Re: [gentoo-user] Accessing a Samsung phone and it's data.

2019-07-31 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 17:36:29 +0200, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > > I've found all of the MTP implementations to be wanting in some way. > > Then > > I discovered SSHelper, an SSH server for Android. Now I can mount my > > phone's storage with sshfs using a command like > > > > sshfs -p

Re: [gentoo-user] Accessing a Samsung phone and it's data.

2019-07-31 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 07/30/2019 09:36:11 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: I've found all of the MTP implementations to be wanting in some way. Then I discovered SSHelper, an SSH server for Android. Now I can mount my phone's storage with sshfs using a command like sshfs -p 192.168.1.144:/storage/emulated/0

Re: [gentoo-user] Accessing a Samsung phone and it's data.

2019-07-31 Thread Wols Lists
On 31/07/19 04:44, Dale wrote: > I think one of my problems is the SD card itself. I can access things > with the phone but I've noticed some of my other cards do strange > things. I've got one that won't allow me to delete items. I even ran > dd on the thing, the entire card, and the files are

Re: [gentoo-user] Accessing a Samsung phone and it's data.

2019-07-31 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 02:56:48 -0500, Dale wrote: > >>> Bluetooth is very slow for file transfers. I find WiFi the best >>> compromise of speed and convenience. >> Well, I tried it but it didn't work.  I suspect I'd need a app for it to >> access it.  It could get there since

Re: [gentoo-user] Accessing a Samsung phone and it's data.

2019-07-31 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 02:56:48 -0500, Dale wrote: > > Bluetooth is very slow for file transfers. I find WiFi the best > > compromise of speed and convenience. > Well, I tried it but it didn't work.  I suspect I'd need a app for it to > access it.  It could get there since it said it exists but

Re: [gentoo-user] Accessing a Samsung phone and it's data.

2019-07-31 Thread Raffaele Belardi
Dale wrote: Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 30 Jul 2019 22:44:26 -0500, Dale wrote: I wonder, if I bought a bluetooth USB thingy and put that on my puter, would that help any?  Since I hooked up my wifi router and it uses that, would that help?  Or is the USB cable directly connected the best

Re: [gentoo-user] Accessing a Samsung phone and it's data.

2019-07-31 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 30 Jul 2019 22:44:26 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> I wonder, if I bought a bluetooth USB thingy and put that on my puter, >> would that help any?  Since I hooked up my wifi router and it uses that, >> would that help?  Or is the USB cable directly connected the best way? 

Re: [gentoo-user] Accessing a Samsung phone and it's data.

2019-07-31 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 30 Jul 2019 22:44:26 -0500, Dale wrote: > I wonder, if I bought a bluetooth USB thingy and put that on my puter, > would that help any?  Since I hooked up my wifi router and it uses that, > would that help?  Or is the USB cable directly connected the best way?  Bluetooth is very slow for

Re: [gentoo-user] Accessing a Samsung phone and it's data.

2019-07-30 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 30 Jul 2019 09:15:57 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > >> On Tue, 30 Jul 2019 03:10:39 -0500, Dale wrote: >> >>> Neil, is that SSHelper installed on the phone or my puter?  I can't >>> find anything on that Gentoo wise.  >> On the phone, it's an SSH server for Android. >

Re: [gentoo-user] Accessing a Samsung phone and it's data.

2019-07-30 Thread Wols Lists
On 30/07/19 09:10, Dale wrote: > It's weird, this was fairly easy on my old Razr. It was pretty basic and > all but it worked. :/ I've got a Motorola (Lenovo) G5, which I bought because it had the reputation of being pretty stock Android. I moved away from Samsung because that was heavily

Re: [gentoo-user] Accessing a Samsung phone and it's data.

2019-07-30 Thread m4110c
On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 03:10:39AM -0500, Dale wrote (rdalek1...@gmail.com): > > I was reading up on some other stuff, making the SD card available to > install apps on, and it seems the sd card can be encrypted the same way > the phone is.  Would that affect how this is done or will it not

Re: [gentoo-user] Accessing a Samsung phone and it's data.

2019-07-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 30 Jul 2019 09:15:57 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 30 Jul 2019 03:10:39 -0500, Dale wrote: > > > Neil, is that SSHelper installed on the phone or my puter?  I can't > > find anything on that Gentoo wise.  > > On the phone, it's an SSH server for Android. It seems there are a

Re: [gentoo-user] Accessing a Samsung phone and it's data.

2019-07-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 30 Jul 2019 03:10:39 -0500, Dale wrote: > Neil, is that SSHelper installed on the phone or my puter?  I can't find > anything on that Gentoo wise.  On the phone, it's an SSH server for Android. -- Neil Bothwick - How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb? - Two: one to

Re: [gentoo-user] Accessing a Samsung phone and it's data.

2019-07-30 Thread Dale
m4110c wrote: > On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 08:36:11AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote > (n...@digimed.co.uk): >> On Mon, 29 Jul 2019 22:17:02 -0500, Dale wrote: >> >>> Is there other software that I can't find that allows this to be done?  >>> GUI would be nice but I suspect if I can figure out what to

Re: [gentoo-user] Accessing a Samsung phone and it's data.

2019-07-30 Thread m4110c
On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 08:36:11AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote (n...@digimed.co.uk): > On Mon, 29 Jul 2019 22:17:02 -0500, Dale wrote: > > > > > Is there other software that I can't find that allows this to be done?  > > GUI would be nice but I suspect if I can figure out what to use, a > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Accessing a Samsung phone and it's data.

2019-07-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 29 Jul 2019 22:17:02 -0500, Dale wrote: > I bought a Samsung Galaxy J2, Dash version.  Up under > the battery it says J260A.  I did some googling and found some software > that says it will allow me to access the data on it.  I'm mostly wanting > to access the SD card but would also like

Re: [gentoo-user] Accessing a Samsung phone and it's data.

2019-07-30 Thread Raffaele Belardi
Dale wrote: Howdy, I've mentioned before that I used a Motorola Razr cell phone, ancient as it is.  Well, the USB port wore out and it was hard to get it to charge up the battery.  Finally, I got tired of having to fiddle with it to get it to charge so I bought a Samsung Galaxy J2, Dash

[gentoo-user] Accessing a Samsung phone and it's data.

2019-07-29 Thread Dale
Howdy, I've mentioned before that I used a Motorola Razr cell phone, ancient as it is.  Well, the USB port wore out and it was hard to get it to charge up the battery.  Finally, I got tired of having to fiddle with it to get it to charge so I bought a Samsung Galaxy J2, Dash version.  Up under