Connecting an Android Phone to Android Netbook

Hi everyone. I've got a project on the go which has reached a point where I need advice from more experienced people. I hope you can help.

I've installed Android x86 on a netbook, so it works as a tablet with a 64Gb drive, wifi, bluetooth etc, but no mobile data connection. This will be installed in my car as my entertainment system. And I've got my Galaxy A5 phone, which usually carries all my music (30Gb+), plus email/net access.

I'm struggling to link them together. USB cables are completely redundant - the netbook doesn't see the phone as a USB storage device so I can't transfer files, and USB tethering doesn't seem to work either so there's no mobile data between them. If I set up a wifi hotspot for data, then I can't use wifi for file transfer, and I can't use bluetooth transfer if I'm in wifi hotspot mode...

Anyone got any tips, before I format the netbook and install Windows?

 

I can't use a cloud based solution; I have a 2gb monthly data limit, so factor in GPS navigation and the regular work stuff I do, and music syncing would eat that up in no time. Besides, I can't understand why I need to send my mp3s to a cloud server hundreds or thousands of miles away and back again, when my two devices are literally touching each other.

The netbook will be permanently embedded in the car; an in-dash install, so it will neverbe in range of my home wifi, unfortunately.

 

Yes, that's what I'm using, slow as it is. Ideally I'd need a series of apps that could

a) monitor a folder on the phone for changes over a given time
b) automatically activate the wifi hotspot when the phone is plugged in via USB (purely to power the phone)
c) automatically do a bluetooth file transfer to the netbook of the changes to the monitored folder

I'm not sure how much of this can be done with IFTTT recipes, of if there's a similar programmable app.

 

Thanks guys. I'll check out the apps you've both suggested, and start getting to grips with Tasker.