Hi, >> Just got a new Samsung Galaxy S3 and would like to transfer files >> between it and my fc15 box. When I insert the USB cable, it seems to >> mount it with a file manager pop-up showing >> "SAMSUNG_Android_SPH-L710", but it's otherwise not accessible on the >> filesystem. >> >> How was it mounted? >> >> I've found several references to jmtpfs and MTP, but I was previously >> able to mount my original Galaxy without any additional software, so >> I'd appreciate a better explanation of what's happening. > > You don't say what model you had previously, but at least some later > ones (I have the Google Nexus model) use Android 4.x, which does not > support direct access as a mass storage device. According to Google, > this because the phone's "SD Card" is just a region of main memory and > it would be dangerous to allow unmediated access to it. > > IOW you need to use MTP or similar. I've had success using Nautilus, > which detects the phone and can mount it via a userland library > (presumably libMTP but I haven't checked). I also installed an FTP > server on the phone; there are several available. That's great information, thanks. The FTP server is a great idea. I tried searching for a command-line app, but have been unable to find one. How does Nautilus do it successfully? In other words, I assume it's the case that libMTP is linked against Nautilus, but regular mount doesn't support it? My new phone is the Samsung Galaxy S3 SPH-L710, android version 4.0.4. Sure would be nice to have regular cp and rsync support. Thanks, Alex -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
