Copy phone-phone thru PC's USB?

[alphonse68]

Hello all.
I tried searching for my "issue", but no joy... then again, I am lousy at coming up with the best search terms.

I'd like to know if it is possible to copy files through a PC's USB ports, from one Android phone directly to another?
I've tried, but it does nothing... not even give me a message of any sort.

I can copy from one phone to the PC and from there to the other phone, but that not only doubles the tasks, but it also forces me to time-consuming path creation on the PC when I am copying files from multiple-level subdirs.

Cheers.

[Gral]

I can't copy ANY file using "Computer" entries for both devices.
I can copy SOME files using WindowsMediaAudio2 plugin.
You can get it here - https://www.ghisler.com/plugins.htm (direct link - https://plugins.ghisler.com/fsplugins/wpdplug.zip)

[alphonse68]

Thank you, Gral, for your response and suggestion.
At least now I know that it is not me not finding how to do something.
I also re-found the Android app, TC WiFi, which will do the job as well,
so between the two, when need be, I'll be able to work things our.
Cheers
PS - If at any given time anyone finds a better way or if OSs change such that it becomes possible without any apps, please post your finding. TIA.

[petermad]

If at any given time anyone finds a better way

Well, here I can copy between two phones, just by opening each phone via the drive dropdown menu or the brive buttons for each phone (u1 and u2)

Phones:
HTC One M8 w Android 6 <-> Samsung Galaxy S20 w Android 10

EDIT
The test above was made with Windows 7 - I have now made some more tests - phone-to-phone works for me on Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 but NOT on Windows 10 (20H2)

I cannot copy phone-to-phone using the MediaAudio2 plugin on any of the OS's mentioned above.

[petermad]

2Gral

I can copy SOME files using WindowsMediaAudio2 plugin.

What kind of files is it that you can copy?

[Gral]

E.g. MP3. But i'm not sure if it doesn't depend on the directories or devices (Android version?)
Tested with:
Samsung - Android 4.2.2
Xiaomi - Android 9
Windows 10 (2004) 19041.329

[petermad]

2Gral
Hmm, I cannot copy .mp3 files either if I open both phones via the MediaAudio2 plugin.

But if I open one device via the drive dropdown menu or via the drive buttons (u1 and u2) and then open the other phone via the MediaAudio2 plugin, then I can copy between the two phones - also under Windows 10.