Android vs iOS

scottalanmiller

Any apps to transfer large files in bluetooth from android to iOS

I think that you should step back and ask why you would even want to do this. What is the actual goal?

Remember, iOS is not designed to store files at all. What would you do with files on it?

Lakshmana

I am having one .iso file in android phone,my friend needs to transfer the .iso file to my friends phone.
How can i do it by an app without using bluetooth?

nadnerB

I have issues with every mobile OS.

As they have matured, Android and iOS have become significantly better (by orders of magnitude) than their early days.
No multitasking in iOS any one?

iOS devices get updates for longer than Android devices.

I have recently borrowed an iPad Air from work and I quite like it. This is coming from really hating iOS for a long time.
I have an Android tablet that is a few years old and it is no longer receiving updates and is slower than a sleepy Hutt going up a greased hill (but that's a relatively early Android tablet).

Android devices are usually less expensive than iOS devices.

They both seem to offer app and entertainment stores that are on par with each other.

I think that there is less differences now and personal preference and what you are willing to pay are the two most significant factors in choosing a device today.

Always try a few different devices before settling on one.

Dashrender

@scottalanmiller said:

@Lakshmana said:

Any apps to transfer large files in bluetooth from android to iOS

I think that you should step back and ask why you would even want to do this. What is the actual goal?

Remember, iOS is not designed to store files at all. What would you do with files on it?

Exactly. Assuming the same user owns both devices, you can setup OneDrive on both, and place the files in OneDrive and you now have access on both devices.

If the devices are owned by different people, you can put something in OneDrive on one of them, then create a sharing link to send to the other person, and then provide the link to them, they add the file to their OneDrive, and bam, they have the file.

nadnerB

Android does still offer good tools for admins like WiFi sniffing tools that Apple doesn't allow (that may have changed, I haven't checked in a while).

scottalanmiller

@Lakshmana said:

I am having one .iso file in android phone,my friend needs to transfer the .iso file to my friends phone.
How can i do it by an app without using bluetooth?

You are repeating WHAT you want to do but not saying WHY. An ISO is useless on an iPhone, so WHY are you trying to do this? What is your GOAL.

scottalanmiller

@nadnerB said:

Android does still offer good tools for admins like WiFi sniffing tools that Apple doesn't allow (that may have changed, I haven't checked in a while).

Still very true.

Dashrender

@Lakshmana said:

I am having one .iso file in android phone,my friend needs to transfer the .iso file to my friends phone.
How can i do it by an app without using bluetooth?

How large is the ISO? Why is one friend using their phone as a memory stick? Why would the second friend want the ISO on their iPhone (it's not useful to the iPhone - well I suppose it could be a movie rip - but then you'd need some way to - wait just stop.. why do they want an ISO on their iPhone?)

scottalanmiller

@Dashrender said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@Lakshmana said:

Any apps to transfer large files in bluetooth from android to iOS

I think that you should step back and ask why you would even want to do this. What is the actual goal?

Remember, iOS is not designed to store files at all. What would you do with files on it?

Exactly. Assuming the same user owns both devices, you can setup OneDrive on both, and place the files in OneDrive and you now have access on both devices.

If the devices are owned by different people, you can put something in OneDrive on one of them, then create a sharing link to send to the other person, and then provide the link to them, they add the file to their OneDrive, and bam, they have the file.

Yup, doing this makes way more sense and is how these devices are designed to be used.

Lakshmana

I am having one ubuntu OS in my phone(Android) and my friend needs to copy it to his phone for using the ISO file for making the file as bootable in his pendrive.so only trying to transfer the file to his phone.

scottalanmiller

@Lakshmana said:

I am having one ubuntu OS in my phone(Android) and my friend needs to copy it to his phone for using the ISO file for making the file as bootable in his pendrive.so only trying to transfer the file to his phone.

But you can't do that with an iPhone, right? We are missing how this is useful in achieving what you are stating. What good will the ISO be to him on his iPhone? How will he use it?

scottalanmiller

For example, if he has the ISO file on his iPhone, how will he then write that to a USB stick? The iPhone can't move the file to the USB drive. So what purpose is the iPhone playing here?

Dashrender

@scottalanmiller said:

@Lakshmana said:

I am having one ubuntu OS in my phone(Android) and my friend needs to copy it to his phone for using the ISO file for making the file as bootable in his pendrive.so only trying to transfer the file to his phone.

But you can't do that with an iPhone, right? We are missing how this is useful in achieving what you are stating. What good will the ISO be to him on his iPhone? How will he use it?

again, exactly.

Why put it on his iPhone, the ISO will have to end up on a Windows/MAC/Linux machine so you can create the bootable pendrive.

Lakshmana

My friend is having laptop in his home and will transfer the ISO file to his laptop.
After copying the file he will make the file as bootable.

nadnerB

So why isn't a USB stick useful?

scottalanmiller

@Lakshmana said:

My friend is having laptop in his home and will transfer the ISO file to his laptop.
After copying the file he will make the file as bootable.

Can you do that with an iPhone? How will he get the file from the iPhone to the laptop? Maybe you can do this, but I am unaware of it being possible.

Dashrender

Does the friend with an iPhone not have a memory stick with them?

Assuming everyone has good internet access in all locations, this is what I would do.

Android user uploads the ISO to google drive or OneDrive. Shares the file with the iPhone friend. The iPhone friend goes home and from laptop downloads the ISO from the link provided by Android friend.

Now the file is on the laptop.

Lakshmana

The iPhone can be connected to laptop by any USB cables???

scottalanmiller

@Lakshmana said:

The iPhone can be connected to laptop by any USB cables???

Connected, of course. But connecting, as you know, is not enough. It needs a file transfer mechanism, just like Bluetooth does. So the question remains... if he takes his iPhone and plugs it into the USB of his laptop... can you transfer a file? I don't believe so.

Dashrender

@scottalanmiller said:

@Lakshmana said:

My friend is having laptop in his home and will transfer the ISO file to his laptop.
After copying the file he will make the file as bootable.

Can you do that with an iPhone? How will he get the file from the iPhone to the laptop? Maybe you can do this, but I am unaware of it being possible.

yeah - you can, with the help of iTunes, actually make an iPhone/iPod into a mobile storage device aka memory stick. But again, huge pain, not working as designed.