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> I think android phones aren’t for the tech illiterate. As an Android user, I think I'm on-board with this sentiment. Anecdotally, most of the people I know w

> I think android phones aren’t for the tech illiterate. As an Android user, I think I'm on-board with this sentiment. Anecdotally, most of the people I know with Android phones are in IT; specifically software engineers. I once had to transfer files that were downloaded on my phone to a work laptop that couldn't access the external internet and no access to external storage. I installed Termux on my Android phone, dropped to the linux terminal, installed http-server and spun up a server on the local network. I was then able to download the files I needed off of my phone. Quirky scenarios like the one I mentioned where I can "MacGyver" my Android phone is why I really like the platform. And then there's F-Droid so I don't have to deal with those pesky apps from the Google Play store.

jeroenhd 3y ago
> I once had to transfer files that were downloaded on my phone to a work laptop that couldn't access the external internet and no access to external storage. I installed Termux on my Android phone, dropped to the linux terminal, installed http-server and spun up a server on the local network. I was then able to download the files I needed off of my phone. I don't get it, why didn't you plug in a USB cable?
- kitsunesoba 3y ago
  Android file transfer is implemented via the terrible ancient standard MTP[0] which has spotty support anywhere but Windows. I wish Android devices instead worked like iPods, which had a partition that mounted as a plain old USB/Firewire disk when plugged into a computer. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Transfer_Protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Transfer_Protocol
  - tannhaeuser 3y ago
    Actually, old HTC and Samsung Android phones used to register as USB Mass Storage device, but Android changed that to MTP in version 5 or so.
    - hansel_der 3y ago
      even remember a time when my galaxy s4 mini would ask me how it should represent itself when connected via usb; also drivedroid to emulate a cdrom drive with an downloaded .iso in order to boot older computers that don't know how to usb. maybe i have been spoiled by the real computer in my pocket experience of custom rom's.
  - KOTYAR 3y ago
    It's so mondbogglibg what we still use it. With every phone becoming a camera phone, it's unusual NOT to have hungreds or even thousands of 2-3MB photos on your phone. But try to copy your Camera folder on a PC, - and Win Explorer acts like it has a heart attack! And it hasn't improved in entire freaking decade!

jeroenhd 3y ago

> I once had to transfer files that were downloaded on my phone to a work laptop that couldn't access the external internet and no access to external storage. I installed Termux on my Android phone, dropped to the linux terminal, installed http-server and spun up a server on the local network. I was then able to download the files I needed off of my phone. I don't get it, why didn't you plug in a USB cable?

kitsunesoba 3y ago
Android file transfer is implemented via the terrible ancient standard MTP[0] which has spotty support anywhere but Windows. I wish Android devices instead worked like iPods, which had a partition that mounted as a plain old USB/Firewire disk when plugged into a computer. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Transfer_Protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Transfer_Protocol
- tannhaeuser 3y ago
  Actually, old HTC and Samsung Android phones used to register as USB Mass Storage device, but Android changed that to MTP in version 5 or so.
  - hansel_der 3y ago
    even remember a time when my galaxy s4 mini would ask me how it should represent itself when connected via usb; also drivedroid to emulate a cdrom drive with an downloaded .iso in order to boot older computers that don't know how to usb. maybe i have been spoiled by the real computer in my pocket experience of custom rom's.
- KOTYAR 3y ago
  It's so mondbogglibg what we still use it. With every phone becoming a camera phone, it's unusual NOT to have hungreds or even thousands of 2-3MB photos on your phone. But try to copy your Camera folder on a PC, - and Win Explorer acts like it has a heart attack! And it hasn't improved in entire freaking decade!