Wugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoAre there any apps that let you beam files from your phone to your computer or another phone? Idk what this would be called but it would make my life so much easiermessage-squaremessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1106arrow-down10
arrow-up1106arrow-down1message-squareAre there any apps that let you beam files from your phone to your computer or another phone? Idk what this would be called but it would make my life so much easierWugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square73fedilink
minus-squarekorendian@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoI was wondering what this app was, since I just started using Ubuntu. Interesting to know what it does, sounds useful.
minus-squarex00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 hours agoI use GSConnect for Gnome: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1319/gsconnect/
minus-squareTheRedSpade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·22 hours agoMy phone and computer can occasionally see each other through KDE Connect. Never when I actually have a use for it though.
minus-squareTheTimeKnife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 hours agoMake sure you are on the right network. My phone kept switching wifi and it took me forever to troubleshoot it.
minus-squareBastingChemina@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoI have both my phone and my computers in tailscale and connected them with direct IP. So now my phone can connect to my computer all the time, wherever I am ! Pretty useless but fun
minus-squarex00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 hours agoYou might have some background power saving mode enabled for the KDE app on your phone.
minus-squaremybuttnolie@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·15 hours agoi have this issue between my media pc (mint) and my phone (GOS), but my phone and desktop (ultramarine kde) can see each other and desktop and media pc can see each other…
minus-squarebizarroland@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·22 hours agoSeems to work much better on Linux than it does on Windows, in my experience.
minus-squareWugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·22 hours agoI already installed it, you don’t need to sell it to me so hard!
minus-squarebizarroland@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·20 hours agoI wasn’t selling KDE Connect to you, I was selling Linux to the other people that might overhear, lol.
minus-squarea_person@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·23 hours agoBest one, a bit finicky at times but amazing.
https://kdeconnect.kde.org/
I was wondering what this app was, since I just started using Ubuntu. Interesting to know what it does, sounds useful.
I use GSConnect for Gnome: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1319/gsconnect/
My phone and computer can occasionally see each other through KDE Connect. Never when I actually have a use for it though.
Make sure you are on the right network. My phone kept switching wifi and it took me forever to troubleshoot it.
I have both my phone and my computers in tailscale and connected them with direct IP.
So now my phone can connect to my computer all the time, wherever I am !
Pretty useless but fun
You might have some background power saving mode enabled for the KDE app on your phone.
i have this issue between my media pc (mint) and my phone (GOS), but my phone and desktop (ultramarine kde) can see each other and desktop and media pc can see each other…
+1 for KDEconnect
Seems to work much better on Linux than it does on Windows, in my experience.
I already installed it, you don’t need to sell it to me so hard!
I wasn’t selling KDE Connect to you, I was selling Linux to the other people that might overhear, lol.
Best one, a bit finicky at times but amazing.