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Do you know a reputable source to get older-version APK's for it, and which version do you use? (I did buy it way back when)
Using the non-pro 3.2.5.5 in my case. Got it off apkmirror. Insane that it still work all those Android versions later.
I've been using Material Files for a couple years now. I use SMB and SFTP access every day. I also use the FTP server to backup my devices once a month. It's a bit slow but still faster and more reliable than using USB! (I don't know why USB support is so bad on Android, transferring thousands of small files is unbearable. Maybe some devices have better support? Maybe it would work better if I used ADB?) I used to ge…
I don't know why USB support is so bad on Android, transferring thousands of small files is unbearable. Maybe some devices have better support? Maybe it would work better if I used ADB? Android abstracts the phone's filesystem as an MTP device, which is terrible when moving a large amount of small files, at least on Windows. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Transfer_Protocol
Supports WebDAV too. Definitely in my go-to set of android apps from fdroid I use. Generally Google is disabled on my phone's now.
Only through davx apparently https://github.com/zhanghai/MaterialFiles/issues/191