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?

    • unexposedhazardEnglish
      10·
      5 months ago

      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?

        • unexposedhazardEnglish
          3·
          5 months ago

          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)

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
      32·
      5 months ago

      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.