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On 2025-04-17 14:47, Jolly Roger wrote:
> On 2025-04-17, Tyrone <none@none.none> wrote:
>> On Apr 17, 2025 at 5:12:32 PM EDT, "Jolly Roger" <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>>> 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. 😉
>>
>> Still, it is nice to have beaten him into submission.  If only for a day.
>> Because everyone reading this knows who was right and who IS the troll.
> 
> badgolferman would like a word...

His name is "lickspittle" or "toadie", please!