Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject	Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10
Date	2025-07-21 22:10 +0200
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On 2025-07-20 23:53, Arno Welzel wrote:
> Paul, 2025-07-20 17:35:
>> On Sun, 7/20/2025 9:16 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:

> [...]
>> FTP, while an ancient protocol, and as long as it is configured
>> by someone who cares about what they're doing, it could behave
>> itself better than some other things. Our modern technical world
>> seems to specialize in "crap". The simpler the transfer protocol
>> is, the better. With an ADB bus serial connection and Kermit,
>> I bet you could perform wonders :-) And you'd be doing that, when
>> the computer name refuses to show up in the file sharing dialog
>> on the client software.
> 
> FileZilla works quite well with Cx File Explorer as server:
> 
> <https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client>
> 
> So first enable FTP in Cx File Explorer and then connect to the
> displayed IP address and port - works fine whenever I have no other
> choice and I am in a trusted network of course.

I am trying this method now.

I installed "Cx File Explorer" 
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cxinventor.file.explorer&hl=en>

It doesn't appear to put up adverts. The privacy conditions seem reasonable.

To activate FTP, choose the "Network tab", then access from network (the 
name could be different in English).

Or connect to a server on the computer. For this chose "New location" 
(has a plus symbol). The cloud tab has Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, 
Box. The Remote tab has Local Network, SMB, FTP, SFTP, or WebDav.

Once the FTP server is activated, you can not change screen in the app. 
But you can minimize/background the app. Then you can connect from the 
computer. As I am using Linux, I use Midnight Commander (mc) for the 
transfer. It seems to be taking an an hour and a half to transfer the 
photos. I didn't write down the start timestamp, but if I am reading 
right, it is 46 minutes used and 42 to go.

2,31 MB/s

The phone can be used and moved about.

Right now it seems to have stalled. [...] Right, 'mc' has stalled. I 
have to kill it.

[...]

And an hour later, the app kill the ftp server, has to be restarted. It 
is a bit of a pain, this copy operation over wifi.

[...]

At about 21% of the full backup, it hits some unknown file that says 
"permission denied". I see that when I wake up from my siesta, then 
click "ignore all of them".

This is taking hours.

[...]

Computer stalling again, have to kill the process and start it again.

[...]

Trying Filezilla [...] I am not used to Filezilla, but it seems to 
handle the situation better.

Hum. Does the app handle itself better if it is in the foreground? 
Doesn't seem so. Unsure.

Wow, it has finished in minutes. But I did not mark the files to 
download well, repeating. Heh, whatsapp was not downloaded.

However, with simple-mtpfs.txt I transferred 56257M. With ftp, only 
23331M. The differences are in the "Android" directory and "Documents". 
Some files were not transferred.

Summary: using FTP (with Cx File Explorer as server and filezilla as 
client) the transfer is "confortable", but many files are not copied. 
However, those files might not matter, are mostly applications or 
reserved by Android.

Using simple-mtpfs many more files are transferred, but there are 
quircks (needing restart) and the phone is tied by cable to the computer 
for the duration.

However, for a backup of the photos, FTP is fine. Also for WhatsApp (in 
./Android/media/com.whatsapp/)

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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  Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-07-19 12:23 +0200
    Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-19 11:06 +0000
    Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-07-19 16:45 +0200
  Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-07-19 08:07 -0400
    Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-07-19 15:30 +0200
      Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 Roger Mills <mills37.fslife@gmail.com> - 2025-07-19 16:20 +0100
        Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-07-19 10:42 -0500
          Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2025-07-19 08:55 -0700
            Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-07-19 13:44 -0500
              Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2025-07-19 13:43 -0700
              Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-07-19 20:26 -0500
          Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-07-19 18:32 +0200
        Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-07-19 15:05 -0400
          Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-19 23:19 +0000
          Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 Roger Mills <mills37.fslife@gmail.com> - 2025-07-20 09:49 +0100
            Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-07-20 11:17 -0400
              Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-20 17:13 +0000
                Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-07-20 20:57 +0200
                Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-20 20:20 +0000
  Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-07-19 08:55 -0500
  Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android   to Windows 10 Stan Brown <someone@example.com> - 2025-07-19 14:20 -0700
  Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-07-19 23:44 +0200
  Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-07-20 14:12 +0100
  Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-07-20 13:16 +0000
    Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-07-20 11:35 -0400
      Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-07-20 17:17 +0000
        Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-07-20 12:44 -0500
      Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from   Android to Windows 10 Stan Brown <someone@example.com> - 2025-07-20 10:44 -0700
        Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-07-20 14:45 -0400
          Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from   Android to Windows 10 Stan Brown <someone@example.com> - 2025-07-20 16:18 -0700
            Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-07-20 20:24 -0400
              Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from   Android to Windows 10 Stan Brown <someone@example.com> - 2025-07-21 09:12 -0700
      Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-07-20 23:53 +0200
        Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-07-21 13:14 +0000
        Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-07-21 22:10 +0200

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