Monday, 24 October 2011

File Transfer between Android Device and Computer using Wireless and FTP


There are many ways to transfer files between Android mobile/device wirelessly.

One of the methods is using FTP server and client software.

On Your Android device:-

1)      Install any ftp server software which is easy to use from android market.  There are many ftp server software’s available for free.  Let’s take “Swiftp server”.
2)      Open the “Swiftp server” software on your android mobile/device.
3)      Go to “setup” and in the “settings” choose any “username” and “password”.  The port number you can give 2121 or any port number of your choice. 
4)      Check the box where it says “Accept from wifi” and then save the settings.
5)      Then you will have “start”, “instructions” and “setup”. Click on “start”.
6)      Now the ftp server on your android mobile/device has started.  It will provide you with the ip address that you will require to connect from your computer.

On Your Computer:-

1)      Download “filezilla client” software from filehippo.com. It’s a freeware.
2)      Install the software.
3)      Open the “filezilla client” on your computer.
4)      Now you have to enter the same “ip address” ,“username”, “password” and “Port number” that you gave in “Swiftp server “on your android mobile/device.
5)       Once you entered all these details click on “connect”.
6)      That’s it. You should now be connected to your android mobile/device.

Example:-
I gave the user name as android and password as 123456 in my Swiftp server on my android mobile.  The port number is 2121. When I click on “connect” it gives me the ip address as 192.168.2.10:2121
 Now in the ftp client on my computer, I will then open filezilla client software. I will enter the host as 192.168.2.10. Username will be “android” and password will be 123456. Port number will be 2121.

This is the simplest way to transfer files between computer and android mobile/device using wifi. Using this method you can transfer multiple files faster, easier and more efficiently.