how to access my NAS with my Android devices

[jhogan93]

hey guys,

i recently built myself a NAS and im trying to figure out how to access it with my phone. all i really want is to do is back up photos to it or look up photos (among other files). can anybody point me in the right direction?

 

 thanks!

[RONOTHAN##]

It will depend on how your NAS is setup. There are a couple options for how to do this.

 

1.) You can setup Nextcloud. It will be the most polished solution for mobile, though it will take a little more setup than for other solutions. 

2.) If your NAS is setup with SAMBA (setup so a Windows PC can access it), there are ways to just use a 3rd party file manager to access it. The one I use is FX File Manager, though IIRC the SAMBA functionality requires an in-app purchase to do. There are probably others, but FX is just what I'm used to so can't really recommend another (I wouldn't recommend paying for it, I just am used to it and had $50 in Google Play Rewards and didn't feel like trying the other ones)

3.) If your NAS is setup differently, can you say how you set that up? That will help narrow it down for how to set it up.

[jhogan93]

i installed trunas. does trunas have any features for android devices?

 

[TargetDron3]

If you have the share set up with SMB you can use CX File Explorer and "map" the share.