LocalSend!
Works flawlessly, on windows, linux and android (and others) and you can send files, folders, text, or eadily paste your clipboard.
Localsend
Localsend
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Just use Telegram Saved Message feature and send files to yourself This pipeline works for me since it was released
Another one for KDE Connect. https://kdeconnect.kde.org/download.html It works on everything. Linux, Android, Windows, macOS, iOS, SailfishOS(?). I use to to share files from phone to my laptop, laptop to Steam Deck.
Phone to computer and back, I always use tailscale plus any file manager.
Then you can browse your files and grab whatever whenever you need to off your computer
LOCALSEND
It’s an app for your phone and another app for your computer. Works good. It’s how I do it. Uses wifi I think
Airdroid? Provides a WebUI to browse your phone, send and receive files, and e. g. write SMS if you’re into that.
KDE Connect has an app for Gnome too (GS Connect) so lots of flavours of Linux can join in. Brilliant way to sync your phone to your PC in every way.
KDE connect all the way. Runs on Linux, Android, and Windows (I think). Good way to share files, notifications, and clipboard.
Localsend is fantastic.
i tried it just now across iphone and android. absolutely excruciating experience.
Agreed, I’m not sure of why LocalSend is so well-received when I’ve literally been unable to get devices to even see each other, ever, even when they’ve been on the same network; I’ve tried across multiple networks (all devices on the same network each time). Literally ToffeeShare is way easier. PlainApp I’ve had some success with as well. Bluetooth works but not all devices take it, nor Quick Share.
Yes true, when the wifi network uses client isolation you’re fucked. As a workaround you can put the phone in hotspot mode and join that network from the laptop. I always need to do this at work because they are overdoing it on security.
I’ve had the same issue. It’s a little irritating
i got the localsend functions to work ok but it was still a wretched experience for everyone
Cool! Thanks for sharing!
FTP Server option of Solid Explorer. Works great on Home Network
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agrEOg7X0c0
Works also with Windows Explorer
The best app
kdeconnect worked very well for me to transfer between phone platforms. interface is pretty intuitive. ios app doesnt save settings and crashes when you try checking them but it works anyway. one of my oldest fantasies with the smartphones is being able to directly share music between phones with friends nearby and this app seems to make it begin to be possible.
+1 for KDEconnect
Seems to work much better on Linux than it does on Windows, in my experience.
Well, it was built for KDE, so I’d hope so.
I already installed it, you don’t need to sell it to me so hard!
I wasn’t selling KDE Connect to you, I was selling Linux to the other people that might overhear, lol.
OP was joking :)
My phone and computer can occasionally see each other through KDE Connect. Never when I actually have a use for it though.
Make sure you are on the right network. My phone kept switching wifi and it took me forever to troubleshoot it.
You might have some background power saving mode enabled for the KDE app on your phone.
Nope, checked that already. KDE Connect is “unrestricted”
I have issues with that too. Some of it might have to do with VPNs, but even with everything off, my devices sometimes still can’t see each other. I’m guessing I made a mistake configuring the network or something. Instead, I usually copy files from my phone via SMB, then access the same share from an NFS mount on my PC
i have this issue between my media pc (mint) and my phone (GOS), but my phone and desktop (ultramarine kde) can see each other and desktop and media pc can see each other…
I have both my phone and my computers in tailscale and connected them with direct IP.
So now my phone can connect to my computer all the time, wherever I am !
Pretty useless but fun
I’ve needed to open certain ports in my firewall to get it to properly work.
Best one, a bit finicky at times but amazing.
I was wondering what this app was, since I just started using Ubuntu. Interesting to know what it does, sounds useful.
I use GSConnect for Gnome: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1319/gsconnect/
KDE connect works great with Linux. You can easily put stuff on and get stuff off your phone.
Localsend has been really well considered. Only wish is that it recognized links and opened them in a browser automatically
Localsend!!
