I have a Xiaomi 11 Lite NE 5G. It comes with the painfully slow USB 2.0. I wish to transfer local music files to it, but it’s taking a long time to get copied over USB connection as well as it fails in-between sometimes. Is there any way to transfer the files in a quick and reliable manner?
Just actually looked into this app thanks to this thread. I always thought it was only for KDE, and I’m more of a GNOME kinda guy. It’s great, and now I have it on all my devices!
If you’re experiencing slow USB 2.0 transfers on your Xiaomi 11 Lite NE 5G, consider using Filemail’s iPhone File Transfer App. This service allows you to send large files up to 5 GB for free, preserving original quality without compression. It’s a convenient alternative to traditional USB transfers, offering faster and more reliable file sharing between devices.
Do you mean an occasional one-off transfer or to keep synced constantly?
For one-off stuff, I’ve used Olive Tree FTP server for more than a decade on my android devices. It’s not always on, or a target for malicious stuff like a typical FTP server, you only run it when needed. I’m sending from a Win10 box, you didn’t mention how you are sending, but if it’s a desktop, nothing is easier than a quick FTP server instance.
If you have a SD card you are installing them on, copy them directly to the SD and then put that in the phone. Also, disconnects I feel have to do with the quality of the USB cable.
I myself use Google’s Quick Share for this. Falling that, the Send Anywhere app can also work - it’s not the fastest compared to Quick Share, but pretty reliable long as you have decent internet.
I love syncthing, its basically like a personal P2P cloud thats beginner friendly.
It automatically syncs selected folders between any number of devices, but you need to have it installed on both devices.
I have this set up to always sync my pictures, music and password vaults between my devices.
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.nutomic.syncthingandroid/
If you want to just transfer files and not keep them synchronized then i would recommend the file manager “Material Files” instead.
It comes with a built in FTP server that you can use to access your phone over the local network from your PC.
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/me.zhanghai.android.files/
Both are available on F-Droid and Google Play, but i recommend getting F-Droid if you dont have it yet.
Its a great alternative store for open source apps.
https://f-droid.org/en/
What OS do you have installed on your desktop/laptop?
Do you know what an FTP server is? If so then you can probably figure out how to use “Material Files” for this.
Otherwise this might be a bit too complicated for me to explain right now.
If you figure it out, its really cool tho. Once set up you will basically have a “folder” in your windows file explorer that will show everything thats on your phone. You can then copy paste stuff between your PC and that folder(your phone)
A great alternative that has selective Sync is Resilio. I find it to be heavy on my phone (because I have a massive media library and it keeps the database/index in ram).
But it lets me browse my media share anywhere, anytime (from the phone), and have it sync files to the phone as needed.
For everything else I use Syncthing-Fork on the phone, and SyncTrayzor on Windows.
Do you have a wifi network? If yes then use a file explorer on Android that can do FTP. Use any FTP client on your computer and transfer. I recommend FileZilla.
Android transfers are really fucking stupid. I refuse to use Google drive or complicated sync that barely works and I refuse to pay money for an ftp transfer or samba share app that actually works, so I made a php file upload server. Yes, I see the irony. But I can upload files from my pc or from my phone and download them from my phone or my pc. It’s so much faster than any other method I can think of. Even using Windows where the android USB drivers are allowed to work is slower. Runs into issues less often. Php is such a piece of shit but in my case it’s a less shitty piece of shit than any possible alternative.
I tried using it but for some unknown reason, it crashes on my PC right when I choose my music folder. Syncthing seems to be working great for me, though.
Pairdrop is probably a miracle tool for me. Just open the website and send files or text, no configuration, no fuss and it even works outside of the local network.
One day I’ll finally set up my own server, but that’s just for the fun of it. One hosted at https://pairdrop.net is super solid and I can’t remember it failing me.
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KDE Connect :)
Just actually looked into this app thanks to this thread. I always thought it was only for KDE, and I’m more of a GNOME kinda guy. It’s great, and now I have it on all my devices!
iirc there’s a gnome fork gsconnect
Warpinator
If you’re experiencing slow USB 2.0 transfers on your Xiaomi 11 Lite NE 5G, consider using Filemail’s iPhone File Transfer App. This service allows you to send large files up to 5 GB for free, preserving original quality without compression. It’s a convenient alternative to traditional USB transfers, offering faster and more reliable file sharing between devices.
Why not just use SFTP?
Syncthing
Do you mean an occasional one-off transfer or to keep synced constantly?
For one-off stuff, I’ve used Olive Tree FTP server for more than a decade on my android devices. It’s not always on, or a target for malicious stuff like a typical FTP server, you only run it when needed. I’m sending from a Win10 box, you didn’t mention how you are sending, but if it’s a desktop, nothing is easier than a quick FTP server instance.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.theolivetree.ftpserver
if its just one or two files, simplex is good as a copy paste buffer.
If its alot of files, syncthing can’t be beat.
Syncthing if you have a bunch of files in a folder.
Localsend if you just have 1 or 2 files.
@hunt4peas
LocalSend
Tried it, but it crashes when I choose the music folder.
If you have a SD card you are installing them on, copy them directly to the SD and then put that in the phone. Also, disconnects I feel have to do with the quality of the USB cable.
I myself use Google’s Quick Share for this. Falling that, the Send Anywhere app can also work - it’s not the fastest compared to Quick Share, but pretty reliable long as you have decent internet.
Syncthing. Period.
I love syncthing, its basically like a personal P2P cloud thats beginner friendly. It automatically syncs selected folders between any number of devices, but you need to have it installed on both devices. I have this set up to always sync my pictures, music and password vaults between my devices. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.nutomic.syncthingandroid/
If you want to just transfer files and not keep them synchronized then i would recommend the file manager “Material Files” instead. It comes with a built in FTP server that you can use to access your phone over the local network from your PC. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/me.zhanghai.android.files/
Both are available on F-Droid and Google Play, but i recommend getting F-Droid if you dont have it yet. Its a great alternative store for open source apps. https://f-droid.org/en/
What OS do you have installed on your desktop/laptop?
Windows 11 on my PC.
Do you know what an FTP server is? If so then you can probably figure out how to use “Material Files” for this. Otherwise this might be a bit too complicated for me to explain right now.
If you figure it out, its really cool tho. Once set up you will basically have a “folder” in your windows file explorer that will show everything thats on your phone. You can then copy paste stuff between your PC and that folder(your phone)
I will look into that later as I have found Syncthing to be working great for me.
Oh nice, even better ^^
Agreed.
A great alternative that has selective Sync is Resilio. I find it to be heavy on my phone (because I have a massive media library and it keeps the database/index in ram).
But it lets me browse my media share anywhere, anytime (from the phone), and have it sync files to the phone as needed.
For everything else I use Syncthing-Fork on the phone, and SyncTrayzor on Windows.
Do you have a wifi network? If yes then use a file explorer on Android that can do FTP. Use any FTP client on your computer and transfer. I recommend FileZilla.
Android transfers are really fucking stupid. I refuse to use Google drive or complicated sync that barely works and I refuse to pay money for an ftp transfer or samba share app that actually works, so I made a php file upload server. Yes, I see the irony. But I can upload files from my pc or from my phone and download them from my phone or my pc. It’s so much faster than any other method I can think of. Even using Windows where the android USB drivers are allowed to work is slower. Runs into issues less often. Php is such a piece of shit but in my case it’s a less shitty piece of shit than any possible alternative.
Localsend works really well for me
I tried using it but for some unknown reason, it crashes on my PC right when I choose my music folder. Syncthing seems to be working great for me, though.
That’s a shame! Be good if someone could look into that later. Glad you found something that works, though.
Yeah.
Alternatively, https://pairdrop.net/ is the same idea (I assume) but runs entirely in your browser which is kinda cool.
Pairdrop is probably a miracle tool for me. Just open the website and send files or text, no configuration, no fuss and it even works outside of the local network.
One day I’ll finally set up my own server, but that’s just for the fun of it. One hosted at https://pairdrop.net is super solid and I can’t remember it failing me.
Thanks just installed this on Linux and my phone and it works.
But it’s a bit slow, I only get 3.1 MB/s. USB transfer is way faster.
Very simple, “just works.” Great if you want to make a one-time transfer and don’t care about syncing files over time.
I love Syncthing, KDE Connect (why is it not Konnect?) and others, but they might be a bit “extra” for this case.
SMBsync2
Auto sync even while I sleep 😁