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Want WiFi Transfer App
- Thread starter gibbbsy09
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Try AirDroid
svim
Extreme Android User
If both your devices are tied to the same Google account you can just use Google Drive.
Or if you don't want to involve any kind of online storage service, or be excluded from any Google oversight, look into setting up Syncthing. It's Open Source so not tied to any commercial interests, ad-free, and you can set it up to work only within your own home network or your own specified online server.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nutomic.syncthingandroid&hl=en_US
https://syncthing.net/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncthing
Keep in mind since it's an automatic syncing service that will be running in the background there's a power issue involved. It's not a big battery hog but if you're really miserly you need to take into account using a currently installed service like Google Drive vs an added one of your own.
But these are constant, automatic syncing suggestions. If you just want to connect your two devices on-demand (when you start up an app specifically), think about what @Dannydet suggested, AirDroid. I use it almost daily to exchange files between phones and various computer/laptops.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid&hl=en_US
Or if you don't want to involve any kind of online storage service, or be excluded from any Google oversight, look into setting up Syncthing. It's Open Source so not tied to any commercial interests, ad-free, and you can set it up to work only within your own home network or your own specified online server.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nutomic.syncthingandroid&hl=en_US
https://syncthing.net/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncthing
Keep in mind since it's an automatic syncing service that will be running in the background there's a power issue involved. It's not a big battery hog but if you're really miserly you need to take into account using a currently installed service like Google Drive vs an added one of your own.
But these are constant, automatic syncing suggestions. If you just want to connect your two devices on-demand (when you start up an app specifically), think about what @Dannydet suggested, AirDroid. I use it almost daily to exchange files between phones and various computer/laptops.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid&hl=en_US
Hi thanks for the suggestion but Google drive won't allow large files folders only images documents etc, I would like to move folders thanks.
svim
Extreme Android User
Transferring folders back and forth shouldn't be a problem using Google Drive. I know I've been doing so for years now.
As for file size limitations, the maximums for Google/Office suite file formats vary but otherwise the limit is 5 terabytes.
https://support.google.com/drive/answer/37603
Google Drive should allow anything, I've used it to upload and share Chinese Android ROMs occasionally, some of which are 1GB or more.
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puppykickr
Android Expert
I do it two ways.
If both devices are on the same Wi-Fi, I use an app called NitroShare.
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.nitroshare.android/
If the devices are incompatible with NitroShare, or are on different systems, then I use Telegram.
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.telegram.messenger/
If both devices are on the same Wi-Fi, I use an app called NitroShare.
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.nitroshare.android/
If the devices are incompatible with NitroShare, or are on different systems, then I use Telegram.
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.telegram.messenger/