On Tue, 28 Apr 2026, Didier Kryn via Dng wrote:

> Le 27/04/2026 à 18:03, Jim Jackson a écrit :
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 21 Apr 2026, Didier Kryn via Dng wrote:
> >
> > > Le 20/04/2026 à 13:06, Peter Duffy a écrit :
> > > > adb is a very useful utility, enabling a lot of things to be done which
> > > > aren't possible by default on an android device (it's probably the
> > > > least harrowing way of transferring files between a computer and
> > > > android).
> > >     Well, I've plugged recently a memory key with an USB3 connector to my
> > > Android phone and I could transfer files very easily.
> > >
> > >     Before that, I had developped a Linux application to transfer files
> > > in
> > > both directions using any web browser available on the phone, and without
> > > plugging anything into the phone.
> > >
> > >     That said, I've never tried to hack my phone with adb, but I know
> > > that it
> > > is the way to replace Android with a free OS and I plan to do it some day.
> > I've got the android app termux installed on my phone, you get a linux
> > command line. You can install sshd and then you can sftp/scp to your
> > heart's content (or at least as much as android allows :-)
> >
> > With sshd running on the phone, you can use sshfs from another linux
> > machine to mount the accessible parts of the android filesystem.
> > The use of rsync for backups is also a possiblility.
> >
> >
>     I think I had already noticed the existence of that app. But it is
> designed for an older version of Android than the one on my phone, so that
> there is a warning that it can't be upgraded. This is why I didn't install it
> in the first place. But maybe I can install it anyway and give it a try.
> Specially interesting is that the package manager is apt.
>
>     Thanks for pointing to it.

It works fine on my fairphone 5 on Android 15. I loaded it from F-droid