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I'm trying to copy some files from my PC to my android device, yet I'm having trouble with the transfer. I connected easily using SSHDroid app, but scp returns ssh: Exited : Error connecting : Connection refused.

I typed the following line: scp user@PC:path/of/file user@android:destination/folder/path

I'm trying to transfer an audio file... if it matters. also the user and host of the android device appear as something along the lines of u0_312s@K3123 .

EDIT: After some more tries and adding -P port to the command i get a new error: Couldn't set nonblocking

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  • are you able to ssh the android? What do you see in the logs of the "server"?
    – Jakuje
    Dec 21, 2015 at 21:42
  • I am in the android... i think. SSHdroid logs say: 1) chmod failed, 2) Password auth succeeded ... , 3) child connection from ...
    – Ray
    Dec 21, 2015 at 21:43
  • If you are on Android, do you have sshd server running on your PC?
    – Jakuje
    Dec 21, 2015 at 22:00
  • I dont really know... I assume I do. I installed the openSSH package which should have the server also, right? Im on arch.
    – Ray
    Dec 21, 2015 at 22:11
  • no, it is openssh-server. You can check by service ssh status or service sshd status
    – Jakuje
    Dec 21, 2015 at 22:12

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If you want to transfer file from your computer (PC in your example), it should be enough to run it in this form:

scp /path/of/file user@android:destination/folder/path

Otherwise it would try to connect also to your PC, which is not required.

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  • doing so gives the following error: "Error resolving ' ' port ' '. No address associated with hostname
    – Ray
    Dec 21, 2015 at 21:50
  • of course you need to use the hostname of your phone, that is resolvable from your computer, or rather direct ip
    – Jakuje
    Dec 21, 2015 at 21:53
  • i did keep the user and host that are shown on the prompt, something like u0_312s@K3123 . i also tried changing the phone user and host with root@'phone_ip' which just says connection refused
    – Ray
    Dec 21, 2015 at 21:57

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