Hi, Thanks for your answer. >Android 4 devices don't export a storage interface, I know, but this is a veteran mini galaxy, and I am sure that it *does* export a storage interface; when I am accessing it from windows with Kies, it prompts me to accept it as a storage device, as I mentioned in my post. Regards, Andy On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 4:01 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Andy Johnson <johnsonzjo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I want to access a Samsung galaxy mini smartphone from Fedora 20 via USB. >> >> I am able to do it from windows with Kies (when I plug the USB phone it >> asks for >> USB storage confirmation, and when I press OK everything is fine). >> >> When I connect the galaxy mini smartphone to a Fedora 20 desktop I see >> this messages in the kernel log: >> usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage >> scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access SAMSUNG GT-S5570 Card 0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: >> 2 >> sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 >> sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk >> >> >> but fdisk -l does not show /dev/sdb >> >> >> and: >> simple-mtpfs -l >> shows: >> No raw devices found >> >> Should I install some software on the smartphone to enable access from >> Fedora > > > Haven't used F20 so far, but note that Android 4 devices don't export a > storage interface, i.e. they can't be treated as external disks. You must > use MTP to access them which is what simple-mtfs does. I've used it > successfully on F19. > > poc > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
