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?
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Why do people sleep on KDE connect? It does a lot of things really well and is OS agnostic.
My reason is that it’s extremely buggy. I find it looses the plot if you are moving more than 1 file at a time, and it often can’t find paired devices even if they are on the same network. Plus it’s over bloated with no default configuration. I.e. I just want to send files. I don’t want it to act as a mouse pointer. And disabling it for each and every device is tedious.
Granted it’s better than any other alternative apps I’ve found. Which is why it’s installed, even on my iPad.
Have you tried LocalSend? Works great for me cross-platform
I did not any it’s beautiful. Good bye KDE connect
I personally don’t like it because (on android) it insists on auto-starting and continuously running in the background with no options to change that behaviour. Every time I use it and after every reboot I have to force quit the app. It would be a great tool otherwise but I find that annoying af.
Localsend works really well for me
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.
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.
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!
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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
Only buy phones with a MicroSD, all Android transfer nonsense will waste your time.
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 ^^
Syncthing
I’ve been using KDE connect’s file transfer feature because I sometimes use my phone to control my PC, works well and fast.
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.
Syncthing if you have a bunch of files in a folder.
Localsend if you just have 1 or 2 files.
Local Send.
I just went through this trying to transfer 23GB of music samples - tens of thousands of files in nested folders - to an Android phone to use with Koala Sampler. Tried USB, KDE Connect, Onedrive, all failed at some point, couldn’t handle merging, or some other problem. Syncthing was the answer and it was pretty quick too.
Yup. It’s working fine right now (61% of 24GB has already transferred).
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?
