Wirelessly Transfer Files Btwn DeGoogled Phone…

Freedom Tech — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 23:09:56 GMT

# Wirelessly Transfer Files Btwn DeGoogled Phone and Laptop

You can use the "Material Files" app to transfer files back and forth between your Android phone, and your Linux computer, using your phone hotspot

Step 1. Install and set up SFTP on your Linux computer as described in this 👉 post:

Step 2: If you haven't already done so, go install the F-Droid app store by installing the APK from F-Droid.org.

Step 3. Install Material Files from F-Droid.

Step 4. Open Material Files and add your laptop connection. (Both must be on the same network)

a. Tap the 3-bar menu

b. Tap "+ Add storage.."

c. Tap "SFTP server"

d. Hostname is the IP address of your laptop. Type "ifconfig" or "ip a" in a terminal to get this.

e. Path should be / if you want
to access removable media,
which will be in the /media
folder on Debian based distros

f. Password and Username are
the sftp username and
password you set up in
Step 1

g. Tap "Connect and Add" to add
connection to the 3-bar menu.

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