Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 20:58:15 +0000 From: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to explore Android device files under FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <AM0PR03MB4594A2CC630103A648ED54AAF6CC0@AM0PR03MB4594.eurprd03.prod.outlook.com> In-Reply-To: <20190714194416.6948d301.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <AM0PR03MB45946F28AAF9A2F51F97A589F6CD0@AM0PR03MB4594.eurprd03.prod.outlook.com> <13b9dc8e-f489-afaf-4b2c-e08277e2ecbd@gmail.com> <20190714194416.6948d301.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Hi Poly, Nothing I have tried has worked so far. But I am willing to spend a few bucks to settle this once and for all (considering that FreeBSD does not yet support Bluetooth adapters). My phone has WiFi connectivity too. So if I can get a WiFi adapter that is supported under FreeBSD, I could perhaps transfer files via that route. Question is : is there a WiFi adapter that is supported under FreeBSD as well as available at Amazon India (https://www.amazon.in) ? Thank you & Regards, Manish Jain On 2019-07-14 23:14, Polytropon wrote: > On Sun, 14 Jul 2019 01:34:46 +0200, Kjell Tore Ullavik wrote: >> One simple way is to just install and start a ftp-server app on your phone. > > On Sat, 13 Jul 2019 19:36:08 -0400, Vlad D. Markov wrote: >> I gave up on connecting via cabling. I installed an app that made >> my phone an ftp server then I ftped the files onto my computer. > > > Why doesn't it seem to occur to people that this sounds entirely wrong? > It's not that it is impossible, or doesn't work - but shouldn't it be > much easier to copy _your_ photos from _your_ phone without requiring > a 3rd party app, registering for a crappy cloud service, or mess with > "developer settings"? > > In my opinion, it should be as easy as attaching the USB cable and > then immediately having access to a direct access mass storage, as > per the standard. Mount it, copy your files, unmount it, done. No > need for apps and cloud nonsense. Of course, using an MTP interface > is also easy, and with GUI tools like gtkam, access is super easy. > It should work that way by default, with cable. > > Why do manufacturers think it's okay to make things needlessly > complicated? I mean... I even got this working with an iPad, so > why should an Android-based phone, where Android is usually considered > "some kind of Linux", force you to do annoying things? I think with > the tools available on FreeBSD, it should be possible to get images > copied from an Android phone without much messing with that phone. > > >
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