SambaDroid

FYI for everyone on MARSHMALLOW/CM13 : SELinux has to be set to permissive for this app to work, otherwise it does not start. 5 stars if the dev figures out how to start samba server with SELinux set to enforcing, if that can me done at all. Also please add this to your FAQ. Edit: Does not work at all anymore either because of android 7 or 64bit CPU as I just changed my phone.

Despite Androids immaturity and restrictions this was the only app that was able to write to external USB attached storage on one of those crappy Android TV boxes. Files seem to be copied with the correct modified date and time allowing for accurate syncing. However, there appear to be two problems: 1. to sync with Allway Sync on a Windows 10 PC I have two jobs referencing the same mapped drive, i.e. the mapped drive to the SambaDroid share. It seems I can only run one job at a time, 2. More importantly SambdaDroid does not allow large files to be copied which prevents media files from being synced. I cannot get anything larger than about 600MB to upload, and this is with the Pro version, Android 6.0.1, rooted. So I can confirm what others are reporting.

All my other root apps recognize root on my Kyocera Icon, but not this one.

Don't work only my one plus one I am on android 7.1.1

Work out of the box...Needs rooted device. Great work.

Won't start server; logcat says it's getting permission denied on a file "smbd.pid", which doesn't seem to exist.

Stopped working after Android 7.1.1 update.

Its quite good.... Just requires root

Doesn't work on lineage 14.1.

Doesn't work anymore on Nougat.

Relatively easily, requires root

Stupid App that refuse to start.

Worked on Lollipop but not on Marshmallow (6.0.1). Please fix.

Used to be working and the only smb server but not anymore on 7.1.1

Android 6 Samsung not working

Cant start service on redmi2

Last updated almost a year and a half ago - but it still works, and flawlessly so! A lightweight and very simple app to use, too. It just works straight out of the box, and even customization is very easy. Recommended. App features: You can access your Android device's storage from your your PC (or any other devices in your LAN/WiFi network) as a network share. Note you can access/map both the device's internal storage and external SD card, and you can even map /system or the device root, if you want. Useful. For the record: I'm running Android 6.0.1 on GT-I9300 (incidentally, I'm using Ressurection Remix (CM13-based) as the ROM and Boeffla as the kernel). According to other commenters, you need to ensure the SELinux mode of your device is set to Permissive mode (instead of Enforcing). For my setup, that is the default, anyway, so I didn't need to do anything. :)

SambaDroid no longer works after updating to Android 6.0.1. I used to like this app. I have used Samba File Sharing by funkyFresh and liked it but I find SambaDroid more stable. SambaDroid also has more features that are useful to me. One problem should be addressed, SambaDroid cannot copy large files using a Windows 7 PC as client. When copying a 7GB file it fails with the error "There is not enough space on" (destination). The file copies fine when I use the android as client.

Great app. Supports users and passwords to make browsing from Windows 7+ smooth. Much easier than locating a USB cable and works anywhere. Only issue I've had is after upgrading to Android 6.0.1, the service failed to start. I had to install SELinuxModeChanger. Now starting the service is a two-step process for me; I set SEL to Permissive, then start SMB. To stop the service, I stop SMB and then set SEL to Enforcing. SELinuxModeChanger does not work with SuperSU 2.76. I rolled SuperSU back to 2.46 and it works again.

Nice functional app. I hided the notification, and app auto starts with WiFi connection, thus things works automated

I am using paid version on Android 4.1 with root and USB HDD NTFS. Application is really great and has been working well for a week. BUT the fact that developers do not mention about 2 GB file size limitation is unfair. You have to fix it or add honest description.

Doesn't work. Can't access the android from my PCs and there seems to be no user settings! How can it connect if it doesn't even allow you to enter the Workgroup name? And yet ANOTHER app that assumes that ALL devices are wireless phones (my device is a wired Android TV Box) Under FAQ, the author says to disable the require WiFi option and set as bind interface eth0, yet no such setting exists - as i noted before, there are NO user settings. If I go to the top right corner, the only options are "Clear log" and "Quit."

My last phone didn't support this app but now that I have a phone that does support it I realise what I was missing! Great for full windows-share access to your files (with user access control and passwords) from any computer on your network. Great job Dev!

Bought this app ages ago and enjoyed it until I updated to Android 6. Now it doesn't work and no updates have happened with the app for over 12 months now. Not good enough from the author

I'm very happy with SambaDroid on all Android smartphones and tablets, but I stops after starting on the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Exynos. Others having the same issue?

Work as expected. I'm using Windows 10. I'm able to map shares, specify username to access, change the host name, etc. The device appears in the network node in Windows File Explorer. Nice app. Android 6 Marshmallow Users: Just Change SeLinux from Enforcing to Permissive via Selinuxchanger App that can be found on XDA. Worked in my Galaxy S5 running CM13 and on my Nexus 6P.

Works great on the Amazon Fire TV, but on the Nexus Player the menu button doesn't work. Tried using an air mouse with no success. Fix and easy 5 stars.

Use SELinuxModeChanger APK (search for it on XDA) under Android v6 to resolve SIGTERM failure to launch host.

Works fine for me. I am running on a rooted Nexus 4 on 6.0 Marshmellow so no problems with 6.0 here. Only problem I am having is whenever I access my phone via my PC it doesn't ask for log in details. This might just be me missing something but it makes this sever very vunerable to use until I can sort this out.

Not working with Huawei Mate 8 Android 6.0.1....Works good in my Note 3 N9005 with Android 6.0.1 .... please fix the problem for Mate 8 ...

Just Change SeLinux from Enforcing to Permissive via Selinuxchanger App. Glad it's working on my G3 D855 running MM.

No suport for huge files greater than 2GB

Crippleware garbage. Must pay them to share out the sd card and the phone's internal file system at the same time.

FYI for everyone on MARSHMALLOW/CM13 : SELinux has to be set to permissive for this app to work, otherwise it does not start. 5 stars if the dev figures out how to start samba server with SELinux set to enforcing, if that can me done at all. Also please add this to your FAQ.

Upgraded Nexus 5 to Android M and now SambaDroid won't start.

Connected an external USB HDD to an Android TV box and using SambaDroid to make it a cheap NAS. The free version is all that it needs.

Great app. Supports users and passwords to make browsing from Windows 7+ smooth. Much easier than locating a USB cable and works anywhere. Only issue I've had is after upgrading to Android 6.0.1, the service failed to start. I had to install SELinuxModeChanger. Now starting the service is a two-step process for me; I set SEL to Permissive, then start SMB. To stop the service, I stop SMB and then set SEL to Enforcing.

Does what it say's it will do.

Couldn't produce stack trace, whatever that means... panic, internal error. Some other errors. It was working earlier idk.. fault c.335.. dump core

Transfer speeds were capped at 10MB/s when connected thru Ethernet on a UHS 1 SD card