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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Hey Arlen, Read This Reply To Me From Frank... (was: How do
 nonroot Android & nonjailbroken iOS run SMB servers to connect to each
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Date: 17 Apr 2025 21:12:32 GMT
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On 2025-04-17, Tyrone <none@none.none> wrote:
> On Apr 17, 2025 at 1:57:20 PM EDT, "Frank Slootweg" <this@ddress.is.invalid>
> wrote in How Do nonroot Android...:
>> Tyrone <none@none.none> wrote:
>> [...]
>> 
>> [About "LAN Drive Samba server" on iOS:]
>> 
>>> That is one of the apps I looked at yesterday.
>>> 
>>> So I installed it today. The free version works fine, but is sort of slow.  I
>>> was able to start the server on an iPad and create a user account with
>>> read/write access. The folder it creates is a folder in the Files app.
>>> 
>>> BTW the "localhost" in the picture above is just the default name used for the
>>> iPad/iPhone.  I changed that to "ipad1'.
>>> 
>>> I then did a standard "Map Network Drive" in Windows 11. I connected to
>>> \\ipad1\LANDrive". I entered my name and password (that I setup on the iPad
>>> SMB Server).  All very standard Windows networking stuff. So it clearly IS
>>> using port 445.
>>> 
>>> I then transferred a random PDF file from Windows to the iPad. Worked fine.
>>> LAN Drive Samba Server also gives you access to DCIM on the iPad. Yes, you can
>>> copy photos from the iPad to Windows.  Note that the iPad appears as a mapped
>>> drive on Windows. I used drive letter X.
>>> 
>>> I then moved a file in the Files app on the iPad into the LANDrive folder.
>>> On Windows 11, I was able to see and copy this file over to Windows.  Just
>>> like any network drive.
>>> 
>>> The DCIM access appears to be read only. At least, in 30 minutes of testing
>>> this app, I don't see a way to get write access. But you DO have access to it.
>>> 
>>> So, the Apple-hating trolls can lose more sleep. Yet ANOTHER thing that they
>>> were absolutely SURE could not be done (because "iOS is a toy") CAN BE DONE.
>>>  Direct transfers between iOS and Android is possible. You can access the DCIM
>>> folder. You CAN map an iPad/iPhone as a drive letter on Windows, so you can
>>> move files back and forth FROM Windows instead of FROM iOS.  Certainly such
>>> apps are available for Android as well.
>> 
>>   No, such apps (SMB servers which can use port 445) are *not* available
>> on Android!
>> 
>>   That's why 'Arlen' can't handle your facts, because in this case, iOS
>> can do something which (non-rooted) Android can not.
>> 
>>   Android servers (of any type) can not use ports below 1024.
>> 
>>> As I said yesterday, all that is needed is an SMB Server.
>> 
>>   Which also closes another open question (control a Windows<->iOS copy
>> *from* Windows).
>> 
>>   What was the thing with birds and a stone again!? :-)
>
> Arlen, are you going to FINALLY admit that you are wrong? The limitation of
> Server ports below 1024 is an Android limitation.  NOT iOS.  Get it now?
>
> LAN Drive SMB Server does - in fact - use port 445. Just like we have been
> telling you.  If you actually had a single iOS device, you could have tested
> it yourself. 
>
> But I suspect you will keep on digging that hole, because you are halfway to
> China already.  So why stop now.

Or he'll just slink away for a while hoping everyone will forget about
this, only to return with a new unrelated troll. 😉

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