XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: cariadmenywod@gmail.com   
      
   In , Char Jackson   
   suggested:   
      
   >>Like you, I've had ES File Explorer on my phone since the early days.   
   >   
   > Wait, no, I said even though I've had Android phones for >4 years, I   
   > only recently installed ES File Explorer, and I didn't do it for the FTP   
   > server. In fact, I didn't even know it had FTP capabilities until this   
   > thread came along. :-)   
      
   Like you, I didn't even know that ES File Explorer had an FTP Server until   
   someone else, on this ng, suggested it.   
      
   I think it can be set up manually here:   
    ESFileExplorer: Settings > Network > FTP > New   
      
   But the beauty of ES File Explorer is that it's automatic here:   
    ESFileExplorer: Settings > Network > Remote Manager > Turn on   
      
   Another beauty of ES File Explorer is that you can turn it on (as shown   
   above) and then hit the "three dot" menu at top right for the "FTP Server   
   Settings" where you can set the root directory to "/" or whatever, and you   
   can create a shortcut on the Android desktop.   
      
   That shortcut is called "ESFTP" by default (but you can change the name of   
   any shortcut in Android) where there is no GUI. It's just a shortcut which,   
   when you hit it, it turns on the FTP server and that's all it does.   
      
   When you tap once on that "ESFTP" shortcut, a notification scrolls at the   
   top of my phone saying it's turned on, and then that goes away and it's   
   just running.   
      
   Likewise, on Windows, it's as easy to use once you set up the FTP url in My   
   Network Places.   
      
   So it's really tap, tap, done, which is, after all, the beauty of the   
   method.   
      
   ADVANTAGES:   
   1. Tap tap done, and your entire Android file system is "mounted" on a PC   
   2. Works on any computer without installing any software on the computer.   
      
   REQUIREMENTS:   
   A. You have to be on the local subnet (duh).   
   B. You have to be running (any) FTP server on the Android device.   
      
   Very few things are this easy, this universal, this convenient, and this   
   powerful at the same time.   
      
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