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Adbfs-rootless – Mount Android phones on Linux with adb. No root required

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Re: Adbfs-rootless – Mount Android phones on Linux with adb. No root required

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Post by mxmilkiib »

Rygian wrote: post #18
heavyset_go wrote: post #11

If you use KDE Connect, which is cross-platform and not just for KDE, you can mount your phone's storage remotely without touching adb. I believe it uses sshfs in the background. It's all automated so you don't have to think about how it works.

KDE Connect is the bee's knees :-) I use it every day to interact between my phones and computers (browse files across devices, transfer them, use the phone screen as computer trackpad, control media playing on another device, run remote commands safely... and I know I'm not using even half of the features).

Seriously handy. I wish accessing the main app from the tray indicator icon only required one click tho, I keep forgetting that part of it exists!

Re: Adbfs-rootless – Mount Android phones on Linux with adb. No root required

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Post by rcthompson »

heavyset_go wrote: post #11

If you use KDE Connect, which is cross-platform and not just for KDE, you can mount your phone's storage remotely without touching adb. I believe it uses sshfs in the background. It's all automated so you don't have to think about how it works.

Unfortunately KDE Connect prevents one of my devices from ever sleeping (IIRC it was my Tab S6 Lite w/LineargeOS), resulting in only a few hours of battery life, so I had to stop using it.

Re: Adbfs-rootless – Mount Android phones on Linux with adb. No root required

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Post by tocs3 »

heavyset_go wrote: post #11

If you use KDE Connect, which is cross-platform and not just for KDE, you can mount your phone's storage remotely without touching adb. I believe it uses sshfs in the background. It's all automated so you don't have to think about how it works.

Thanks, I had no idea this existed.

For those that just want to cick a link: https://kdeconnect.kde.org/

Re: Adbfs-rootless – Mount Android phones on Linux with adb. No root required

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Post by replete »

qot wrote: post #9
spion wrote: post #2

Hello, maintainer here. Happy to see this little project on the front page of HN. Unfortunately it hasn't received the appropriate attention from me lately, mainly because of the difficulties of running tests (and the android emulator) on GH action runners. Attempt to add some basic tests can be found here https://github.com/spion/adbfs-rootless/pull/62 This submission motivated me to check out the latest state of vi…

Thank you for writing this. I use it routinely to back up my phone by mounting it and then simply running rsync.

Are you rooted? Have you ever tried restoring a backup in this way?

Backup on android (without Google Services' online) is awful, SeedVault exists but has issues.

Re: Adbfs-rootless – Mount Android phones on Linux with adb. No root required

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Post by andrewshadura »

spion wrote: post #2

Hello, maintainer here. Happy to see this little project on the front page of HN. Unfortunately it hasn't received the appropriate attention from me lately, mainly because of the difficulties of running tests (and the android emulator) on GH action runners. Attempt to add some basic tests can be found here https://github.com/spion/adbfs-rootless/pull/62 This submission motivated me to check out the latest state of vi…

Can't you somehow run adb on real Linux?

Re: Adbfs-rootless – Mount Android phones on Linux with adb. No root required

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Post by carstenhag »

pzo wrote: post #12
Groxx wrote: post #8

ADB is such a crummy experience for file transfers, and Android File Transfer is somehow even worse. This sounds great!

Imagine how worse experience is if you are iOS user or developer - i Have to manually in xcode in gui download app container and unpack it change some mesh assets, pack again and switch containers in xcode again.

Bit of derailing, but I don't understand how apple's DX is still so bad everywhere.

Re: Adbfs-rootless – Mount Android phones on Linux with adb. No root required

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Post by politelemon »

politelemon wrote: post #19
spion wrote: post #2

Hello, maintainer here. Happy to see this little project on the front page of HN. Unfortunately it hasn't received the appropriate attention from me lately, mainly because of the difficulties of running tests (and the android emulator) on GH action runners. Attempt to add some basic tests can be found here https://github.com/spion/adbfs-rootless/pull/62 This submission motivated me to check out the latest state of vi…

Hi there do you think adbfs could work with adb over TCP (wifi)?

Answer - yes it can.

Pair over TCP like normal, connect to it, then follow the README.

``` adb pair xxx:xxx

adb connect yyy:yyy

adb devices

mkdir -p testhere

./adbfs testhere

ls testhere ```

Re: Adbfs-rootless – Mount Android phones on Linux with adb. No root required

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Post by sulandor »

carstenhag wrote: post #27
pzo wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Imagine how worse experience is if you are iOS user or developer - i Have to manually in xcode in gui download app container and unpack it change some mesh assets, pack again and switch containers in xcode again.

Bit of derailing, but I don't understand how apple's DX is still so bad everywhere.

barrier of entry = security ?
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