Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android,misc.phone.mobile.iphone Subject: Re: Hey Arlen, Read This Reply To Me From Frank... Date: 17 Apr 2025 21:47:44 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 87 Message-ID: References: <92SdnU-TqZW66Zz1nZ2dnZfqnPWdnZ2d@supernews.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 7NqQ3zXvoklOld1FV+V9mwdkie1XzT2SNBtCTfS2yF5tf5jMj8 Cancel-Lock: sha1:E6b3w0i04RC5p9fLNvrmtXfHN4U= sha256:zT+3SevcLFS0BIHPKALlogTPoDHiZ1/pJkEilA0K/CI= Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Darwin) Bytes: 5352 On 2025-04-17, Tyrone wrote: > On Apr 17, 2025 at 5:12:32 PM EDT, "Jolly Roger" wrote: >> On 2025-04-17, Tyrone wrote: >>> On Apr 17, 2025 at 1:57:20 PM EDT, "Frank Slootweg" >>> wrote in How Do nonroot Android...: >>>> Tyrone 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... > Prediction: his next fallback position will be "This server port restriction > obviously changed very recently. Because it never worked before". Nevermind > that the app we are using is at least 6 years old. 🤣👍🏼 -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR