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Long shot, since this looks mostly dead, but I need help with Vita FTP to official memcard via Android without WiFi... (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Or an easy way to download a small APK directly from the PSV, whichever you know how to do lol

I set up the hotspot on my phone, connect the PSV to it, open VitaShell and launch the FTP server; I use Amaze file manager to set up the FTP client and correctly input the PSV FTP server's IP and port... and nothing, can't connect to it. I've also tried different FTP clients, still nothing.

It would be much easier if I could download the file directly from the PSV, but it's a VPK and I don't have that plugin to download any files regardless of extension; I also tried uploading the file, with an edited extension (.mp4), to several free file hosting sites, but because of the old browser on the PSV I usually get stuck just before I get to it

Any help?

edit: remembered something similar happened months ago, the issue was, and is, me using a VPN. If I disable it, I can connect to the FTP. I still can't move files, or see any folders on the PSV, though

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ahaha no worries, it was a nice run....

.....is what I would have said, but you underestimated the fact that I have no life whatsoever and am crying over my desk everyday!! And thanks to that I present the end-all solution version 3.0. Enter: Ghost Commander (f-droid).

  • Remember when I said that I looked at every open-source file manager that doesn't look like it was made in 1997? Well, Ghost Commander is a dual panel file manager with an old-school look, so imo it takes a minute getting used to it, but immediately upon opening it for the first time you'll be able to press on "FTP site" to connect to an FTP server. Under "Server", you have to input both your IP and port in this format: 178.149.5.649:2121

  • Then leave everything as is, press OK, and if you've deactivated that pesky VPN setting you should see your PS Vita folders on your Android phone. Here's a screenshot of how it looks on my end after changing panel view. That's all there is to it. It looks a bit clunky, but drastic times call for desperate measures, and it works!

Jokes aside, you're gonna get access to your PC in a week so you're soon gonna be able to solve this in one way or another. But you'll probably still have to move files to your PSV while on the move, and I couldn't believe there wasn't a fully open-source solution to do this, so I'm gonna post it anyways :P

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Haha, that's really helpful, thanks! You went the extra extra mile! I swear I did try Ghost Commander the last time I had to FTP from phone to PSV and it didn't work... guess I found out about the VPN issue after exploring other apps and then forgot to try Ghost Commander without VPN.

Thanks again, really appreciate it!

edit: so, I tried Ghost Commander like you suggested, but I still couldn't access the FTP. What I did to make it work, though, was to simply disconnect my phone from cellular data, turn off VPN (and untoggle "always on VPN" and "block connections without VPN") and then turn on hotspot. This did the trick and I managed to finally use FTP. Haven't tried Amaze, but I have no reason to think it doesn't work this way.

Must be some weird shenanigans going on between my ROM/VPN/file manager combo. In future I'll just remember to basically do FTP offline without VPN!

Thanks though!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Nice, I'm glad you managed to make it work your way! For my part I'll be on the lookout for that "always on VPN" setting next time I set up something network-related, that might have been the cause of some unexplained troubleshooting sessions in the past.

Btw, after reading your post I gave Amaze another shot, but regardless of what I tried, with and without VPN, anonymous mode on/off and all that jazz, the PSV folders simply wouldn't appear. So just a heads-up, I don't really know what's going on there.

Edit: typo.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I got curious and tried Amaze again as well, no luck on my side either: I can connect to the server but it doesn't actually show the various directories. Must be some bug or incompatibility between the two, considering it hasn't been updated in a very long time.

Looks like Ghost Commander is the only working FOSS option, after all; really, never judge a book by its cover haha

Thanks again!