Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!news.tcpreset.net!newsgate.tebibyte.org!.POSTED.251.red-79-150-114.dynamicip.rima-tde.net!Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_Can=E2=80=99t_Set_File_Permissions?= Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2026 14:32:18 +0200 Organization: Tebibyte_Retro_Gaming Message-ID: References: <10vmnk6$2vlko$1@dont-email.me> <10vmsuq$1ont$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> <10vmu40$31n35$1@dont-email.me> <10vnso3$gfe$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> <10vp4vb$3ka8u$1@dont-email.me> <10vpe83$2qbi$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> <10vq8d5$n1g$1@dont-email.me> <10vsoi5$ltv2$1@dont-email.me> <1103lmc$2fu0p$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: mailgate.tebibyte.org; posting-host="251.red-79-150-114.dynamicip.rima-tde.net:79.150.114.251"; logging-data="6897"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@tebibyte.org" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <1103lmc$2fu0p$1@dont-email.me> X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:154085 On 2026-06-07 13:46, Alan Peeling wrote: > On 05/06/2026 12:33, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> On 2026-06-04 22:52, Alan Peeling wrote: >>> On 04/06/2026 07:20, Carlos E.R. wrote: >>>> I am able to save most files to a computer, by using MTP protocol in >>>> Linux. Sometimes I had success by using an FTP server on the phone. >>> >>> Are you able to save /Android/data/, /sdcard/Android, and most >>> subdirectories of /sdcard/Android? >>> >> >> With FTP I have /Android/data/. I don't have an /sdcard/ directory on >> this phone. >> >> With mtpfs I also have "/Android/data/", but I had to run the copy >> several times till no errors were reported. >> >> >> There is a thread here where we commented about it. >> >> Re: How do nonroot Android & nonjailbroken iOS run SMB servers to >> connect to each other & Windows? >> >> From: Herbert Kleebauer <...> >> >> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2025 21:31:44 +0200 >> >> >> >> But the copies I made are dated July. >> >> /2025-07-18-ftp                                             │ 23331M >> /2025-07-18-mtpfs                                           │ 56257M >> /2025-07-18-test                                            │ 56170M >> >> So the latest directory was made with a method that accessed more >> files. I don't remember what method I used :-? >> >> I will have to run tests again. I have a note that says to use FTP, >> but must be a different than the one used in the first directory. >> >> >> My notes on the ftp method say: >> >> +++------------ >> Use Cx File Explorer on phone to activate ftp. The app can be >> backgrounded, swipe from the bottom. >> >> Copy over the files using mc to temporary directory. No, use FileZilla >> >> Finally, use rsync to save space. >> ------------++- >> >> >> Sigh, incomplete notes. >> >> > I found the thread ‘How do nonroot Android & nonjailbroken iOS run SMB > servers to connect to each other & Windows?’ on https://newsgrouper.org/ > comp.mobile.android , thanks for the pointers. It is a killer thread, it > took me hours to read, and it's stuffed with the sort of flames that > make one embarrassed to be human. I tried to point you to the exact post where we discussed backups :-) > It did contain some gems, for example > I didn't know that Windows File Explorer could be used as an FTP client. > The app Carlos remembered seems to be WebDAV FS, which lets the phone > appear as a drive in File Explorer. That seemed like useful > functionality so I installed it. I know File Explorer already has > something similar but I've found it to be flaky and confusing; I can > never tell whether I'm working in the phone or in a copy of it on my C: > drive. I wasn't optimistic that WebDAV FS would solve the problem of > inaccessible Android folders. I was right not to be optimistic, when I > backed up through it I recovered fewer files than GoodSync Server > fetched, so in that respect it's a turkey. There was a tantalising post > suggesting that the Android FTP server primitive ftpd, not in a > sanitised version available though Play Store, but in a more resourceful > form that comes from F-Droid, could access off-limits Android folders. I > tried it and it doesn’t work. > > Perhaps the way to back up my phone is to use Samsung Smart Switch after > major structural changes to its software and GoodSync Server for day-to- > day maintenance. > > Whilst I was exploring I came across the news that, in a few weeks, > Google plans to block Android apps that it has not approved in a > bureaucratic and money consuming process. Everyone else may already know > about this but I didn’t. There is a site at https://keepandroidopen.org/ >  giving details and showing links that can be used for asking > regulatory bodies to oppose this nastiness. One of these days I'm going to do a backup of my phone, and I'll post in this thread what I find. I think it is the FTP server in Cx File Explorer in Android and Filezilla on the computer (Linux in my case) (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cxinventor.file.explorer) The thing is, only two things are of interest to me in the backup: photos/videos, and WhatsApp. The rest, I can just reinstall. Ok, SMSs too. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;