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

From Roger Mills <mills37.fslife@gmail.com>
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 2025-07-20 09:49 +0100
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On 19/07/2025 20:05, Paul wrote:
> On Sat, 7/19/2025 11:20 AM, Roger Mills wrote:
>> On 19/07/2025 14:30, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>> On 2025-07-19 14:07, Paul wrote:
>>>> You could set up FTP on the computer end, to give the various
>>>> phone methods another "push" option. Maybe a Wifi protocol would
>>>> have slightly better performance than the USB2 (and mainly because
>>>> "not using MTP", not just because the link runs at a different speed).
>>>> File Sharing might work. FTP might work.
>>>
>>
>>>
>>> So do you know a good ftp or sftp android app that actually works?
>>>
>>
>> I have been using the FTP server within the ES File Explorer app for many years, and it works fine. I use AceFTP 2 as the FTP client on my PC (simply because it came free on the cover disk of a PC magazine many years ago) but any other FTP client should work.
>>
>> The process is this:
>> Turn on ES File Exlorer on the phone
>> Select 'View on PC'
>> Tap TURN ON
>> This turns on the server and displays the IP address and port at which the PC's FTP client needs to be pointed
>>
>> Run the FTP client on the PC
>> Point it at the address/port displayed on the phone (You can save this for future use)
>> Click on CONNECT
>>
>> The connection is made (using WiFi - no cables), and two explorer-type windows are displayed on the PC
>>
>> Navigate to where the files are on the phone, and to where you want them to be on the PC
>> Using the right and left arrows displayed on the PC (in Ace FTP, but other clients will have the equivalent) you can copy files in either direction between the two devices. [This means that you drive everything from the PC end, which is far simpler than having to do it on the phone].
>>
>> [The description of the process (above) looks far more complicated than it actually is!]
>>
>> NOTE: Until a few years ago, you could install ES File Explorer from Play Store, but it has now been removed due to some alleged security issue - so it has to be side-loaded. I've done this on several Android devices, and have never experienced any issues. If you search for ES File Exploreer in Play Store, it will offer you EX File Explorer, which looks similar but is *not* the same.
> 
> With FTP, you can push or pull. Considering the potential asymmetry
> of the capabilities of the two OSes, you will likely have to
> look at both options before deciding what to do. (I was thinking
> more along the lines of Android Client, and Windows FTP server.)
> 

Considering that the user interface is on the *client*, it's far easier 
if this is the PC. You don't have to touch the phone once you've turned 
on the server.
-- 
Cheers,
Roger

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Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10 NY <me@privacy.net> - 2025-07-19 11:05 +0100
  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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