I'm not sure if this is off topic (this may be partly because I don't know why I have this problem) but the difficulty is this. (If it is off topic, despite Android being related to Ubuntu, be gentle about pointing this out.)
I can get my android (4.2.2) phone to connect to my pc now via usb cable **but** I can't see the dcim folder or the download folder as I used to with my old phone. Indeed, I can’t see any of the usual folders you wish to see to transfer any files from a phone to a computer, even though I have installed a couple of mtp programs. I have googled for info on this and I know it's not an uncommon problem but I've yet to find out how to fix it. Do I need an app (in which case this post is way off topic) do I need to update some bit of software or what? I've no idea. Help.
Bev.
On 15/02/15 17:50, Bev Nicolson wrote:
I'm not sure if this is off topic (this may be partly because I don't know why I have this problem) but the difficulty is this. (If it is off topic, despite Android being related to Ubuntu, be gentle about pointing this out.)
I can get my android (4.2.2) phone to connect to my pc now via usb cable **but** I can't see the dcim folder or the download folder as I used to with my old phone. Indeed, I can’t see any of the usual folders you wish to see to transfer any files from a phone to a computer, even though I have installed a couple of mtp programs. I have googled for info on this and I know it's not an uncommon problem but I've yet to find out how to fix it. Do I need an app (in which case this post is way off topic) do I need to update some bit of software or what? I've no idea. Help.
Hi,
not sure why you're having problems, but I think android has tried to get itself more secure by denying access to this that and the other, so it may be it doesn't share the phone's storage by default.
My first thought would be to connect the phone, then start the "disk" utility (I forget exactly what it's called), as this shows you exactly what's mounted and where. I'm hoping you'll see the phone and the phone's memory/SD card. I suspect that the phone is not mounted but the SD card is. If that's the case, you could try to mount the phone.
If this isn't the case, the simplest thing to do is use a file manager app on your phone. Copy the files from DCIM to a different folder that you can see from your PC. Then copy them onto the computer. I use ES FIle Explorer for this sort of thing on my phone.
However, if you have a wireless network that your phone connects to, and a SAMBA shared folder (Like a windows share), then ES File Exp can write to it directly via its network tab. I think it can also do FTP. I haven't explored this. I use this approach, but I have already got a wireless network and a SAMBA share configured. It's overkill if you just want to transfer photos.
Also, what might be happening is your phone might be trying to connect to your PC with a particular piece of windows software specific to your phone, rather than just mounting as a normal USB device. It may be worth googling something like "How to connect a MANUFACTURER MODEL phone with Linux Ubuntu" with the appropriate substitutions.
Good luck!
Steve
On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 17:50:48 +0000 Bev Nicolson lumos@gmx.co.uk allegedly wrote:
I can get my android (4.2.2) phone to connect to my pc now via usb cable **but** I can't see the dcim folder or the download folder as I used to with my old phone. Indeed, I can’t see any of the usual folders you wish to see to transfer any files from a phone to a computer, even though I have installed a couple of mtp programs. I have googled for info on this and I know it's not an uncommon problem but I've yet to find out how to fix it. Do I need an app (in which case this post is way off topic) do I need to update some bit of software or what? I've no idea. Help.
Bev
Are you sure that the phone is connecting as an MTP device? There are usually two USB connection modes. One uses MTP (typically called "connect as a media device", the other is PTP (typically called "connect as a camera"). PTP will only mount the SD card (if you have one). MTP will mount both the internal disk and the SD card (you should see the phone mounted as something like mtp://[usb:002,005]/ in your file manager).
You should be offered the choice of setting by the phone when you connect the USB cable. If not, then check the settings on the phone and ensure that MTP mode is checked.
HTH
Mick
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On 16/02/15 13:41, mick wrote:
On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 17:50:48 +0000 Bev Nicolson lumos@gmx.co.uk allegedly wrote:
I can get my android (4.2.2) phone to connect to my pc now via usb cable **but** I can't see the dcim folder or the download folder as I used to with my old phone.
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Bev
Are you sure that the phone is connecting as an MTP device?
<snip> It'll connect (as a camera) with ptp but not with mtp. That much I have learned. And you were both right. It was just the sd card it was mounting.
Bev.
On 16/02/15 16:35, Bev Nicolson wrote:
It'll connect (as a camera) with ptp but not with mtp. That much I have learned. And you were both right. It was just the sd card it was mounting.
Bev.
I think I need to create a mount point. Can someone explain, in easy steps (or moderately easy steps) how to do that? Ta. I have googled for info on this but it hasn't helped me much.
Bev
On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 17:07:52 +0000 Bev Nicolson lumos@gmx.co.uk wrote:
On 16/02/15 16:35, Bev Nicolson wrote:
It'll connect (as a camera) with ptp but not with mtp. That much I have learned. And you were both right. It was just the sd card it was mounting.
Bev.
I think I need to create a mount point. Can someone explain, in easy steps (or moderately easy steps) how to do that? Ta. I have googled for info on this but it hasn't helped me much.
I know the first two of these don't answer your question directly but might help you in locating a mount point
http://askubuntu.com/questions/163792/where-camera-are-mounted http://askubuntu.com/questions/342319/where-are-mtp-mounted-devices-located-...
If you want to create a mount point, look at the responses here http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-9466.html
On 18/02/15 11:08, Chris Walker wrote:
I think I need to create a mount point.
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I know the first two of these don't answer your question directly but might help you in locating a mount point
http://askubuntu.com/questions/163792/where-camera-are-mounted http://askubuntu.com/questions/342319/where-are-mtp-mounted-devices-located-...
If you want to create a mount point, look at the responses here http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-9466.html
I was about to get to grips with this when I plugged it in and there it was. Given the advice in the second link, I'm not assuming it will do this every time!
Bev.
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