Questions tagged [file-transfer]
The act of moving a file or a set of files from one device to another through the use of common techniques such as USB, WiFi, Bluetooth, etc.
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Empty phone (Nothing phone 3a pro) storage while connected to windows 10
I'm using Nothing phone 3a pro, Android 15, it has USB 2.0. PC System: Windows 10 home edition with last update. Tried to connect it to usb 3.1, 3.0, 2.0, I see the storage of my phone, but when I go ...
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Backup applications to PC via local network
I've installed Neo Backup which allows me to do (scheduled) backups of my applications data to device's file system. Now what I want is to use my PC as a storage for that backups, and transfer them ...
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No longer being prompted for file sharing permission when connecting to PC via USB - instead it automatically allows it
Usually, when connecting my Samsung Galaxy A54 5G (SM-A546E/DS) running Android 14 to my Windows 11 PC via USB, I am prompted to allow or decline file sharing. This was still the case a few days ago. ...
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Why is it that an Android Bluetooth file transfer says it was successful, but the videos are not found?
I recently transferred two videos from a Samsung Android phone to my Oppo Reno 4 using Bluetooth. The transfer took a few minutes, and I received a notification confirming that both videos were ...
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How easily can an old phone be converted into an NFS server?
I've been using an old Android phone (not rooted) as an occasional backup device, manually using scp or rsync to copy data to its 256 GB SD-card. I have to manually wake up the phone before I do this ...
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Methods to backup files to desktop
Say I have Android 10+. (This means phone is encrypted with FBE?) I am using internal storage I want to copy files to my desktop. I just need USB cable and choose use it for File Transfer. On ...
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Meta Quest 3 access files between users?
Using ADB or other methods, is there a way to access the secondary account's files? The Meta Quest Developer Hub is able to download files in the File Manager tab on Windows, which makes me think, ...
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Restoring photos from backup to PC causes issues with chronological display in apps [duplicate]
I needed to format my phone completely, so I connected it and copied all my photos and music to a location on my PC (running Linux if that is pertinent). After formatting my phone, I reconnected it to ...
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Simplest way to backup entire Android device offline without using cloud
I have multiple Samsung android stock handsets (not rooted) and I need to backup the data to my Linux pc. Call logs, SMS, Photos, WhatsApp Messages, Samsung notes, Spotify, etc. One problem I've found ...
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Is MTP only used for transferring media files?
Is MTP only used for transferring media files (image, video, and/or audio files), not files of any type, such as pdf files? Some said that MTP can be used for transferring files of any type, but it ...
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How does the Android Studio transfer a folder to device?
When I use adb shell "run-as com.example.myapplication push C:\\Users\\x00879271\\Desktop\\ttest /data/data/com.example.myapplication" I get run-as: exec failed for push: Permission denied. ...
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Arrange photos in Pictures app by date taken
I moved a large volume of photo files from my Samsung Galaxy S10 (running Android 11) to my computer for backup, but then copied them back, realizing that I still wanted them on the phone. Now some of ...
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sd card becomes unrecognisable after large data transfers
i have a sandisk 64 gb sd card, recently it has been acting a bit weird. whenever i plug the sd card into my phone with around 20 gbs of data, my phone recognises it as corrupt while i can still use ...
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How to make the USB connection default to file transfer on Android 14 (and newer)?
In the past, I could choose the default USB connection function on Android using Developer Options. Settings->Additional Settings->Developer Options->Default USB Configuration->File ...
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A quicker way to share Android folder over non-internet WiFi on Windows 10/11 systems?
Windows 10 / 11 allows for a network share of folders over WiFi, even if there's no internet, where I can easily access and/or transfer files to/from folders from one computer to another. (i.e.: by ...
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