If you just want the file explorer feature, windows also supports ftp, though it’s a bit hidden. You can get an ftp server app on android and use ftp://phone-ip on the file explorer path input to access the phone’s files.
If you’re using Windows, you may as well download as SAMBA app so your phone is discoverable in the network while you’re at it (\\phone-name in Windows explorer). WebDAV also works natively (I believe that’s http://phone-name.local in most networks); that too can be mapped to a drive letter.
Even NFS is supported if you toggle the feature in the “enable or disable windows features” screen.
The Windows FTP stack is kind of terrible, especially in Windows explorer, so I would use any other protocol before FTP for transferring files from my phone.
One thing this Windows feature does do that other methods don’t is authenticate and encrypt the connection. With the methods above (including FTP) you’ll transmit any password you may send over an insecure connection by default, and setting up a secure connection requires paying attention to certificate fingerprints and the like. KDE connect also protects your connection (uses SFTP) but that doesn’t mount the phone on Windows IIRC.
If you just want the file explorer feature, windows also supports ftp, though it’s a bit hidden. You can get an ftp server app on android and use
ftp://phone-ipon the file explorer path input to access the phone’s files.If you’re using Windows, you may as well download as SAMBA app so your phone is discoverable in the network while you’re at it (
\\phone-namein Windows explorer). WebDAV also works natively (I believe that’shttp://phone-name.localin most networks); that too can be mapped to a drive letter.Even NFS is supported if you toggle the feature in the “enable or disable windows features” screen.
The Windows FTP stack is kind of terrible, especially in Windows explorer, so I would use any other protocol before FTP for transferring files from my phone.
One thing this Windows feature does do that other methods don’t is authenticate and encrypt the connection. With the methods above (including FTP) you’ll transmit any password you may send over an insecure connection by default, and setting up a secure connection requires paying attention to certificate fingerprints and the like. KDE connect also protects your connection (uses SFTP) but that doesn’t mount the phone on Windows IIRC.