Re: Cannot view all my android folders in nautilus after mounting android as MTP
On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 06:35:57PM +0200, Siard wrote:
> Anubhav Yadav:
> > Chris Bannister:
> > > Can't you just treat it as a normal USB stick?
> > > e.g.
> > > Plug it in
> > > select connect to PC on phone.
> > > then
> > > # mount /dev/sdb /mnt
> > > (get some error msgs)
> >
> > It gives me this no medium found on /dev/sdb
> >
> > > then
> > > # mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
> >
> > and this gives me special device /dev/sdb1 does not exist
>
> MTP was introduced in Android 3, for certain reasons.
> Android 2.x still works with normal USB.
> MTP was invented by Microsoft, so it only works directly in Windows.
> For both Linux and OSX, a program is needed to transfer files via MTP.
> For Debian there is gmtp, which is easiest. There's also mtp-tools,
> requiring more study.
>
> But there are other ways to transfer files that may work better.
> You can install AirDroid in Android. It requires both PC and device to
> have a WiFi connection.
> Or you can use Software Data Cable in Android, that also works when
> the PC has a wired ethernet connection.
Thanks for this. That explains a few points of confusion (at least on my
part.)
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