I have a Xiaomi 11 Lite NE 5G. It comes with the painfully slow USB 2.0. I wish to transfer local music files to it, but it’s taking a long time to get copied over USB connection as well as it fails in-between sometimes. Is there any way to transfer the files in a quick and reliable manner?
Alternatively, https://pairdrop.net/ is the same idea (I assume) but runs entirely in your browser which is kinda cool.
Pairdrop is probably a miracle tool for me. Just open the website and send files or text, no configuration, no fuss and it even works outside of the local network.
One day I’ll finally set up my own server, but that’s just for the fun of it. One hosted at https://pairdrop.net is super solid and I can’t remember it failing me.
I tried using it but for some unknown reason, it crashes on my PC right when I choose my music folder. Syncthing seems to be working great for me, though.
That’s a shame! Be good if someone could look into that later. Glad you found something that works, though.
Syncthing. Period.
I love syncthing, its basically like a personal P2P cloud thats beginner friendly. It automatically syncs selected folders between any number of devices, but you need to have it installed on both devices. I have this set up to always sync my pictures, music and password vaults between my devices. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.nutomic.syncthingandroid/
If you want to just transfer files and not keep them synchronized then i would recommend the file manager “Material Files” instead. It comes with a built in FTP server that you can use to access your phone over the local network from your PC. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/me.zhanghai.android.files/
Both are available on F-Droid and Google Play, but i recommend getting F-Droid if you dont have it yet. Its a great alternative store for open source apps. https://f-droid.org/en/
What OS do you have installed on your desktop/laptop?
Do you know what an FTP server is? If so then you can probably figure out how to use “Material Files” for this. Otherwise this might be a bit too complicated for me to explain right now.
If you figure it out, its really cool tho. Once set up you will basically have a “folder” in your windows file explorer that will show everything thats on your phone. You can then copy paste stuff between your PC and that folder(your phone)
Agreed.
A great alternative that has selective Sync is Resilio. I find it to be heavy on my phone (because I have a massive media library and it keeps the database/index in ram).
But it lets me browse my media share anywhere, anytime (from the phone), and have it sync files to the phone as needed.
For everything else I use Syncthing-Fork on the phone, and SyncTrayzor on Windows.
Why do people sleep on KDE connect? It does a lot of things really well and is OS agnostic.
My reason is that it’s extremely buggy. I find it looses the plot if you are moving more than 1 file at a time, and it often can’t find paired devices even if they are on the same network. Plus it’s over bloated with no default configuration. I.e. I just want to send files. I don’t want it to act as a mouse pointer. And disabling it for each and every device is tedious.
Granted it’s better than any other alternative apps I’ve found. Which is why it’s installed, even on my iPad.
Have you tried Warpinator? It only does files and has none of the issues you mentioned.
I personally don’t like it because (on android) it insists on auto-starting and continuously running in the background with no options to change that behaviour. Every time I use it and after every reboot I have to force quit the app. It would be a great tool otherwise but I find that annoying af.
KDE Connect :)
Just actually looked into this app thanks to this thread. I always thought it was only for KDE, and I’m more of a GNOME kinda guy. It’s great, and now I have it on all my devices!
I’ve been using KDE connect’s file transfer feature because I sometimes use my phone to control my PC, works well and fast.
