![]() ![]() Use the IP address of your desktop’s USB interface, your local username, and the password you just created.Īfter this you should be able to drag and drop files from your PC as needed. Install an FTP client on your Android device and add a new FTP connection. If everything worked fine so far, then you can try connecting from your Android device. User> ftp should be able to log in with the password you typed above (instead of helloworld) and not your regular password. Here are instructions for the paranoid that will work on Debian (and should also work on Ubuntu/others). If you’re not as paranoid, the setup is a little easier. You to log in with a password that is different from your login password, so your precious desktop password isn’t cached on an insecure phone (or accidentally sent in clear text over the internet). You have access to all your local files through ftp. It is a little more complicated to set up securely though.įTP is only accessible through the USB network interface. If you prefer not to have an FTP server on your phone, then you can set one up on your computer. With my computer / phone I get speeds of about 2MB/s. Your photos should be in the DCIM folder. Transfer whatever you want using mget / mput whatever you want. If you FTP to your phone over the wireless (or mobile network) someone can sniff your password.īut if you only connect over USB, then you’re safe. You can figure this out by finding out the IP address of usb0 on your PC. It should show you an IP address, port, username and password on the screen.įtp -P You might see multiple IP addresses for the server.īe sure to connect to the one corresponding to the USB network. If your FTP server app allows you to choose the network interface, set it to the USB network adapter.Ĭhange the default port, username, password, and DISABLE anonymous logins. Install an FTP server on your Android device. This is a little simpler than the other way around. Connecting to your Android device from your PC. It’s just which interface you prefer using. You can transfer files in both directions either way, and there is no real advantage of one over the other. To transfer files, you need to set up either your Android device or your Desktop as an FTP server. (It should also come up automatically when you plug in your Android device again.)Īs a bonus, if your PC is not connected to the internet (and your Android device is), then you can now access the internet on your computer through your Android device! (Beware data charges…) Now run (as root) if up usb0, and you should see the network come up.
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