[HowTo] Wifi Mount your DROID - Discussion

[JoeKickass]

Thanks for this tutorial, worked so good for me I slapped a monkey.

[tehpriest]

Agree with all the above. Remote file transfer if I leave something at home

[dragonfly1113]

Right now I just use drop box and logmein whenever i need to get files from my computer i just throw them into drop box and than go from there when im working remotely, however when im home i used the websharing app. But setting up an ftp would be great so i dont need to have the same wifi network connected to transfer files and wouldnt need to remote into home to get to drop files into the drop box.

i tried using the tutorial and setup everything right however i keep getting a message that says "login failed: please check the internet connection timeout was reached"

does anyone know how to fix this? otherwise ill just keep using the longer more annoying way

[k1ng617]

So I managed to get my SDcard mounted and files transferred over. I am using FTPserver and filezilla, but my phone does not seem to recognize the newly transferred files until i unmount then mount using the usb cable. Anyone know an easier way to get the files to show on the phone?

[Wolfy]

Yes - look in the Market for a free app called 'SD Mount'...when you run it, it simply refreshes your SD card so the phone sees any new files added to it.

[k1ng617]

Yes - look in the Market for a free app called 'SD Mount'...when you run it, it simply refreshes your SD card so the phone sees any new files added to it.

Thanks thats exactly what I just did and it works as promised

[patrickf]

thanks so much to the guy who came up with this. netdrive didn't work so hot for me on XP, was very sluggish/slow browsing and transfer. was about to give up and just for the heck of it tried good old coffee cup free ftp, which i've used for years - winner! full 54g speeds. this combined with es file explorer gives complete cordless freedom, like someone else here said. lovin it

[misaac]

Just saying thanks to the OP... worked like a charm.

[benjaway]

This has been driving me nuts for at least a week now! I used WS_FTP on my laptop instead of netdrive but still super psyched. thanks again

[Droidinary]

Hi Tigger,

Great work, but can you tell me why I don't see any content while using netdrive. all maps show empty.
Windows Eplorer shows me all the maps, but no content.
I also tried Total Commander via the wifi url, it connects well, but as soon as I open a map, this shows up:CWD [mapname] and [550 invalid name or chroot violation]
so I need help.

mmm I helped myself, the solution is to change the stay within folder to /mnt/sdcard.

Works well.



Cheers Droidinary