sticker sheets for customising my bike and it seems to be holding well, but I did laminate them with sticky back plastic first.

There’s also the sellotape trick, but that only works for laser printers and you obviously can’t print white.

tourist ,
@tourist@lemmy.world avatar

The printer is the cheapest canon inkjet printer I could find new in 2021. I don’t have access to the exact model name rn

I think I have glossy photo paper. I also had a few sheets of postcard size sticker paper that was not glossy and didn’t fade, but I recall it being stupid expensive, or that specific brand at least. I cannot remember the name. Would not survive the elements though.

I thought about laminating it but I wasn’t sure if the heat would fuck the adhesive

Honytawk ,

I transfer data by printing it and then scanning it when I get to the location.

I just like the artefacts it leaves behind.

If it is anything other than text or a photo, I compile the file into a QR code and print that.

A Windows 10 installation iso is about 1499639 QR codes

Ghoelian ,

Couldn’t you, theoretically, create one massive QR code containing all that data? You’d need a massive camera sensor to get the resolution required to actually decode it though.

MeatsOfRage ,

youtu.be/ExwqNreocpg?si=2eHJdNFMSYmUImV0

This guy wrote a game that can fit in a QR code

CapeWearingAeroplane ,

I can’t post my memes on the much room bulletin board for everyone to see unless I print them :/

Fisch ,
@Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

No, I just live in Germany

MudMan ,

Wait, what feature? You can't access the phone's storage? I'm pretty sure I can access my phone's storage.

renzev OP ,

Old android phones used to emulate a USB mass storage device when you would connect them. To the computer, the phone would appear as a usb stick. Modern android phones, on the other hand, use a protocol called MTP (Mobile Transfer Protocol), which is completely its own thing.

The reason they switched to MTP is that the old approach gave the computer complete control over the phone’s storage; the phone would become completely unusable while connected in this way, and would just display a “connected via usb” splash screen. With MTP, the phone continues to be usable while connected via USB. But it has the downside that MTP is a much less widespread protocol than USB mass storage. On personal computers it should “just work”, but on stuff like printers it might not.

Personally, I think they should bring back USB mass storage emulation as an optional feature. Heck, it can still be done, but you need to compile your own android ROM with usb mass storage drivers, which I’m not nearly skilled enough to do.

MudMan ,

Old USB implementation used to be a finicky nightmare, though. You make it sound like it wasn't changed for a reason, MTP connectivity on Android as it is now is so much more functional, as well as safer.

In any case, that solves the misunderstanding. I thought you meant you couldn't directly access phone storage anymore, which isn't the case.

The printer scenario seems like an edge case to me. I mean, MTP has been the default for what? Over a decade? If you have a recent printer you're probably fine (also, it probably has wifi and a dedicated mobile app or at least enough third party support to be used from your phone regardless). If your printer is older than that you're probably better served by going through your PC first anyway. Sure, you don't get direct USB access to printing photos, but now we're talking about a very specific feature that was in use for a very specific sliver of time, and it requires you to be tethered to a device anyway. I don't think that's enough to justify legacy storage support on phones.

renzev OP ,

Sure, you don’t get direct USB access to printing photos, but now we’re talking about a very specific feature that was in use for a very specific sliver of time, and it requires you to be tethered to a device anyway. I don’t think that’s enough to justify legacy storage support on phones.

Yeah, fair enough.

MonkderVierte ,

If you have a recent printer you’re probably fine (also, it probably has wifi and a dedicated mobile app or at least enough third party support to be used from your phone regardless).

Not to forget the gazillion security holes. But most of the features stop working after a few years anyway.

Jimbo ,
@Jimbo@yiffit.net avatar

Yeah, double sided boi looks like a great way to ruin your phone charging port if you don’t have a usb slot pointing straight up

Tangent5280 ,

I dont think you’re supposed to connect to both devices at the same time.

tostiman ,
@tostiman@sh.itjust.works avatar

Oh, it’s a USB stick. I thought it worked like a cable.

Wilzax ,

Cable with a really big delay but a REALLY big buffer

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