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  Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-12 00:30 -0400
    Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer? Paul <nospam@needed.com> - 2015-07-12 02:04 -0400
      Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-12 21:54 -0400
    Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer? Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2015-07-12 07:35 +0100
      Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-12 21:52 -0400
        Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2015-07-13 08:12 +0100
          Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-13 11:17 -0400
    Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer? "Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverbeek@xs4all.nl> - 2015-07-12 10:44 +0200
      Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-12 21:49 -0400
    Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer? rjdriver <rjdriversNOSPAM@cox.net> - 2015-07-12 10:11 -0400
      Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer? DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-07-12 10:43 -0400
      Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-12 21:37 -0400
        Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-07-13 00:27 -0400
          Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Paul <nospam@needed.com> - 2015-07-13 03:24 -0400
            Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-13 11:59 -0400
          Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-13 11:40 -0400
            Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer? Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2015-07-13 11:52 -0400
              Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-13 12:31 -0400
                Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer? Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2015-07-13 13:25 -0400
                  Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-13 14:08 -0400
              Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer? DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-07-13 13:34 -0400
            Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-07-13 13:29 -0400
            Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-07-13 13:31 -0400
            Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-07-13 13:32 -0400
    Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer? DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-07-12 10:45 -0400
    Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-07-12 08:05 -0700
      Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer? Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-12 18:07 +0100
        Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-12 22:05 -0400
        Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer? Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> - 2015-07-13 07:23 +0100
      Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-12 21:33 -0400
        Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-13 00:26 -0400
          Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Nil <rednoise9@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> - 2015-07-13 00:47 -0400
            Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-13 01:54 -0400
        Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-07-12 21:39 -0700
          Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-13 01:56 -0400
            Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-07-13 05:23 -0400
              Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-13 12:11 -0400
                Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-07-13 13:36 -0400
    Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-12 21:17 -0400
      Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Tomas <tgif9fri@numo.net> - 2015-07-12 21:31 -0400
      Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-07-13 06:51 -0400
        Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-13 12:27 -0400
          Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2015-07-13 13:42 -0400
      Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2015-07-13 08:57 -0500
        Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-13 12:28 -0400
    Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-12 21:32 -0400
      Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-12 22:14 -0400
        Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Nil <rednoise9@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> - 2015-07-13 00:38 -0400
          Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-13 02:01 -0400
            Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer? Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2015-07-13 08:16 -0400
              Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-13 12:16 -0400
          Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer? Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2015-07-13 08:08 -0400
            Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-13 12:19 -0400
              Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? "Cybe R. Wizard" <cybe_r_wizard@WizardsTower.invalid> - 2015-07-13 11:27 -0500
                Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-13 13:39 -0400
            Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer? Nil <rednoise9@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> - 2015-07-13 12:48 -0400
              Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer? Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2015-07-13 13:28 -0400
                Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer? Nil <rednoise9@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> - 2015-07-14 22:11 -0400
                  Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer? Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2015-07-15 08:25 -0400
      Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Nil <rednoise9@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> - 2015-07-13 00:30 -0400
        Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-13 02:05 -0400
        Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-13 12:25 -0400
          Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Nil <rednoise9@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> - 2015-07-13 13:20 -0400
            Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-13 15:00 -0400
      Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2015-07-13 09:00 -0500
        Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-13 12:26 -0400
      Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> - 2015-07-13 12:23 -0400
      Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file    xfer? Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-13 17:36 +0100
      Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file    xfer? Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-13 17:40 +0100
      Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Nil <rednoise9@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> - 2015-07-13 21:18 -0400
        Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file  xfer? Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-07-14 08:31 +0100

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#20924 — Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer?

Will Dockery wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On Sun, 12 Jul 2015 10:40:32 -0400, Scurvy McRicketts wrote:
>
>> This thread is a perfect example of why Linux is not fit 
>> for use by average users.
>
> To anyone reading the "Scurvy" posts, please killfile him
> and ignore his posts in this thread, and if you do respond, 
> please remove the comp.os.linux.advocacy that Scurvy 
> surreptitiously added.

 +1

> I will plonk him the moment I send this, but, clearly he has
> an agenda which has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with 
> the topic at hand.

He's a k00k.  An anonymous nutcase.

> I don't mind the guy having an agenda; but he can post his 
> agenda in his own thread, as this one is about Android more
> so than Linux (since the Linux side just works).

-- 
The Anglo-Saxon conscience does not prevent the Anglo-Saxon from
sinning, it merely prevents him from enjoying his sin.
		-- Salvador De Madariaga

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#20953 — Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer?

On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 06:51:09 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

> He's a k00k.  An anonymous nutcase.

Is the "decadent" guy also a k00k? Or is he just odd?

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#20969 — Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer?

On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 12:27:32 -0400, Will Dockery
<will.dockery@gmail.com> Gave us:

>On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 06:51:09 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>
>> He's a k00k.  An anonymous nutcase.
>
>Is the "decadent" guy also a k00k? Or is he just odd?

  You are one mouthy motherfucker.  FOAD, boy.

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#20927 — Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer?

On 2015-07-13, Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Jul 2015 10:40:32 -0400, Scurvy McRicketts wrote:
>
>> This thread is a perfect example of why Linux is not fit 
>> for use by average users.

   I'm not sure that "average users" would even know to try 
what you are trying to eviscerate Android over.

   ...and it is Android as opposed to "Linux".

[deletia]

   If I had a broken phone, I would just replace it. I am sure that
Joe Sixpack and Granny would do the same.

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#20954 — Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer?

On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 08:57:56 -0500, JEDIDIAH wrote:

>    If I had a broken phone, I would just replace it. I am sure that
> Joe Sixpack and Granny would do the same.

You have more money than I do.

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#20879 — Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer?

On Sun, 12 Jul 2015 12:41:03 +0100, Roger Mills wrote:

> Does it *have* to be bluetooth, or could you use WiFi?

WiFi is fine.
I just want to get the pictures over to the Linux laptop.
The only thing that won't work is USB because the port is broken.

> If using WiFi, you could use FTP to transfer whole folders of pictures - 
> or any other files.

FTP will work. Only that means the Linux laptop needs to be an 
FTP server, right?

> If you want to use WiFi and FTP, install ES File Manager, and then open 
> it and tap the 3 horizontal bars 'settings' icon, and then Network and 
> then Remote Manager. When you then tap 'Turn on', that makes the phone 
> act as an FTP server - and it tells you the URL at which you need to 
> point your FTP client.

I already had ES File Explorer, but not ES File Manager, but when I 
google, they seem to be the same thing, from ES App Group.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop&hl=en
They called it the "ES File Explorer Manager", so I presume it's the same.

1. I started ES File Explorer and a bunch of blue folders show up
2. I hit the hardwired three lines on the phone body
3. I get a menu titled "Fast Access" with "Network" listed
4. I press "Network" and 4 options show, one of which is FTP
5. I press "FTP"; nothing happens but it says Add a server by New>Server
6. I hit the "+" sign for "New" and then "ftp" out of the list
7. A "New FTP Server" form shows up with the options:
Server = 
Port = 21
Mode = passive
Username = 
Password = 
anonymous = 
encoding = 
display as = 

I hit the cancel button because I think that is setting up the *phone*
as the FTP server. But don't I want the laptop to be the ftp server to
*put* the files to?

BTW, I'm familiar with FTP, which I haven't used in a decade or so, 
but we used to use it all the time as follows:
ftp fardomain.com 21
(we normally entered a password for user@mydomain)
cd /path/on/ftp/server
binary
get filename
put filename
quit

> I don't know a lot about Linux, but there must surely be FTP client 
> software available. When you use that, you'll be able to see the file 
> structure on the phone and select individual files or whole folders, 
> which can then be transferred with a single click.

I'm sure that I can make Linux either a client or a server, but, what
does FTP have to do with WiFi? Can't I just copy over WiFi like I do
with a cable?

> My solution assumes that you have a WiFi hotspot to which both laptop 
> and phone are connected, so that they are on the same network. 

Yes. They are on the same network, via a home broadband router.

> all is not lost even if you're in the middle of nowhere with no WiFi 
> access because you may be able to configure the laptop to be a WiFi 
> hotspot and then connect the phone to that - or the other way round even.

I never thought of making the laptop a WiFi hotspot, and don't yet know
how to do that, nor if it's needed (since bluetooth works without it).

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#20887 — Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer?

On Sun, 12 Jul 2015 21:32:36 -0400, Will Dockery wrote:

> I hit the cancel button because I think that is setting up the *phone*
> as the FTP server. But don't I want the laptop to be the ftp server to
> *put* the files to?

Moving forward, I start ES File Explorer Manager (I don't know
how to tell you what version it is).

1. I go to the LAN screen.
2. I press the "New" (plus) button.
3. A "Server" form comes up asking:
Domain = (blank)
Server = (blank)
Username = (blank)
Password = (blank)
[ ]Anonymous
Display as = (blank)

I'm not sure what to put in some of those fields:
a. I left the domain name empty (wouldn't know what to put there anyway)
b. For the "Server", I ran ifconfig on the Linux laptop, which came
up with 192.168.1.5 as the laptop IP address, so I put:
Server = 192.168.1.5/tmp
c. I'm not sure if I'm setting up the *phone* or the *laptop* as the 
server, so, the next question was "Username" & "Password" but for what?
Is that for the phone? 
It also allowed "Anonymous" but again, is that for the phone or the 
laptop?

So I put my "real" linux login & password on the Android app 
(I hope that was what it wanted, but I couldn't tell).

It said "Adding server" (please wait a minute", and then it said
"Error could not find server".

Of course, my laptop is not set up, by default, to be an FTP 
server, so, did I miss a step?

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#20906 — Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer?

On 12 Jul 2015, Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> wrote in
comp.mobile.android: 

> So I put my "real" linux login & password on the Android app 
> (I hope that was what it wanted, but I couldn't tell).

Yes, except...
 
> It said "Adding server" (please wait a minute", and then it said
> "Error could not find server".
> 
> Of course, my laptop is not set up, by default, to be an FTP 
> server, so, did I miss a step?

You missed that last step. ES File Explorer doesn't see a running FTP 
server at the address you specified, which is the Linux laptop, thus 
the error message. You need to get the server on the laptop running 
first.


How about Dropbox or other similar cloud service for transferring the 
files? There's are Dropbox clients for Android (ES File Explorer, for 
one,) and I suppose there's a Linux one, too.

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#20918 — Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer?

On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 00:38:42 -0400, Nil wrote:

> You missed that last step. ES File Explorer doesn't see a running FTP
> server at the address you specified, which is the Linux laptop, thus the
> error message. You need to get the server on the laptop running first.

Thanks for the advice, Nil, as I don't want to set up another server on 
the Linux laptop if I don't have to (because, as I said, each server 
opens up another security can of worms).

> How about Dropbox or other similar cloud service for transferring the
> files? There's are Dropbox clients for Android (ES File Explorer, for
> one,) and I suppose there's a Linux one, too.

I know there are locally administered LAN-only dropbox style server/
client combos, but I'm not an administrative wiz kid (which you can 
probably figure out without me saying that), so I don't want to set up a 
local dropbox zone just to xfer pictures that I can already transfer by 
bluetooth with the exception that I do it by individual files.

Likewise, the overhead and security issues with using the Internet to 
simply xfer pictures from a phone that is inches away from a laptop is a 
Rube Goldberg solution. Sure, it would work. But, it's like that 
Mousetrap game we played as kids. Too much motion in the wrong direction 
just to get a file to move a few inches in the right direction.

I think, at the moment, the most promising solutions are:
a) Figure out how to get bluetooth to move folders, (best)
b) Figure out how to easily transfer by wifi (second best)
c) Use a Rube Goldberg solution (worst).

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#20926

On 07/13/2015 02:01 AM, Will Dockery wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 00:38:42 -0400, Nil wrote:
>
>> You missed that last step. ES File Explorer doesn't see a running FTP
>> server at the address you specified, which is the Linux laptop, thus the
>> error message. You need to get the server on the laptop running first.
>
> Thanks for the advice, Nil, as I don't want to set up another server on
> the Linux laptop if I don't have to (because, as I said, each server
> opens up another security can of worms).
>
>> How about Dropbox or other similar cloud service for transferring the
>> files? There's are Dropbox clients for Android (ES File Explorer, for
>> one,) and I suppose there's a Linux one, too.
>
> I know there are locally administered LAN-only dropbox style server/
> client combos, but I'm not an administrative wiz kid (which you can
> probably figure out without me saying that), so I don't want to set up a
> local dropbox zone just to xfer pictures that I can already transfer by
> bluetooth with the exception that I do it by individual files.
>
> Likewise, the overhead and security issues with using the Internet to
> simply xfer pictures from a phone that is inches away from a laptop is a
> Rube Goldberg solution. Sure, it would work. But, it's like that
> Mousetrap game we played as kids. Too much motion in the wrong direction
> just to get a file to move a few inches in the right direction.
>
> I think, at the moment, the most promising solutions are:
> a) Figure out how to get bluetooth to move folders, (best)
> b) Figure out how to easily transfer by wifi (second best)
> c) Use a Rube Goldberg solution (worst).
>

You could use Sync by BitTorrent.

-- 
Caver1

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#20946 — Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer?

On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 08:16:15 -0400, Caver1 wrote:

> You could use Sync by BitTorrent.

Thanks Caver1 for the idea. 
Pretty much I figured out the extremely inflexible GUI for the previously 
suggested "Turbo Client" which uses SFTP to my existing Linux server (I 
guess I had an SFTP server all along, unbeknownst to me).

I wrote up a tutorial so that the *next* person doesn't have to shoot 
around, and, as Marek stated, it's easy (but as Marek doesn't know 
because he never tried the app), the app is *extremely* sensitive to the 
wrong button press (it just wipes out everything, with nary a warning).

Once I got Turbo Client SFTP working, that solved my problem, thanks to 
the help here.

Turbo Client apparently uses my WiFi router as the go-between, which is 
fine by me. I don't know yet whether it will accept hostnames, so, at the 
moment I'm using the hard-coded DHCP address of the laptop, which will 
change over time.

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#20925

On 07/13/2015 12:38 AM, Nil wrote:
> On 12 Jul 2015, Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> wrote in
> comp.mobile.android:
>
>> So I put my "real" linux login & password on the Android app
>> (I hope that was what it wanted, but I couldn't tell).
>
> Yes, except...
>
>> It said "Adding server" (please wait a minute", and then it said
>> "Error could not find server".
>>
>> Of course, my laptop is not set up, by default, to be an FTP
>> server, so, did I miss a step?
>
> You missed that last step. ES File Explorer doesn't see a running FTP
> server at the address you specified, which is the Linux laptop, thus
> the error message. You need to get the server on the laptop running
> first.
>
>
> How about Dropbox or other similar cloud service for transferring the
> files? There's are Dropbox clients for Android (ES File Explorer, for
> one,) and I suppose there's a Linux one, too.
>

To use the phone as the server with ES click the menu lines, then click 
Remote Manager,
then click Turn on and follow the instructions given. As this was the 
original instructions given
that Will won't follow.
Will Will succeed?

-- 
Caver1

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#20948 — Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer?

On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 08:08:42 -0400, Caver1 wrote:

> Will Will succeed?

Yes. Thanks to you guys, Will has succeeded. 
Here is the step-by-step tutorial if anyone wishes to follow suit.

20150713 SFTP to the Linux SSH server pictures & files.

Install Turbo FTP client & SFTP client - Vlad Mihalachi - June 19, 2015
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=turbo.client&hl=en
0. WARNING: The GUI is *extremely* unintuitive and unpolished! Experts only!
1. Start Turbo FTP client & SFTP client - Vlad Mihalachi - June 19, 2015
2. Press "Create a new account", and choose SFTP (out of FTP or SFTP)
   NOTE: Be very careful as this is decidedly NOT a mature implementation.
   There are absolutely no warnings when you forget to fill out necessary fields.
   It just wipes out everything you did, without any warning whatsoever.
3. In the "General" section, (very carefully) fill out the form:
   WARNING: Accidentally hit the "back" arrow one extra time and it *wipes* out
   every single thing you've entered, without fail, and without warning!
   Connection Name = foobar
   Username = foo
   Password = bar
   Host = 192.168.1.6 (or the linux hostname)
   Port = 22
   Default Remote Folder = /tmp
   NOTE: Do not press ANYTHING other than what you type above.
   Then either press the "Floppy" icon at top, or go to the next step.
4. In the "Advanced" section, change only what's necessary:
   Encoding = blank
   Default Local Folder = /storage/sdcard0/
   NOTE: There are multiple very confusing locations, all of which look the
   same, some of which *are* the same, others of which are not, and, to make
   matters worse, the GUI flips case constantly so you can *never* be 
   certain of case (the exact same locations are shown at top in all 
   uppercase and in the bottom with mixed case!).
   WARNING: Once you get past 3 levels, the GUI disappears at top showing you
   your current working directory so you instantly LOSE sight of where you are
   at the 4th level and further (so you may need to write it down).
   Worse, yet, if you hit the back arrow, you start at the beginning!
   Hit the back arrow one too many times, and you lose everything!
   /STORAGE/EMULATED/0/DCIM/Camera
   /STORAGE/EMULATED/legacy/DCIM/Camera
   /STORAGE/sdcard0/DCIM/Camera
   /STORAGE/extSdCard/DCIM/Camera <== I think this is the right one
   /MNT/extSdCard/DCIM/Camera <==I think this is the right one also
   /MNT_1/extSdCard/ (and so on)
   /MNT/sdcard/DCIM/Camera
   /MNT_1.sdcard_1/ (and so on)
   /MNT_1.sdcard_2/ (and so on)
   /MNT_1.sdcard_3/ (and so on)

   Private Key = blank
   Use a passphrashe = (slider to the left)
   NOTE: The slider has absolutely no markings; but apparently left is off.
   Passphrase = blank
5. There is no way you're going to set this up without wiping it out a few
   times due to the many gotchas in the extremely unpolished GUI, but once
   you have it set up, the key is to navigate to this set of desktop panes:
   Remote = /tmp
   Local =  /STORAGE/EXTSDCARD/DCIM/CAMERA (hit the "select all" button)
   Hit the "upload" (up arrow) button.

   This will copy all your selected photos from the Android device to the
   remote Linux device in the specified directory, over WiFi.
6. There is no "quit" button, nor a confirmation message when done (although
   individual files do show a status bar), so, just hit the problematic
   back arrow to quit out of the program.

This is an expert-only program, with a streamlined GUI that adds absolutely
no bells nor whistles. It just does the job, and, after you get the sequence
of steps down perfectly, it will be fast and efficient.
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#20952 — Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer?

On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 12:19:23 -0400
Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes. Thanks to you guys, Will has succeeded. 

What are you talking about?  That <snipped description of FTP usage>
hasn't anything to do with bluetooth.

Cybe R. Wizard
-- 
Nice computers don't go down.
	Larry Niven, Steven Barnes
		"The Barsoom Project"

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#20968 — Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer?

On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 11:27:23 -0500, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:

> What are you talking about?  That <snipped description of FTP usage>
> hasn't anything to do with bluetooth.

True. 

I asked a question of how to get Bluetooth to select all files.

I solved that one also, just now, without the help of this group since 
*nobody* suggested a single bluetooth solution.

I also solved the GUI problem with the suggested extremely unforgiving 
"Turbo Client", and, it turns out to be much faster (buttmeter 
measurement) than the bluetooth was.

However, in the interests of helping others and giving back to the ng, 
here's the bluetooth tutorial for selecting hundreds of files in one fell 
swoop.

0. On Linux, KDE: System Settings > Network and Connectivity > Bluetooth
Devices: Devices = enable KDE bluetooth integration
File Transfers: enable receive files, 
File Transfers: save files in /tmp/bluetooth, 
File Transfers: accept automatically trusted device
Adapters: name = ubuntu-0, powered = checked, always visible

1. On Android, press "Gallery" and locate the photo directory you wish to 
transfer en masse to Linux. 

2. Now comes the tricky part! So pay attention and don't touch *anything 
that I don't tell you to touch! Make sure you are in "Albums" view!
(any other view will fail!)

3. In Albums view, long press on the desired album (e.g., vacation_pics), 
and notice that a green checkmark shows up on the "album".

4. Also notice the bluetooth icon that shows at top, so hit that bluetooth 
icon, and it will scan for nearby devices.

One of those nearby devices will be "ubuntu-0", so select that.

That's it!
This will send *all* the pictures in that directory to the Linux laptop /
tmp directory over your bluetooth connection between the two devices!

NOTE: On Linux you will see individual "receiving file over bluetooth" 
dialog boxes, one for each photo.

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#20958

On 13 Jul 2015, Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> wrote in
comp.mobile.android: 

> To use the phone as the server with ES click the menu lines, then
> click Remote Manager,
> then click Turn on and follow the instructions given. 

That's a nice feature - I didn't realize ES File Explorer had an FTP 
server. Unfortunately, it's not working for me. I can't make a 
connection from the PC to the phone.

I'll tinker with it some more later. This could be a handy thing 
someday.

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#20962

On 07/13/2015 12:48 PM, Nil wrote:
> On 13 Jul 2015, Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> wrote in
> comp.mobile.android:
>
>> To use the phone as the server with ES click the menu lines, then
>> click Remote Manager,
>> then click Turn on and follow the instructions given.
>
> That's a nice feature - I didn't realize ES File Explorer had an FTP
> server. Unfortunately, it's not working for me. I can't make a
> connection from the PC to the phone.
>
> I'll tinker with it some more later. This could be a handy thing
> someday.
>

Let's us now how it turns out.

-- 
Caver1

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#21013

On 13 Jul 2015, Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> wrote in 
comp.mobile.android:

> On 07/13/2015 12:48 PM, Nil wrote:
>>
>> That's a nice feature - I didn't realize ES File Explorer had an FTP
>> server. Unfortunately, it's not working for me. I can't make a
>> connection from the PC to the phone.
>>
>> I'll tinker with it some more later. This could be a handy thing
>> someday.
> 
> Let's us now how it turns out.

I tried ES File Explorer's "Remote Manager" FTP server again tonight 
and it works! In hindsight, I realize that yesterday it, for some 
unknown reason, it chose to suggest a bogus IP address to use for the 
FTP client. I don't know where that came from, but tonight it suggested 
the correct one. I used it and made the connection and transferred some   
files easily.

This is a good tool to have in the kit. In the OP's case, I think this 
would have been the easiest solution.

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#21024

On 07/14/2015 10:11 PM, Nil wrote:
> On 13 Jul 2015, Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> wrote in
> comp.mobile.android:
>
>> On 07/13/2015 12:48 PM, Nil wrote:
>>>
>>> That's a nice feature - I didn't realize ES File Explorer had an FTP
>>> server. Unfortunately, it's not working for me. I can't make a
>>> connection from the PC to the phone.
>>>
>>> I'll tinker with it some more later. This could be a handy thing
>>> someday.
>>
>> Let's us now how it turns out.
>
> I tried ES File Explorer's "Remote Manager" FTP server again tonight
> and it works! In hindsight, I realize that yesterday it, for some
> unknown reason, it chose to suggest a bogus IP address to use for the
> FTP client. I don't know where that came from, but tonight it suggested
> the correct one. I used it and made the connection and transferred some
> files easily.
>
> This is a good tool to have in the kit. In the OP's case, I think this
> would have been the easiest solution.
>

Thanks.

-- 
Caver1

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#20905 — Re: Is there a select all button in Android for bluetooth file xfer?

On 12 Jul 2015, Will Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> wrote in
comp.mobile.android: 

> 1. I started ES File Explorer and a bunch of blue folders show up
> 2. I hit the hardwired three lines on the phone body
> 3. I get a menu titled "Fast Access" with "Network" listed
> 4. I press "Network" and 4 options show, one of which is FTP
> 5. I press "FTP"; nothing happens but it says Add a server by
> New>Server 6. I hit the "+" sign for "New" and then "ftp" out of
> the list 

>7. A "New FTP Server" form shows up with the options:
> Server = 
> Port = 21
> Mode = passive
> Username = 
> Password = 
> anonymous = 
> encoding = 
> display as = 
> 
> I hit the cancel button because I think that is setting up the
> *phone* as the FTP server. But don't I want the laptop to be the
> ftp server to *put* the files to?

No, it's asking you for the information needed to connect to the the 
server (which you will have set up yourself on your Linux machine.) 
Here's an example of the settings for one of my FTP connections:

Server = The host name or IP address of the server you're connecting to

Port = standard port is 21, but the server could be set up otherwise

Mode = depends on the server setup. Passive is more common, I think

Username = self-explanatory

Password = self-explanatory

anonymous = in case the server is set up for anonymous access

encoding = should be AUTO unless you have a good reason to change it

display as = an alias for your benefit

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