[Noisebridge-discuss] Anyone able to transfer files from a post-Gingerbread Android device to their Linux box?

[Danny O'Brien]

I think a lot of people use AirDroid to get around this.
On Dec 29, 2012 11:12 PM, "John Magolske" <listmail at b79.net> wrote:

> When plugging my Samsung Galaxy Relay phone into a Windows box via
> USB, the filesystem comes right up [1] and I can transfer files, etc.
> But on my Linux (Debian Sid) ThinkPad I can not access any of the
> files on this phone.
>
> Apparently starting with Android Honeycomb, storage is no longer
> accessed as a USB mass-storage drive, but rather exposed via MTP &
> PTP. I guess there are advantages to the approach [2], but one major
> disadvantage I'm finding is that I cannot access any of the files on
> this phone from my Linux laptop:
>
>   % mtpfs -o allow_other /mnt/phone
>   [...]
>   Attempting to connect device
>   PTP_ERROR_IO: failed to open session, trying again after resetting USB
> interface
>   LIBMTP libusb: Attempt to reset device
>   LIBMTP PANIC: failed to open session on second attempt
>   Unable to open raw device 0
>
> Looks like a bug in libmtp (& maybe mtpfs) [3] is responsible, but in
> searching around for solutions I get the impression that file transfer
> between post-Gingerbread Android devices and Linux boxen is generally
> marginal. If you've experience otherwise, could you share your success
> stories?
>
> [1] Seems like a security issue to me -- plug phone into computer to
>     charge it and all the phone's files are automatically exposed to
>     the computer. Old Android devices required you to explicitly mount
>     the filesystem, allowing USB charging sans filesystem exposure.
>
> [2]
> http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/26288/how-can-i-use-my-galaxy-nexus-as-an-external-usb-storage-drive/26538#26538
>
> [3]
> http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org/msg1087524.html
>
> Regards,
>
> John
>
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