[HN Gopher] Ability to Access Your Android Phone in File Explore...
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Ability to Access Your Android Phone in File Explorer for Windows
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Author : thesuperbigfrog
Score : 21 points
Date : 2024-07-26 17:13 UTC (6 hours ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (blogs.windows.com)
| gchamonlive wrote:
| > You can open them, copy them to your PC, copy PC files to your
| phone, rename files, move them, and delete them
|
| Don't even use windows, but no thanks.
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| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33047150
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| https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/warnin...
| Saris wrote:
| Sounds like a case of people not having working backups in
| place. I don't care what OS you use, hardware fails, bugs
| happen, files get corrupted or accidentally deleted. Have
| backups.
| gchamonlive wrote:
| Lack of responsibility from OS manufacturers isn't exactly a
| scenario you cover when doing backups. You need to trust the
| OS first.
| hobs wrote:
| Do you think that any file system is immune from you moving
| files to weird places? I hate on windows on the time but this
| is a truly silly take.
| gchamonlive wrote:
| It's not about a file system, but an integration. No amount
| of care can account for automations deleting your data. Maybe
| backups, but you need to trust your OS before trusting your
| backups.
| Elfener wrote:
| Their image shows the actual /sdcard/ directory open, but doesn't
| android (google) want people to not give apps access to that
| folder directly? (giving permission for that folder is not
| allowed in the new api I think, for "security" and "privacy"
| purposes, definitely not just to dumb their phone down...).
| Saris wrote:
| Neat, just an easier to use SMB share I guess.
| daniel_reetz wrote:
| I am so excited to see this. I normally use Samsung Dex to access
| my phone, which is a decent way to type and file manage on a
| Windows PC. But it's crashy.
|
| My phone is my primary camera, and getting files on and off still
| sucks unless you want to use spyware like Dropbox - which I
| don't. First class filesystem access would be fantastic.
| dTal wrote:
| Have you considered Syncthing? It's like p2p Dropbox. Open
| source and works great. Every photo I take with my phone
| magically appears on my laptop.
| daniel_reetz wrote:
| Yes. I haven't been able to get it to work reliably on any of
| my systems. Problem might be me.
| juujian wrote:
| Have enjoyed this possibility with KDEconnect for a while.
| Surprising how cutting edge open source can be.
| Zambyte wrote:
| You can even access files on Android in Emacs over USB.
|
| https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/tramp/An...
| stronglikedan wrote:
| But I _still_ can 't drag a file to the task bar and drop it on a
| program to open it, or hover over an icon to shift focus to the
| icon's app and drop it onto that app (e.g., to copy it). For
| shame. Microsoft, for shame.
| martijnvds wrote:
| Isn't this already supported using PTP since basically forever?
|
| I've been copying files to/from my phone for years. In recent
| Android versions you need to explicitly set the "USB mode" for
| security reasons, but if you do it works.
|
| Sure it's wired but how is that the problem?
| rty32 wrote:
| Second paragraph:
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| With this new experience, you will be able to _wirelessly_
| browse through all your folders and files
|
| Maybe read the article first?
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