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[Galaxy S II General] cognus:
Thank you for this guide.

I'm pretty strong on things-Windows so not a noob there, but still on the long learning curve for android.

I am having the same/similar issues many have with Windows 7. I have a number of devices on the WIFI/LAN, all happily speaking with one another as needed. no issues win7 to win7, or accessing XP devices via remote login across the lan from win7, etc.

I can scan in ES and my main W7 workstation will pop right up. I put in the username and password exactly, login error.

I see nothing wrong with the windows 7 settings - no issues that I am aware of, but I could be instructed.

i agree about airdroid and other browser-wan methods. they are clever and could come in handy when traveling, but way to cumbersome for local access. grabbing a wire and going USB is faster :)

hope I can get this solved. if there is any data I need to capture/post, somebody tell me what
[Galaxy S II General] coolshrey:
Error, Can't Find Server.

I have tried to add New Server by both ways

1.Scan and Server

In Scan it shows the Server but error comes login failure and send back to reenter username and password.

And when I try to add Sever it shows error "Can't find server".

Please help me out...
[Galaxy S II General] cognus:
it would help to know what OS your target pc is running.

what I found in windows 7 that I've seen nobody document: even though you may have a folder or three marked as shared via homegroup, that will not suffice for this purpose. I have a lot of things shared, but that's between local windows systems on the net. what it needed was to go to the advanced sharing settings for any one folder and share with "Everyone" [its on the pulldown menu]. do that, and it will go.

the other thing is that if you're on a AP with dynamic addressing, the machines will get differing IP's as they come online and go offline - this is why folks recommend setting static IP. to me, it ain't that big of a deal - once you get the sharing permissions working once, its quick then to simply scan for your fave machine and latch it again.
[Galaxy S II General] ShowerPower:
Better Airdroid, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beN5ctW62V8
[Galaxy S II General] Oz4225:
Nice guide.

Thank man
[Galaxy S II General] dntz:
+1
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Did you try the point 1 under "troubleshooting" in the OP? Just so as to know whether this is the app issue, can you try out alternative file explorer called Solid Explorer having 14 day trial (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.solidexplorer)and post your results here?

I also would suggest the same as above for you.
[Galaxy S II General] ditech50:
thank you so much:good:
[Galaxy S II General] cognus:
as it turned out there is a permissions peculiarity in Win 7 that I did not know of and still do not fully understand.

basically if one has folders/files marked as shared with the Homegroup [in this case on the LAN] that does not, to the app, constitute 'shared'. I can sorta understand the logic but I wish I knew the tech details underneath. so, the fix was simple and a bit disconcerting: I went to just one of the folders on the W7 side, and set the permission to "Everyone" from the pulldown. When I did that, the login went green, and ALL of my shared folders [not just the one I marked 'Everyone'] became immediately accessible.

Voila'

if anyone can tutor me on this I surely would appreciate it - Windows is my strong area... at least so I thought :)
[Galaxy S II General] Brandroid28:
I'm on XP. Is it necessary to have Admin rights and the Guest account enabled? I don't want the security holes they create. But I was successful in viewing my shares when logged in the Admin account, not so with my limited one. However, using SharesFinder, I was able to access the shares a few times while using the limited account. Most times, though, I received an error about the computer not being able to accept anymore connections. Maybe that's my issue when I use Solid Explorer as described in the OP. Anyone know how to fix that?

Edit: now it's working via the original method on the limited account. Don't know why it was/is finicky. I'll have to see if it still works with Guest account disabled, or at least password-protected.
[Galaxy S II General] Indio Tiki:
great tuto yes
[Galaxy S II General] BoRiSGz:
Great guide.

Thank you!
[Galaxy S II General] NUTEffee:
more details please :)
[Galaxy S II General] palestine2020:
thanks a lot 4 this great guide
[Galaxy S II General] miguelmflores:
wow I have to try this one! thanks!:cowboy:
[Galaxy S II General] voltone:
sweet thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] solnyshok:
I have been using windows shares to stream videos from my home server (WinXP, W7, W8) since PocketPC/Winmobile days and in recent years with Android, and I have identified one issue that is bugging me. Basically, If a client is Android/Symbian or Windows XP, connecting to Windows XP/V/W7/W8 everything working initially, for some period of time, but after couple of hours or days, only W7/W8 laptops are able to connect to server, while XP/Android/Symbian clients get consistent connection errors. I have to reboot server, and then again enjoy couple of days of error-free browsing/streaming on all devices.

Any ideas what could be the bug here? Interesting that XP has same problem as Android/Symbian clients.
[Galaxy S II General] cognus:
need more data points imho.

what does the server tell you: when the problem occurs, is the server console showing that it terminated the lease for the troubled client?

does this happen abruptly in a "lightswitch" fashion?

What does windows error log show on the server and on the XP system?

if any sleep conditions are at work, you would have one side or other of the trade doing a high number of retries - in that case a security setting would assume that a high number of retries is dangerous, and would choke it.

this is just wild guessing but on the superficial it sounds like some piece of code on the server was updated and the issues are downstream of that event.
[Galaxy S II General] solnyshok:
then I went berserk googling about this issue, and seems to have found solution. I used this http://alan.lamielle.net/2009/09/03/windows-7-nonpaged-pool-srv-error-2017/comment-page-1#comments

need to wait couple of days before confirming that it definetly works, but comments to that 3 year old post seem encouraging.

One sure thing that I learned though, is that failure by Android apps such es ES File Explorer to connect to Windows Vista/7/8 shares after some period of use, is due to bad implementation on the Windows side. Moreover, this bug should not affect Windows XP servers. Finally, I am not alone with this bug and it afffects even Symbian users.
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Guess what! When I read your issues I wanted to like to the exact same site! Even I have a multi OS network in my place where there server being Windows 7 and clients being windows 7/8/XP. Windows 7/8 clients used to have no problem accessing the Windows 7 sever, but every few days the windows XP clients used to throw up an error. I found that post in the link above and it fixed the network issues permanently.

What was happening was the windows 7 was acting as a media device and hence XP clients has issues communicating with it. Once we modify the registry like in the link, the windows 7 system is converted to a server than a media device and fixes all the issues for file sharing.
[Galaxy S II General] solnyshok:
3 days since applying fix to my w7 server's registry, and all xp/android/symbian devices have access to server. I suggest this fix is added to the opening post as one more way to avoid "getting file list" error.
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Sure will add them once I get time. Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] shachar911:
cool Guide!
[Galaxy S II General] jacobnj:
Neatly written guide, thanks
[Galaxy S II General] zerofreedom:
Simply use airdroid... :D
[Galaxy S II General] Brandroid28:
Airdroid doesn't let you see PC files on your device.
[Galaxy S II General] Ohabu:
Thank you! The guys behind Es made what should have been built-in possible.
[Galaxy S II General] Erroneous91:
I actually used this kind of sharing from day 1 I've gotten my Android phone...

Tho all I do is just make a folder wherever on the computer, make it sharable and that's it basically..

On ES file manager I just go LAN and hit Scan... it scans all my devices and displays them in seconds, after that I just open and browse.
[Galaxy S II General] spacker1:
Better app available now - AirStream

This is a cool guide but there is an app on the market which does this for you very easily. Its called AirStream play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nityaalabs.airstream

Simply download a small server utility for your PC and start browsing PC files and folders.
[Galaxy S II General] Babyrasta:
+1

Nice guide for sure!

In my case, i use Tonido! Also available on market, it allows to browse, share, upload, download, stream...

Totaly updated since a few weeks, a must have IMO!
[Galaxy S II General] josheadj:
thank u so much

such an indepth tutorial. thanks a lot. i had a prob of blank password...really helped :good:
[Galaxy S II General] lethalzj:
most easy method

i just opened es explorer entered the lan tab ,tap search.i find my pc name.i enter username and password.thats it.im on omega v23-xwlsn on galaxy s2 i9100.windows 7 .es explorer ver 3.0.1:D
[Galaxy S II General] jyanta:
Thanks for the tips!
[Galaxy S II General] miguelmflores:
I just needed this, I didn't thought I would need it but It just saved my day! thanks!:good:
[Galaxy S II General] victor31:
thanks
[Galaxy S II General] insane-kid:
thanks a lot.
[Galaxy S II General] jayeshbsoni:
Good Post

I tested and its working flowlessly in ES File Explorer(3.0.3) from market and Win- 8, via Wi Fi
[Galaxy S II General] tigger69:
Thanks using astro on my SGS2 works fine.
[Galaxy S II General] ParoxysmX:
Solid explorer can do this Im pretty sure
[Galaxy S II General] cruzargel:
I upgraded to Win8 and now I can't access my folders. It says that I have no permissions. Any ideas?
[Galaxy S II General] knwmee:
cool

this really is awesome :good:
[Galaxy S II General] nomisch:
Thbaks, useful post.

However I still prefer to connect my USB cable ... still faster in my opinion....
[Galaxy S II General] Jense999:
made my day

This is great, thank you. The only thing missing is the possibility to copy data between pc/laptop and device without having the pc tor be online ... just kidding :laugh:
[Galaxy S II General] a_bains:
I usually use the scan feature in ES Explorer, I don't need to enter the name or IP of my PC. I think as long as you have network discovery enabled on your PC it should find your computer from ES Explorer.
[Galaxy S II General] juliatan:
Using other audioplayer instead of ES audioplayer

Dear Android friends,

I have been using ES with shared Windows folders for a while now. It works perfect. Every file from computers and WDTV Live mediaplayer can be downloaded and/or opened on Android my Android devices. Especially using it with WDTV Live because I can also use the connected HDD or USB-stcks via wifi even when the WD mediaplayer is turned off (or better in standby-modus).

Although ES plays all media-files perfectly on Android device:

-Is there a way same as video's (in my case MX player) to choose an other audioplayer when playing more than 1 file in stead of the audioplayer from ES itself?

-Or is there an other option/app to play the files directly with other audioplay-app from WDTV Live via share of the HDD connected to the mediaplayer?

I have tried apps like BubbleUpNp, Mediahouse, Tonido, 2Player, PixelDMS, etc, but those are not working because the need to run mediaserver-software of those apps on running PC. When ES can open all the mediafiles from (even in standby modus) WDTVLive II hope there is an other way to play those files with better audioplay-apps in stead of the imo terrible mediaplayer from ES itself

(By the way: when using powered on computers for mediaplay VLC Direct works also very easy and good for audio and video. Without being forced to run mediaserver software which I rather not use).

When ES can use shares so easy, Android should be able to open network shared folders like they where local folders also one should think. Even the WDTVLive can open all shares as do all my computers.

Kind greetings from the Netherlands
[Galaxy S II General] Homeuser66:
This was an AWESOME post!!! Thanks for this!!! I didn't want to spam this post with quoting your whole thing again...but wanted you to get the recognition!! so I quoted part of it....
[Galaxy S II General] Beccalexa:
Great! Used this guide (even though I'm a htc one user). Now I can stream video from my home server to my phone. Could be very useful in bed or on the loo. :laugh:
[Galaxy S II General] demonish:
Amazing guide! Many thanks! ?

Skickat från min GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] biepurity:
This is the best file manager and free. many features that really awesome. by the way, thanks for tutorial..:good:
[Galaxy S II General] badhon_raj:
Hello, thanks for this nice tutorial. I've been using x-plore as file manager and to access files of my pc.

But the problem is, I get very slow speed via this method. I get max 100KB/s speed while copying files from my PC to android.

But if I use Airdroid to send files to my phone, I get ~2MB/s speed.

How can I solve this problem? can anybody please help me?

Btw, I've tried ES Exploer too. it'd get same speed as X-plore.

My PC running Windows 8 x64. using connectify to create hotspot in pc. My phone is Xperia P.

Thank you for reading my problem. :)
[Galaxy S II General] Tamatea:
Thanks for the tuto. Really Helpfull
[Galaxy S II General] josephkarthic:
with Just airdroid we can transfer files from android to pc without wifi router/3G .

Hi Guys,

I'm not sure if many people know this but im just posting so other people will find this useful..

install airdroid and in tools section we have tethering option and we can simply connect with portable hotspot(step 2) , then it will show a url, open it in pc browser and you ll have access to everything on phone, this way we dont have to have wifi router, internet(3G) and with just wifi(laptop) to wifi(android) we can make large file transfers..

airdroid in android is the way to go..... :)
[Galaxy S II General] Naraa:
Thanks for this Tip

thanks gooood... :)
[Galaxy S II General] johnnyxtheman:
ES file explore :can't read pdf or word file directly from pc

hey guys ...I have ES file explore and I can't reas pdf or word file directly from pc .

when I try to open them it says: no space avalble for copy !!??.

I tried an other way by clicking :more / open as / text and get the same error : NOT ENOUGH SPACE....but space is enough ..don't understand this .

but when I transfer them on my SDCARD I can read them

does anywhan know whats the problem ?

and by the way .....I HATE THOSE IMAGE VERIFICATIONS ...all the time (sorry for this but is very hard to read and I a had to hit more than 20 times to get something readable:eek: . plus that it still was not goed filled in so had to do it again......pppfffff.....:(:D:crying::p:cyclops::angel:)
[Galaxy S II General] radepoznic:
ES file explorer

I am using I9100 and I9105p and i can not access my external card via ES explorer.

Solution?
[Galaxy S II General] ranhaber:
great job :good:
[Galaxy S II General] yodaco:
very good guide. I use network shares finder to access windows android and Linux file shares
[Galaxy S II General] Fils86:
Thanks for this guide :)
[Galaxy S II General] Zeusc4:
I had that Empty PW issue.

This was so freaking helpful

Thanx man. XDA is the best !
[Galaxy S II General] ITGeekMonkeys:
I apologize for resurrecting such an old thread but, I'm 4 feet away from my 5Ghz router and I know I'm connected to that frequency, yet I'm only getting a transfer rate of 17kbps from my phone to my computer.

Does anyone have any thoughts as to what might be the issue here or is there some tweaking that I need to do?
[Galaxy S II General] koolkunz:
Thanks for the amazing guide
[Galaxy S II General] adzz37:
really helpfull

gonna try this when i have time...

thanks for the guide,..
[Galaxy S II General] norskedroid:
Thanks for this guide, I will try it soon.
[Galaxy S II General] pika456:
on one pc i can open the root folders $C $D and others seeing every file

on other pc I can open only shared folders saying not enough privileges???

any ideas how to change settings on the PCs? (win7)
[Galaxy S II General] zaphiel:
There is an APP call... WiFi File Explorer that allow transfer files beetwen PC and Android through Wifi, and i think is easier that use ES File Explorer
[Galaxy S II General] garryknight:
I'm not at my PC right now but I seem to recall that you right-click a folder in Windows Explorer then click Sharing. You need to activate sharing on the folder then set who is allowed to access it.
[Galaxy S II General] pika456:
both have some shared folders

but one PC unrestricts all folders (root folders, admin folders, which are not shared)

they can be viewed only from android/linux not from other windows systems
[Galaxy S II General] didakos:
Thank you so very much, that guide saved me a lot of trouble-time ;)
[Galaxy S II General] sa3d1337:
Thanks for the very much detailed instructions but will this work for Windows 8.1?
[Galaxy S II General] dim.as.integer:
thanks,, this is what i looking for,, :o
[Galaxy S II General] deadlycious:
using connectify on pc + xplore on mobile = easier to me :)
[Galaxy S II General] marcolorenzo:
Well I tried following the instructions in the OP but still couldn't get it to work. Then I tried to follow all the suggestions on http://androidforums.com/android-applications/759299-es-file-explorer-windows-8-a.html and still luck until the OP on that thread found out the problem. His firewall was blocking the connection. Now I don't have his type of firewall but I do have ZoneAlarm so I closed that and lo and behold, my ES File Explorer can now see my PC! So if all else fails, try and see if the problem is with your firewall :)
[Galaxy S II General] AlmightyAl:
Great post and thanks for the information. This is exactly what I have been looking for for my work records. Bingo!
[Galaxy S II General] Punk007:
Great guide :) i had a problem in my WiFi modem but now everything works more than fine. Thank you, i really learnt a lot from XDA :good:
[Galaxy S II General] funny-dave:
thx for the great guide
[Galaxy S II General] ghost_j1:
its just keep telling me error cant find server ... i got the latest es file explorer version :(
[Galaxy S II General] marcolorenzo:
Check your firewall settings and try turning them off to see if it makes a difference. If you have a third party firewall like ZoneAlarm or something, shut it down and try again. If it fixes the problem then you need to find a way to make the Firewall allow network sharing.
[Galaxy S II General] Dr.AM:
Thank you :good:
[Galaxy S II General] Fadil56:
Thankz you ... it make my life more easy to use my phone ....
[Galaxy S II General] thetitanium:
Loved it!

Thanks man.... pretty amazing guide, couldn't ask for more! But, can you explain it for Apple laptops? I have Mac OS..... it's pretty, messy :p
[Galaxy S II General] kaskin:
Thx for the guide....
[Galaxy S II General] benjamen50:
An Android App to access phone files via computer

I was wondering if there is a App or some way to access the android files from a PC, Like a File explorer that allows FTP server to be hosted and the Computer would need to type in the IP/Port of the android phone to access the files on it. This would be very useful, I've seen this done before on iDevices with iFile (May be off-topic).
[Galaxy S II General] Nazgul1987:
I was using 3rd party apk for transfer files. After rooting, I use this method. Thanks,.
[Galaxy S II General] Homeuser66:
For those that aren't Rooted, What was that 3rd pay app? You can pm me if you like..
[Galaxy S II General] Nazgul1987:
I was/is using Airdroid. You can download from play store.
[Galaxy S II General] Homeuser66:
Thanks!

;)
[Galaxy S II General] denivy:
Really helpful, thanks man :)
[Galaxy S II General] jakajuka:
Nice guide. Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] surfintauranga:
+1 for airdroid

It's brilliant, and free. And easy.
[Galaxy S II General] Homeuser66:
Unless it's me, I just want something that is easy and I dint have to click on a web page to access my files. That means I have to go on that computer and you're in the 14b address from this "airdroid" app. If that's the case, might add well just hook it up with the cable, since I'm already there.. I'm kinda lazy, if I'm on the couch, I dint want to have to run upstairs to type in a web page to access my PC.. looks good though.. thanks for that app
[Galaxy S II General] thddavid:
Another option is Airdoid.
[Galaxy S II General] arpit_nnd:
Airdroid

Check out Airdroid a very very very handy app !!!
[Galaxy S II General] Roxxors:
I might try this to see if it's better than AirDroid, but AirDroid is really pretty damn good.
[Galaxy S II General] cognus:
ES File Explorer is the Gold Standard. incredibly effective, easy, bulletproof, rich
[Galaxy S II General] khaleeldtxi:
Yes, ES File Explorer is also very simple to use. I use it often to access PC files on my mobile.
[Galaxy S II General] FailixDD:
thx

thx man
[Galaxy S II General] dandy7786:
hi,

it all looks very useful, but ,,,,what is the maximum file size in ....Mb ...?

on AirDroid and ES File Explorer .............;)
[Galaxy S II General] XAoler:
File transfer by WiFi direct without any 3rd party app??

Is it possible to transfer files between android and pc using wifi direct without any router and 3rd party app installed on PC? Both the PC and phone has WiFi. Even without router windows file explorer can see the phone and also adds it but I can't transfer anything.
[Galaxy S II General] hhangsing:
Thanks dude. It work like charm.
[Galaxy S II General] kalpeshneo:
Transferring files between pc and android without AP??

Hi all,

I need some help here.. Is there any app out there similar to Airdroid but it does not need an AP, ie both the phone and laptop connects directly and we can freely transfer? of course no 3rd party software need to be installed on the PC.

Airdroid is fantastic, but the only drawback is you need AP. If Airdroid can come up without AP, it'll be superb.

Appreciate your comments.

Kal
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bhambeng:
Hi guys, I bought a Samsung galaxy s3 intially i had a problem saying unable to register to network so i took it back to the shop i dont no what they did but they got it working which was fine.

Then i recieved a notification i can update gto jelly bean but it would not allow me to update when i tried. I did manage to intall Jelly bean in the end via a software called ODIN, The problem i had was now that jelly bean was running i am unable to recieve or make calls whilst i have full reception and the message unable to resigter to network has decided to come back again.

I was advised by a freind to downgrade back to ics which i have done but now i have the issue where i have no phone reception at all and some of the jellybean features are still there.

I no you may say take it back to the shop which i intend to do if i cant fix myself but i was wondering can anyone help out?

A mate of mine has said that when i had the initial network issue the shop must have put a hacked version of ics on there to bypass the network issue as he belives the phone was blocked.

can i get that version back on my phone again?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
There is no JB update its not released .

A mate of mine has said that when i had the initial network issue the shop must have put a hacked version of ics on there to bypass the network issue as he belives the phone was blocked.

If the phone was blocked then its a stolen phone .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bhambeng:
Thats what im thinking it must of been a stolen phone aarrrrgh.

How do i go back to ics agin it was wirking fine for the last month till i updated to jelly bean