You can transfer files between Android and computer using your local WiFi network. To do that you need to install a free app “SwiFTP FTP Server” on you Android phone and then map a network drive on you computer to access Android phone.
Step-1
Search “SwiFTP FTP Server” in Android Market app, download and Install it.
Step-2
Run the SwiFTP app from Android.
- You need to setup few entries like “username” and “password” that you have to enter while you need to access Android phone from computer.
- leave the “Port number” as it is or you can change if you getting some error while starting the SwiFTP server. There are some other settings if you want to change it.
- Tap “Save” button when done.
Step-3
Tap “Start” button to start the FTP server, note down the Wifi URL e.g. ftp://192.168.0.104:2121/ and notice the SwiFTP icon is displaying on Notification bar. It recommended to stop the SwiFTP server if you are not using it.
Step-4
Right click on “Computer” icon and select “Map network drive”.
Step-5
Click on the text link “connect to a Web site that you can…” as shown below in screenshot.
This will run a wizard to add a Network location, just click “Next” button.
Step-6
“Choose a custom network location” option and click “Next” button.
Step-7
Type the Wifi URL/FTP address that you have noted in step-3 and click “Next” button.
Step-8
Un-check the “Log on anonymously” check-box, type the username that you have mentioned in SwiFTP settings on Android phone in step-2 and click “Next” button.
Step-9
Enter a name for the location “My Android” or anything you want and click “Next” button.
Step-10
Finally make sure the SwiFTP server is running on Android phone and click the “Finish” button.
Step-11
If the “Open this network location…” check box is checked, this will prompt for username and password that you have mentioned in SwiFTP settings on Android phone in step-2. Type the User name and Password and click “Log On” button.
Step-12
If you enter the correct username and password you will see the contents of your Android phone including SDcard. Now you can transfer files/folders between your computer and Android phone.
If you want to access your Android phone from your computer later, Double click “Computer” icon and here you can see the mapped network drive icon.
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Very good!!
When i am trying to start Swiftp, i am getting some error, can you help me?
Run SwiFTP on your Android phone, change the port and save the SwiFTP settings, then try to start it.
hi. i am having some problems with this
my windows 7 computer says
could not establish a connection.
every time i try to connect.
is there a way to put in the password before connecting.
i changed the port number like 5 times trying everything from scratch 5 times.
I made a mistake by copyng URL this man used in his tutorial without looking at the url my phone showed (they were different). So be aware not to be making same error i have done. Just copy the url that your phone shows when starting this server!
Worked very well and saved me tons of time!!! thank you very much
Thank you so much for writing this!
Very excellent software, and very excellent explanation by trickYguy!
Thanks Trickyways Work like a charm
Nice tutorial. Thankyou
Awesome. Works perfectly!
Thanks for this very useful guide. And the screenshots were nice. Made it really simple to setup and get working.
Nice! Very nice!
I used filezilla instead, but still works like a charm!
Actually amazing stuff right here guys!