We would like to tell our readers about the way to transfer files to Android via Wi-Fi: both from a computer to a mobile device, and from a smartphone to another.
Sending files from PC to Android
To send a file from your computer via Wi-Fi to Android, make sure that your PC is connected to the router via a wire or Wi-Fi, and your smartphone / tablet must be connected via Wi-Fi to the same router.
Next, we suggest you download perhaps the best application for transferring files to Android, which can not only transfer files via Wi-Fi to Android completely free of charge, but also has a large number of other functions, since this program is a file manager (explorer). It is called “ES Explorer” and is available in GooglePlay.
So, to transfer files from a PC to Android wirelessly, follow these instructions.
Actions on Android:
- Connect from your smartphone to which the computer is connected.
- Run the “ES Explorer” you downloaded.
- Swipe in from the left side of the display to the center to display an additional menu.
- Select 'Network'.
- Then select 'Remote Access'.
- If you did everything right before, a window should open where the name of your network will be written. Click on the 'Enable' button, after which the following line should appear: //…
At this stage, work with Android is finished, go to the PC.
Actions on PC:
- Open File Explorer or just click on the 'My Computer' shortcut.
- In the window that opens, in the address bar, enter the line that your device shows, for example: //192.168.1.100: 3721. After these actions, all folders with files will be displayed on the computer: you can transfer data, view them, move them, copy and delete directly from the computer.
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Sending files with Total Commander
There is also a second way to send a file to Android from a computer, and it will be of interest to those people who are used to using Total Commander instead of the standard explorer Windows. To send a Wi-Fi file to Android via a vehicle, follow these steps:
- Start Total Commander.
- Press the] + [F] keys on the keyboard at the same time to open a window with FTP connection settings.
- In the window that opens, click the 'Add' button to open the next window.
- In the 'Connection name' field, create and write the name to which you want to connect, for example, you can enter the model of your smartphone / tablet.
- In the next line, with the name 'Server', write down the address that gave you, just enter it without FTP: //, in our case you only need to enter: 192.168.1.100:3721.
- Click the OK button.
- After these actions, a line with the name that you specified will appear in the 'Connect to' window.
- Highlight it.
- Select the 'Connect' button.
- You will be asked to type 'Username': enter any characters or word (you do not have to remember them, since the protection is formal; whatever you enter, everything will be correct), click 'OK'.
- Now you need to enter a password; by analogy with the previous paragraph, you can enter any characters, for example, '1', and click 'OK'.
- As a result, folders with files from your device will be displayed: you can transfer to files in the same way as you do, for example, with a USB drive.
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Data transfer between mobile devices
We showed you how to download files to your phone Android from a PC without wires. But we also want to show a way to send files over Wi-Fi from one Android device to another at a higher speed than through Bluetooth.
To facilitate the transfer procedure, connect both Android devices to the same Wi-Fi access point. Install and run “ES Explorer” on both devices.
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On the first device
Follow all the steps described above for Android.
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On the second device
Follow this sequence of actions:
- After starting the explorer, do (without lifting your finger, swipe across the screen) from the left to the center for an additional menu to appear.
- Select the 'Network' line.
- Click on 'FTP'.
- Now for a more precise connection click on 'Create' at the bottom left of the window.
- Then click on the 'FTP' line.
- In the 'Server' line, write the address that the first issued, for example: 192.168.2.106
- In the 'Port' field, enter the numbers that are indicated in the address after the colon, in our case it is 3721.
- Check the 'Anonymous' box
- Click on the 'OK' button.
- Then click on the created shortcut to connect to the first device.
You can transfer, download, view and manage files from a second device between two smartphones / tablets.
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