Re: Phone connection

Stefan Ram wrote on 19 Sep 2024 15:24:53 GMT :

  I mean, are you able to, kind of, go into the Windows command line,
  type in,
 dir <something>

Of course. We've discussed this a hundred times on both newsgroups.
 <https://i.postimg.cc/6371SxNd/mountandroidonwindows.jpg> We've posted a half dozen tutorials showing the exact setup steps to run.
 <https://i.postimg.cc/BQyRxCN9/webdav11.jpg> Mount sdcards read & write
 <https://i.postimg.cc/yYWwgGmy/webdav12.jpg> As Windows drive letters
 <https://i.postimg.cc/QtbR1GY0/webdav13.jpg> Over Wi-Fi on your home LAN
Once you set it up, you run your "dir <something>" like this:
a. Assume the phone is mounted as the Windows "P:" drive.
b. On Windows, in the C: drive, open a command window
c. Then type "dir P:\*.*" and that shows what's on the phone
You don't even need the command-line window as it works in the Windows File
Explorer (since the entire Android phone is mounted as a Windows drive).
 <https://i.postimg.cc/BvJdKWzt/webdav06.jpg> Both sdcards mounted

  , and see some directory from your phone? In that case, you could
  write a cmd-File to automatically do certain file operations,
  for example, copy certain files from the mobile device to the
  windows device and vice versa.

Of course. It's trivial. I operate Android from Windows every single day.
We've discussed this umpteen times already on both these newsgroups.
 <https://i.postimg.cc/RZtw6WC2/filesys02.jpg> Mount Android system filesys
 <https://i.postimg.cc/Zngy0SGT/filesys03.jpg> Look at /etc/resolv.conf
 <https://i.postimg.cc/nzFmPTKt/filesys04.jpg> Can use the command line
 <https://i.postimg.cc/PJF1ZZwn/filesys05.jpg> Look at the dnsproxy file
It even works with my iOS devices - but let's not go there as that does get
complicated since you have to know a few clever tricks to make iOS mount.

  (Usually, on Windows, most of the files can also be accessed from
  the level of Windows commands, so one can write command files to
  automate stuff.)

The entire Android phone is just a Windows drive so it works as such.
The only problem I haven't solved yet is it takes two commands to mount my
Android phone (which can be /preserved) to mount _both_ sdcards 0 & 1.
 <https://i.postimg.cc/BQyRxCN9/webdav11.jpg> Mount sdcards read & write
But since those two commands run in a batch file, it's still trivial.
Paradoxically, what's actually difficult is to run SMB/Cifs/Samba.
You'd think that would be easy given it's native to Windows.
But unrooted Android won't let you. Ask Frank Slootweg why, as he's an expert in this type of networking.