There are various FTP Server apps for Android while I’ve tried them many of them, my favorite choice tends towards the top two, and I found the first one the easiest (but neither is very difficult): In this case, you can transfer files from your computer to your Android device, such as a Nexus 7, as shown in the diagram at the top of this blog entry. If you’re not familiar with File Transfer Protocol (FTP), it’s an old technology that allows you to transfer files from one device to another. I’ll probably share more as I play with it, especially if interest is indicated by questions or plus-ones. We’ve just touched on the drawbacks of Cloud and I can tell you that BlueTooth transfer rates between Androids are excruciatingly slow and a royal pain to link but FTP is proving to be delightfully easy, fast and secure with this app. It has long been my favorite file manager after eclipsing Astro in my affections a year or two past but I’ve just this morning discovered and tested it’s FTP host ability.īesides FTP, ES also has LAN, BlueTooth & Network (Internet/Cloud) integration. Last time I did that + Miguel Guhlin noted that speed and privacy might be ill-served by such and of course he was right.Įnter ES File Explorer which ties for first place with Dropbox among the apps that should be immediately installed when configuring a new Android profile. Whenever the subject turns to side-loading or otherwise moving files between Androids and other devices or PCs I usually mention cloud services such as DropBox or Google Drive. I promptly forgot about the solution and didn’t even think about it when working on my daughter’s Nexus 7 Android tablet when I wrote this blog entry, Sideloading Content- Hooking Up Nexus 7 to LubuntuLinux. Then, I read this G+ Texas4TEE Community entry by Rusty Meyners (Eustace ISD):Ĭable-Free Android Data Migration (continued) While you can certainly use, the AirDroid app (free) you may also want to investigate a solution mentioned below. phones, tablets) that support Google Play and installing an FTP Server app (a list of those appears below). Works with any computer since you can install free Filezilla FTP client software on your computer.Avoid the cable when connecting your Nexus 7 Android tablet to a computer.A few minutes later, I’d installed FTP Server on my Android phone and had gotten a copy of the 20+ documents onto my colleague’s computer. Then, I remembered that I had previously experimented with Android FTP server software. Since I didn’t have my USB charging/sync cable with me, and cloud computing apps weren’t as developed as they are now, I wondered how to get the job done. Filezilla FTP client software works onĪll platforms, and is FREE open source software.Įarlier this year, a work colleague asked me for a copy of some documents that I had on my Android phone. The computer can be Windows, Mac or Linux.
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