Connecting an Android phone using MTP

[madeye]

I have a different approach to connecting to an Android based device.
There is an application available for Android which allows you to control your device using a web browser. The application is called airdroid. (available through play store)
I'm using it to connect to my Samsung Galaxy II.

[tom_]

Right, I use that application too

It's a great application,
the only limit I have seen is that you needs a wifi connection.

Or it works in some way also via cable?

[madeye]

I've only used it with wifi. And I think there is no other option for it.

[quartz]

Madeye

Thank you so much for introducing me to Airdroid. What a great app! This saves all the mucking about with USB cables and MTP.

[alf]

Madeye

Thank you so much for introducing me to Airdroid. What a great app! This saves all the mucking about with USB cables and MTP.

+1

[sgunhouse]

Per the earlier replies, Amorak (KDE media player) sees my tablet just fine - as a media player. No access to photos and other files except music (and maybe video, haven't tried). Windows XP SP3 also recognizes it as a media player, but will allow me to access files on it. This was with Honeycomb prior to Acer upgrading it to ICS, haven't bothered to try it since then.

[yannick56]

If you want a full MTP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Transfer_Protocol) devices support in Mageia with automount MTP devices, it is here :

Mageia 2 have a buggy FUSE file-system tool that supports MTP devices and no automount for them / add jmtpfs in mageia repositories (spec file and udev rules+scripts provided)
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7638

Vote or add a comment to solve this ticket.

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Manuallly :

1) Download jmtpfs here :
http://research.jacquette.com/jmtpfs-ex ... and-linux/

2) command line to compile and test jmtpfs here :
http://linuxundich.de/de/ubuntu/mit-jmt ... u-mounten/

3) Udev script for automount here
http://research.jacquette.com/jmtpfs-ex ... comment-73

Good luck !

[blackcat]

Considered the problem of putting in communication a Nexus 7 tablet with a PC running Mageia 2, the best solution that I have found consist in using a free Android app called “Software Data Cable” https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... able&hl=gb
which: Sync files with PC and other phones/tablets without cable (WIFI direct push).
TRANSFER DATA WITHOUT YOUR CABLE (WITHOUT MOBILE NETWORK)

Just install the app on your Nexus 7, run it and start the service.
“Software Data Cable” makes yours the Nexus filesystem accessible via WiFi using FTP protocol.

Then pass to your PC running Mageia or another OS, run your browser and type:

ftp://192.168.1.102:8888/

You will see your Android directories tree enlisted.

Alternatively you can use Filezilla to connect to your Nexus FTP server which is better.

Enjoy it.

[faldiin]

Cheers,
I did not want to start a new thread since this is part of my issue. I know that there has been a few updates to MTP and Go-MTPFS. I have a Nexus 4 and 10 and I would like to access my devices. I am new to this OS since it became Mageia. I enjoy this system and my only Hang up is access to my Nexus Devices.

I have checked the Tainted and Back port files and I don't see anything for access the devices. I know that I can use them on Ubuntu and openSUSE. May I please get some assistance in getting this working or pointing me in the correct direction.

BTW I am using Mageia 3 RC X64.

Thank you
Faldiin

[sander85]

BTW I am using Mageia 3 RC X64.

What DE are you using? For KDE there is package kio-mtp that should make it easier to connect with Android devices.

[faldiin]

Cheers,
Thank you. I am using KDE. I dont see the option for kio-mtp. In fact I only get mtpaint. I think I am mising a repo.


Thank you
Faldiin

[sander85]

Cheers,
Thank you. I am using KDE. I dont see the option for kio-mtp. In fact I only get mtpaint. I think I am mising a repo.

Hmm, if you are using rpmdrake to install packages then you probably have to choose to show all packages, not only those that have UI. Then kio-mtp should show up too.

[faldiin]

Thank you for the assistance on this issue. I was unable to get it to work. I did have teh GUI only on.

Faldiin

[doktor5000]

Were you able to install the package or not?

[faldiin]

Yes I was able to install the package. The system could see the device as a portable device and then when it tried to read the device it would error out.


Faldiin

[doktor5000]

The system could see the device as a portable device and then when it tried to read the device it would error out.

Normally dolphin would throw and error message in red at the bottom of the windows. Could you copy&paste that here?

[alf]

Normally dolphin would throw and error message in red at the bottom of the windows. Could you copy&paste that here?

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Die Datei oder der Ordner udi=/org/kde/solid/udev/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-1 existiert nicht.

MGA3 RC x86_64

[faldiin]

Cheers,
This is the error I get.


The process for the mtp protocol died unexpectedly.


Faldiin

[claire]

Has a bug been created for this yet?

[faldiin]

Cheers,
I did not create a Bug report since I was unsure if it was my error or the OS error. I am new to this Distro.



Faldiin