Re: [DNG] mounting an android phone as usb storage

[Arthur Marsh]

KatolaZ wrote on 30/04/16 00:01:

On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 04:26:05PM +0200, fuumind wrote:

I'm trying to connect my android phone to my devuan laptop as a USB storage 
device but it aint working. Connecting an ordinary USB storage device 
automounts and triggers a popup in pcmanfm.

dmesg says it has detected the device and lsusb shows an entry as well but I 
can't seem to find a device in /dev.

What should I be looking for?



Just install jmtpfs.

HND

KatolaZ



Thanks,

jmtpfs MOUNTPOINT

cd and copy files as required

followed by:

fusermount -u MOUNTPOINT

worked with my Samsung Galaxy J1 (provided tethering was switched off, 
which I haven't yet succeeded in getting working under GNU/Linux).


Arthur.

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Re: [DNG] mounting an android phone as usb storage

[Rainer Weikusat]

Nate Bargmann  writes:
> * On 2016 29 Apr 15:29 -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 11:31:29AM -0400, Steven W. Scott wrote:
>> > Alas, some are, some aren't and it seems to depend on manufacturer. Android
>> > is a wild-west with tens of thousands of different devices and every
>> > manufacturer, ISP, and their cousin puts their own little tweaks and mods
>> > on the kernel and drivers. Highly annoying.
>> 
>> Of course if all else fails, it is possible to access files o the phone 
>> with the android debugger -- db, which runs on the computer you plug 
>> the phone into.  But you'd have to put the phone into developer mode 
>> first.
>
> I gave up and installed AirDroid years ago as my phone requires a
> Windows app that enables MTP otherwise it presents itself as a read only
> USB mas storage device with the installer for the Windows app.  :(

This might be of use here:

http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/
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Re: [DNG] mounting an android phone as usb storage

[fuumind]

lol! You never know! There are experiments being done on teleportation. ;)

This is kind of interesting! 'jmtpfs mnt' told me 'No mtp devices found.' which 
led me to check out my phone a little more in detail. I found I could select 
which mode I wanted it to use and I had been using USB mode all the time. 
Choosing MTP mode and plugging into my laptop actually automounts it and 
pcmanfm asks me if I want to open it in a new window. This is true even when 
jmtpfs is not installed.

In summation: Connecting my phone using USB mode does not auto mount it but 
connecting it to my laptop using MTP mode works even when jmtpfs is not 
installed.

/fuumind 

On Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:27:17 +0100
KatolaZ  wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 06:15:23PM +0100, KatolaZ wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 07:01:44PM +0200, fuumind wrote:
> > > Did not help. Still no /dev/sdb which happens when I insert an ordinary 
> > > usb drive.
> > > 
> > > /fuumind
> > > 
> > 
> > You will not see any /dev/sdX anywhere. With my samsung phone I just
> > plug it in and give the command:
> > 
> > enzo@kaa:~$ jmtpfs mnt
> > Unable to open ~/.mtpz-data for reading, MTPZ disabled.
> > Device 0 (VID=04e8 and PID=6860) is a Samsung Galaxy models (MTP).
> > enzo@kaa:~$ cd mnt
> > enzo@kaa:~/mnt$ ls
> > Phone
> > enzo@kaa:~/mnt$
> > 
> > All your files are in the Phone/ directory.
> > 
> 
> Well, I obviously meant "all *my* files are in the Phone/
> directory". jmtpfs is powerful, but not enough to automagically copy
> *your* files into *my* phone, ATM :D
> 
> HND
> 
> KatolaZ
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Re: [DNG] mounting an android phone as usb storage

[Steven W. Scott]

Good call there, Hendrik! I dont recall it working before, but the sdk I
had was ancient - grabbed the latest android SDK and it works great now,
best part is I didnt have to set up any udev rules! Only odd thing was I
had to uncheck and re-check the 'usb debugging' option in the phone
settings before it would ask to allow the computer to connect. After that
it was authorized and adb could connect.

I'll have to give heimdall another go as well. I've been wanting to root
this thing for years but couldn't get Odin or Heimdall to cooperate with it.

Definitely give adb in the andriod sdk a try Nate -->
developer.andriod.com/sdk/index.html (link's at the bottom)

Platform-tools will contain the adb executable after you run the update
command found in the readme.

SWS
On Apr 29, 2016 5:45 PM, "Nate Bargmann"  wrote:

> * On 2016 29 Apr 15:29 -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 11:31:29AM -0400, Steven W. Scott wrote:
> > > Alas, some are, some aren't and it seems to depend on manufacturer.
> Android
> > > is a wild-west with tens of thousands of different devices and every
> > > manufacturer, ISP, and their cousin puts their own little tweaks and
> mods
> > > on the kernel and drivers. Highly annoying.
> >
> > Of course if all else fails, it is possible to access files o the phone
> > with the android debugger -- db, which runs on the computer you plug
> > the phone into.  But you'd have to put the phone into developer mode
> > first.
>
> I gave up and installed AirDroid years ago as my phone requires a
> Windows app that enables MTP otherwise it presents itself as a read only
> USB mas storage device with the installer for the Windows app.  :(
>
> - Nate
>
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Re: [DNG] mounting an android phone as usb storage

[Nate Bargmann]

* On 2016 29 Apr 15:29 -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 11:31:29AM -0400, Steven W. Scott wrote:
> > Alas, some are, some aren't and it seems to depend on manufacturer. Android
> > is a wild-west with tens of thousands of different devices and every
> > manufacturer, ISP, and their cousin puts their own little tweaks and mods
> > on the kernel and drivers. Highly annoying.
> 
> Of course if all else fails, it is possible to access files o the phone 
> with the android debugger -- db, which runs on the computer you plug 
> the phone into.  But you'd have to put the phone into developer mode 
> first.

I gave up and installed AirDroid years ago as my phone requires a
Windows app that enables MTP otherwise it presents itself as a read only
USB mas storage device with the installer for the Windows app.  :(

- Nate

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Re: [DNG] mounting an android phone as usb storage

[Hendrik Boom]

On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 11:31:29AM -0400, Steven W. Scott wrote:
> Alas, some are, some aren't and it seems to depend on manufacturer. Android
> is a wild-west with tens of thousands of different devices and every
> manufacturer, ISP, and their cousin puts their own little tweaks and mods
> on the kernel and drivers. Highly annoying.

Of course if all else fails, it is possible to access files o the phone 
with the android debugger -- db, which runs on the computer you plug 
the phone into.  But you'd have to put the phone into developer mode 
first.

-- hendrik

> 
> SWS
> On Apr 29, 2016 11:13 AM, "Hendrik Boom"  wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 03:36:04PM +0100, dev1fanboy wrote:
> > > Is it possibly using MTP for file transfers? They used to do plain
> > usb-storage (which I prefered) but now it's all MTP. I use jmtpfs to mount
> > mine.
> >
> > I remember hearing that Androids are MTP devices, not USB storage.
> >
> > -- hendrik
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Re: [DNG] mounting an android phone as usb storage

[Steven W. Scott]

I'm very curious if you can get this to work. I have a Samsung droid that
only seems to want to talk mtp with Kies. The only thing linux defines for
it is a ttyACM0 device even with jmtpfs - same on Debian wheezy. :/

SWS
On Apr 29, 2016 1:27 PM, "KatolaZ"  wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 06:15:23PM +0100, KatolaZ wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 07:01:44PM +0200, fuumind wrote:
> > > Did not help. Still no /dev/sdb which happens when I insert an
> ordinary usb drive.
> > >
> > > /fuumind
> > >
> >
> > You will not see any /dev/sdX anywhere. With my samsung phone I just
> > plug it in and give the command:
> >
> > enzo@kaa:~$ jmtpfs mnt
> > Unable to open ~/.mtpz-data for reading, MTPZ disabled.
> > Device 0 (VID=04e8 and PID=6860) is a Samsung Galaxy models (MTP).
> > enzo@kaa:~$ cd mnt
> > enzo@kaa:~/mnt$ ls
> > Phone
> > enzo@kaa:~/mnt$
> >
> > All your files are in the Phone/ directory.
> >
>
> Well, I obviously meant "all *my* files are in the Phone/
> directory". jmtpfs is powerful, but not enough to automagically copy
> *your* files into *my* phone, ATM :D
>
> HND
>
> KatolaZ
>
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Re: [DNG] mounting an android phone as usb storage

[KatolaZ]

On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 06:15:23PM +0100, KatolaZ wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 07:01:44PM +0200, fuumind wrote:
> > Did not help. Still no /dev/sdb which happens when I insert an ordinary usb 
> > drive.
> > 
> > /fuumind
> > 
> 
> You will not see any /dev/sdX anywhere. With my samsung phone I just
> plug it in and give the command:
> 
> enzo@kaa:~$ jmtpfs mnt
> Unable to open ~/.mtpz-data for reading, MTPZ disabled.
> Device 0 (VID=04e8 and PID=6860) is a Samsung Galaxy models (MTP).
> enzo@kaa:~$ cd mnt
> enzo@kaa:~/mnt$ ls
> Phone
> enzo@kaa:~/mnt$
> 
> All your files are in the Phone/ directory.
> 

Well, I obviously meant "all *my* files are in the Phone/
directory". jmtpfs is powerful, but not enough to automagically copy
*your* files into *my* phone, ATM :D

HND

KatolaZ

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Re: [DNG] mounting an android phone as usb storage

[KatolaZ]

On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 07:01:44PM +0200, fuumind wrote:
> Did not help. Still no /dev/sdb which happens when I insert an ordinary usb 
> drive.
> 
> /fuumind
> 

You will not see any /dev/sdX anywhere. With my samsung phone I just
plug it in and give the command:

enzo@kaa:~$ jmtpfs mnt
Unable to open ~/.mtpz-data for reading, MTPZ disabled.
Device 0 (VID=04e8 and PID=6860) is a Samsung Galaxy models (MTP).
enzo@kaa:~$ cd mnt
enzo@kaa:~/mnt$ ls
Phone
enzo@kaa:~/mnt$

All your files are in the Phone/ directory.

HND

KatolaZ

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Re: [DNG] mounting an android phone as usb storage

[fuumind]

Did not help. Still no /dev/sdb which happens when I insert an ordinary usb 
drive.

/fuumind

On Fri, 29 Apr 2016 15:31:40 +0100
KatolaZ  wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 04:26:05PM +0200, fuumind wrote:
> > I'm trying to connect my android phone to my devuan laptop as a USB storage 
> > device but it aint working. Connecting an ordinary USB storage device 
> > automounts and triggers a popup in pcmanfm.
> > 
> > dmesg says it has detected the device and lsusb shows an entry as well but 
> > I can't seem to find a device in /dev.
> > 
> > What should I be looking for?
> > 
> 
> Just install jmtpfs. 
> 
> HND
> 
> KatolaZ
> 
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Re: [DNG] mounting an android phone as usb storage

[Steven W. Scott]

Alas, some are, some aren't and it seems to depend on manufacturer. Android
is a wild-west with tens of thousands of different devices and every
manufacturer, ISP, and their cousin puts their own little tweaks and mods
on the kernel and drivers. Highly annoying.

SWS
On Apr 29, 2016 11:13 AM, "Hendrik Boom"  wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 03:36:04PM +0100, dev1fanboy wrote:
> > Is it possibly using MTP for file transfers? They used to do plain
> usb-storage (which I prefered) but now it's all MTP. I use jmtpfs to mount
> mine.
>
> I remember hearing that Androids are MTP devices, not USB storage.
>
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Re: [DNG] mounting an android phone as usb storage

[Hendrik Boom]

On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 03:36:04PM +0100, dev1fanboy wrote:
> Is it possibly using MTP for file transfers? They used to do plain 
> usb-storage (which I prefered) but now it's all MTP. I use jmtpfs to mount 
> mine. 

I remember hearing that Androids are MTP devices, not USB storage.

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Re: [DNG] mounting an android phone as usb storage

[KatolaZ]

On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 04:26:05PM +0200, fuumind wrote:
> I'm trying to connect my android phone to my devuan laptop as a USB storage 
> device but it aint working. Connecting an ordinary USB storage device 
> automounts and triggers a popup in pcmanfm.
> 
> dmesg says it has detected the device and lsusb shows an entry as well but I 
> can't seem to find a device in /dev.
> 
> What should I be looking for?
> 

Just install jmtpfs. 

HND

KatolaZ

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Re: [DNG] mounting an android phone as usb storage

[dev1fanboy]

Is it possibly using MTP for file transfers? They used to do plain usb-storage 
(which I prefered) but now it's all MTP. I use jmtpfs to mount mine. 

Cheers,

chillfan

On Friday, April 29, 2016 3:26 PM, fuumind  wrote:
> I'm trying to connect my android phone to my devuan laptop as a USB
> storage device but it aint working. Connecting an ordinary USB storage
> device automounts and triggers a popup in pcmanfm.
> 
> dmesg says it has detected the device and lsusb shows an entry as well but
> I can't seem to find a device in /dev.
> 
> What should I be looking for?
> 
> /fuumind
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Re: [DNG] mounting an android phone as usb storage

[Go Linux]

On Fri, 4/29/16, fuumind  wrote:

 Subject: [DNG] mounting an android phone as usb storage
 To: dng@lists.dyne.org
 Date: Friday, April 29, 2016, 9:26 AM
 
> I'm trying to connect my android
>  phone to my devuan laptop as a USB storage device but it
>  aint working. Connecting an ordinary USB storage device
>  automounts and triggers a popup in pcmanfm.
> 
> dmesg says it has detected the device and lsusb shows an
> entry as well but I can't seem to find a device in /dev.
> 
> What should I be looking for?
 
 /fuumind



This may or may not be relevant but . . . when I connect my Canon camera on 
Devuan I have to mount it from the device column in Thunar.  If your phone is 
listed there, give it a try.  Or try mounting it the old-fashioned way . . .  ;)

golinux


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