Phone Send Files from Android Mobile Device to Windows 11 PC

Frankly, (imo) it is just easier to do this by simply connecting android to pc using a usb cable.

The android then shows up as a drive in file explorer and you can copy files either way to your heart's content.

You can do something similar to a degree with iphones but not to same extent due to vagaries of iphone's file system as you seem to be limited to certain user folders.

I tend to use the "Apple Devices" app on the iphone but even then it is perhaps a bit clunky. Actually @Brink - a tutorial on how to use the Apple Devices app would be useful. It took me a few goes to work out how to use it effectively even at a basic level - I am sure I could do more if I took the time to learn how to use it to its full capability.

cereberus said:

Frankly, (imo) it is just easier to do this by simply connecting android to pc using a usb cable.

The android then shows up as a drive in file explorer and you can copy files either way to your heart's content.

You can do something similar to a degree with iphones but not to same extent due to vagaries of iphone's file system as you seem to be limited to certain user folders.

I tend to use the "Apple Devices" app on the iphone but even then it is perhaps a bit clunky. Actually @Brink - a tutorial on how to use the Apple Devices app would be useful. It took me a few goes to work out how to use it effectively even at a basic level - I am sure I could do more if I took the time to learn how to use it to its full capability.

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I don't have an iPhone to work with.

Brink said:

I don't have an iPhone to work with.

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I only have one due to my latest NHS hearing aids only working with Iphone. I could have gone private but that would cost £3k+ for my needs.

One thing that is clunky is file transfer to/from pcs compared with androids.
Of course the concept on Apple and MS cooperating is less likely than finding an honest politician.

Perhaps you could ask to site owner to buy/lend you one as I think some general guidance would be really welcomed?

Backing up mobiles is another potential tutorial topic that could be of interest.

I actually backup my Samsung android phone to pc using Samsung's Smartswitch. It is practically like a pc image backup - I restored a backup recently after screwing up an update (my own fault trying to be too clever) and the backup worked fine. Google has a backup system but not as slick as the Samsung Smartswitch (that would be a good tutorial as many use Samsungs).

The only minor gripe is the backup when created does not remember all your app passwords (some but not all - no idea why that should be). Still, easy enough to get them from Windows built in password manager (assuming you have accessed sites on pc as well). In a few cases, I had to go through "forgotten password" procedures.

You can also backup iphones using the Apple Device app - key issue is it can take a lot of storage on default C drive which you cannot directly change. However, you can use a symlink to point the C drive default folder to another drive. I have yet plucked up courage to do a restore yet.