Transfer files between your Android and your Linux PC

Have you ever wondered if there any software like Shareit or Xender for Linux. If you are a Windows user then you can easily transfer files between your PC and your phone using Shareit or Xender. But for Linux its not that easy coz there is no shareit for Linux available. But we have the solution. You can transfer files between your Android phone and your Linux PC using FTP. And here is the steps..

Prerequisite:

• Install ES File Explorer (File Manager) on your Android

Procedure:

1. If both your Android and Ubuntu are connected to the same WiFi (same LAN), skip to step 3. Otherwise, create a WiFi hotspot on your Android:
   
   
2. Connect your laptop to this WiFi network.
   
3. Open ES File Explorer and open left-side menu.
   
4. Go to Network -> Remote Manager
   
5. Turn on the FTP Server and note down the IP:port address
   
   
6. Open Nautilus file explorer on Ubuntu. In connect to URL, type your phone's FTP server URL (from the previous step) and click on Connect
   
7. If you need, You can set user name and password in ES File Explorer. By default, It will be public (anonymous).
   
8. In your PC, click on Connect. You can use the username and password that you set in ES File Explorer and connect as registered user.
   
9. Now the internal memory of your phone is mounted. You can copy new files, remove files, do anything.
   
   If you wish to mount your SD card, you can set that in ES File Explorer settings.
   
   Happy Linuxing:)