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Can anyone recommend a file sharing app, android to android?

Hi, just wondering if anyone can recommend a good app for sharing files (apks, pics, videos etc) between android devices? Cheers.
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I'm curious about this one too. I have been using Hoccer, but it is soooo slow. It takes like 2 minutes to transfer a 12MB file. The only other one that I know of is Bluetooth file transfer, not sure how fast it is though. I would assume it's faster than Hoccer.

Bump in market, hint: you dont really have to "bump," just shake ur phone

Zephyron said:
Bump in market, hint: you dont really have to "bump," just shake ur phone
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Tried that but it isn't great for apps that you want to share that aren't on the market where I just want to send my friend or mrs an apk.

Astro file manager with the Bluetooth module is pretty handy for sending pretty anything
Rellikzephyr
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root explorer and EStrong File manager "Send" via Bluetooth also works great

+1 Estrongs File Explorer

Daley87 said:
Tried that but it isn't great for apps that you want to share that aren't on the market where I just want to send my friend or mrs an apk.
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You can send non-market apk's. It just has to be installed on your phone first, it picks from the list of installed apps on your phone

If you're both on wifi you could try ftp. One of you starts a ftp server and the other connects.
That will be a lot faster than bluetooth.

Sugarsync or Dropbox. Same acct. SS allows you to sync folders on your sd card.

britoso said:
If you're both on wifi you could try ftp. One of you starts a ftp server and the other connects.
That will be a lot faster than bluetooth.
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That's what I do, I can also share with non-Android devices this way (and computers). I have SwiFTP on my Nexus as a server, and use AndFTP as a client (or even the browser).

File Manager HD for Honeycomb

Check out File Manager HD for Honeycomb:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rhmsoft.fm.hd&feature=search_result
Very nice file manager for the tablet screen. Features as displayed in Market:
* Based on Android 3.0 new feature and theme
* High definition(1280*800) support
* 3 sets of commercial icons for 60+ different file types, toolbar and menu items
* Cut, copy, paste and cancellable progress dialog
* List and grid view for file browsing
* Compress and decompress support
* Search and share files
* Multiple selection and sorting support
* Thumbnail for photo, pictures and apk files
* Support both local and remote(LAN/SMB) file system
* Built-in text editor and swf player
* Fully tested on motorola Xoom

I thought this app was just ok. I didn't like the fact that you could not customize the quick links on the left side. For example, my movies and music folders are on my SD Card, but when you click the links, it takes you to the internal memory.

I just downloaded yesterday. Really like it. I use rootexplorer for the more serious stuff, but this is much more pleasing to use, the interface is great

Good app but needs paid version sure it will pop up sooner than later
Azrael X 4.0

I noticed you can't delete from this app. Is anyone else having this problem?
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I just tried it. Moved a file from one folder to another. It was corrupted after the move. Deleted the app. Back to Root Explorer for me. It may not have as much eye candy, but I much prefer the functionality.
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I do however like the look and feel.
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Good start but lack of "Delete" and adds are a minus.

bink1r said:
I noticed you can't delete from this app. Is anyone else having this problem?
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Edit> delete

Looks good and works good. Just replaced astro.
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You can delete. Use edit then delete or long press a file, then edit, then delete. Or press the multi button at the top and batch delete multiple files at once.
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This is actually pretty cool looking. But it is definitely going to be tough to not use RootExplorer.

dean_fx said:
This is actually pretty cool looking. But it is definitely going to be tough to not use RootExplorer.
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Agreed 10chars

kgeissler said:
I thought this app was just ok. I didn't like the fact that you could not customize the quick links on the left side. For example, my movies and music folders are on my SD Card, but when you click the links, it takes you to the internal memory.
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You can bookmark folders by long pressing on them and the folders you bookmark will be on the left side as quick links.

By far the best interface and functionality I've seen on any similiar app, very close to windows explorer imo
Does it have root access, have not played with it much?

It's pretty but I like the functionality of ES File Explorer better.

i like it much better than astro..... i hope he adds root access like root explorer...then it would be perfect

i removed both astro and ES once they added Lan support and fixed the "move" feature. ES would work sometimes with LAN, but not all the time, and it had no "move" option, just "copy". I havent had any negative experiences using LAN on FM HD. There was one issue that i discovered recently, i tried to send a cbr file via bluetooth, but when i clicked on "share" the option wasnt there. But its there for all other types of files.
They are pretty quick at fixing issues. Two days after i mentioned the "move" issue (when you move a file, it would take really long, and it shouldnt because it was being moved within the same device, i.e. when you move a file on your c: drive to somewhere else on your c drive, it goes in an instant, even with Astro, moving was simple), but anyway, two days later, the issue was fixed.
Its a great file browser for the xoom.

Lost all files on /sdcard when transfering files from PC

I just tried to transfer files from my PC (Win7) via USB MTP onto my Nexus7 which seemed to work as usual. When I tried to locate them on the tablet, I noticed that the complete /sdcard folder is still there, but empty. Also the /storage/sdcard0 and /storage/emulated.
This actually happend the second time, but the first time I just had updated to 4.2.1 and I thought I must've missed some instructions about backing up the files first, so I (falsely) assumed it was my error.
The device is the 16gb wifi only version running current android 4.2, it's been rooted after purchase in summer using Nexus Root Toolkit 1.5.3. I just use the usual popular play store apps like nova launcher, total commander, firefox and stuff, nothing special.
I couldn't find anyone on the internet with a similar issue, so I put this here.
//edit1: I have only one user set up: me alias the owner.

Hi have a look at your settings in multi user accounts. It hides them so others can not see them
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paul chambers said:
Hi have a look at your settings in multi user accounts. It hides them so others can not see them
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I fail to see how that should affect why I don't "see" my files anymore. I haven't switched the user, I only have one: the owner. May you please make your point more clear?

You can alter where things are stored. Have you connected back to pc to search tab that way. Check storeage settings did you use ptp or mtp for transfer
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paul chambers said:
You can alter where things are stored. Have you connected back to pc to search tab that way. Check storeage settings did you use ptp or mtp for transfer
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I used MTP. The tablet looks empty from "within" via Totalcommander & EStrong Filemanager. Also other apps like music don't see my files. Storage shows suspiciously much free space, I guess it's really gone. From PC it looks the same, completely wiped. It recreated the /sdcard/Android-Folder, and the Apps I've used since recreated their folders... I can't find where you meant I could alter where things are stored. Storage just let's me delete stuff and users just let's me edit the away-message.
Thanks anyway so far.

Hi I use wifi file explorer. Try that to transfer your files and let me know how it goes. Its in the playstore/market
This may be of intrest also http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2056828
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Best Way to Acess Kindle Wirelessly?

What's the best/easiest way to access the Kindle from a PC wirelessly?...I read something online about using the Samba app, and having an Android device show up as a storage device in Windows Explorer, but after installing and running Samba on my rooted Kindle, it wasn't showing up anywhere on my PC...anyone using Samba successfully?
The WiFi File Transfer app works fine, but looking for something that will allow drag/drop from Win Explorer

Try
AirDroid
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I use Wi-Fi explorer from the app store it basically makes your kindle run an http server with upload download rights
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i'll check out AidDroid and WiFi Explorer, but does anyone use SAMBA?

phunzoid said:
i'll check out AidDroid and WiFi Explorer, but does anyone use SAMBA?
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I successfully used https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.funkyfresh.samba when developing Kinology after I got tired of constantly plugging and unplugging. It's finicky and slow, but it does work.

psych0phobia said:
I successfully used https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.funkyfresh.samba when developing Kinology after I got tired of constantly plugging and unplugging. It's finicky and slow, but it does work.
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so how did you set up Samba?...i installed the app, but what do i do to access the Kindle on the PC?

Es file explorer has no problems connecting to a pc. With airdroid you do things from the pc.

Help with PDF app on GG

Hello,
I'm a newbie on this forum. I recently bought a GG 1 and I've installed several APKs on it.
I'm reffering to Whatsapp and Adobe PDF Reader.
When I try to run Whatsapp, it says: You need network connection. My Note 3 is connected to WI-FI and to the GG.
Secondly, I can't view any PDFs on the GG. I have some PDFs on my phone. How can I sync them?
Please help.:good:
Thanks!!

mateiRO said:
Hello,
I'm a newbie on this forum. I recently bought a GG 1 and I've installed several APKs on it.
I'm reffering to Whatsapp and Adobe PDF Reader.
When I try to run Whatsapp, it says: You need network connection. My Note 3 is connected to WI-FI and to the GG.
Secondly, I can't view any PDFs on the GG. I have some PDFs on my phone. How can I sync them?
Please help.:good:
Thanks!!
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It's pretty urgent,
please help!

Haven't used whatsapp on the gear but you typically would need to tether the gear to the phone. Not talking about being connected via BT but being tethered so it can access the net.
Not sure on PDF reader but if you have the pdf reader app installed on the gear and have PDF files in there as well, you can just open the app and navigate to the file. If the PDF file is on the phone, you cannot open it from the gear at this point
mateiRO said:
Hello,
I'm a newbie on this forum. I recently bought a GG 1 and I've installed several APKs on it.
I'm reffering to Whatsapp and Adobe PDF Reader.
When I try to run Whatsapp, it says: You need network connection. My Note 3 is connected to WI-FI and to the GG.
Secondly, I can't view any PDFs on the GG. I have some PDFs on my phone. How can I sync them?
Please help.:good:
Thanks!!
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animatechnica said:
Haven't used whatsapp on the gear but you typically would need to tether the gear to the phone. Not talking about being connected via BT but being tethered so it can access the net.
Not sure on PDF reader but if you have the pdf reader app installed on the gear and have PDF files in there as well, you can just open the app and navigate to the file. If the PDF file is on the phone, you cannot open it from the gear at this point
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How do I copy the pdfs to GG? It's not like a USB.

mateiRO said:
How do I copy the pdfs to GG? It's not like a USB.
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Use a file explorer ( I use ES File Explorer) to locate the file on the phone then long press it, share, select Bluetooth. The gear should prompt you to accept the file, accept it. Then use root browser on the gear to locate the file
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animatechnica said:
Use a file explorer ( I use ES File Explorer) to locate the file on the phone then long press it, share, select Bluetooth. The gear should prompt you to accept the file, accept it. Then use root browser on the gear to locate the file
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It does not prompt me to accept the file. What should I do?

You can also push files to gear via adb.
Code:
adb push <local_file_path> <remote_path>