LAN drive - SAMBA Server & Cli

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About this app

Works without ROOT : Read the tutorial inside the app (works on Windows / MAC / Linux)

Transform your phone as a network drive (also known as "z drive").
Access your phone/device files with common softwares : MAC OS Finder, Windows File Explorer, Android ES Explorer, VLC, Kodi etc.
LAN drive is a powerfull and easy SMB server - also known as SAMBA server - designed for filesharing.
LAN drive is also a powerfull client to connect to SMB servers, and view/copy/paste files easily.
You could forget your usb key or your usb cable, you will never forget LAN Drive.

TRIAL version :
* Limited bandwitch to 0.5 MB/s. Buy the app and transfer up to 50 MB/s (100 times faster) - depending your max wifi speed.

Features :
* Copy/paste/rename files and folders on your device with MAC OS Finder, Windows File Explorer, Android ES Explorer, etc.
* Access the 'external' storage (Photos and Videos included) in your device as a network shared folder.
* Access the Root folder and all directories including SD Cards or external HDDs as network shared folders
* View your multimedia files with embedded mediaplayer (or external app).
* Your device name appears automatically in MAC OS Finder, Windows File Explorer, Android ES Explorer, VLC, Kodi etc.
* Manage your device name (NetBios) and Workgroup name.
* 3 authentication types : Anonymous with popup confirmation, Anonymous and Users with custom rights
* Manage users and create your own shared folders with credentials.
* View users connected and disconnect them.
* Unlimited connections (several users can access your sharings at the same time)
* 5 languages : English, Spanish, French, German, Italian.
* Launched as a service in the background : Access your SMB server while using other apps
* Protocols SMB1 (CIFS) and SMB2 protocol (enable/disable via settings)

Ratings and reviews

It's a fine samba server, but doesn't deliver on performance. Running as a background service on Android 11, it constantly disconnected. As a foreground app, that improved. But for throughput, the paid version delivers only 125KiB/s or so on a Pixel 3a. Free version only delivers 33KiB/s, not 0.5MB/s as advertised. My WiFi is capable of 450Mb/s, so I know it's not WiFi. Due to slowness, it's not useable for much.

Saw a tutorial online about sharing files from Android to PC wirelessly and it mentioned this software. Just installed it... and promptly uninstalled it. I have a Note10+ and it made it crawl. Took forever to open, caused the phone to almost crash, even made the home screen buttons sit lower on the display. Had to restart my phone afterwards as just uninstalling it still caused problems. I've seen some of the responses from the dev, I don't expect a mature response, everything seems to be "Well it works for me, so it should work for you..." to making fun of people and their choice of tech (Raspberry Pu? Really?) Wouldn't pay .99 for this let alone 3.99.

This app is the only one out of dozens that can perform the service that I need. It has a simple interface that is easy to use and functions as a user would hope. Except for a complication with purchase restoration- The $5 upgrade is available only through inapppurchase option does not work, I was not able to restore my purchase but the purchase price was refunded, I would definitely give this app 5 stars.

What's new

Fix bugs and improvements: see https://bit.ly/landrivechanges for more details.