Post AH5D3MiPOOLL34mOQq by noticias@masto.rocks
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(DIR) Post #AH5CrO4iVji5n6VDY8 by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2022-03-04T22:26:05Z
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Another question for the fediverse:What in your opinion is the best and simplest way to transfer files in bulk (i.e. #backup) from an Android phone to an external hard drive?(A computer with either Linux or Mac OS X is available for this)I swear, thing should've been a no-brainer by just plugging in the USB and doing some Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V in a file manager. But no: MTP issues, can't mount, connection to phone is lost every 3 minutes or sth.So how would you do it best?#askfedi
(DIR) Post #AH5D3MiPOOLL34mOQq by noticias@masto.rocks
2022-03-04T22:28:16Z
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@kzimmermann I use a double pendrive
(DIR) Post #AH5DOGVneSJltGqci0 by fedops@fosstodon.org
2022-03-04T22:32:02Z
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@kzimmermann SimpleSSHd on the phone and rsync from the Linux PC.
(DIR) Post #AH5DdJrLUIvOcH6VKC by cavetec@ontological.city
2022-03-04T22:34:40Z
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@kzimmermann i backed up my files no problem with pop! os. thing logs me out every time i close the damn lid but most everything i needed worked swimmingly.
(DIR) Post #AH5DsUltCQganqmvxo by Phate6660@fosstodon.org
2022-03-04T22:37:31Z
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@kzimmermann FTP.
(DIR) Post #AH5FUXAoohkNDA9PsG by greenpete@fosstodon.org
2022-03-04T22:55:34Z
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@kzimmermann I use a USB cable to Linux desktop and rsync, quick and simple.
(DIR) Post #AH5Ghljq4n1k6OPEzA by adtya@fosstodon.org
2022-03-04T23:09:12Z
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@kzimmermann I usually have USB debugging enabled on my phone. so I just plug in the phone and use adb pull to get files off of the phone.
(DIR) Post #AH5GzyUzN6yqtH8p5E by redeagle@fosstodon.org
2022-03-04T23:12:27Z
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@kzimmermann Start by making two circles on the floor with salt. Place the phone in one and the hard drive in the other.Summon dark spirits. Offer your favorite pair of headphones as sacrifice. Request that your files move from one to the other.
(DIR) Post #AH5H8pXo2ARLizgKC8 by ssafar@fosstodon.org
2022-03-04T23:14:05Z
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@kzimmermann adb into it, adb push an rsync binary, and use it to push stuff onto a computer?rsync wrapper from the play store is also nice if you want to do it regularly (and gives you a precompiled rsync binary, too)not the simplest, but to me it was more reliable than plain adb pull (if it's tons of data)
(DIR) Post #AH5NY4q8twEE80gEdc by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2022-03-05T00:25:52Z
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@redeagle damn, those were some nice headphones... :S
(DIR) Post #AH5NdH4ophILWm1VDc by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2022-03-05T00:26:49Z
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@greenpete how do you mount it? I've always had some sort of trouble with it any time I had to transfer anything more than 10 files at once.
(DIR) Post #AH5NuMzq4p92oHqUca by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2022-03-05T00:29:52Z
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@ssafar yeah, it seems a little too complicated to explain to a casual user that isn't too much into learning more about their computers
(DIR) Post #AH5P3h3ywDvxbfnF0S by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2022-03-05T00:42:47Z
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@Phate6660 with the server running the *phone,* I guess? Because when I run it in the helping computer / server and access from the phone using ghost commander, the phone always cuts the connection after the screen shuts off.
(DIR) Post #AH5P64bOON0JBrYUzZ by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2022-03-05T00:43:14Z
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@noticias not bad, I guess it really must be the simplest of all solutions!
(DIR) Post #AH5PGTGRYOUiZfiNO4 by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2022-03-05T00:45:06Z
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@fedops that sounds like the most solid approach. The user would have to know a little about SSH, but I guess I can leave it pre-set for them the first time
(DIR) Post #AH5PLnhT08BtP2tcK8 by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2022-03-05T00:46:03Z
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@cavetec with the file manager and Ctrl+C Ctrl+V? That never works beyond a small number of files for me (ex: less than 30)
(DIR) Post #AH5PWyWn5GQ4AcENOa by Phate6660@fosstodon.org
2022-03-05T00:48:02Z
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@kzimmermann Yeah. There's a great app on F-Droid called primitiveftp that I use to connect to my phone with. :DIt makea it dead simple to set up a temporary (S)FTP server on your phone.MTP has always been shit, and this was a great solution I found to circumvent it.
(DIR) Post #AH5PqPBADg6sKUNcTw by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2022-03-05T00:51:36Z
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@Phate6660 great idea! Nice low friction solution, except that the user would have to keep track of the server's IP I guess
(DIR) Post #AH5Q9UGjWITzcL5Gu8 by Phate6660@fosstodon.org
2022-03-05T00:55:02Z
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@kzimmermann It tells you all the network info you need on the home screen of the app. :D
(DIR) Post #AH5tMPn6NSP4AGjzoO by fraolt@fosstodon.org
2022-03-05T06:22:19Z
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@kzimmermann Not sure if "bulk" is a hard requirement for you. If you have certain folders that you want to back up and the phone and computer are regularly on the same network: You could use syncthing for transfer to the computer and then use your normal backup routine there. That's what I do.
(DIR) Post #AH5w3GSv7o4tbPrS6K by cavetec@ontological.city
2022-03-05T06:52:29Z
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@kzimmermann ok. im not sure if i ever tried that. but we backed everything up to an ssd by moving folders. come to think of it it seems like a lot of files may have not made it when i ctrlvc'd it.
(DIR) Post #AH60AsK1ApYqr7a7Tk by yaglb@mamot.fr
2022-03-05T07:38:39Z
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@kzimmermann Not sure about the bulk part of your questions, but wouldn't KDE connect do just that? Let you easily transfer files from/to the phone on a computer, using a nice GUI?
(DIR) Post #AH639yoHrgc0YG0KvY by Mehrad@fosstodon.org
2022-03-05T08:12:07Z
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@kzimmermann @ssafar some years ago I used to use AirDroid. It uses local network to transfer and give you a nice web UI that you can connect to with your computer.There was also an sFTP software that I used to use but I don't remember the name. I instead found this but I don't know if it uses LAN or WAN:https://f-droid.org/en/packages/be.ppareit.swiftp_free/
(DIR) Post #AH68LIsi51SBl3IAgi by fedops@fosstodon.org
2022-03-05T09:10:10Z
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@kzimmermann yeah. The sshd must be started and there's a one-time effort of uploading the key to it.On the PC side you just create a couple of small scripts that go to the right directory and either push or pull the files using rsync -avz . I have three: push music to phone; pull photos off phone; and push a folder with apks, my keepass file, and other things I want to have on the phone.Very easy and can be automated via cron so you always have a current backup.
(DIR) Post #AH75FSiIVSFFoFu9NQ by greenpete@fosstodon.org
2022-03-05T20:10:13Z
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@kzimmermann I plug it into a P.C. (LinuxMint in my case), then on my phone I go to 'Settings' then 'Connected Devices' then USB and select Transfer files. It should then mount as an external drive.You should find the mounted directory here - /run/user/$UID/gvfs/mtp*/ (In Linux).So - rsync -atv --delete --progress /run/user/$UID/gvfs/mtp*/ is the command I use, you may want to do it differently.
(DIR) Post #AH8x85vaPigfnT148O by samired@fosstodon.org
2022-03-06T17:48:41Z
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@kzimmermann syncthing, connect the laptop to phone’s hotspot and shutdown data, syncthing can transfer within network with internet needed as a trigger at first but not for the whole process
(DIR) Post #AHC3xqtEkfkJPnrOEq by ConfuSomu@cybre.space
2022-03-08T05:49:24Z
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@kzimmermann I use termux on the Android device with rsync. MTP has a lot of unreliability issues for it to be useful, I find.
(DIR) Post #AHFEeXhIsPi99kN7Eu by kzimmermann@fosstodon.org
2022-03-09T18:33:12Z
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@ConfuSomu termux is awesome, there's basically nothing that can't be done once you have it!But I was sort of thinking about a solution easy enough that I could teach a non-computer-savvy user about
(DIR) Post #AHKPN3RLcnEXIodX6W by hast0011@mstdn.social
2022-03-12T06:26:56Z
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@kzimmermann using "ftp server pro" in my home network to copy files back and forward. It works reliable for me. However power settings on the phone must be correct. Otherwise connection will stop quickly.