Android vs iOS
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@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.
Can you use that for file transfers? I thought that that was blocked. It at least used to be.
You have to do a bit to make it do this.
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If he could use OneDrive, the friend could just download the ISO directly. Obviously the issue here is no Internet access. But the answer should not be phones, it should be a USB stick.
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Agreed.
The Android user should connect the Android phone to a local computer and transfer the file to the computer. Then plug in a USB memory stick and transfer the file from the local computer to the USB stick.
Then the iPhone user can take the USB stick home.
this would be the fastest solution.
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Cloud storage would be twice as expensive as downloading it again on a metered connection.
No Internet connection, then... SD, micro SD or USB. They are the only methods that are going to accomplish the transfer in a reliable and fast way.
Bluetooth will probably crap out part way through.You MIGHT be able to use AirDrop or WiFI Direct but I've never used them before and not every device is compatible with either or both.
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@scottalanmiller USB Sticks are not allowed in the office
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@Lakshmana said:
@scottalanmiller USB Sticks are not allowed in the office
You have a car park, right?
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@Lakshmana said:
@scottalanmiller USB Sticks are not allowed in the office
Well, you mentioned that the iPhone friend has a laptop, ask him to bring it to work tomorrow and leave it in the car. Then at lunch go out to his car and plug the android phone into the laptop and transfer the file directly to his laptop.
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@Lakshmana said:
@scottalanmiller USB Sticks are not allowed in the office
Sounds like trying to bypass the rules on a technicality. If you can plug your phone into a USB port and use it as storage, it becomes a USB stick and wouldn't be allowed in the office.
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@nadnerB said:
@Lakshmana said:
@scottalanmiller USB Sticks are not allowed in the office
You have a car park, right?
Yup, just do it outside rather than inside.
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@Dashrender said:
@Lakshmana said:
@scottalanmiller USB Sticks are not allowed in the office
Well, you mentioned that the iPhone friend has a laptop, ask him to bring it to work tomorrow and leave it in the car. Then at lunch go out to his car and plug the android phone into the laptop and transfer the file directly to his laptop.
I'm guessing that cars here are extremely unlikely.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@Lakshmana said:
@scottalanmiller USB Sticks are not allowed in the office
Well, you mentioned that the iPhone friend has a laptop, ask him to bring it to work tomorrow and leave it in the car. Then at lunch go out to his car and plug the android phone into the laptop and transfer the file directly to his laptop.
I'm guessing that cars here are extremely unlikely.
OK, then where will he put his USB stick that he brings from home that he said they are not allowed to have in the office? Or maybe he can have it on his person, just not plug it into business computers - in that case, bring the laptop into your office with you, but just go outside to do the transfers.
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@Lakshmana said:
@scottalanmiller USB Sticks are not allowed in the office
Well, you mentioned that the iPhone friend has a laptop, ask him to bring it to work tomorrow and leave it in the car. Then at lunch go out to his car and plug the android phone into the laptop and transfer the file directly to his laptop.
I'm guessing that cars here are extremely unlikely.
OK, then where will he put his USB stick that he brings from home that he said they are not allowed to have in the office? Or maybe he can have it on his person, just not plug it into business computers - in that case, bring the laptop into your office with you, but just go outside to do the transfers.
He has to be allowed to have one or else the phones would not be allowed, right?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@Lakshmana said:
@scottalanmiller USB Sticks are not allowed in the office
Well, you mentioned that the iPhone friend has a laptop, ask him to bring it to work tomorrow and leave it in the car. Then at lunch go out to his car and plug the android phone into the laptop and transfer the file directly to his laptop.
I'm guessing that cars here are extremely unlikely.
OK, then where will he put his USB stick that he brings from home that he said they are not allowed to have in the office? Or maybe he can have it on his person, just not plug it into business computers - in that case, bring the laptop into your office with you, but just go outside to do the transfers.
He has to be allowed to have one or else the phones would not be allowed, right?
LOL - you'd certainly like to think that if no USB sticks are allowed, they would ban phones - but more often than not, I've seen tons of people just have no clue that a phone can be used as a memory stick.
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@Lakshmana said:
@scottalanmiller USB Sticks are not allowed in the office
Well, you mentioned that the iPhone friend has a laptop, ask him to bring it to work tomorrow and leave it in the car. Then at lunch go out to his car and plug the android phone into the laptop and transfer the file directly to his laptop.
I'm guessing that cars here are extremely unlikely.
OK, then where will he put his USB stick that he brings from home that he said they are not allowed to have in the office? Or maybe he can have it on his person, just not plug it into business computers - in that case, bring the laptop into your office with you, but just go outside to do the transfers.
He has to be allowed to have one or else the phones would not be allowed, right?
LOL - you'd certainly like to think that if no USB sticks are allowed, they would ban phones - but more often than not, I've seen tons of people just have no clue that a phone can be used as a memory stick.
No, I'm saying that banning USB sticks DOES ban phones that have USB stick as part of their functionality. Just like banning guns would ban any product that contained a gun. The banning of USB Sticks would be inclusive of anything with a USB Stick inside of it, like the phones. Otherwise you could just keep it in your pocket and since it was "part of your coat" you'd be okay.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@Lakshmana said:
@scottalanmiller USB Sticks are not allowed in the office
Well, you mentioned that the iPhone friend has a laptop, ask him to bring it to work tomorrow and leave it in the car. Then at lunch go out to his car and plug the android phone into the laptop and transfer the file directly to his laptop.
I'm guessing that cars here are extremely unlikely.
OK, then where will he put his USB stick that he brings from home that he said they are not allowed to have in the office? Or maybe he can have it on his person, just not plug it into business computers - in that case, bring the laptop into your office with you, but just go outside to do the transfers.
He has to be allowed to have one or else the phones would not be allowed, right?
LOL - you'd certainly like to think that if no USB sticks are allowed, they would ban phones - but more often than not, I've seen tons of people just have no clue that a phone can be used as a memory stick.
No, I'm saying that banning USB sticks DOES ban phones that have USB stick as part of their functionality. Just like banning guns would ban any product that contained a gun. The banning of USB Sticks would be inclusive of anything with a USB Stick inside of it, like the phones. Otherwise you could just keep it in your pocket and since it was "part of your coat" you'd be okay.
I completely agree with you... what I'm saying is that I've run into policy makers that don't understand that phones are memory sticks.. and think "oh it's just a phone, you can bring that on in"
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Policy makers aren't the ones in question. It is the policy enforcers. If I had to enforce policy and a "no memory devices" policy was in place, I'd see that as clearly stating that phones and anything else that fell under the policy was not allowed - regardless of what the policy makers had intended.
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Viewing local and network files is another reason why I like android. I use Alfresco for shipping and receiving documents, and then have them signed on a phone. You can just open the document from Alfresco, choose which app you want to open it with (I use Xodo), sign the document and hit save, and it uploads it to Alfresco as a new version. To do this on IOS is a giant pain since it doesn't handle local files well.
I use the Nexus line because it's just straight Android. No third party interface and app nonsense.
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I used iPhone and Android extensively over the years...jailbroken, rooted, etc. Hardware advantage seems to fluctuate. Apple seems to have less bloatware in general (Excluding the Nexus phones).
I think file system management and video file playback is the biggest deal breaker for me. I just can't stand converting a video file in iTunes. Why can't I easily copy over the original video file and just play it?!
Also love programs like FolderSync where you can backup pictures and other files to a network share on a schedule without cloud services like Dropbox or Google Drive. I even did SSH port forwarding on my router so I can sync with SFTP to my Linux server when I'm away from home.
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Also apps like airdroid really help my decision. And copying music and movies without itunes like @quicky2g said.
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Move to iOS is the app available for android phones to iOS transfer and it is working properly
