Copy files between smartphone and app-vm via USB or LAN/Internet (syncthing)

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how you can copy files between smartphone and app-vm

for review and add best set configuration security on Syncthing I will translate this into Arabic after finishing

Via USB cable

(Preparation steps)

On QubesOS

from application menu click on creeat qubes vm and choose (on Basic tab) name: phone-vm type: AppVM template: fedora-x ''x is fedora vergion has installed on your qubesOS" network: none [ ] Lanch settings after after creation “check on it” and click OK

on settings phone-vm choose (on Advanced tab) [ ] Disposable template “check on it” and click OK

start from applications menu “disposable: phone-vm” >> “phone-vm (dvm): Files”

connect your phone via usb to PC

attach your phone to disposableVM has started and brows your phone files “usually you will reattach many times to can see your phone files”

copy from phone to appVM’s

select files you wish to copy, right-click on the files, and select Copy to Other AppVM “don’t copy from phone to disposableVM because files will delete then disposable shutdown”

copy from appVM’s to phone

Open a file manager in the qube containing the files you wish to copy (the source qube), right-click on the files you wish to copy, and select Copy to Other AppVM ans select disposableVM has attached phone, now you can copy files from disposableVM to phone storage

via LAN/Internet using (Syncthing)

On phone

install Syncthing on your phone device from your Os store like google-store, apple-store, f-droid-store …

On QubesOS

from application menu click on create qubes vm and choose (on Basic tab) name: phone-vm type: AppVM template: fedora-x ''x is fedora vergion has installed on your qubesOS" network: sys-firewall [ ] Lanch settings after after creation “check on it” and click Ok

on settings phone-vm choose (on Advanced tab) [ ] Disposable template “chek on it” and click Ok

install Syncthing on phone-vm run this command on fedora-x template terminal

sudo dnf install syncthing

after progress finish shutdown fedora-x and restart phone-vm, then you can use Syncthing on phone-vm