Ftp Application For Android

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Using FTP on Android might come in handy when you do not have any wired connectivity available. In this guide, we will tell you how to use FTP on Android. With FTP, you can easily and quickly transfer files between Android and PC without any restrictions.

Android FTP app helps to upload and download the files from FTP server. The ES File Explorer app works as an Android FTP client software to upload files on web server. AndFTP is a FTP, FTPS, SCP, SFTP client. It can manage several FTP configurations. It comes with both device and FTP file browser. It provides download, upload, synchronization and share features.

Smartphones are meant to be connected. There are a whole lot of types of communication. This includes data connection, wifi connection, mobile network connection, GPS connection, Bluetooth connection and more. These interconnections make the device ‘smart'. People use phones and computers for synchronization. Relatively smartphones have less memory than personal computers and so the data on phones are frequently backed up on PCs. The process is done vice versa too. When the user wants the data to be transferred to PC there are multiple ways to fulfill those requirements. You can simply connect the devices to the PC via USB cable and access the files. Most of the manufacturers provide PC suits for smartphone synchronization with the PCs. But in a situation where there is no wired connection possible or if you want mobile access to your computer device then we got your covered in this post.

Why FTP?

There are multiple ways in which you can connect to your computer and smartphones wirelessly. There are applications like ‘share it's that you can download in both the phone and in PC and connect wirelessly. But there are other handy techniques using your phones as servers.

FTP is file transfer protocol which is a network protocol that allows transferring files from one specific location to another. The locations are named as client and server. The client request server for transferring the data. Here we discuss the technique in which you can use your smartphone as the server.

You can use FTP to transfer files between two computers, smartphone, and computer or even a cloud service to a computer. This makes transferring the files easily accessible to anyone who uses a computer and smartphone.

The chances are you might have heard about FTP that helps in connecting devices to the internet which helps in file transfer. But the fact is that you can use FTP to create a local network and transfer files between those devices. You can study how to use FTP for creating a local network between your phone and computer so that you can upload or download data between these devices

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If you have a web hosting and you want to upload files on web host using Android mobile, you can do that very easily. You can use this easily on any web host like Hostgator, Bluehost, GoDaddy, Bigrock etc. You can manage all your files on the web server using FTP. As we all know we use the legacy file manager or the new file manager which cPanel provide us. But we can also upload or download files using Android mobile with an app. A superb FTP android app which works like charm. It's easy to use and to upload your files on the server using Android FTP. Let us see how this all in one app make life simpler!


I was also searching for the solution and I got a superb tool! In fact we all know this app. It is very popular but we are neglecting its awesome features. The ES File Explorer of Android can do this job very easily. This app not only upload files to hosting but also manages files in your android mobile! It is all in one mini file management software which is really great. Just download the latest version of the ES File Explorer to get the FTP feature. Let us go step by step. Just follow the procedure to connect your FTP and mobile for the first time!

Requirements

This app doesn't need any special requirements. But there are few things to consider in order to get connected to FTP via Android!

  • A working internet connection. Make sure you are not in 2G network. Use fast internet (3G or Wi-Fi) to access the FTP. Else it may show empty folder error!
  • Keep your FTP account details handy. Your server IP, Username, Password and FTP port is needed to connect to your FTP folders.

That's it! Expecting more? Sorry to disappoint you. 😛

Procedure to connect FTP using Android App.

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  • Install ES File Explorer from play store on your mobile or tablet.
  • After installation, you can see it will work same as your normal file manager. But it has many features.
  • Open menu, tap on FTP. You can see a plus sign below. Click on it to create new FTP connection.
  • It will have four options including sftp, ftp ftps and webdav. As of now we need FTP. Tap on only 'ftp' and proceed further.
  • You can see it will ask for credentials. Enter the server IP. Port number will be 21 by default. If your provider has a different port then enter it.

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  • In the mode section, select 'Active'. Enter your Username and Password.
  • Tick on the 'Anonymous' option. Do not change the 'Encoding' settings.
  • Now tap on 'OK'. If all things go correct, your FTP folder will be displayed!
  • If you get any error, change to 'Passive' mode and try! Uncheck 'Anonymous' option too if you facing error again.
  • Any of the settings will work and you will have access to your FTP! This works for almost all web server FTP.
  • Done! Now upload or download any file directly!

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Try with the above settings. It should work for Active mode. I tried and sharing my settings here. It worked fine. To upload the file, just copy the file from your mobile using ES File Explorer and paste in your FTP folder. It will be uploaded there! Simple, isn't it? Also, you can password protect the whole app in the settings. So no one can access your FTP without that password!

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You don't have to login again and again. It will use the same setting every time you connect to your FTP! Just make sure you have a speed internet connection. Else it will show 'Empty Folder' if you have slow network. If you face any problem please comment below. We will discuss and solve it as soon as possible!

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