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I am using Mageia 3 with 3.10.28 kernel. I installed all the packages that I believe are needed for accessing my iPhone

lib64imobiledevice3, lib64usbmuxd2, libmobile device,usbmuxd

I have an iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.3
When I plug in the phone to a usb port I see this in dmesg:

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[3453530.839497] usb 10-3: new high-speed USB device number 27 using ehci-pci
[3453530.957270] usb 10-3: New USB device found, idVendor=05ac, idProduct=12a8
[3453530.957275] usb 10-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[3453530.957278] usb 10-3: Product: iPhone
[3453530.957281] usb 10-3: Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
[3453530.957283] usb 10-3: SerialNumber: 5bd7eb030e2557fd81a5b1d43365bd931a7eb550
[3453531.531455] ipheth 10-3:4.2: Apple iPhone USB Ethernet device attached


It also comes up in the list of available devices as a camera, but it is not mounted and I cannot see the files in my file manager, nor am I able to access them via the camera apps (digikam and Gwenviw). When I try to mount it nothing happens.
Would be most appreciative of any help.

Thanks

Hello,
I think you also need libmtp9 (32 bits) and kio-mtp

Thanks, I will give it a try when I get home from work.

Also, when I have searched online, they have noted the need to install ifuse, but there is no ifuse in the repository and I have fuse installed.

so I checked and I had lib64mtp9 installed, but not kio-mtp. I installed it but no change in the behavior. The phone will not mount so I cannot see its contents. I found a mageia3 version of ifuse and tried it also with no change in behavior.

Any further trouble shooting suggestions or advice would be appreciated.

According to a French forum (MLO)
http://www.mageialinux-online.org/wiki/ ... kde4-gnome
you have to install
- usbview
- usbmuxd
- libimobiledevice
- gvfs-iphone
- kio-afc
This last one only if you have KDE4. It isn't present in Mageia repositories but here
ftp://download.asso-linux-online.fr/dow ... 6_64/core/
Then, connect your iphone and fetch its serial number either using usbview or in a console

$ idevice_id -l
59f5abd2812bc9f51e57b00a3cba1015d9c6f2fd

At least open dolphin, write afc:/ in the adress bar and copy/paste the serial number
It is also possible to create a shortcut in Dolphin for a quick access

Lebarhon,
Thank you. This did get it working. Interestingly it does not load the folders when I just put in afc:/ device_id, but does show the files when I put in afc:/<device_id>/DCIM, then after that if I click on the "go up" arrow, all the folders are shown and I have access to them. Thank you for helping me solve this. It now works.

Also of interest, it opens automatically in Nautilus, but not in Dolphin. I am using KDE4, but have Gnome installed. KDE is my desktop though.
Leon