Want Windows LAN viewer to open share on Android

[Fokke Nauta]

Hi all,

I have a Glaxy S4 phone with Android 5.0.1, connected to my Wifi. I also
have a pc with Windows 10, connected to my LAN (same workgroup as my
phone). On my Windows pc I have a LAN viewer, which shows the IP
addresses and icons and names of all equipment which is connected to my
LAN. When I click on such an ion, I open this pc or laptop and see all
the shared folders. I cannot open the icon of my phone or tablet
(Android as well). Is it possible to install an app on my phone and
tablet, which opens its shared folders to the LAN viewer on my pc?

The only way I can transfer files fom my pc to the Android devices is by
SFTP (SSHDroid). As I now use my LAN viewer to open shares on other
pc's, I'd like to use this as well for my phone and tablet. It's a bit
easier.

Thanks beforehand.

Fokke Nauta

[Joe Beanfish]

On Wed, 18 Apr 2018 11:45:29 +0200, Fokke Nauta wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have a Glaxy S4 phone with Android 5.0.1, connected to my Wifi. I also
> have a pc with Windows 10, connected to my LAN (same workgroup as my
> phone). On my Windows pc I have a LAN viewer, which shows the IP
> addresses and icons and names of all equipment which is connected to my
> LAN. When I click on such an ion, I open this pc or laptop and see all
> the shared folders. I cannot open the icon of my phone or tablet
> (Android as well). Is it possible to install an app on my phone and
> tablet, which opens its shared folders to the LAN viewer on my pc?

Look in the play store for samba server. That should do the trick.

[Frank Slootweg]

Only if your phone is rooted, because a non-rooted phone can only use
non-standard ports and Windows can only the standard port (445) for SMB.
Catch-22.

[Fokke Nauta]

On 18/04/2018 15:40, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> Joe Beanfish <joebe...@nospam.duh> wrote:
>> On Wed, 18 Apr 2018 11:45:29 +0200, Fokke Nauta wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I have a Glaxy S4 phone with Android 5.0.1, connected to my Wifi. I also
>>> have a pc with Windows 10, connected to my LAN (same workgroup as my
>>> phone). On my Windows pc I have a LAN viewer, which shows the IP
>>> addresses and icons and names of all equipment which is connected to my
>>> LAN. When I click on such an ion, I open this pc or laptop and see all
>>> the shared folders. I cannot open the icon of my phone or tablet
>>> (Android as well). Is it possible to install an app on my phone and
>>> tablet, which opens its shared folders to the LAN viewer on my pc?
>>
>> Look in the play store for samba server. That should do the trick.
>

OK!

> Only if your phone is rooted, because a non-rooted phone can only use
> non-standard ports and Windows can only the standard port (445) for SMB.
> Catch-22.
>

Thanks, but how do I root my phone? What is the best way to do this?

Fokke

[Andy Burns]

Fokke Nauta wrote:

> how do I root my phone? What is the best way to do this?

Your first question should be, is wanting SMB access sufficient reason
to root my phone?

[Fokke Nauta]

Why not? What's the risk of rooting a phone?
What do you think of this:
https://drfone.wondershare.com/root/root-samsung-galaxy-s4.html

Fokke

[Andy Burns]

Fokke Nauta wrote:

> Andy Burns wrote:
>
>> is wanting SMB access sufficient reason to root my phone?
>
> Why not? What's the risk of rooting a phone?

There are several, from damaging it during the rooting process, to
finding some apps (e.g banking, contactless payments, video streaming)
will refuse to run on a rooted device. You get the choice to allow or
deny individual apps root access, but you'd better trust those you do
allow 100% because they can do basically anything to your device and all
data on it.

> What do you think of this:
> https://drfone.wondershare.com/root/root-samsung-galaxy-s4.html

It's actually rather a long time since I rooted any of my phones, and
nowadays I don't find the need is there. When that page talks about
rooting safely, it's probably only referring to minimising the risk of
bricking it.

Not to put you off, just to make you think whether or not to do it ...

[Ragnusen Ultred]

Am Wed, 18 Apr 2018 11:45:29 +0200, schrieb Fokke Nauta:

> I have a Glaxy S4 phone with Android 5.0.1, connected to my Wifi.

> Fokke Nauta

I do all the time what you seem to want to do (if I understood your need).

There are a bunch of threads on how to do it, but the simplest thing is to
run a free FTP server on Android and you're pretty much done with software.

The rest is use model.

I use F-Droid's "FTP Server (Free)" but it has a knockoff on Google Play
which I think is the same thing (not sure on that); but any decent FTP
server will work (you'll want to set the optional login/password for full
read/write access to the "visible file system" of Android from Windows).

If you don't set the login/password within the Android FTP app, then Window
swill only be read-only (in my experience anyway). If you set a password,
then it will be read/write.

How much of the "visible file system" of Android that is visible to Windows
depends on your FTP Server (Free)" settings (e.g., you can set the top
level directory that Windows sees) and it depends on whether you're rooted
or not.

The easiest way to root is to download Kingoroot and just run that app
because that simplest-of-all-methods doesn't require a cable or a desktop,
but there are plenty of ways to root any given Android device (depending on
the device particulars).

Once you root, the visible file system includes the system.

On Windows, there are a ton of ways to access the Android file system's FTP
server over the Wi-Fi LAN. The easiest requires zero software, which is
that the "network neighborhood" understands FTP URIs. Linux too.

But I find Windows's handing of FTP URIs in the native "File Explorer" to
be flaky. THey work sometimes. They don't work sometimes. It's flaky.
Usually they work the first time and then they get flaky until you reboot.
Then they work again, with nothing changing in between. Go figure.

So I generally use FileZilla or WinSCP, both of which provide graphical
interfaces to your Android file system. I prefer FileZilla, but YMMV.

Long thread on it somewhere... search for any keyword above in:
http://tinyurl.com/comp-mobile-android

Hope this helps.

[Fokke Nauta]

On 18/04/2018 22:26, Andy Burns wrote:
> Fokke Nauta wrote:
>
>> Andy Burns wrote:
>>
>>> is wanting SMB access sufficient reason to root my phone?
>>
>> Why not? What's the risk of rooting a phone?
>
> There are several, from damaging it during the rooting process,

Isn't this only the case when there is a power drop during the rooting
process? Isn't this the same risk when upgrading the BIOS of a motherboard?

> to
> finding some apps (e.g banking, contactless payments, video streaming)
> will refuse to run on a rooted device.

OK, that's a real problem. But I don't use banking, contactless payments
or vieo streaming on my mobile.

> You get the choice to allow or
> deny individual apps root access, but you'd better trust those you do
> allow 100% because they can do basically anything to your device and all
> data on it.

Fully agree

>> What do you think of this:
>> https://drfone.wondershare.com/root/root-samsung-galaxy-s4.html
>
> It's actually rather a long time since I rooted any of my phones, and
> nowadays I don't find the need is there.

I never did. I'd like to know how it works and see it as a challenge.

> When that page talks about
> rooting safely, it's probably only referring to minimising the risk of
> bricking it.
>
> Not to put you off, just to make you think whether or not to do it ...
>

Well'it's always good to be careful, and to be aware of the risks and
drawbacks.
The only reason I want to root my mobile is to make my LAN viewer have
access to my phone, and to find out how a rooting process goes.

Fokke

[Fokke Nauta]

On 19/04/2018 01:10, Ragnusen Ultred wrote:
> Am Wed, 18 Apr 2018 11:45:29 +0200, schrieb Fokke Nauta:
>
>> I have a Glaxy S4 phone with Android 5.0.1, connected to my Wifi.
>> Fokke Nauta
>
> I do all the time what you seem to want to do (if I understood your need).
>
> There are a bunch of threads on how to do it, but the simplest thing is to
> run a free FTP server on Android and you're pretty much done with software.

OK. I have a FTP client on my PC (CuteFTP) and SSHDroid on my mobile.
That works well.
But the point is, that I now use a LAN viewer to access my shares on the
network, and I'd like this viewer to access shares on my mobile as well.
I understand that I'll have to install a samba server on my mobile, and
to root my mobile in order to allow the samba server to use the ports
Windows is using for accessing its network.

>
> The rest is use model.
>
> I use F-Droid's "FTP Server (Free)" but it has a knockoff on Google Play
> which I think is the same thing (not sure on that); but any decent FTP
> server will work (you'll want to set the optional login/password for full
> read/write access to the "visible file system" of Android from Windows).
>
> If you don't set the login/password within the Android FTP app, then Window
> swill only be read-only (in my experience anyway). If you set a password,
> then it will be read/write.
>
> How much of the "visible file system" of Android that is visible to Windows
> depends on your FTP Server (Free)" settings (e.g., you can set the top
> level directory that Windows sees) and it depends on whether you're rooted
> or not.
>
> The easiest way to root is to download Kingoroot and just run that app
> because that simplest-of-all-methods doesn't require a cable or a desktop,
> but there are plenty of ways to root any given Android device (depending on
> the device particulars).

I downloaded Kingoroot. Curious as to how it will work and see what the
result will be.

>
> Once you root, the visible file system includes the system.
>
> On Windows, there are a ton of ways to access the Android file system's FTP
> server over the Wi-Fi LAN. The easiest requires zero software, which is
> that the "network neighborhood" understands FTP URIs. Linux too.
>
> But I find Windows's handing of FTP URIs in the native "File Explorer" to
> be flaky. THey work sometimes. They don't work sometimes. It's flaky.
> Usually they work the first time and then they get flaky until you reboot.
> Then they work again, with nothing changing in between. Go figure.
>
> So I generally use FileZilla or WinSCP, both of which provide graphical
> interfaces to your Android file system. I prefer FileZilla, but YMMV.

I am familiar to the Filezilla server.

[Chris]

Fokke Nauta <use...@solfon.nl> wrote:
> On 18/04/2018 20:49, Andy Burns wrote:
>> Fokke Nauta wrote:
>>
>>> how do I root my phone? What is the best way to do this?
>>
>> Your first question should be, is wanting SMB access sufficient reason
>> to root my phone?
>
> Why not? What's the risk of rooting a phone?

Many apps won't work on a rooted phone. Especially, but not exclusively,
banking apps.

[Andy Burns]

Fokke Nauta wrote:

> Isn't this only the case when there is a power drop during the rooting
> process? Isn't this the same risk when upgrading the BIOS of a motherboard?

Since the phone runs on battery, power drop mid upgrade isn't much of a
concern, if you need to control it from a PC, use a laptop that's also
on battery.

Things may have got a lot more 'polished' since I rooted my Nexus1, back
then you were piecing together snippets of conflicting information, from
someone who may have got something to work and rushed their work out.

the S4 app you showed certainly looks like it makes it easy ...
Have you got an old phone you can try on?

[Fokke Nauta]

No, only my current S4, which is out of warranty anyway. I'm eager to
give it a try!
And we do have a laptop.

Fokke

[Fokke Nauta]

Thanks for the warning. But I don't use my phone for banking or
contactless payments. I use it for Calling, SMS messages, Whatsapp, the
camera, a web browser and Google Play, to install and purchase apps.
Any risks here?

Fokke

[NY]

"Andy Burns" <use...@andyburns.uk> wrote in message
news:fjpi9t...@mid.individual.net...

I can see that accessing a phone's storage remotely from an SMB client (eg
on a Windows computer) could be a security loophole, though no more than
accessing any other SMB server (eg Windows to Windows).

But what about the opposite situation: using the Android device as an SMB
*client* to access a file on a Windows SMB server? There are various
applications which allow file-transfer, the equivalent of being able to do
an FTP transfer from Windows PC to a copy on the Android device, but I don't
know of any which allow true file access: setting up a virtual storage
location (the equivalent for a drive letter on Windows) to be able to access
the file \\windows-pc\folder\filename on the Windows server as if it was a
local file on the Android device. The difference is that if you need to
modify a file on Windows, you have to transfer it to the Android, edit the
local copy and transfer the modified file back to Windows. And even for
reading, if the file is a large video, you have to transfer the whole
multi-GB file even if you only want to watch a short excerpt somewhere in
the file.

I believe this is also a rooting issue: you can only do true SMB file access
on a rooted phone.

For some reason, SMB access is a problem but achieving the same
functionality is possible with Plex client on Android to a Windows Plex
server.

[Black Iccy]

Surely you're almost halfway there already.
On android:
Run ES file explorer (I prefer the paid but the free will work)
On windows: (For each Win machine)
Run Filezilla server (0.9.60.2 is the current Version)

For each Android device create an FTP connection icon that
the ES file app can recognize as an FTP access 'widget'.

Depending on the access settings pre-allowed to the Filezilla
server you will be able to see a bit (or all) of the drives
pertinent to that particular server. Note however that this
does NOT strictly fulfill your requirements for displaying
the LAN topography (if that's what you're really wanting).

[Fokke Nauta]

Well, I'm already there. Have SSHDroid installed on my phone, and used
CuteFTP on my pc. No problem. But as I use this LAN viewer a lot, I
preferred to open the shares on my phone by that Windows application.

Fokke

[Frank Slootweg]

Fokke Nauta <use...@solfon.nl> wrote:
[...]

> Well, I'm already there. Have SSHDroid installed on my phone, and used
> CuteFTP on my pc. No problem. But as I use this LAN viewer a lot, I
> preferred to open the shares on my phone by that Windows application.

If you're willing to settle for accessing your Android filesystems as
Network *Drives* - instead of as Network *Shares* - you can use FtpUse
[1] on the Windows side.

FtpUse is similar to the normal 'net use' command, but accesses a FTP
server (on Android) instead of a Network Share.

Note that the access to your Android filesystems is essentially an FTP
access, i.e. with the limitations of such access.

[1] <https://www.ferrobackup.com/map-ftp-as-disk.html>

[Chris]

I don't know. Best googling each of your important apps to see if they'll
function in rooted phones.

[Carlos E.R.]

I would not root my phone solely for accessing with Samba.

--
Cheers, Carlos.

[Fokke Nauta]

I guess you're right.
Though I'd like to see how it works, rooting a phone. But I have read it
has too many disadvantages ...

Fokke

[Ragnusen Ultred]

Am Thu, 19 Apr 2018 08:54:45 +0200, schrieb Fokke Nauta:

> OK. I have a FTP client on my PC (CuteFTP) and SSHDroid on my mobile.

> > I am familiar to the Filezilla server.

Just to be clear, it's the *opposite* of that which I am suggesting.

a. On the PC, you apparently have the FTP server
b. On Android, you apparently have the FTP client.

I'm suggestion:
a. On the PC. you use the native File Explorer (or an FTP client).
b. On Android, you start the FTP server.

> That works well.
> But the point is, that I now use a LAN viewer to access my shares on the
> network, and I'd like this viewer to access shares on my mobile as well.

I don't know what you mean by a LAN viewer, so, I am just telling you what
I do, and if it's what you want, then that's fine.

If you set up the phone as an FTP Server (which takes seconds), then you
can VIEW the entire visible file system on the Android device from any
computer in your house since all desktops can view FTP servers graphically
using the native file explorer.

So, on Linux, I use Dolphin or Nautilus, which is the native file explorer,
which sees the visible file system of all the Android devices in the house
as just another directory.

Likewise with Windows' native file explorer. You have read/write access to
every Android device in the house, and to whatever part of the Android file
system is "visible" to you (which depends on your settings).

> I understand that I'll have to install a samba server on my mobile, and
> to root my mobile in order to allow the samba server to use the ports
> Windows is using for accessing its network.

I tried the SMB thing, where, as someone already told you I think, it's not
as straightfoward as you might want it.

If you just want to "mount" (it's not actually a mount, but let me call it
that) the entire Android file system onto your desktop over WiFi, I've
found the FTP method I used to work almost perfectly.

> I downloaded Kingoroot. Curious as to how it will work and see what the
> result will be.

Please do let us know. It worked first time for me on a Motorola S3. I used
it until I changed phones. The nice thing about root is that the visible
file system is increased since you can set "slash" to be the top-level
directory.

I used that to put my Windows hosts file onto my Android devices, where I
use the MVP HOSTS file that everyone knows about so you can find it in a
quick search for "MVP Hosts File".

Aw heck, I'll run the search for you since you seem like you want to learn.
https://blogs.msmvps.com/hostsnews/

Here's the hosts file.
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt

The only thing I want you to do is explain to me (and maybe to others) what
you mean by a "LAN Server", as maybe I'm giving you a solution to the wrong
problem and I don't want to waste your time if that's the case.

[Andy Burns]

Fokke Nauta wrote:

> Though I'd like to see how it works, rooting a phone.

Pick up a cheap 2nd hand one for experimenting with?

[Ragnusen Ultred]

Am Thu, 19 Apr 2018 21:18:12 +0200, schrieb Fokke Nauta:

>> I would not root my phone solely for accessing with Samba.
>>
>
> I guess you're right.
> Though I'd like to see how it works, rooting a phone. But I have read it
> has too many disadvantages ...

Two different issues.

1. Rooting a phone
2. Connecting to the LAN

I agree with the fact that I wouldn't root just to connect to SMB shares;
but rooting is fun and easy (at least it was for me) where all I did was
download and execute Kingoroot (on an S3) and that was it.

Everything worked fine from there, and the POWER was amazing.

Two of the related POWERFUL things you can do, for example, is see the
entire Android "slash" file system (as much as root allows you) from your
desktop, and then, that means you can mess with the Android HOSTS file.

[Ragnusen Ultred]

Am Wed, 18 Apr 2018 11:45:29 +0200, schrieb Fokke Nauta:

> On my Windows pc I have a LAN viewer,

Can the OP explain what he means by a "LAN viewer".

[Fokke Nauta]

Well, I installed a LAN viewer (not a - server) on my pc (Windows 10).
It shows a list of all equipment which is in the local workgroep. It
shows the IP addresses (and more, such as the MAC addresses). I can
click on the Names or IP addresses, and then it shows the shares of that
piece of equipment.

Fokke
>

[Fokke Nauta]

Yes, ofcourse. I installed a LAN viewer on my pc (Windows 10). It shows

a list of all equipment which is in the local workgroep. It shows the IP
addresses (and more, such as the MAC addresses). I can click on the
Names or IP addresses, and then it shows the shares of that piece of
equipment.

I mainly use it on the Windows 7 pc's in the network, as they can't see
the Windows 10 pc's in their network area. That's due to the difference
in network technology between Windows 7 and 10.
With this LAN viewer all pc's can see all shares.
Because I now mainly use this viewer for opening shares on the network,
I'd like to use it for opening shares on the Android devices as well.

You can find it on top of the page http://www.mylanviewer.com/home.html

Fokke

[Fokke Nauta]

Well, my phone is a Samsung Galaxy S4 from a few years old. Would it be
a disaster in case I should break it?

Fokke

[Fokke Nauta]

On 20/04/2018 11:14, Andy Burns wrote:

Perhaps a better idea is this:
We have a tablet of 4 years old. It has been repaired once. My wife
doesn't like it and wants a new one. I think I should use this to see
how rooting work, and to see if I can make it work with my Windows' LAN
viewer.

Fokke

[Andy Burns]

Fokke Nauta wrote:

> Perhaps a better idea is this:
> We have a tablet of 4 years old. It has been repaired once. My wife
> doesn't like it and wants a new one. I think I should use this to see
> how rooting work, and to see if I can make it work with my Windows' LAN
> viewer.

Does the model of tablet have (preferably lineageOS) ROM available?

[Fokke Nauta]

Haven't got a clue. What's a lineageOS ROM?

It's an Asus tablet, ME302C, Android 4.3.
Kernel 3.4.43, amdroid@mec 13 # 1

Fokke

[Andy Burns]

Fokke Nauta wrote:

> It's an Asus tablet, ME302C

Looks like only the ME302KL (LTE version?) is supported, unless you find
an unofficial ROM

[Fokke Nauta]

That's a pity :-(

So - it won't work?

Fokke

[Andy Burns]

Fokke Nauta wrote:

> So - it won't work?

Seems there is a way to root (without replacing the whole ROM) the ME302C

<https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48489508#post48489508>

Double check hardware and software versions before starting out ...

[Ragnusen Ultred]

Am Sat, 21 Apr 2018 18:33:23 +0200, schrieb Fokke Nauta:

> Because I now mainly use this viewer for opening shares on the network,
> I'd like to use it for opening shares on the Android devices as well.
>
> You can find it on top of the page http://www.mylanviewer.com/home.html

Thanks for that URL.
I installed the tool which is a 15-day evaluation version.
It seems to do two things right off the bat:
a. Tell me what's on the LAN (just like the router does).
b. Tell me the network shares (which I don't think the router does).

So what it does that the router doesn't do is tell us the network shares.

Personally, I will stick with the method I use that is so easy that it's
not funny.

1. Put an FTP server on the mobile device (Android or iOS).
2. View the entire visible file system of that device from the desktop
(all desktops can natively view the file system sans any software)
Mac, Linux, or Windows.

[M.L.]

>> Your first question should be, is wanting SMB access sufficient reason to
>> root my phone?

No root needed for SMB transfers. I used MiXplorer to scan my LAN
connection and can transfer files between my Windows PC and unrooted
Android. MiXplorer scanned my network, found my PC and prompted me for
its login name and password. FX File Explorer works similarly but
doesn't charge for SMBv2 support.

FX File Explorer - free, no ads
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.fx

MiXplorer - free, no ads, SMBv2 plugin extra
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1523691

[Fokke Nauta]

Well, it says:

"Download ME302C-US-Root.img.gz from (wherever)
Install the Minimal ADB-Fastboot into a folder (google this)
Install the ASUS USB Drivers (google this)
Place the image file in the folder
Run these fastboot commands:
fastboot devices (make sure your MemoPad is connected)
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase system
fastboot flash system ME302C-US-Root.img.gz
Reboot from MemoPad recovery menu

Install from Market:
Root Checker (run it to confirm you have root)
SuperSU
Some app requiring root and run it - you should get a notification from
SuperSU to grant su for app
You are now rooted"

I started off, but found it a bit too complex for me.
I'm not familiar to rooting. Perhaps I should leave this to an expert.

Fokke

[Andy Burns]

Fokke Nauta wrote:

> I started off, but found it a bit too complex for me.
> I'm not familiar to rooting.

Maybe M.L's two SMB file explorer apps are better?

[Fokke Nauta]

I have ES File Explorer Pro installed, and from there I can see the
other pc's in the LAN as well. But what I asked, is to see my phone from
my pc via the LAN. The other way around.

Nevertheless I installed MiXplorer. Didn't add anything new. I tried to
install the SMB client, but to do that, I had to install XDA Labs. I
did. To download the SMB client. I had to purchase it (only $ 1,90). I
tried but I couldn't. I had to pay it their way, but it didn't work.
So - I uninstlled MiXplorer and will forget about it. Experiment
unsuccesful.

Fokke

[Fokke Nauta]

I tried but it didn't work out. Please see my response to M.L.

Fokke

[Fokke Nauta]

Tried FX File Explorer as well. Once again, nothing new, does the same
as my ES File Explorer Pro, which is easier and better.
And, once more, I wanted it to be th other way around, to see my phone
from withing the LAN fom my pc.

Fokke

[Piet]

Fokke Nauta wrote:
> I have ES File Explorer Pro installed, and from there I can see the
> other pc's in the LAN as well. But what I asked, is to see my phone
> from my pc via the LAN. The other way around.

I'm wondering why you're so insisting on "via the LAN".
When I want to access files on my phone from my pc, I'm
on my pc anyway. Getting my phone and connecting it to
my pc via usb is trivial, after which I can access the
files on my phone via windows explorer.

-p

[Adrian Caspersz]

Is there a pattern here, folks?

--
Adrian C

[Fokke Nauta]

Sorry, no cable. I want it to be used bu Wifi.

Fokke

[Carlos E.R.]

Then use an app that creates an FTP server on the phone and access it
from the computer using anything.

Considering to root the phone just to do it via samba instead and a
particular tool (lan viewer) I don't see as serious. There is always a
risk with rooting and should be the last recourse.

--
Cheers, Carlos.

[Fokke Nauta]

On 24/04/2018 11:56, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> On 2018-04-24 09:00, Fokke Nauta wrote:
>> On 23/04/2018 14:49, Piet wrote:
>>> Fokke Nauta wrote:
>>>> I have ES File Explorer Pro installed, and from there I can see the
>>>> other pc's in the LAN as well. But what I asked, is to see my phone
>>>> from my pc via the LAN. The other way around.
>>>
>>> I'm wondering why you're so insisting on "via the LAN".
>>> When I want to access files on my phone from my pc, I'm
>>> on my pc anyway. Getting my phone and connecting it to
>>> my pc via usb is trivial, after which I can access the
>>> files on my phone via windows explorer.
>>>
>>> -p
>>>
>>
>> Sorry, no cable. I want it to be used bu Wifi.
>
> Then use an app that creates an FTP server on the phone and access it
> from the computer using anything.

That's what I have. But as I said, I'd like to see the share from the
phone within the LAN from my pc.

> Considering to root the phone just to do it via samba instead and a
> particular tool (lan viewer) I don't see as serious. There is always a
> risk with rooting and should be the last recourse.

a. There is a risk, indeed,
b. Why not use Samba, it's much easier,
c. I'm curious as to see how it works, rooting a phone.


Fokke

[Carlos E.R.]

But having to root it is a complication, and risky. I frankly don't see
the advantage of using the LAN browser if it implies rooting the phone.
After all, Windows explorer can open FTP "shares".

> c. I'm curious as to see how it works, rooting a phone.

That is the only valid reason I can see.

Go ahead and be ready to undo if possible (I do not know if it is
possible) or buy another phone if all fails. You just have to consider
that risk. If you can not afford to purchase a new phone in case of
failure, don't do it.


No need to bother us any more about it, it is your decision.

--
Cheers, Carlos.

[Fokke Nauta]

In case you feel bothered, please do not reply to my post(s).

Fokke

[Ragnusen Ultred]

Am Tue, 24 Apr 2018 00:15:36 +0100, schrieb Adrian Caspersz:

>> I'm wondering why you're so insisting on "via the LAN".
>> When I want to access files on my phone from my pc, I'm
>> on my pc anyway. Getting my phone and connecting it to
>> my pc via usb is trivial, after which I can access the
>> files on my phone via windows explorer.
>
> Is there a pattern here, folks?

I'm not sure what the problems are, but I like to have both USB and WiFi
access to my Android and iOS device visible file systems, where both USB
and LAN are trivial.

For USB, I just plug the Androlid into the desktop.
For LAN, I just tap the FTP Server on Android.

Voila.
It's really that simple.

[Ragnusen Ultred]

Am Sun, 22 Apr 2018 04:46:18 +0000 (UTC), schrieb Ragnusen Ultred:

> installed the tool which is a 15-day evaluation version.
> It seems to do two things right off the bat:
> a. Tell me what's on the LAN (just like the router does).
> b. Tell me the network shares (which I don't think the router does).

BTW, you can get the network shares without paying for a tool.

For example,
Start > Cortana > compmgmt.msc > System Tools > Shared Folders > Shares

Likewise with what's on the LAN.

So maybe I missed it, but this LAN Manager shareware doesn't do anything
that isn't already there.

No big deal. Just wondering.

[Ragnusen Ultred]

Am Tue, 24 Apr 2018 12:04:33 +0200, schrieb Fokke Nauta:

> c. I'm curious as to see how it works, rooting a phone.

On my S3, downloading & running Kingoroot rooted the phone.
Voila!

What happened when you downloaded and executed kingoroot?
http://kingoroot.download/

[Carlos E.R.]

Well, if you want to keep talking, we are all free to keep talking :-P

--
Cheers, Carlos.