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I restarted the android app that acts as a ssh server as well as freefilesync.
After this, performance of freefilesync became equivalent to scp.

I was trying to sync files with freefilesync SFTP (from PC to Android). I found it rather slow: between 150-700kB/s.

I also tried with scp and it is much faster, up to ~2MB/s

scp -v -P <port> -i <private-key-file> <source> <user@ipv4>:/

<source> 11% 44MB 1.7MB/s 03:21 ETA


This was with a keyfile ...

... Windows shares to access any of the data you simply need to connect over Sftp which can be done easily in FFS and also on your Android phones.

On Android, if it's Samsung, the native File program supports connecting to SFTP servers. It's any other device like a generic clean Android I would try using ...

Simply try Android USB RNDIS and you'll benefit from both USB3.0 and SFTP.

@dave_m,

Hi,

I installed the f-droid primitive sftp server and it set the date of each file to today's date, just like it did for you. It's the apps fault.

Try the one I recommended, it works correctly!!

Hi,

The free SFTP server that I recommended allows FFS to preserve all of the original date and time stamps.
I don't have all files with the same date or the date I run the sync.

You can also approach the problem from another direction. There is a program in the Google Play store called "folder sync ...

thanks for your support.

I prefer an open source variant of an sftp server application. I tried https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.primftpd/
and the synchronized data has the modification date of today again, so basically no solution.

Any other ideas?

I was thinking about rsync as a last resort ...

Let me know if you get stuck setting up the SFTP server.
You should add a new user and set a password.
For the Path alias this should work: "Alias:/" and then "/storage/emulated/0". You're phone may differ.

Thank you for your answers.

as @John1234 suggested, I will try the SFTP server approach.

Hi,

I get good results with FFS when using SFTP to sync wirelessly to my phone.

I use a free SFTP server from Google Play.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.xnano.android.sshserver

Works better that MTP.

Give that a try.

Hi all,

I somehow got it going, I read somewhere, where someone had a similar problem, he was asked if he uses the same username on both machines (don't know the answer) but as I did the same I changed the user on the phone, tried again and it finally started working!
Thanks for the support,

Andreas

... backing up files or synchronizing those files that are on your Android phone to some other server whether it be windows or SFTP it doesn't matter.

To backup my text messages on my phone to my drive I use a program in the Google Play app store called foldersync. You can specify any folders on ...

Hi,

I use that very same sFTP server software.

I will upload a couple of screenshots that may help you. A few hours from now, I should have some updates for you.

As suggested multiple times in this forum, instead of using the (often buggy) native MTP protocol of your phone, you can install an sftp server on your phone and sync via FFS using the SFTP protocol.
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Hi, I just started to figure out how to sync from my Linux-machine to my android phone (Galaxy S22) and found a post where it says to install an SFTP server. So I did that and installed the SSH Server from Banana Studio, created a user, with password, and set up this as path:
/storage/emulated/0 ...

... version 2 and fuse version 3 is available and if you upgrade you might break a package that you have.

Great that you have it working again. Write down the name of the app for SFTP for future reference. You can back up your phone if you get caught without a cable or can't plug it in for any reason.

Hi,

You can try using SFTP instead of plugging it in and see if you get better results. There is a nice SFTP server in the Google Play app store and then you can mount your phone directly from
FFS.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.xnano.android.sshserver

If you're still looking for an Android solution, I use this software from the Google Play Store. It turns your cell phone into an SFTP server, and then you can use the SFTP protocol from free file sync to back up anything on your phone. If you have any questions just post them and I will answer.

https ...

... Then it is up to the user to add either Windows file sharing or SFTP via SSH. If the computer that you're trying to sync with has a private ... make the connection to the private IP address.

The file explorer on my Android phone can access my server at home using Windows file sharing from ...

... Then it is up to the user to add either Windows file sharing or SFTP via SSH. If the computer that you're trying to sync with has a private ... make the connection to the private IP address.

The file explorer on my Android phone can access my server at home using Windows file sharing from ...

Hi,

I have good luck synchronizing files to and from my Android phone using SFTP which is the protocol that free file sync supports natively.

The SFTP server program that I use on my Android phone can be installed from the Google Play app store. It turns your phone into an SFTP server.

No cables and ...

thank you guys, but I give up (SFTP server is far too complicated for me, and after I installed the cx file explorer on my Android tablet I still connect to my PC with mtp)


WAIT!!

If you have Cx File Explorer, you have traditional FTP server.
1. Go to Network Tab
2. Click yellow Access from ...

thank you guys, but I give up (SFTP server is far too complicated for me, and after I installed the cx file explorer on my Android tablet I still connect to my PC with mtp)

I think xCSxXenon covered it with his link.

My recommendation is:

Try following the instructions for setting up the SFTP server from Google Play.
Here is the FREE app in Google Play that I use:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.xnano.android.sshserver

When syncing with cell phone I turn my phone (Android) into an SFTP Server!

Way better and more reliable than a USB cable.

Here is the FREE app in Google Play that I use:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.xnano.android.sshserver

dongiovanni,

Both SMB and SFTP will get the job done. Personally, I mostly use Open SSH server and SFTP with FFS and Windows. There are two factors in ... for file access and backups. I also have an Ssh server running on my Android phone to do backups of that as well once a week.

If I were you I would ...

Thank you for you reply @LeoW

I managed to get the SFTP server working but the speeds are quite slow, averaging around 3,50 MB/s.
Isn't there a way to make it work over USB?

hi @tooman23

I use FFS with Windows & Linux & Android. I sync/backup my Android with FFS.

To do this, you need to load an SSH server app on your Android phone. FFS can talk to SFTP servers, which is what SSH server provides. I use a free SSH server from Google Play called "SSH/SFTP Server - Terminal ...

... okay, Syncthing is also a good choice.


I've been trying to sync with android over wi-fi SFTP, but the timestamps problem is awlays there. Is this SDReader an app? Do you have more details about how you solved it?

... com/store/apps/details?id=com.medhaapps.wififtpserver

and using my Android phone as a hotspot I have no problem accessing and browsing all folders ... the username, password, Public key Authentication, Type of server (FTP/SFTP), Port, Secure Port, IP pattern (no idea what this is) and anonymous ...