How to Transfer files Wirelesssly between Your Android Phone and PC
AirDroid is one such popular and feature packed free android app which i use primarily to transfer
files wirelessly across my phone and PC . The app can be used to both receive
and send files wirelessly between your PC and android phone. Airdroid is
basically an android app which helps to manage your android
phone from your PC’s web browser . The web interface of the app is very
neat and the usability is the best among all the apps in its class. All in all
its simple, beautiful and highly effective .
Usually while
transferring files using AirDroid , i always get transfer speeds in excess of
3.5 Mbps, which is pretty much good. Apart from the file transferring feature, the app has many
more useful features like :
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You can view photos from your phone
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You can send send SMS messages from PC
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You can play music / videos from your phone
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You can use your phone’s camera on your PC
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You can take screenshots of your Phone
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You can backup app as apk on your PC
All of this and more can
be performed from AirDroid’s PC interface itself . Now lets move ahead and find
out how we can use airdroid to transfer files wirelessly between your PC and
Android phone over a WiFi network .
Instructions to transfer files wirelessly from your PC to your Phone:
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Step 1: Install AirDroid from the Google play store and open the app on your phone .
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Step 2: Connect to your PC’s wifi
network from your android phone .
( If you are using a USB WiFi dongle like me then you can use Connectify to create a Wifi hotspot )
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Step 3: Open the AirDroid app and Instantly the app will detect your WiFi network and start the AirDroid server
. The app will provide you with an ip address , which you have to type into
your PC’s web browser to connect to the AirDroid server .
· Step 5: On
your android phone , tap on accept and you will be able to access the
AirDroid interface on your PC’s web browser .
· Step 6: To the right of AirDroid web interface ,
there is a toolbox , click the file Icon and next you can select
from the folder / files icon to transfer a file or folder to your android phone.
· Step 7: To
transfer a file to you android phone select the file tab from the AirDroid toolbox
and click on the folder /file icon to select from any file from your PC .
As soon as you select the file , AirDroid will start
transferring the file to your android phone . similarly you can also
transfer entire folders to your android phone.
The files will be stored in the following locations on your
phone : SD card/airdroid/upload
Transferring files from your Phone to your PC
If you want to transfer files from your Android phone to your PC
, then you have to use the Airdroid web interface on your PC . All you need to
do is click on the files icon from AirDroid’s web interface and select a file
from the file browser that opens up , right click on
any file and select download to download the
file to your PC .
The file will be downloaded as regular downloads in your web browser and can be accessed from the download menu. Here is a screenshot of the transfer speed i was getting while downloading
files from my android phone . I was able to get a constant download
speed of 3.5 Mbps which peaked around 4Mbps .
