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The Media Transfer Protocol (commonly referred to as MTP) is a devised set of custom extensions to support the transfer of music files on USB digital audio players and movie files on USB portable media players.

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Pixel C on Ubuntu 14.04: no PTP, adb needs to be root

I have a Pixel C plugged to a PC. The device is properly recognized by the kernel: [ 190.454979] usb 1-1.2.2.4: new high-speed USB device number 9 using ehci-pci [ 190.550564] usb 1-1.2.2.4: New ...
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Still cannot mount android phone to Ubuntu 14.04

I'm sounding like a broken record! I have been trying to mount my Galaxy S3 to 14.04 for months now. I followed suggestions from community members, all to no avail. Now I have a new phone - Galaxy S5. ...
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Problems mounting Nexus 7

I am having problems connecting my Nexus 7 to my Ubuntu 13.10
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Unable to connect Galaxy Nexus to Ubuntu 12.04 through gMTP

When I launch gMTP for browsing the files in Galaxy Nexus I get the following error message: Failed to get storage parameters from the device - need to disconnect. I have already tried the answers ...
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"folder contents could not be displayed." error when trying to plug in a Galaxy Nexus

Tried to connect Galaxy Nexus to Ubuntu 12.10 64bit, I choose open folder from a pop up dialog box and it says the following error: The folder contents could not be displayed. Sorry, could not ...
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Ten years later: How do I NOW mount my Android phone?

Please note: I'm only asking because I'm lacking TEN "reputation points" in THIS Stack-Exchange venue as otherwise I'd have posted a modern answer here. (As an aside, PERHAPS the algorithm ...
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How to recover deleted file from mtp device?

Acidentally I deleted two directories of images from the internal stockage memory of my Asus zenfone MAX 3 and I don't have an SD card on it. I found foremost is a tool to recover deleted data. But it'...
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Can not Unmount mtp

Events in chronological order: 2 days before I connected my friend's phone (Motorola G2) via data cable but somehow it does not mount properly and so I have to unmount it It unmounted properly but a ...
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Mounting Android and copying files over MTP truncates files by 32 bytes

Nexus 5 with stock Android 4.4.4 Ubuntu Desktop 14.04 LTS If I plug my phone into my computer, it's automatically detected and mounted. Using nautilus I can navigate to my DCIM/Camera folder and ...
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Moto X wont connect to Ubuntu 13.10

I have a Nexus 5 which when I connect it via USB works perfectly as far as transferring files goes. But as soon as I plug in the Moto X it acts like it doesn't exist. Reminiscent of an Ex-girlfriend ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 doesn't automount razr d1 mtp [duplicate]

My Ubuntu 13.04 is not auto-mounting my Motorola Razr D1. I have installed mtpfs with no luck. What else should I do to be able to mount and copy my awesome MP3 files in it? Thanks!
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Can't connect Google Nexus in Ubuntu 13.04

After upgrading from 12.10 to 13.04 I am having issues with connecting my Google Nexus to my Ubuntu machine. I have found this script somewhere on the Internet but it does not seem to work now : #!...
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Access mtp devices in KDE plasma terminal

I can easily access my galaxy tab on kde plasma ubuntu 20.04 by restarting Dolphin with the address /Galaxy Tab A (mtp). I wish to access my tab(mtp) with kde terminal also in order to perform rsync ...
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Ubuntu freezing during copying file to phone

Whenever I try to copy files between my phone and Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop LTS,system freezes after a while (during middle of the copying process). What might be the reason ? Is this a bug ? I can assure ...
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How to have access to MTP mounted devices?

I wanted to transfer photos from my smartphone to my computer. The file explorer is Dolphin. I can find the file to be copied on the path : mtp:/HUAWEI_NXT ... but when I try to cd to the folder, I ...
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Requesting help interpreting perf report output

I'm trying to troubleshoot a long delay between file transfers over usb from android phone mounted using jmtpfs on ubuntu server 18.04. This is an extension of question: "Stat system call takes a ...
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Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish not connecting to my Android phone. Showing ERROR: Unable to access & couldn't find matching udev device. What to do?

Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish is not connecting to my Android phone. It shows the error: Unable to access "SDM636 MTP SN:E48333B7" Couldn't find matching udev device. What to do?
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VirtualBox - Allow access to phone data is disconnecting my phone from ADB

Guest OS is ubuntu 18.04 I am using android studio on a virtual machine. The adb is disconnecting the connected phone when allowing phone data. The problem is as follow: 1 - Connect android phone ...
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Can't connect my Samsung Galaxy S8 phone (Android Orio) to Linux (16.04 64 bit)

I can't connect my Samsung Galaxy S8 phone (Android Orio) to Linux (16.04 64 bit). I have selected Use USB To > Transfer Files mode. I have tried enabling Developer Options, and USB Debugging. And MTP ...
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BASH copy files from MTP device - can't cd to SD card

Have successfully mounted an MTP device on the desktop in Ubuntu and have figured out where the mount point is. If I cd to /run/user/999/gvfs/mtp:host=%5Busb%3A001%2C006%5D$ I see 'SD card' But ...
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How do I transfer files to and from Nexus 7/Ubuntu 14.04?

I'm trying to connect a Nexus 7 tablet (Android 6.0.1) from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I started by following the instructions from this answer. When I execute the last command android-connect, it tells me: ...
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Unable to successfully mount Samsung phone

Running 15.10 Wily. Installed using the minimal ISO (network install) and selected Xubuntu core. After installing procinfo and running ls_usb, I can see the device when it's plugged in Bus 001 Device ...
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MTP file transfer freezes/locks screen

As per subject, when I try to transfer files to my Android devices (Samsung tablet, HTC phone, ...) via MTP, the screen freezes/locks. I have to resort using the network and the speeds there are just ~...
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Problems copying files with MTP from Samsung Galaxy S5 mini to Kubuntu 15.10

I'm having real problems copying files from my phone (Samsung S5 mini) to my laptop (Kubuntu 15.10). I've tried many of the suggestions on other sites, such as udev rules and installing more mtp ...
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Android device mounted as gphoto2 rather than mtp

I have two computers running Ubuntu 14.04 fully updated (apt-get dist-upgrade). On one my android phone mounts in Nautilus automatically using an mtp:// location, which works fairly well. On the other ...
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Where is libmtp?

I'm trying to install playedit-0.1.6 (an editor for Android playlists) in Kubuntu 14.10. It's only available in source form, it seems. So I went through the configure ritual several times, each time ...
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Android device not recognized in 14.04

I was trying to connect my Android phone to my laptop as an MTP device. Two days ago I had tried it and it had worked fine. This time it was recognized in PTP mode but not in MTP. I ran these ...
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Palm Treo 700p : not an MTP device

Palm Treo 700p : not an MTP device (syslog error) : Jpilot HotSync Timeout The phone is ancient by today's standards, but it does what I need and I like it. Two or three ubuntu os upgrades ago ...
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Preventing pop-up dialogs when connecting an MTP device

I'm using Lubuntu 14.04 with a Samsung Galaxy S3 running Android 4.3. Each time I connect my phone via USB, I get the following dialog: Unable to open MTP device '[usb:002,023]' A few moments ...
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How to connect Acer E330 Glow to Ubuntu 13.04 in MTP mode?

Well the title is quite clear I guess. How can I connect my ACER E330 LIQUID GLOW to Ubuntu 13.04 through the USB-cable? It works just fine PTP-mode(camera) but not in MTP-mode (media). My phone works ...
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How to browse the files on my Samsung Galaxy Discover?

I just bought a Samsung Galaxy Discover and eagerly connected it to my Kubuntu machine via the included USB cable. After selecting the option to "Open with file manager", I was redirected to the URI ...
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Ubuntu can not display photos from smart phone

Ubuntu 14.10 can NOT display pictures with new Samsung Note 4 connected. The error message is: Failed to open input stream for file
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Device is not detected via MTP (TCL Idol X S950 phone)

I have just purchased a new TCL Idol X S950 phone and I'm figuring out some issue to make it visible on my system. This phone uses Android 4.2.2 and I guess this is the cause of the issue: my ...
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How to access the folder(s) of Google's Pixel 6a mobile phone from Ubuntu 22.04?

After plugging Google's Pixel 6a into Ubuntu 22.04 via usb c: $ lsusb Bus 005 Device 002: ID 18d1:4ee1 Google Inc. Nexus/Pixel Device (MTP) A partition called Pixel 6a also appears in the left menu ...
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MTP Not Working Showing: /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-mtp (No such file or directory)

Opened the laptop and just connected the device it was detected and showed the device but when I tried to open it following message came up "/usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-mtp" (No such file or directory) And ...
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Can't mount an Vodaphone Smart 4 Turbo as storage device [closed]

I have a 4.4.4 android phone (Vodafone Smart 4 Turbo), and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS installed on my laptop. If I try to connect my phone via usb cable to manage my files, I can't, the pc doesn't respond. But ...
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MotoG not recognized in ubuntu 12.04, MTP mode not supported. Why?

I bought a MotoG handset and wanted to transfer music files to my phone. But as I connect it to my laptop, Ubuntu doesn't recognize the phone, whereas it detects my friend's HTC phone. Basically, when ...
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MTP mount fails of samsung galaxy S4 on 13.10 on lenovo t440

When I connect my samsung galaxy S4 active to my lenovo t440 running 13.10, the device is detected and I'm offered to look at in Files. When I first upgraded, it would work about 50% of the time. ...
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How do I get Ubuntu to connect to my Android tablet?

What I'm doing is trying to run a software called gMTP, which is apparently what I need to do to transfer files back and forth to my Android Galaxy 10.1 Tab device. I've asked about it on the Android ...
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Connect Galaxy Nexus to Ubuntu

I'm trying to connect my Galaxy Nexus to an Ubuntu 11.04 PC by following the instructions in this other post (Getting MTP enabled devices to work with Ubuntu?). I've read it and redone each step ...
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I am trying to build libmtp 1.1.14 but I cannot fix this error

I have run this in a terminal. git clone git://libmtp.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/libmtp/libmtp cd libmtp ./autogen.sh (answering yes to all questions) But when I try to run the ./configure --...
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2019: Where are MTP mounted devices located in the filesystem?

This is an exact duplicate of this question, re-asked because in Ubuntu 19.10 none of the answers there work anymore. The gvfs directory in the terminal is always empty even though things show up in ...
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I cannot copy files to my Android MTP files or my pen drives

I plug in my pen-drive and it copies a few files before nemo freezes and shuts down. And the data remains partially copied. I have been looking around for stuff on AskUbuntu. Using this, I figured out ...
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Cannot connect with Samsung Galaxy S5

I use Xubuntu 16.04 and when I connect my Samsung Galaxy S5 nothing happens, neither in the phone nor in the PC. The phone charges, yes, but nothing else. It does not appear any message or option ...
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I can no longer browse files on an android phone

I have this Huawei P10 lite and I'm having a problem connecting it with Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS computer. This already worked in the past, but something is different today. I connect the phone via USB ...
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How to enable nautilus to show all files on android phone connected via usb mtp?

Android (4.2.2) phone (HTC Desire 310) is detected by Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS successfully. Nautilus starts automatically. But only a few folders are shown. And there are missing much more folders and ...
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usb mount problem to aquarisE4.5 [closed]

Regardless of restarts, I cannot connect with USB to my AquarisE4.5 through my file browser anymore. First it says: No such interface 'org.gtk.vfs.Mount' on object at path /org/gtk/vfs/mount/1. ...
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Can I use old ubuntu mtp system?

I have a walkman that uses mtp Fun, well since ubuntu 13.04 I can not get ubuntu to read/write files on this device. However I know that ubuntu 12.04 (first release) works on this device without any ...
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MTP Won't Work With Newer Ubuntu

I have a Philips GoGear Vibe 4 GB, set to MTP mode, as it's always been. This works fine with older versions of Ubuntu and works fine with Windows, but doesn't work with newer versions of Ubuntu. ...
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How to connect Nikon D800 to Ubuntu?

(Nearly-new Ubuntu user here.) What is the best way to connect my Nikon D800 to Ubuntu? When I plug the USB cable into the computer, I get an error message saying Unable to mount NIKON DSC D800 ...
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