- Sep 19, 2020
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Looking for a file manager for Samsung tablets that can READ from remote file systems easily: SMB/Samba, Google Drive, OneDrive, iCloud ... in about that order. It should READ/WRITE to SD card and internal. WRITE to remote file systems is optional but useful (this can be done when needed with vendor apps for the most part, except SMB).
The usage is copying media (pictures, movies, documents) to the tablets for offnet uses, and uploading media (pictures mostly) from the tablets.
The interface for copying should be simple and analogous to what can be done on a laptop: select one or files or folders, drag to new location. In as few taps, clicks, and menus as possible.
Spyware or the like is not welcome.
Nice if the file manager can use 3rd party apps to display or play the media. The application for this is typically a video played from a remote file system, or a pdf read.
I've been looking at what can be found, & it's a jungle. There are apps that try to do everything, & have complex displays that require a lot of experimentation to navigate. Most can't do all useful remote file systems, SMB often fails. I've gotten farthest with the similarly-appearing "file manager" from something called xiaomi (which might be a person, or a company). It seemed to do SMB well at first, but seems to have lost that ability. I'm not sure I trust it either It doesn't seem to do well with playing media, but it tries. I've also tried X-plore file manager. This one can do SMB. It has a bewildering interface & needs training to use. It claims to be able to do other cloud FS but I haven't found the ways & means & not sure it's worth the bother.
Any recs for anything better?
The usage is copying media (pictures, movies, documents) to the tablets for offnet uses, and uploading media (pictures mostly) from the tablets.
The interface for copying should be simple and analogous to what can be done on a laptop: select one or files or folders, drag to new location. In as few taps, clicks, and menus as possible.
Spyware or the like is not welcome.
Nice if the file manager can use 3rd party apps to display or play the media. The application for this is typically a video played from a remote file system, or a pdf read.
I've been looking at what can be found, & it's a jungle. There are apps that try to do everything, & have complex displays that require a lot of experimentation to navigate. Most can't do all useful remote file systems, SMB often fails. I've gotten farthest with the similarly-appearing "file manager" from something called xiaomi (which might be a person, or a company). It seemed to do SMB well at first, but seems to have lost that ability. I'm not sure I trust it either It doesn't seem to do well with playing media, but it tries. I've also tried X-plore file manager. This one can do SMB. It has a bewildering interface & needs training to use. It claims to be able to do other cloud FS but I haven't found the ways & means & not sure it's worth the bother.
Any recs for anything better?