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How can I easily and conveniently transfer files wirelessly between my linux computer and android phone? (lemdro.id)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm running OpenSUSE leap 15.5, When I was on the linux mint, I was using warpinator but using it on openSUSE is troublesome and I wish there was a linux version of blip but unfortunately there is not.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Syncthing

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Never could get it to work with phones, and that from Arch, Mint, Asahi, Macos all sharing flawlessly between thembut no phone would reliably stay sync'ed.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

What phone are you using? I've used it my many Android devices from different manufacturers. Always worked flawlessly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I have a 2-year old android 11 oppo A53, my colleague some small samsung on A10. Installs fine, sync a first time somewhat, then just don't sync a thing.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

Oppo has very aggressive battery management.

While I was using one, had to manually turn off battery management for syncthing, and check after major updates....

But worked flawlessly once that issue was solved.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Interesting. I currently use it on a Samsung Galaxy S22 and a Galaxy Tab S6 Lite. In the past, I've used OnePlus, Redmi, and Realme devices. Always worked.

Maybe post it in their forum? They're usually very helpful.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That could be a permissions issue that doesn't allow the app to run on background, Maybelline?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Something like this happened on my sister's laptop. She got a new laptop with Windows 11. She followed some website to set up Syncthing, but it wasn't syncing. Turns out, there's some kind of "trusted network" deal that needs to be figured out. (Don't remember the exact term anymore.) Anyway, helped her fix it, and installed Debian Stable on it the next time I was visiting.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Yeah, to reiterate what @[email protected] said, syncthing works flawlessly on any Android devices I have used.

Maybe there's something you missed on your phone's setup?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

There is an fdroid version named syncthing fork. Give that a go.