Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10

On Sun, 7/20/2025 9:16 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:

NY <me@privacy.net> wrote:
[...]
 

Unfortunately this phone only has internal storage, so it's not even
possible to copy files to Micro SD card in the phone and then remove it
and put it in a card reader on the PC.

 
  As others have mentioned, just plug in a compatible [1] USB memory-
stick (might need an adapter) and copy the photos to the  stick. There
are also USB card-readers for a SD-card or MicroSD-card, which can do a
similar thing.
 
  Alternatively, use the Cx File Explorer method which Arno mentioned to
copy the photos to a share on the Windows PC.
 
[...]
 
[1] The stick shoould be (Android) 'OTG' (On-The-Go) compatible. Most
with a USB-C connector probably are, but those with a USB-A connector
most likely need a OTG adapter. Look for a 'OTG' label on the packaging,
in the 'manual', etc..
 

Just about every method of transferring sucks.

Just for the record.

Individuals doing this, need a good supply of tooth enamel
to handle the failure cases. For example, some computer rooms,
file sharing is hit and miss, and nothing but trouble.

USB sticks fail. USB sticks run slow. Nobody wants to spend big money
on a "real" USB stick. (My computer store, no longer stocks anything
but schlock. Cruser Glide, in a USB3 world.) And the phone likely
can't run fast enough, to get the value from a "real" USB stick.

   # Internal SSD arch, USB stick. Maybe 600-700MB/sec.
   # Likely TLC inside, with SLC cache and it slows down after a while.
   # Yes, it gets warm. Lots of this stuff should use metal casings.

      "Patriot Supersonic Rage Prime USB 3.2 Gen 2 Flash Drive - 1TB - PEF1TBRPMW32U"

      https://www.amazon.ca/Patriot-Supersonic-Prime-Flash-Drive/dp/B095HZ2S8B

   I don't know if there is a USB-C version of that, there might be.

FTP, while an ancient protocol, and as long as it is configured
by someone who cares about what they're doing, it could behave
itself better than some other things. Our modern technical world
seems to specialize in "crap". The simpler the transfer protocol
is, the better. With an ADB bus serial connection and Kermit,
I bet you could perform wonders :-) And you'd be doing that, when
the computer name refuses to show up in the file sharing dialog
on the client software.

*******

You have to ask yourself "why are we doing these things" and
"why do they make it this hard".

Take Google Takeout as an example. What a simple concept. What
a way to answer a series of questions, in one fell swoop. You can't
complain about "my crap is trapped in the Cloud", when the
vendor offers you that as an option. This is how easy the
phone should be to work "hey, stupid phone, transfer *all*
my fucking crap to... <name-of-equipment>". Why doesn't it
do that ??? You paid a thousand for the fucking thing,
and it's going to torture you every day until the battery
glued inside, dies on it.

   Paul