Rooting is cool - but it wrecks banking apps as well as some multimedia and authentication apps like duo ...
-T On Sat, Aug 1, 2026, 03:03 <[email protected]> wrote: > This is the way. > > For extra points root it. > > Ted > > -----Original Message----- > From: PLUG <[email protected]> On Behalf Of DJ Coertzen > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2026 6:55 PM > To: Portland Linux/Unix Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Connecting Android phone to Xubuntu > > I gave up on MTP fuse a few years ago when Android progressed. These days > I install SSH Server from playstore. Configure user credentials and paths > to device and SD-card storage. It works on old devices and new devices. > After starting SSH server on your phone, mount if with sshfs on your OS. > You may need to add older protocols for older device (eg. -o > HostKeyAlgorithms=+ssh-dss) when mounting older devices on modern ssh > implementations. > > Des. > > > On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 8:59 PM Tomas Kuchta <[email protected] > > > wrote: > > > I use number of solutions for this. The most universal and frequently > > used is Total Comander with totalCmd-sftp and totalCmd-Lan plugins. > > This allows me to reliably transfer files to/from linux hosts using > > ssh and to/from windows and Mac using smb. > > > > Obviously you need sshd running and firewall ssh port open on linux > > side for this to work. Same allies to smb, if that is what you need. > > > > Other than that I also use KDE-connect - that is OK, though I find it > > finicky at times. ... And nextcloud for file synchronization - that > > needs Nextcloud server which is its own work. > > > > Hope that helps, > > Tomas > > > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 17:22 Nat Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > LocalSend is a great way to share files between all devices. There > > > are Linux, Android, iOS, Windows and OSX versions. > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2026 at 9:11 AM George <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I have to assume you're trying to 'mount' the phone as a drive or > > access > > > a > > > > daemon on the phone for communication (like you would ssh into > > > > another machine). Android has a system that says 'Linux machine X > > > > s trying to access me, is that ok?'. If your phone isn't prompting > > > > you, then the computer isn't granted access. 1st question 'does it > > > > work on another > > > phone > > > > or USB thumb drive?'. This will tell you if the is on the phone or > > > > on > > the > > > > computer. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 8:56 AM Dick Steffens > > > > <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I've done this before, but the process is escaping me. > > > > > > > > > > I've plugged a USB cable into the phone and the computer. > > > > > On the computer I can see a window with "SAMSUNG Android" on the > > > > > left column. > > > > > I click on it, but nothing happens. > > > > > My recollection is that a permission request used to appear on > > > > > the phone. I get nothing. > > > > > > > > > > What am I forgetting? > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > Dick Steffens > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
