Timeline for How do I transfer 148GiB files from an Android phone to a computer?
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| Apr 20, 2023 at 20:14 | comment | added | theggputest55 | the overhead is from the mtp protocol. not from usb 2.0 or the flash storage on the phone. to reach the fastest speeds you need to use adb | |
| Feb 7, 2023 at 11:05 | answer | added | Mister Robato | timeline score: 0 | |
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| Jun 8, 2022 at 13:29 | comment | added | JW0914 |
GUI transfers will always be slowest - either use adb via adb pull -p /sdcard D:\MyPhone or Robocopy (latter may depend on how the phone is mounted)
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| Jun 8, 2022 at 13:19 | comment | added | U. Windl | I think it was near year 2000 when I backed up a 4GB disk sector by sector. It took 2 hours. So actually that's not a long time (as others said, too). Also your phone will also be charged while copying, most likely. So what's the problem with time? How much time did it take to fill up the phone like that? | |
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| Jun 8, 2022 at 12:38 | comment | added | Ξένη Γήινος | I’m voting to close this question because new answers to this question cannot be actually helpful, there is nothing I can do in this situation other than waiting, but new answers just keep coming... | |
| Jun 8, 2022 at 12:33 | answer | added | Jorge Ibañez y Montpean P. | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 8, 2022 at 10:52 | answer | added | htmlcoderexe | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 8, 2022 at 8:15 | answer | added | snuk182 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 7, 2022 at 13:21 | answer | added | Arsenal | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jun 7, 2022 at 12:40 | comment | added | ocodo | .... this guy. What can we do with 16kb? Start a revolution. | |
| Jun 7, 2022 at 12:28 | comment | added | FreeMan | Strange times, indeed, @Peter-ReinstateMonica. I remember staring in awe at the directory listing showing nearly 10 MB of free space on that PC XT! How many of these DSDD floppies can that store??? | |
| Jun 7, 2022 at 12:18 | answer | added | FreeMan | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 6, 2022 at 19:38 | comment | added | Peter - Reinstate Monica | Strange times. "OMG, I have only 14 GB storage left on my phone, what should I do? Please help!" ;-) When I was young I had a Win/Linux dual boot on 500 MB... and I had to walk 10 feet across shag carpet to change the TV channel! | |
| Jun 6, 2022 at 18:14 | answer | added | mckenzm | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 6, 2022 at 17:38 | comment | added | Michael Harvey | "Start the transfer before going to bed and find the finished task once you are back" - totally this. Plus, don't leave it so long that your storage is nearly full next time. | |
| Jun 6, 2022 at 17:19 | comment | added | Tim | @ΞένηΓήινος what was your solution? Can you post it as an answer? | |
| Jun 6, 2022 at 15:50 | comment | added | Guntram Blohm |
For the future, install syncthing (syncthing.net/downloads) on your android phone and your PC, and you'll have your android files synced (and thereby backed up) automatically, so you'll never have to transfer a big chunk at once anymore. Beware of data and battery usage during the initial sync, though.
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| Jun 6, 2022 at 13:39 | comment | added | Ξένη Γήινος | I think it isn't necessary to mention it, I have already moved all the files from the phone to the computer, but I will leave this comment here to prevent people from leaving a comment like the last comment. | |
| Jun 6, 2022 at 13:29 | comment | added | MonkeyZeus | You could have waited out the 4 hours and 30 minutes faster than writing this question and interacting with Internet strangers. I really hope you started the transfer and went to sleep so it could be done by the time you woke up. | |
| Jun 6, 2022 at 10:20 | comment | added | jcaron | Writing a lot of files to a HDD will definitely not yield 160 MB/s as you see in the "sequential write" tests. It will be somewhere in between that and the much lower "random write" tests (2-3 MB/s), the exact value depending on the size of the files, the filesystem in use, possibly how full the drive is, and a lot of other parameters. Even though the USB 2.0 interface of your phone is probably the most limiting factor, the HDD is going to be the next one, at best you'll be able to get x2, probably less. And that's of course if the HDD is connected via SATA or USB3 rather than USB2 as well. | |
| Jun 6, 2022 at 8:17 | comment | added | miroxlav | I am moving even larger volumes of data regularly and my answer is: you can reduce the process to a few minutes by proper scheduling. Start the transfer before going to bed and find the finished task once you are back. | |
| Jun 6, 2022 at 7:38 | answer | added | mathreadler | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jun 6, 2022 at 7:04 | answer | added | mitts | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 6, 2022 at 3:45 | comment | added | Loren Pechtel | @user1686 37.1MB/s seems pretty fast for USB 2 once you count all the overhead. It's also faster than what I've seen off my phone. | |
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| Jun 5, 2022 at 11:11 | comment | added | LPChip | Or TeraCopy. But what probably is going to be faster, is by using the android app "File Manager Plus" from File Manager Plus. It can make network copies. So share a folder locally, and copy over wifi. I can get very fast speeds that way and it runs on the phone, not the computer so may be faster too. | |
| Jun 5, 2022 at 8:33 | vote | accept | Ξένη Γήινος | ||
| Jun 5, 2022 at 8:28 | answer | added | grawity_u1686 | timeline score: 49 | |
| Jun 5, 2022 at 8:26 | history | edited | Ξένη Γήινος | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 5, 2022 at 8:15 | comment | added | harrymc | Try a third-party copier. The fastest I know is FastCopy. | |
| Jun 5, 2022 at 8:09 | comment | added | grawity_u1686 | Does your phone support USB 3.0? (Even Type-C ports are not necessarily 3.0 ports.) Does your cable support USB 3.0? (It needs to physically have the additional connections.) Your 37 MB/s sounds a lot like average USB 2.0 speed to me (around 400 Mbps not including overhead), and a faster port on one end won't make a 2.0-only port on the other end faster at all. | |
| Jun 5, 2022 at 8:08 | comment | added | vssher | 37.1 MB/s, that is Pretty Darn Fast. We are stuck in a world of "Hurry-up Clock!" I wish I could read that fast. You need to roll with the punches. Copy or Move a little at a time next time, don't wait until it is jammed packed. Sorry, I have no better answer(s), I think nobody does for this. Just set it to copy and then take a nap. ;-) | |
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| Jun 5, 2022 at 7:53 | history | asked | Ξένη Γήινος | CC BY-SA 4.0 |