When I connect my Samsung Galaxy SII with USB cable my DCIM folder looks empty although I can see my files on phone. Do you have any idea what would be the problem?
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When I connect my Samsung Galaxy SII with USB cable my DCIM folder looks empty although I can see my files on phone. Do you have any idea what would be the problem?
On computer:
On phone:
While USB Debugging option is disabled Samsung Galaxy SII is working as a MTP device and in this case Ubuntu can not see files on the phone. When I enable USB debugging option and connect my phone with USB cable Ubuntu recognise my phone as USB mass storage device and I can access my files.
The way to get direct USB access to files on the Galaxy is as posted here: http://www.tuxtrix.com/2011/07/how-to-access-samsung-galaxy-s-ii-usb.html
This is not about USB debugging but simple telling the Galaxy to connect its storage to PC via USB:
On the Galaxy do: Menu -> Settings -> Wireless and network -> USB utilities -> Connect Storage to PC
Could not get Galaxy SII to work via Kies wireless or plugged in to USB directly on Ubuntu 11.10. As others mentioned, the way I fixed was going to "Settings>Applications>Development>Turn on USB debugging" on my phone and then reconnecting with USB cable to my laptop. I put my music in '/media/audio' (copied from my local ~/music folder) and it just worked! Kies would be nice to get working though, so I wouldn't even need a cable...it connects and I can see all my content...it just won't upload anything. Thanks for the answers guys, this has been bugging me for weeks since I got my S II.
I got it working this way. On your Galaxy tab go to :Settings->Wireless&Network->USB Settings-> select Mass Storage. Then connect the Galaxy tab to your computer and select "mount"
On my S4 mini, even after enabling USB debugging, the phone was connected as a "MTP" device, and I couldn't see any files on it.
In the phone's "Notifications", I had to tap on "Connected as a Media device", and change that to "Connect as Camera (PTP)".
Then, I could see the files under ~/.gvfs/...
There is a PPA with upstream MTP patches for gvfs built in. Upgrading to this is fairly simple but may be unstable or you might not trust it. That is your decision to make.
Installing it is fairly simple:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:langdalepl/gvfs-mtp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
You'll want to log out and in (or restart) after doing that but you should then be able to use MTP from within Nautilus.