XPost: comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: algeriahoran@algeriahoran.net   
      
   Rod Speed wrote:   
      
   >> The time is independent of the number of movies stored on the first   
   >> phone since the entire card is being moved from one phone to the other.   
   >   
   > Hardly anyone uses a card to do that.   
      
   The whole point of having the SD card is so that you can store data on that   
   card, such as all your APKs and all your video files, and then so you can   
   easily transfer that data to other devices.   
      
   For example, I store APKs from multiple repositories (e.g., F-Droid &   
   Google Play) on the expansion card, and I can easily install those APKs on   
   other devices *without* having to enable F-Droid or Google Play on those   
   other devices.   
      
   Same with movies. I can play scores of previously saved movies on any other   
   device simply by popping the expansion card into another device.   
      
   This works well between me and the wife because I'm technical enough to be   
   able to download anything out there, while she is only technical enough to   
   play it. :)   
      
   > So was I, but you obviously have to put it on the   
   > card in the first place and that is what takes the time.   
      
   The sdcard sneakernet method works fine for APKs also, which have to be   
   installed anyway, and which take zero extra time to archive automagically   
   to the expansion card with a free backup-and-restore utility.   
      
   But, I do agree that the movies have to be downloaded in the first place;   
   however, you'd be amazed at how quickly the NewPipe utility downloads a   
   2-hour youtube video. I generally only download the audio, so it's even   
   faster (much faster); but it's just a pushbutton in NewPipe and you can   
   even close NewPipe and go on with your business because it downloads the   
   entire movie (audio or video or both) in the background.   
      
   So, other than presumably slowing down the CPU, all the downloading (for   
   both movies and APKs) is done in the background.   
      
   >> It takes the same amount of time to transfer   
   >> 10MB as it does to transfer 64GB that way.   
   >   
   > But doesn¢t with the time it takes to put it on the card in the first place.   
      
   The downloading of APKs and movies is done in the background.   
   I'm sure there's a background CPU/IO hit; but it's not noticeable.   
      
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