Solid Explorer is an Android file manager with cloud support
When it comes to managing files on your Android smartphone, there is only so much you can do with the default tools Google built in the version of Android your phone is running. If you want more than that, you need to install third party apps like Solid Explorer to do so. This is not really that different from the Windows operating system with Windows Explorer, which is also fairly limited when compared to third party solutions like Total Commander.
Solid Explorer Beta2 is a free file manager for Android that not only introduces two panels for your file management needs, but also several additional features that you may find helpful when dealing with files on Android. The two panes are automatically active when you rotate the screen so that it displays its contents in landscape mode.
When you select files in either panel, you are asked what you want to do with them. Options include copying and moving to the location displayed in the second panel. I have not yet figured out when dragging and dropping works. I was not able to drag and drop using the same storage, but could drag and drop if different storage devices were selected.
One interesting feature that the file manger makes available is support for remote locations. This not only includes ftp, sftp and SMB/CIFS clients, but also options to tap right into cloud hosting provides such as Dropbox, SkyDrive or Google Drive.
The files are then displayed in the program window just like the local files are. The most recent version of the file manager supports the streaming of media from cloud providers, but regular access and options to download the files to the device are available as well.
You can use the built-in search tool to find local and remotely hosted files using the program, which is another feature that I like a lot.
Another interesting feature is that you can get all kinds of stats about how the storage is used on the phone. This includes a detailed summary of memory, included used, free and total space, a content summary that highlights what types of content uses the most space on the device, the same for file types, and a top 10 file listing that highlights the ten largest files on the selected memory.
Solid Explorer has more to offer than that, from a bookmark system that enables you to quickly jump to favorite locations on the phone to support for various archive formats such as zip, rar and gz among others.
Keep in mind though that it is a beta product right now and that it may be unstable because of this. I did not notice any larger issues during tests though. The file manager is compatible with all Android versions 2.2 and up.
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Uhh, this has already been possible – I am not sure how but remember my brother telling me about it. I’m not a whatsapp user so not sure of the specifics, but something about sending the image as a file and somehow bypassing the default compression settings that are applied to inbound photos.
He has also used this to share movies to whatsapp groups, and files 1Gb+.
Like I said, I never used whatsapp, but I know 100% this isn’t a “brand new feature”, my brother literally showed me him doing it, like… 5 months ago?
Martin, what happened to those: 12 Comments (https://www.ghacks.net/chatgpt-gets-schooled-by-princeton-university/#comments). Is there a specific justifiable reason why they were deleted?
Hmm, it looks like the gHacks website database is faulty, and not populating threads with their relevant cosponsoring posts.
The page on ghacks this is on represents the best of why it has become so worthless, fill of click-bait junk that it’s about to be deleted from my ‘daily reads’.
It’s really like “Press Release as re-written by some d*ck for clicks…poorly.” And the subjects are laughable. Can’t wait for “How to search for files on Windows”.
> The page on ghacks this is on represents the best of why it has become so worthless, fill of click-bait junk…
Sadly, I have to agree.
Only Martin and Ashwin are worth subscribing to.
Especially Emre Çitak and Shaun are the worst ones.
If ghacks.net intended “Clickbait”, it would mark the end of Ghacks Technology News.
Ghacks doesn’t need crappy clickbaits. Clearly separate articles from newer authors (perhaps AIs and external sales person or external advertising man) as just “Advertisements”!
We, the subscribers of Ghacks, urge Martin to make a decision.
because nevermore wants to “monetize” on every aspect of human life…
“Threads” is like the Walmart of Social Media.
How hard can it be to clone a twitter version of that as well? They’re slow.
Yes, why not mention how large the HD files can be?
Why, not mention what version of WhatsApp is needed?
These omissions make the article feel so bare. If not complete.
Sorry posted on the wrong page.
such a long article for such a simple matter. Worthless article ! waste of time
I already do this by attaching them via the ‘Document’ option.
I don’t know what’s going on here at Ghacks but it’s obvious that something is broken, comments are being mixed whatever the article, I am unable to find some of my later posts neither. :S
Quoting the article,
“As users gain popularity, the value of their tokens may increase, allowing investors to reap rewards.”
Besides, beyond the thrill and privacy risks or not, the point is to know how you gain popularity, be it on social sites as everywhere in life. Is it by being authentic, by remaining faithful to ourselves or is it to have this particular skill which is to understand what a majority likes, just like politicians, those who’d deny to the maximum extent compatible with their ideological partnership, in order to grab as many of the voters they can?
I see the very concept of this Friend.tech as unhealthy, propagating what is already an increasing flaw : the quest for fame. I won’t be the only one to count himself out, definitely.
@John G. is right : my comment was posted on [https://www.ghacks.net/2023/08/23/what-is-friend-tech/] and it appears there but as well here at [https://www.ghacks.net/2023/07/08/how-to-follow-everyone-on-threads/]
This has been lasting for several days. Fix it or at least provide some explanations if you don’t mind.
> Google Chrome is following in Safari’s footsteps by introducing a new feature that allows users to move the Chrome address bar to the bottom of the screen, enhancing user accessibility and interaction.
Firefox did this long before Safari.
Basically they’ll do anything except fair royalties.