Re: [gentoo-user] android and mtp

2012-12-23 Thread luis jure
on 2012-12-22 at 22:57 Neil Bothwick wrote: > I tried it and soon uninstalled it. Not only does it only allow access to > the SD card (the internal storage can't be unmounted) but even that was > unreliable. well, that's good to know. by now i already have my phone rooted :-) but things seem to

Re: [gentoo-user] android and mtp

2012-12-23 Thread luis jure
on 2012-12-22 at 17:13 Alan McKinnon wrote: >Now, imagine you are the guy at Samsung deciding what features the S2 >will support. Which option you gonna pick? yeah, you're right, i guess. but for once i'd like the guys at the corporations to think like me, and not to be forced to think like them.

Re: [gentoo-user] android and mtp

2012-12-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 22 Dec 2012 10:49:42 -0200, luis jure wrote: > BTW, i found an application that makes the external sd card (not the > phone card) available as USB mass storage device: > > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009 > > i tried it, but it only runs on rooted phones, apparent

Re: [gentoo-user] android and mtp

2012-12-22 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 3:09 AM, luis jure wrote: > on 2012-12-21 at 14:26 Mark Knecht wrote: > > >> I managed to mount it successfully using jmtpfs from the poly-c overlay. > > thank you mark, i got it working now. i created an entry in fstab, and i > can mount/umount it with simple mount and umo

Re: [gentoo-user] android and mtp

2012-12-22 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sat, 22 Dec 2012 10:49:42 -0200 luis jure wrote: > on 2012-12-22 at 14:15 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > It all becomes understandable when you figure out what MTP actually > > is. > > yes, of course, thanks for the pointers. but i learned of the > existence of this MTP thing only yesterday, and

Re: [gentoo-user] android and mtp

2012-12-22 Thread luis jure
on 2012-12-22 at 14:15 Alan McKinnon wrote: > It all becomes understandable when you figure out what MTP actually is. yes, of course, thanks for the pointers. but i learned of the existence of this MTP thing only yesterday, and frankly, at first i couldn't see what was the advantage over plain ol

Re: [gentoo-user] android and mtp

2012-12-22 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sat, 22 Dec 2012 10:01:37 -0200 luis jure wrote: > > on 2012-12-21 at 23:20 Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > No, and there's a good reason for that. > > well, i'm glad to know that there's a good reason to use MTP, because > what i've read so far about it made me wonder... It all becomes underst

Re: [gentoo-user] android and mtp

2012-12-22 Thread luis jure
on 2012-12-21 at 23:20 Neil Bothwick wrote: > No, and there's a good reason for that. well, i'm glad to know that there's a good reason to use MTP, because what i've read so far about it made me wonder... from the link mark sent earlier: libmtp (and I assume the MTP protocol itself) doesn’t s

Re: [gentoo-user] android and mtp

2012-12-22 Thread luis jure
on 2012-12-21 at 14:26 Mark Knecht wrote: > I managed to mount it successfully using jmtpfs from the poly-c overlay. thank you mark, i got it working now. i created an entry in fstab, and i can mount/umount it with simple mount and umount commands (i still haven't managed to make it work using t

Re: [gentoo-user] android and mtp

2012-12-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:19:10 -0600, Paul Hartman wrote: > > as you may know (i didn't until today...), ICS doesn't connect the > > device as a good old USB mass storage device, but rather using this > > MTP thing. No, and there's a good reason for that. In order to mount the device as a USB stora

Re: [gentoo-user] android and mtp

2012-12-21 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 1:56 PM, luis jure wrote: > > hello list, > > i would appreciate suggestions and recommendations to manage a device > (samsung galaxy note II) with android ICS. > > as you may know (i didn't until today...), ICS doesn't connect the device > as a good old USB mass storage de

Re: [gentoo-user] android and mtp

2012-12-21 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 3:56 PM, luis jure wrote: > > hello list, > > i would appreciate suggestions and recommendations to manage a device > (samsung galaxy note II) with android ICS. > > as you may know (i didn't until today...), ICS doesn't connect the device > as a good old USB mass storage de

[gentoo-user] android and mtp

2012-12-21 Thread luis jure
hello list, i would appreciate suggestions and recommendations to manage a device (samsung galaxy note II) with android ICS. as you may know (i didn't until today...), ICS doesn't connect the device as a good old USB mass storage device, but rather using this MTP thing. i googled a bit and fou