Best File Explorer for Android

This article was written on November 28, 2012 by CyberNet.

Android file explorer

One of the nice things about Android is that you can get access to the filesystem if you want to, which is something a lot of geeks like myself tend to want to do. If you are using a non-rooted phone, however, the files you have access to will be quite limited, but users who take the extra step to root their devices will gain unrestricted access to all of the files on the device.

The Solid Explorer file manager is a great way to access the files on your device, and it will work with your device regardless of whether you have rooted it. If you haven’t rooted it you’ll be limited to what you have access to, but Solid Explorer adds a lot of other benefits that will still make it worth while. The best part is the full access you’ll get to network drives, FTP servers, and cloud services like Dropbox or Google Drive. By having it all integrated into a single app you can easily copy and paste stuff between the local and remote locations with ease.

Take a look at some of the key features offered by Solid Explorer:

  1. Two independent panels for browsing
  2. Drag and Drop inside and between panels
  3. FTP, SFTP and SMB/CIFS clients
  4. File sharing via FTP
  5. Support for ZIP, TAR.GZ, TAR.BZ2 and RAR archives
  6. Creating ZIP and TAR archives
  7. Dropbox, Box, SkyDrive, Google Drive
  8. Bookmarks
  9. Root access
  10. Indexed search, also available from the system (that means that you can search for files from the Google Search widget/app)
  11. Detailed file and directory information

Here’s what Solid Explorer supports in terms of connecting to remote locations, such as those on your local network as well as various cloud storage services:

Android file explorer dropbox

I highly recommend trying out the app if you haven’t already, but I should point out that it’s labeled as a “Beta” version so there could be some unexpected bugs. From my perspective I’d say it has felt incredibly polished and I’ve never run into any issues, and as of right now the app is free. I’m not sure if the developer will start charging once the Beta period is done.

Solid Explorer on Google Play (Android only; Freeware)

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iPhone 2.1 software.pngAs promised, today Apple launched the iPhone 2.1 Firmware. They actually surprised us by including details on exactly what it was that they changed with this firmware instead of vaguely saying “bug fixes.” This update has been highly anticipated, simply because it is supposed to fix issues with dropped calls, battery life, and accuracy of the 3G signal strength.

So what does this update include? Straight from Apple

  • Decrease in call set-up failures and dropped calls
  • Significantly better battery life for most users
  • Dramatically reduced time to backup to iTunes
  • Improved email reliability, notably fetching email from POP and Exchange accounts
  • Faster installation of 3rd party applications
  • Fixed bugs causing hangs and crashes for users with lots of third party applications
  • Improved performance in text messaging
  • Faster loading and searching of contacts
  • Improved accuracy of the 3G signal strength display
  • Repeat alert up to two additional times for incoming text messages
  • Option to wipe data after ten failed passcode attempts
  • Genius playlist creation

Just note that you have to be running iTunes 8 before you can get the update. I’m still in the process of waiting for my iPhone to back-up (I sure do hope backup times are improved!) so I turned to the web to see what people were saying about this. Overall, it sounds as though people are finally satisfied, offering positive feedback. It’ll take some time though to really put the update to the test. We’ll update you later after we’ve had some time to see the improvements that the iPhone 2.1 Firmware offers.

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