Croc or syncthing depending on what kind of experience you are after. Syncthing if you want to have a shared folder like expert. And croc if you just need to send something. Croc has an app on f-droid, and syncthing is on the app store. Both are open source and pretty for excellent in their own right.
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I can recommend syncthing. If it's a file you want to keep updated between the two devices, it's great and easy to set up. I use it for my password manager database.
Server or desktop, and what types of files? I find that a self-hosted version of NextCloud does pretty well for keeping contacts, images, and videos in sync.
(You could run it on a Pi as an intermediary to both if desired)
I used to use stuff like AndFTP in the past for similar functions
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I keep having issues with it
I use kdeconnect with this script: https://github.com/Samueru-sama/kdeconnect-any-filemanager
I switched to Ubuntu and KDE connect works perfectly with it!
Simply install flatpak then install warpinator
Tried KDE connect, and it works perfectly
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Mostly because I'm not the most competent techie, I've been using VLC between my PC and iPhone, for moving "books" around on devices that are very out of date.
X-plore on android can give file access via Web frontend in paid Version.
With that you can drag and drop files if that's what you're looking for.
I use Airdroid! It's free and works very well
samba. share a folder on pc, and on your phone use a file manager that can access smb folders in your local network, then just copy or move from or to that folder. bit of a hassle to set up the first time, but makes things more convenient in the long run.
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My go to hack was quickly running a python http server and connect to it. I can't remember what the command was exactly. Something like python -m http.server or so, then connect to the ip from my phone, heh.