Doing some research, I found the MTP spec at: https://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/ms867188.aspx
Chapter 5.1.1 DeviceInfo Dataset specifies a Serial Number (5.1.1.14), which is "required to be unique among all devices sharing identical Model and Device Version fields". Thus every MTP device should be uniquely identifiable by the following fields from its DeviceInfo: - Manufacturer - Model - Device Version - Serial Number -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gvfs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1419523 Title: GVFS MTP paths are not stable Status in gvfs package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Every time I unplug my Android phone and reconnect it, its URL changes. E.g. when it is mounted as mtp://[usb:002,002]/ and I unplug and recoonect it, it gets a new URL, e.g. mtp://[usb:002,003]/. This behavior breaks all use cases which depend on a stable path (e.g. shell scripts, synching via Unison etc.). Is there any way to implement a behavior similar to removable drives? They get a consistent mounting path, which is /media/<user>/<name>, where <name> is either the volume label (if present) or the volume ID. In GVFS this would require uniquely identifying MTP devices. If there is something as a volume ID, GUID or any other element that can uniquely identify a MTP device, this would be the way to go. If MTP doesn't provide this kind of ID (don't know if it does), then maybe "fingerprinting" the device (based on characteristics as the USB vendor & device IDs) may be a valid workaround. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/1419523/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
