On 03/20/2018 04:20 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: > On 03/20/2018 06:52 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 03/20/18 21:36, Greg Woods wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 8:22 PM, Ed Greshko <ed.greshko@xxxxxxxxx >>> <mailto:ed.greshko@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> BTW, in one of your posts you asked about a "workaround". I >>> think what you meant >>> was an alternative to MTP? >>> >>> >>> This may or may not be related to the OP's issue, but for some >>> reason, the >>> simple-mtpfs package is not installed by default on Fedora. Without >>> this, MTP >>> doesn't work. With simple-mtpfs installed, I can use file browsers >>> such as Nautilus >>> to see the files on my relatively new (Galaxy S6) Android phone. On >>> my ancient >>> Amazon Kindle Fire HDX tablet, I have never been able to make file >>> browsing work, >>> but I have been able to copy books on and off the device using Calibre. >>> >>> >> >> Well, I can definitively say that information is incorrect. >> >> [egreshko@meimei ~]$ rpm -q simple-mtpfs >> package simple-mtpfs is not installed >> >> And I can communicate just fine with my Galaxy Tab-S, Galaxy S4, >> Galaxy S6, and an >> old ASUS table. > > It reads my Samsung MW2 phone without issue too IIRC this has more to do with the Android version on your devices and whether they're rooted or not. I believe older devices didn't require MTP to share data (they presented the storage like a regular USB device), whereas newer (e.g. Android 5.0 and later) require MTP. I'm not certain about the version when MTP became necessary. I have an ancient Galaxy Note 3, Verizon stopped updating it at 5.0 and I have to use MTP to browse it. Why don't I have a new phone? I don't want to spend $1K for a phone I will have to toss out when the battery dies because, with VERY few exceptions, you can't replace the battery in new phones. IMHO, this is absolutely inexcusable! I think only LG phones still have replaceable batteries. LG should be applauded for this, the rest of them should be ashamed of themselves. "Oh, the battery explodes! You'll need to replace the phone!" What? How about just replacing the defective batteries. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - Blech! ACKth! Ooop! -- Bill the Cat (Outland) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
