Android file transfer

Yes, the maximum speed of 600Mbps on a 802.11n network depends on the capacity and number of antennas in a WLAN architecture.

We have to take into account the speed of read/write of the shared folder. If MicroSD it is pretty slow, with a maximum of 10MB/s on a class 10 card.

Why you do not use FTP instead of SFTP? Your machine loses his time to encrypting and decrypting files.

There is an app called SAMBA FILE SHARING at google play, have you already tried? I didn't because it requires a rooted device.

I have reasons for using SFTP, which I would rather not explain.

Agreed, it does add more overhead than plain FTP.

QuicksiteUSA

Your device is a Sansung and the issue is solved by the Kies solution. Unfortunately my device is not a Samsung, and there is no fix for me to use Android Fite Transfer, it simply does not connect my device in MTP, only in PTP.

For you, is better to use Android File Transfer, according to Lonny Eachus, it is faster.

I'm just doing it by FTP because it is the only way available to me.

I don't know if this has been mentioned, but Android File Transfer runs a process in the background at all times, even when it's not open. Just a heads up. I don't know about you guys, but once I found that out, I removed it immediately.

Can you explain more about this process and why it made you want to immediately remove it like it was a kind of trojan or backdoor written for macintosh?...Adobe also have process in background even when no application is open. Itunes does the same.

I deleted it simply because I have no idea what its purpose is, and I see no reason for Android File Transfer to run a background process. For all I know, it could be a security threat. And to make it worse, it's made by Google, the company which leaked my Gmail contacts and accompanying Google search history (intentionally or not, who knows) to spammers.

I deleted the Adobe updater background process after I installed Photoshop because it kept randomly using 100% CPU for some reason. I'd prefer if the iTunes Helper weren't there because it sometimes holds up installations that require that every application be closed, but it's there so iTunes can detect my iPhone and sync with it, so it has a good reason to exist.

I have a Motorola X and same problem here... as son as I updated to 10.8.5 i cannot read my phone anymore...

Tried to switch to PTP... I Photo works fine and i can access the pics.. but i cannot get to the data...

Haven´t finished reading the tread, but has anybody figured it out?

Regards

Hey Erikoliv...

As angry as I am about this whole ordeal (with Mac and Android and Motorola..which don´t seem to care about us)

I would like to try your option.. I know it is not a fix, but right now, it´s a solution.

Can you please explain your method as for dummies (meaning: me)?

I already have FileZila installed, can I use this program?

Have tried to locate Servidor FTP.. no luck... do you have a link?

Thanks!

What's funny to me is that with all this reasoning sounding so good, it was an update to Android that fixed the problem, not a change to Mavericks.

I left AFT installed on my mac and, lo and behold, when I updated my device (note, that's Android DEVICE, not Mavericks that was updated), a Google Nexus 7 tablet, suddenly Android File Transfer popped up and offered to let me transfer files. And it's able to view my Android file system.

Matthew:

With all due respect, NO, IT WASN'T, which I explained in detail in an earlier post on this forum.

There are various causes, depending on the kind of phone (and Android version). That much is true. But when all the known solutions don't work (or aren't applicable to that particular device), it was in fact the upgrade to Mavericks that broke AFT.

My phone was working with AFT one day. I performed a CLEAN install of Mavericks, and the next day my phone did not work with AFT. Same version of Android.

And, as it turns out, for the vast majority of people for whose situation there is no already KNOWN solution, it has turned out that it was the update to Mavericks that was the ACTUAL cause.

I also explained how you can prove it.

Find my earlier comment. If you have a phone for which there is a solution, give it a try. Chances are, your problem is fixed (and WASN'T due to Mavericks, per se).

But if your phone still doesn't work with AFT, apply the workaround I described. Voila! Now your phone works with AFT and Mavericks. But reboot the machine... oops. It stops working again.

YES, it has been demonstrated to be a problem with Mavericks. And I half-suspect that Apple has been intentionally avoiding fixing it, since there is a known (temporary) workaround, and they should have had a fix for it out 2 updates ago.

Fair enough.

Android+AFT was definitely the problem in my case (and probably others) and Mavericks was definitely the problem in your case and many others.

Sorry it's not so easy in your case.

Well, I was hoping that others could enjoy the same magic I had. I was debugging an Android app and upgraded to Android 4.4.4 while connected. As soon as the tablet rebooted, AFT appeared (it's never done that before).

My problem was more serious.

I downloaded 'Android File Transfer' by Google to MacBook 10.6.8. Connected Android v 2.5 phone but the AFT could not recognize the connection. Found the instruction to connect the phone first and then open AFT app. The moment I connected the phone, my Mac froze and thanks to DiskWarrior, I was able to correct the situation.

That happened with another app of AFT as well, so word of caution when connecting a Mac to Android or vv.

Had problem with Android File Transfer. Was working then suddenly stopped and gave the usual error messages.

To fix deleted the following plist file from the users Library folder. (Hold down alt key while clicking on Go on Finder menu).

com.google.android.mtpviewer.plist

Once this was removed from the Library preferences folder Android File Transfer started working again.

LG Optimus 4x HD (P880)

Mac mini (Late 2012) OS X Yosemite

Was able to connect my smartphone via USB with AFT to my Mac mini after turning off USB Debugging in Developer Settings on my smartphone.