Path: ...!news.nobody.at!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.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... (was: How do nonroot Android & nonjailbroken iOS run SMB servers to connect to each other & Windows?) Date: 17 Apr 2025 21:12:32 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 74 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net Gk4nfsxXNBxu6KsdnBQiOQHbtVl/oeZ0BwVxCm/AY2+rZitWjj Cancel-Lock: sha1:C1Omo+3/Y4is/L8cPaKGa9UA21Y= sha256:5AhsnczHfsWND2/i41Vkb92YJOdtL2AIROl7XeHlq4I= 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: 4770 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. 😉 -- 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