Share Folder On Windows Network?

[Peter Gamma]

Is there a straightforward solution to read and write files on a PinePhone from a PC? In Windows 10 it is so easy to have a network shared folder. I am ready to change to a Ubuntu PC for this purpose. From a PC (Ubuntu/Windows), can I read and write to a PinePhone shared folder according to this instruction:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-PSSd-U610

[Peter Gamma]

This is close to what I meant:



https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=4983





Although it does not look so quick and easy to me personally. Does it also work on the PinePhone? And if so, is it the easiest way to share a folder to a PC?

[Peter Gamma]

I usually don t code, as you can see on my GITHUB page:

https://github.com/PeterGamma
 
Linux phone developers, make file access from PC to Linux phone easier .

[TRS-80]

The easiest way would be to use Syncthing.

[Zebulon Walton]

  Linux phone developers, make file access from PC to Linux phone easier .

Best would be if it were treated as a mass storage device when plugged into a PC's USB port but that doesn't work, at least on Mobian. I usually use sshfs.

[Peter Gamma]

I have listed the options which I know which are possible to connect a phone to a PC on my personal website

for Ubports phones:

https://petergamma.org/file-access-from-...nux-phone/

for (Ubports) PinePhones:

https://petergamma.org/file-access-from-...pinephone/

Syncthing is fine. But it is important to know where the most recent copy of a certain file currently is. Therefore a network drive or shared folder would be better.

The SD card can be accessed on the PinePhone when booting in the bootloader as described above.

Thanks you all for sharing these information. To connect a Linux phone to a PC with a network shared folder or to connect a phone SD card as a network drive to a Windows or Ubuntu Desktop network the same way it works on a PC would be highly desirable. But I am happy to know what is possible.

[wibble]

KDE Connect should work - the Windows end is available in the MS Store, but I haven't tried it. The linux end is in most distros, either as kdeconnect or gsconnect which uses the same protocol but for Gnome Shell. Last I tried it you had to use the kde version with phosh because they hadn't implemented parts of gnome-shell that gsconnect needed, and the scaling wasn't entirely mobile friendly so some screen rotation was needed to get to everything to set it up. The linux end is expecting to be the desktop part rather than the phone part, so doesn't implement everything you'd find on the android phone end, but it'll do file transfer, notifications etc.

[Peter Gamma]

Thanks Professor wibbe. I really appreciate your competent suggestion.

[Peter Gamma]

I suggest to integrate this wonderful solution in future releases.

[TRS-80]

Syncthing is fine. But it is important to know where the most recent copy of a certain file currently is. Therefore a network drive or shared folder would be better.

With Syncthing, the most recent copy is exactly what is propagated to all devices, automatically. Typically (in my experience) within mere moments (unless it's some huge file, even then it doesn't take long). Assuming all devices are connected to Internet (or even LAN / Wi-Fi).

Personally I don't want to have to dork around with figuring out where the most recent copy of a file is, I guess from that point of view I am struggling to understand how that is a preferable solution.