What do you use to copy text files from Windows XP to Android over WiFi?

What do you use to copy text files from WinXP over to Android over WiFi?

Not cloud. Not usb. Not email. Not SD card.
No registration or signups.
No client running on Windows.

Just WiFi.

From WinXP PC to Android.

Simple right?
Can that possibly be hard?

This suggests DoubleTwist but that's a media sync program, which is
overkill for copying just text files.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/20798...s-devices.html

This suggests Android "WiFi Direct" but my default Android "WiFi Direct"
app says "no devices available for file sharing" when it's on the same
network as Windows XP.
http://mashtips.com/methods-to-trans...d-and-windows/

This suggests AirDroid on a rooted phone but mine isn't rooted and there's
no reason to require an account just to transfer files from Windows to
Android.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/transfer-files-android-pc/

This suggests WiFi File Transfer but there are lots of apps with that name
and the site doesn't even show an icon so we can choose the suggested one.
http://www.kingsoftstore.com/support...c-android.html

This suggests uniclip which requires a client running on Windows XP.
http://android.stackexchange.com/que...pc-to-my-phone

Do any of you have a simple WiFi copy method from Windows XP to Android?

On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 03:18:26 +0000 (UTC), Jonas Schneider wrote:

Do any of you have a simple WiFi copy method from Windows XP to Android?

May not be "simple" in your view, but how about using FileZilla on the XP
machine to FTP the file over to an FTP daemon on the Android device?

May not be a "WiFi copy method", but how about using sending as an email
attachment (from the XP machine) to an email account the Android device can
access and download the attachment from?

Or is that just a rhetorical question which you mean to answer "soon" :-) ?

Cheers, -- tlvp
--
Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP.

On 3/19/2017 8:18 PM, Jonas Schneider wrote:
What do you use to copy text files from WinXP over to Android over WiFi?

Not cloud. Not usb. Not email. Not SD card.
No registration or signups.
No client running on Windows.

Just WiFi.

From WinXP PC to Android.

Simple right?
Can that possibly be hard?

It can if you disallow all the reasonable methods.
I run a http server on windows. One click to start it.
Drag the files into the window.
Access them from browser on android.

Works with any device that has a browser. Don't need any protocols or
credentials.

Totalcommander with the lan add-on will let you copy files from windows
SMB shares...as will file expert HD.

If you want to sit at the windows terminal (from) and copy the files
to the remote android (to) as you stated, I don't know how without some
kind of server running on the machine. I think there's some kind of
ADB over wifi that may work for some machines if that floats your boat.

This suggests DoubleTwist but that's a media sync program, which is
overkill for copying just text files.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/20798...s-devices.html

This suggests Android "WiFi Direct" but my default Android "WiFi Direct"
app says "no devices available for file sharing" when it's on the same
network as Windows XP.
http://mashtips.com/methods-to-trans...d-and-windows/

This suggests AirDroid on a rooted phone but mine isn't rooted and there's
no reason to require an account just to transfer files from Windows to
Android.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/transfer-files-android-pc/

This suggests WiFi File Transfer but there are lots of apps with that name
and the site doesn't even show an icon so we can choose the suggested one.
http://www.kingsoftstore.com/support...c-android.html

This suggests uniclip which requires a client running on Windows XP.
http://android.stackexchange.com/que...pc-to-my-phone

Do any of you have a simple WiFi copy method from Windows XP to Android?

On 20/03/2017 03:18, Jonas Schneider wrote:
What do you use to copy text files from WinXP over to Android over WiFi?
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Do any of you have a simple WiFi copy method from Windows XP to Android?

I use:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...fm.hd&hl=en_GB

but I use Win-10. It may work on XP (using Windows Explorer to connect
to the FTP server offered by running the above on your Android phone).

--
Cheers,
David
Web: http://www.satsignal.eu

On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 03:18:26 +0000 (UTC), in comp.mobile.android you
wrote:

What do you use to copy text files from WinXP over to Android over WiFi?

Not cloud. Not usb. Not email. Not SD card.
No registration or signups.
No client running on Windows.

I'm not sure what you mean by this. You pretty much have to be
running something in Windows.

Just WiFi.

From WinXP PC to Android.

Simple right?
Can that possibly be hard?

I don't think so. I use MyPhoneExplorer, in XP and 10. I'm not sure
if it suporrts cntl-c and -v, but it supports drag and drop. Works
fine for me.

Not just wifi but cable and bluetooth too.

No rooting needed.

But you have to install sometrhing on both the phone and the pc.

Dragg and dropping is only in one direction but you should check in
preferences if your syncing is set from one, the other, or both
directlion, and if both, I couldn't understand the description of the
4 steps it takes.

Also, I did allow it to sync from phone to pc my photos and it found
more photos on he phone than I could find looking in the obvious
places ont he phone, at least more videos. If that happens to you I'd
want to understand how.


This suggests DoubleTwist but that's a media sync program, which is

I installed Double Twist on the previous phone but I don't remember
why. The phone was small and didn't have room for much else.


overkill for copying just text files.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/20798...s-devices.html

This suggests Android "WiFi Direct" but my default Android "WiFi Direct"
app says "no devices available for file sharing" when it's on the same
network as Windows XP.
http://mashtips.com/methods-to-trans...d-and-windows/

This suggests AirDroid on a rooted phone but mine isn't rooted and there's
no reason to require an account just to transfer files from Windows to
Android.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/transfer-files-android-pc/

This suggests WiFi File Transfer but there are lots of apps with that name
and the site doesn't even show an icon so we can choose the suggested one.
http://www.kingsoftstore.com/support...c-android.html

This suggests uniclip which requires a client running on Windows XP.
http://android.stackexchange.com/que...pc-to-my-phone

Do any of you have a simple WiFi copy method from Windows XP to Android?

Jonas Schneider wrote:
What do you use to copy text files from WinXP over to Android over WiFi?

Not cloud. Not usb. Not email. Not SD card.
No registration or signups.
No client running on Windows.

Just WiFi.

From WinXP PC to Android.

Simple right?
Can that possibly be hard?

This suggests DoubleTwist but that's a media sync program, which is
overkill for copying just text files.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/20798...s-devices.html

This suggests Android "WiFi Direct" but my default Android "WiFi Direct"
app says "no devices available for file sharing" when it's on the same
network as Windows XP.
http://mashtips.com/methods-to-trans...d-and-windows/

This suggests AirDroid on a rooted phone but mine isn't rooted and there's
no reason to require an account just to transfer files from Windows to
Android.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/transfer-files-android-pc/

This suggests WiFi File Transfer but there are lots of apps with that name
and the site doesn't even show an icon so we can choose the suggested one.
http://www.kingsoftstore.com/support...c-android.html

This suggests uniclip which requires a client running on Windows XP.
http://android.stackexchange.com/que...pc-to-my-phone

Do any of you have a simple WiFi copy method from Windows XP to Android?

What about using SMB/Samba-CIFS to talk to Windows file sharing ?
As long as both devices are on the same Wifi, and have the
same workgroup setting.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...t.andsmb&hl=en

Paul

On 3/19/2017 11:18 PM, Jonas Schneider wrote:
What do you use to copy text files from WinXP over to Android over WiFi?

Not cloud. Not usb. Not email. Not SD card.
No registration or signups.
No client running on Windows.

Just WiFi.

From WinXP PC to Android.

Simple right?
Can that possibly be hard?

Don't know. I haven't copied anything to or from XP since before Android
existed.

That said, if I was going to attempt what you describe I'd probably start
with 'ES File Explorer' on Android and regular Windows file sharing on the XP.

Jonas,

No client running on Windows.
....
...but my default Android "WiFi Direct" app says "no devices
available for file sharing" when it's on the same network as
Windows XP.

Than you've got a problem the when you want to share something under
windows you will need to have *some* kind of sharing service running ...

In Windows case a build-in service is named "File and printer sharing for
Microsoft networks", and can be found under:

start - settings - Network connections - local area connection - (tab)
General - (button) properties

After you enable that you need to pick a folder, rightclick - sharing and
security - (tab) sharing, and follow the guidelines there.


Ofcourse, there are a few other options available (like FTP, HTTP and others
that have been mentioned), but *all* solutions need some kind of client on
one device, and server program on the other device to be able to make use of
whatever transporting mechanism (be it WiFi, Ethernet, Bluetooth or other)
you want to use.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


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Jonas Schneider schreef in berichtnieuws
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What do you use to copy text files from WinXP over to Android over WiFi?

Not cloud. Not usb. Not email. Not SD card.
No registration or signups.
No client running on Windows.

Just WiFi.

From WinXP PC to Android.

Simple right?
Can that possibly be hard?

This suggests DoubleTwist but that's a media sync program, which is
overkill for copying just text files.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/20798...android-and-wi
ndows-devices.html

This suggests Android "WiFi Direct" but my default Android "WiFi Direct"
app says "no devices available for file sharing" when it's on the same
network as Windows XP.
http://mashtips.com/methods-to-trans...d-and-windows/

This suggests AirDroid on a rooted phone but mine isn't rooted and there's
no reason to require an account just to transfer files from Windows to
Android.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/transfer-files-android-pc/

This suggests WiFi File Transfer but there are lots of apps with that name
and the site doesn't even show an icon so we can choose the suggested one.

http://www.kingsoftstore.com/support...ransfer-files-
pc-android.html

This suggests uniclip which requires a client running on Windows XP.

http://android.stackexchange.com/que...text-from-my-p
c-to-my-phone

Do any of you have a simple WiFi copy method from Windows XP to Android?

On 03/19/2017 11:18 PM, Jonas Schneider wrote:
This suggests WiFi File Transfer but there are lots of apps with that name
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...fer&hl=en _GB

This is the version I use. Simple. Does it via a web page on your
PC. Turn on the app on the phone, and the phone becomes a web server
of sorts and the screen supplies you with the IP address to put in the
PC's web browser. From there is point and click upload and download
like any other web site.

On 2017-03-20 10:01, Micky wrote:
On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 03:18:26 +0000 (UTC), in comp.mobile.android you
wrote:

What do you use to copy text files from WinXP over to Android over WiFi?

Not cloud. Not usb. Not email. Not SD card.
No registration or signups.
No client running on Windows.

I'm not sure what you mean by this. You pretty much have to be
running something in Windows.

No, not really.

Some apps create a simple web server on the Android device. You simply
point any web browser of your choice in your computer (doesn't matter
the operating system) to an IP/port that the android app says. You get
an authorization request on the phone, accept it, and the page displays
in the computer.

Airdroid works like that, but it is not the only one.

--
Cheers,
Carlos E.R.

Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2017-03-20 10:01, Micky wrote:
On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 03:18:26 +0000 (UTC), in comp.mobile.android you
wrote:

What do you use to copy text files from WinXP over to Android over WiFi?

Not cloud. Not usb. Not email. Not SD card.
No registration or signups.
No client running on Windows.

I'm not sure what you mean by this. You pretty much have to be
running something in Windows.

No, not really.

Yes, really! :-)

Some apps create a simple web server on the Android device. You simply
point any web browser of your choice in your computer (doesn't matter
the operating system) to an IP/port that the android app says. You get
an authorization request on the phone, accept it, and the page displays
in the computer.

In that case, your web browser is the client. That it most likely is
already installed is irrelevant, it is a client.

That's the disadvantage of the client-server model, you always need a
client and a server! Bummer, heh!? :-)

On 2017-03-20 16:06, Frank Slootweg wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2017-03-20 10:01, Micky wrote:
On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 03:18:26 +0000 (UTC), in comp.mobile.android you
wrote:

What do you use to copy text files from WinXP over to Android over WiFi?

Not cloud. Not usb. Not email. Not SD card.
No registration or signups.
No client running on Windows.

I'm not sure what you mean by this. You pretty much have to be
running something in Windows.

No, not really.

Yes, really! :-)

No, not really, in the sense that you don't have to install some
specific application or driver, created probably by the same people than
the app on Android.


Some apps create a simple web server on the Android device. You simply
point any web browser of your choice in your computer (doesn't matter
the operating system) to an IP/port that the android app says. You get
an authorization request on the phone, accept it, and the page displays
in the computer.

In that case, your web browser is the client. That it most likely is
already installed is irrelevant, it is a client.

That's the disadvantage of the client-server model, you always need a
client and a server! Bummer, heh!? :-)



--
Cheers,
Carlos E.R.

On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 06:26:09 -0400, Paul wrote:

What about using SMB/Samba-CIFS to talk to Windows file sharing ?
As long as both devices are on the same Wifi, and have the
same workgroup setting.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...t.andsmb&hl=en

That's it!

Since SMB is already on Windows, by default, that's what I need!
I don't network my Windows machines so I'm not sure if I have "file
sharing" turned on, but it should be a simple matter to figure that out.

Good news. Looks like plenty of SMB clients are on Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ysesoft.andsmb
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ori.androsamba
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...g.cifs.service

On 20 Mar 2017 15:06:24 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:

That's the disadvantage of the client-server model, you always need a
client and a server! Bummer, heh!? :-)

Two things regarding that which confused me.

The first is that I was hoping to use something already on Windows but in
the end I put SCP on Windows which is an FTP client and it worked to put a
file from Windows to Android.

The second thing is that I did try to use an http server on Android but it
wasn't obvious how to put a file from Windows to Android using that web
server.

It worked fine the other way but I wanted to go from Windows to Android.

On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 15:02:28 +0100, "Carlos E. R."
wrote:

No, not really.

Some apps create a simple web server on the Android device. You simply
point any web browser of your choice in your computer (doesn't matter
the operating system) to an IP/port that the android app says. You get
an authorization request on the phone, accept it, and the page displays
in the computer.

Airdroid works like that, but it is not the only one.

Carlos is right in that I was trying to just use whatever is already on
Windows.

I did try a web browser on Windows (using a web server on Android) but it
was only one way, which was from Android to Windows.

Does the web server method, using a Windows browser (which is already
there) work both ways?