Samba Filesharing for Android

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Access your Android device over wifi as a Windows shared folder.

* Samba Filesharing server for Android [ Recently updated for JellyBean probs ].
* Your Android device becomes visible to other Windows (& SMB compatible) computers on your network.
* The 'external' storage in your Android device is accessible as a network shared folder.
* Copy files and folders to and from your Android device using drag and drop.
* Customisable username, password, Windows workgroup name, and device network (NETBIOS) name.

Requirements:
* Your Android device must already be rooted and a SuperUser app installed.

Notes:
* On the first run, make sure you catch the SuperUser Auth request to allow the Samba Filesharing app root access.
* If an update from an earlier version fails, try a full uninstall (either from the application manager of your Android device, or the file sharing app 'Menu -> Settings -> Uninstall' option), then re-install from Android Market.
* If you experience problems accessing your device, be sure to try all three methods: Network browser, specifying \\name, & also \\ipaddress.
* You may see 'com.funkyfresh.samba' remain in the Android process list even though you have disabled it from auto-starting. This is normal - whenever the WIFI interface transitions up/down the app needs to run temporarily to check its settings as to whether it should start/stop the filesharing server, after that, its done. Android will kill the inactive process if your device is running low on memory, otherwise the process remains inactive in memory for faster loading next time you launch it.
* Pérsio Menezes: Thanks for the new logo!

SAMBA - Opening Windows to a wider world http://www.samba.org/

See 'Menu -> Settings -> About' in the app for a pointer to information about Samba GNU Licensing & Source code changes.

Reviews

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Tom Ta

Love this app, works AWESOME!!! One request...can you please add a feature that automatically starts the app and enables sharing on boot? Create a "pay" version and I'll buy it. --//-- I have this installed on my rooted Amazon Fire TV and transfer speeds are blazing fast! Up to 72MBytes/s on a USB 2.0 connection, that is insane! It also still works when my device is in SLEEP MODE and no drop in speed.

Nightfall Alicorn

Thanks so much. This app is a life saver. Ever since I flashed LineageOS 14.1 ROM, I couldn't get External SD Card to appear as a drive letter on Windows 10. I would give 5 stars but the main screen GUI is buggy since it shows incorrect status. If I enable it, it says it not running. I could even access both Internal and External SD Card while disabled and not running. Be great if this could be fixed. I'm using LineageOS flashed su plugin if that effects it.

Heiti Piip

It works well, but I used it on my android TV box, which is connected to the network with a LAN cable. So these wifi settings make me confused. I would like an option that it autostarts with system boot regardless of the connection type. Now i sometimes have to start the service manually.

Greg Searle

Excellent, Reliable When I need to access my tablet's SD card storage remotely through any of the computers on my home network, it's just there on the network ready to go! I don't have to go find the tablet which may be somewhere else in the house. I've even printed PDF files directly into my "Documents" folder on the tablet and downloaded e-books right into my e-book app's "Downloads" folder. None of the other Android SMB servers properly support Windows network access (huh)? This one does and it does so well. If it wasn't free, I'd pay for it!

Paul Spinks

Android S5 - Awesome! At first I thought this was useless application since S5 doesn't have a menu button or not at least until I found it on Google. For people having the same problems just hold down your multi-task button for few seconds (the button at bottom left) and it should work a treat. Now I don't have to bother with USB. Woohoo. :)

Sagie Duchovne-Nave

Performance isn't incredible, but it just works I originally tried to use another software, which I wasn't able to get to work with Windows, even after digging for information. So I installed this app, and after a quick setup that took about a minute, I was immediately able to access the (rooted) phone's so-called "internal SD" memory from another Windows PC. Throughput performance wasn't good, but it worked without any noticeable problems.

User reviews

Tom Ta February 4, 2015

Nightfall Alicorn May 12, 2017

Heiti Piip December 31, 2016

Greg Searle September 4, 2014

Paul Spinks February 8, 2015

Sagie Duchovne-Nave August 30, 2014

shekar basha December 21, 2016

Welcome Back.. The one n only app Must have app for every rooted phone. I love this app. Infact i was searching for this app madly.. thankgod .. atlast u made it again to playstore..but one request.. most of the phones doesn't have menu key.. they might find it difficult.. pls check that

Prateek Gupta February 8, 2015

Absolutely must have. I personally like this option better than FTP server as you can read the complete file information. However I have not been able to get my external card projected to my PC...please help !

A Google User April 9, 2015

Works, slowly Works as advertised. It's the only free SMB server that actually works. However I am experiencing really slow transfer rates (around 400 kb/s) on my Milestone. Tried with Froyo and Gingerbread so its not the software. Also tried on couple of different routers and networks. I am getting around 2 mb/s of transfer rate when using FTP server (SwiFTP) so I know its not the phone itself. It would be nice to see this fixed, even if that means seeing ads in the top or the bottom.

Roman Semenov November 21, 2014

Doesn't work Works for external SD but not for internal storage. Galaxy S4, accessing from Mac, tethering mode. It shows shares and is able to access external sd (share2) but says "share does not exist on the server" for internal memory. Root access is granted.

A Google User July 21, 2014

Needs update for kitkat support.. One of my favourite applocation. Can't live without installing it. Makes u free from hassle of connecting to usb everytime. Will rate 5 stars when bug resolves with KitKat

Paul Greet August 23, 2014

Opening windows to a wider world! Unfortunately,I don't want it to. In short, this program is a nightmare, from a security point of view. Under certain circumstances, even with white lists enabled and manual start disabled, it still self activates and makes all my files potentially available on an unsecured network. Uninstalling! Update 23/08/14. Try Server Ultimate from Ice Cold Apps. Has facility to switch off automatically when logged off from usual network. Oh and the tech support you get is brilliant!

Quadrplax fakename July 2, 2017

Very outdated. I had to download a menu button emulating app just to be able to open the menu which could easily fit on my screen all the time. Also, it does not support external SD cards unless they are formatted as FAT, meaning no files larger than 4GB.

Adam Reece June 17, 2014

Works pretty well This is mostly a well built application that works pretty well. Remember your server password is stored in plain text so don't go putting anything secret in there. Just two snags I've come across that let it down: Unable to remotely access the external SD card (/storage/extSdCard), and that it makes no announcement to a LAN master browser.

Sanjiv Gupta December 28, 2014

Best app for samba sharing Needs root. But worth the risk. After my kitkat update. It works after i rooted my device but the files do not show when exploring on client.

Andika Bayu November 13, 2014

Kitkat problem Apparently media scan is not working on kitkat. And when I did some large transfer file, i got random reboot. Work flawlessly on jb though.

John Jones July 19, 2014

Doesn't work right on ATT LG G3 No menu button on the G3 Samba app, so I can't do anything with it. I'll update my review if I figure out what the problem is, or it gets fixed.

Heera Rana May 5, 2017

Can't display anything on menu.. Just shows blank no shared path ip address nothing just blank screen appears after installation.. My phone is rooted and installed custom ROM

Ziv Bareket June 30, 2014

External USB Hi, Good Program that let you see the sd card. the only problem is that it wont support external USB othe than FAT file system.

Richard Ortiz January 9, 2015

Does not work right. I will allow transfer however. It does not refresh the media store under kitkat. Since the media does not refresh any mp3 that I transfer to my phone will never bee seen until a device reboot.

March 24, 2015

No menu on S5 running Fusion OS A workaround for those that are having the issue 'no menu' issue and a long press on the app switcher button doesn't work, get the 'Button Savior' app in the Store. Apart from that major issue, app does as advertised.

mahipal gunawat June 14, 2014

Best file transfer app if you are rooted All other app allow transfer of files if you are connected to a wifi. This is only app that allows you to transfer files to PC by creating wifi Hotspot and and pc is connected to this wifi. Just type back slash back slash ANDROID in your windows file Explorer and your mmr card will be opened like it is a drive of your Windows. But all of this will work if you have rooted Android.

Living Roomers September 12, 2014

No App menu I can't do a thing because the app menu that's mentioned on the pop up window at startup never materializes. Feex it please!

Hery Iswanto October 10, 2014

Good but this app launch in background every startup my android Thats drain my memory ram, and my battery, and my android become slow. But i still need this app

Stephen Collins June 10, 2014

Recently updated and improved compatibility. This updated version now works quite well with my Galaxy S4 running Kitkat (which it didn't before) although I suspect it doesn't support exFAT formatted SD Cards as my 64GB card isn't shared (Additional Shared Folder says "No other read+write FAT based filesystems were detected). Despite this, it's a very simple way of getting files onto the phone.

Hebert Caballero November 24, 2014

light and nice. It does what we need from it. It's small enough to be converted into system app. I'd love for it to support longer passwords, custom names for the shares, more shares and more users (for multiple permissions). But as it is, is a must have, it should come preinstalled by default in every android device.

Sarunas S. March 16, 2015

unusable Goood: was able to share files Bad: max speed 600kB/s, crashes after couple minutes while transferring video. Tried it on TV box with quad core CPU in 2GB of ram. Very slow on other devices as well.

Michal Bačík February 7, 2017

It only writes "Enabled - Not Running", and there's no way how to make it run. WiFi is on, so what else it needs for work? I use Menu -> Enable, and still getting just some dialog that doesn't make sense, and it's still not running.

Sam Scholey October 2, 2014

No menu option. Pointless On first opening the app there is a popup advising you to set a password in the settings, trouble is there is no menu anywhere! Pointless!

Benjamin Kus August 26, 2014

Great app, but will be better when I can use my external SD Card Great app, but will be better when I can use my external exFAT formatted SD Cards as this is the primary location I store my videos on, which is really the only files I transfer from PC to tablet.

Rick Koch August 17, 2014

Doesn't seem to work on 4.4.4 Client sees empty folder.

Kevin Ware September 17, 2014

Installed then uninstalled on my G3! This is a fine app that works well on my Nexus 7, but becomes pretty pointless on my Sprint LG G3 if I can't access the settings menu. Giving it one star for this HUGE miss on the G3. Will change when I read about it being fixed.

Kevin Chan February 20, 2017

Connected fine, but Windows can't access the 'sdcard' folder on my phone which has only internal storage named as 'internal storage', while on my tablet 'sdcard' actually points to the internal storage rather than the sdcard (extsdcard) :/ In addition, it couldn't create a support logfile, and the internal uninstall crashes the app :(

Sunil Modi September 16, 2014

Good program: Wish it would include the following: Good program: Two suggestions would make it indispensable: 1. Ability to share usb drives (NTFS) 2. Add a shortcut key or on-screen clickable point for menu as menu doesnt show on my mk808 stick using a wifi mouse.

A Google User June 17, 2014

Great Still not working the best on jelly bean. Takes forever to enable/disable, but still i prefer this app over any other.

Jeroen Lamens June 25, 2017

Requires a menu key, which newer devices don't have anymore. The speeds are also very low, my local speeds are benchmarked at 400mbit, but this app is only using 16mbit.. Neither my storage or Wi-Fi connection is the bottleneck, client is using gigabit Ethernet.

Michael Rainey June 23, 2014

Second Shared Folder Not Working Refuses to keep the setting for the second shared folder on either of my Android devices (Galaxy S3 and ASUS Transformer) but otherwise works as advertised.

Newtomic Ntm June 13, 2014

Very Very Good. The new update make this app a must have again! Thank you dev for the update! ;-) It lacks some advanced options, like share from root for example, but for free is awesome.

Konstantin Sytin October 27, 2014

Works even on my wristwatch ;) Great app, never encountered any bug. Requesting to improve UI to allow manually share and name desired locations.

Dave Riola November 16, 2016

Works well for internal storage on my Galaxy S5, but doesn't share my external SD card (at least not those with exFAT file systems). If it did, I'd give it 5 stars. It doesn't, so it's worthless to me. Uninstalling.