I've been using an Android app to sync data from my cell phone to computer and getting an average of 30 megabytes per second.
With the help of chat gpt I installed an app called termux which is Linux on Android. From there I installed an SFTP server called dropbear.
im using rclone to mount the dropbear server.
because rclone presents them as a clean, direct filesystem with no Android‑blocked symlinks in the way.
The interesting part is that this also means you now have a stable, persistent mount point that Windows can browse without fighting Android’s restrictions.
rclone eliminates Android’s slow symlink path
rclone instead mounts the actual FUSE storage directly, so Windows sees a clean filesystem with no Android‑imposed detours.
rclone uses aggressive read‑ahead and parallel I/O
SSHFS‑Win is conservative: small buffers, minimal parallelism, and Windows’ UNC layer adds overhead.
rclone uses:
large buffered reads
async parallel transfers
smart caching
fewer round‑trips per file
On Android, that alone can double throughput.
rclone avoids the “Android file API penalty”
Most Android SFTP apps use the Storage Access Framework (SAF), which is painfully slow.
Termux + rclone uses direct FUSE access, which is dramatically faster.
That’s why you’re seeing 2× speed compared to Android SFTP apps — they’re stuck behind SAF, while rclone isn’t.
Now I am getting between 50 and 80!
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