Are we plugging our phone physically with a wire into our computers and moving files between them?
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@danirabbit i'd do wired transfer if the standard methods worked! but the only one i've seen work reliably is ADB.
@danirabbit Airdrop is pretty magical
@danirabbit I don't think I'm your target audience. I sync files automatically via a NextCloud instance I run. I almost never have a need to manually move files from my phone to my computer, and on the odd occasion I do, I have the tools already in place to make that simple without having to plug in a cable.
@pmb00cs no I fully agree with you here. We’re looking at how to prioritize developer time and I’d like to present some sentiment about what protocols are worth supporting and so far my assumption that iPhone users especially don’t do this is more or less holding
@danirabbit No, but only because MTP is the worst file transfer protocol ever developed & stops working & breaks completely if you look at it wrong. Plugging in the phone used to be more convenient than wireless transfer when you didn't have to use MTP, but not anymore.
@danirabbit I normally just send file to myself in Telegram then download it on another device
@danirabbit Wire, for life.
LocalSend is one of the best programs of all time #localsend #oss #foss
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I guess removing the SD card and using a reader is more like "plugging it in"..?
I did use Seafile for awhile, but it stopped working for reasons I never figured out. Also couldn't handle big video files.
@danirabbit no plugging in, and files transfer magically. Syncthing with SailfishOS, and computers run Linux.
I did try Syncthing with iPhone for many months, but I wish I didn't. Horrible experience.
@danirabbit Localsend works perfectly fine between iOS, macOS, Windows, and Linux for me
@danirabbit lol I am not typical I use physical segmentation of stuff as default. Need to assume phone will be out of your control any day w just little misfortune. Doesn't even take real adversary, just bad luck. Ask any hotel or school lost and found.
If I want to move/remove a lot of stuff from my phone I have an app that sets up an FTP server and I use that.
Mainly because in the past when I tried to plug my phone in it would never load properly because I had a large SD card with a lot of stuff on it so it basically that was the only option.
It's also pretty quick, quicker than normal USB speeds but possibly not as quick as USB C - USB C would be.
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On Android. I manually backup photos to my NAS over SMB from time to time.
@danirabbit I like to maintain a local music library and copy everything from computer to the phone. Plugging my android device in is quicker and less flaky than anything wireless regardless of what OS the computer is running.
@danirabbit LocalSend ftw.
MTP is as reliable as a broken clock - a pass for me.
adb works like a charm but isn't friendly to most users.
