Hello.

I’m looking for a solution to send text from my PC to my phone, but also the other way around. Big plus if I can send files too in both ways. I already use pairdrop which is nice (while not 100% reliable from my experience) for files, and ntfy is good to send a notification (so basically text) to my phone but the android app won’t let me send from my phone to my pc.

I used to use airdroid a while back, but I don’t want to use proprietary software if I can.

Any idea ?

Solution: snapdrop or pairdrop. For text, right click on PC, long press on phone.

  • zeroblood@lemmy.caEnglish
    21·
    2 years ago

    Have you tried KDE connect? It has Linux & Windows clients and can send clipboard/files/notifications/etc. seamlessly in either direction between Android and PC.

    • Tiritibambix@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      52·
      2 years ago

      Thanks for your answer. I remember having tried it twice before. If I remember correctly, I ditched it because it was too complicated for my use case. But as everyone is suggesting it here, I shall give it another try :)

    • Tiritibambix@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      52·
      2 years ago

      Thanks for your answer. I remember having tried it twice before. If I remember correctly, I ditched it because it was too complicated for my use case. But as everyone is suggesting it here, I shall give it another try :)

    • Tiritibambix@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      Correct me if I’m wrong but I thought the purpose of syncthing was to keep files in sync between 2 machines. Not to send files nor text.

      • t0m5k1@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        2 years ago

        Text can be in a file. All you do is add to the file and sync. Then add different files and sync.

        • Tiritibambix@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
          3·
          2 years ago

          While the solution is clever, I just wish I could simply type some raw text in a field and ping it on to my other machine.

          • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            2 years ago

            I do this with Syncthing (specifically Syncthing-Fork, it provides finer sync job control), using a text file I keep open on my phone.

            Not the most elegant solution, but is a damn near instant sync.

            Syncthing shows up in the share meju, so for files you can share them to Syncthing, then pick the sync job you want it to use. It’ll copy the file to that sync job’s folder.

  • paradox2011@lemmy.mlEnglish
    8·
    2 years ago

    KDEConnect works great, you can share every form of content I’ve run across between desktop and mobile device. Runs on Linux, Windows and Android. Not sure if there’s a Mac client.

    • Tiritibambix@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      42·
      2 years ago

      Thanks for your answer. I remember having tried it twice before. If I remember correctly, I ditched it because it was too complicated for my use case. But as everyone is suggesting it here, I shall give it another try :)

      • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        If you run Tailscale on your phone and PC, they can sync from anywhere (Tailscale is a private mesh network client).

        • _hovi_@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          Any vpn into your home network should work right? And that would include other solutions intended for local transfers mentioned here

  • epique@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    Signal messenger has a note to self function that can be opened on the phone and windows that will do text and small files

  • GravelPieceOfSword@lemmy.caEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    If you want persistent messages, use a messaging app like another poster posted. KDE connect should work, but it doesn’t work for my setup for some reason.

    If you just need transient messages, which is more of my usecase, and lightweight sending, use pairdrop.

    snapdrop and pairdrop app from fdroid for Android, pairdrop website in desktop.

    You can just use the website instead of app on phone too.

    Sending over LAN is local - it doesn’t go outside your own network.

    If devices are on same WiFi, no pairing required.

    You can also send across networks by pairing.

    Project GitHub repository

  • hperrin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    2 years ago

    For files in particular, I wrote something for this called QuickDAV. It’s open source and runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux. You can connect from anything that supports WebDAV. Well, technically you can connect from anything that has a browser, because it has a web client build in.

  • BraveSentry@feddit.deEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    For smaller smalle text snippets I use QR codes. I use Binary Eye on android, I’m sure there is an open source tool for Windows too. For anything larger, I use syncthing.

  • Someology@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    2 years ago

    Depending what you want, you can do this very simply:. Create an SMB network share on the PC. It can be password protected or not. Doesn’t matter what OS, really (Windows, OSX, Linux). Then, on your Android phone, use an app like Solid Explorer or any other network capable file manager app that you like. Add the share to your file explorer app. After that, you can copy files just like the network share is a USB flash drive or SD card, or any other drive. It is taking advantage of stuff already built into your PC OS.