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How do I view contents of Android(4.1.2) folders on Ubuntu?

Hello AskUbuntu Community! I am hoping you will be able to help me, or help me help you help me! I am trying to access my music stored on the external MicroSD card on my Samsung Android SGH-T699 via ...
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Strange USB flash drive problem [closed]

I have a USB flash drive, but I cannot access it. Ubuntu does nothing when i plug it in, nothing appears (but the LED on the drive lights up). When I plug it into a Windows 8 machine, an icon appears, ...
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Cannot access external usb HDD after DBus error

I have a interesting problem. When I plugged my external usb hdd into my desktop PC, Ubuntu showed me that: DBus error org.gtk.Private.RemoteVolumeMonitor.Failed: An operation is already pending A ...
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Disable all USB Storage Devices except USB Dongle

I need to disable all USB storage devices except a software Protection Dongle. How do I do it? I tried black listing the USB storage device, but that seems to block ALL usb devices including the ...
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Can't Copy data to external USB hard drive

I have Ubuntu 12.10 desktop version installed on HP 4000 PC, when I use Go->Computer and I can access my USB External drive as a media . However when I try to copy some folder from my desktop to USB ...
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Grub no such device error while USB storage device plugged in

I have installed my Ubuntu 12.04 from USB. I have prepared my USB with Unetbootin. When I try to boot my PC while any USB storage device plugged in I am getting this error: error: no such device: ...
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How do I disable usb storage?

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 and I want to block usb storage on it. What is the correct way to do this?
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Phone usb driver?

LG has no support for a linux driver at this time for my phone. Nor will they because its an older phone. Ubuntu doesn't recognize my phone it just charges it. I tried using bitpim to access my ...
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How to disable USB000 ports in Ubuntu 12.10 but still have the usb keyboard and mouse work?

Please suggest any options to disable the USB ports. I tried in the blacklist.conf and rebooted, but still the USB device is detecting. Can you help me to disable the USB ports?
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How can I have Windows 7 in Virtualbox recognise USB devices? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Set up USB for Virtualbox Recently I installed Windows in Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS using Virtualbox. I want to know how to access external hard disks or USBs in the Virtual ...
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reasonable USB mount points

Plugging in my Android cellphone in Mass Storage mode mounts the SD card via USB onto an insane pathname like /media/sp;<_html>/ which of course causes problems later with other programs like ...
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Onda communication TM201 problem with USB modem

After having done a very long research, about this type of usb-modem, I'm here asking for your help. In my PC I have installed lubuntu (the version obtained from Ubuntu 12.04). In order to connect the ...
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GET flash memory type: SLC or MLC

Just for my knowledge, I would like to know whether the type of flash memory used in my pendrive is SLC or MLC. Is there a way to find it out? I googled but found nothing.
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How can I temporarily suspend Nautilus filesystem automounting, without making permanent changes to the system and user configuration?

I have written a tool which automatically formats and copies files to USB flash drives when they are inserted. It needs the drive to be unmounted to format it. Normally Nautilus will automatically ...
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Galaxy Note II MTP on Ubuntu 12.04

I bought a branding new Galaxy Note II and I tried to mount its storage to my ubuntu laptop. As you know, Android 4.0+ uses MTP by default. Android 4.1 doesn't support USB Mass Storage anymore! So ...
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front usb wont mount harddrives, internal usb ports do

I have noticed something in my new build, i am using Ubuntu desktop newest version my motherboard is the asus f1a75-m pro R2.0 with the usb ports in the back all my NTFS hard disks or usb sticks work ...
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Is it possible to create a virtual drive and share via USB?

My question is kind of hard to follow, but I'm asking if it's possible to make a virtual flash drive and sync it to another device with a USB to USB cable? To make things more clear, think of a ...
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USB 3.0 drive not working in Kubuntu 12.10

I have a laptop that has USB 3.0 ports only and my portable HD doesn't work on it. I have a desktop that runs the same version of Kubuntu and same kernel version but has USB 2.0 ports, the portable ...
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Terminal broken? (Mac)

In Terminal (Mac) when I do step 9 (sudo dd if=//Users/neilatkin/Desktop/ubuntu.img of=/dev/disk1 bs=1m (replace /path/to/downloaded.img with the path where the image file is located; for example, ...
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How do I change the default permissions for automounted USB media?

tl;dr: How do I make gnome automount USB devices with permissions so that everyone in the group can access them instead of just one user that is logged in at the time the USB storage is plugged in? ...
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Cannot mount USB 3 harddrive

I cannot mount an USB 3 harddrive. When looking at dmesg I got the following error: [ 96.463269] usb 3-2.1: >new low-speed USB device number 10 using xhci_hcd [ 96.485777] usb 3-2.1: >New ...
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How to safely remove a USB external drive?

How I can safely remove a USB external drive? Ubuntu 12.10 does not come with this option, only to "Unmount" the disk, but not "Eject". I have tried both USB sticks and with my external hard ...
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How to restore default user account when starting from USB?

I've been testing Ubuntu 12.10 the last three days booting from USB and just now I was playing with the account password, the thing is that I didn't write any password at all and cancel the operation. ...
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How to use Netgear WNDR3400v2 \\readyshare USB Storage on Ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I access an external hard drive plugged into my router? I have a Netgear WNDR3400v2 router set up in my house. I have a 500 GB hard drive hooked up to it. On ...
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How to get an email notification when a USB storage device is inserted?

We are running more than 600 Ubuntu systems in our company. It is a data centre so we have certain policies. We have disabled the usage of storage devices in all the Ubuntu systems. However we would ...
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Why doesn't the Scanlogic SL11R-IDE USB-to-ATA adapter work?

I am trying to recover data from an old Linux that was installed in a computer on an ATA hard drive. I found a ScanLogic Corp. SL11R-IDE IDE Bridge (04ce:0002), an ATA adapter to USB 1.0 like the one ...
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unable to format usb 1204 [daemon inhibited ]

i try to format my usb 1st time its work all data gone but i can't save any file at this usb . then i try to check is it working or broken here the report santos@santos:~$ sudo badblocks -v ...
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Unable to safely remove usb-drive

I am unable to safely remove my Nokia E63 (connected via cable). Error detaching: helper exited with exit code 1: Detaching device /dev/sdc USB device: ...
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My Hitachi external hdd is not detected

I tried it with window and the hdd is detected so I conclude this is not the hdd problem Status when hdd usb is inserted No@No-laptop:~$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 ...
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Samsung r355c USB not mounting

My Samsung r355c doesn't mount when connected via USB. It shows up as "Qualcomm Inc. Mass storage device" when I run lsusb, but doesn't show up anywhere else I've looked. I'm running 12.04 on a ...
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USB external drive is not recognized by any OS, how to troubleshoot in Ubuntu?

First of all I would like to inform you that I saw a question similar to mine but the error was different, so here's my problem... I have an external HD samsung s2 model of 500GB and a day to day ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 Won't Reconize my USB HDD

I am relatively new to Ubuntu, and I'm having trouble with the computer not recognizing my USB hard drive. It is an 80GB (I can't remember the manufacturer). I am running Ubuntu 12.04 on a Dell ...
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external disk dont work on ubuntu

i have problem with in my ubuntu: when i connect external imation apollo disc i dont see a file system. Disk is working because in windows OS on this same computer it works as well. when i typed ...
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Cannot mount USB memory in Ubuntu 12.04

Over the night I downloaded and installed Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop. Since I am yet unable to access my actual installation I boot the Live CD from which I installed (takes ages in a fast system). I ...
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optimise data transfer speed from an external USB 3.0 docking?

What can I do to optimise the data transfer speed from an external USB 3.0 docking? I have two HDDs inserted into the docking device, and I have it connected via only USB 3.0 on my laptop (blue ...
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Can't connect to Samsung GT-B2710 via usb

When I connect my phone with memory card in it with usb cable to my ubuntu notebook DBus error org.gtk.Private.RemoteVolumeMonitor.NotFound: The given volume was not found error message is shown and ...
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USB modeswitch to mass storage device

I'm trying to install a Sierra AirCard 320U (branded as "Telstra USB 4G") into a VirtualBox Windows XP machine, on an Ubuntu 10.10 host. usb_modeswitch offers me a way to disable the "mass storage ...
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Nautilus does not mount usb storage automatically

devices are recognized and can be mounted using mount command (see Ubuntu 12.04 stopped suddenly to recognize all usb storage.) but are not automatically mounted. using Ubuntu 12.04 on dell Lattitude ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 stopped suddenly to recognize all usb storage.

Storage gets listed in lsub but is not mounted by nautilus. I tried 2 different devices: a usb stick and an external HDD. usb mouse on same port works fine. is there anyway to force mount it? my ...
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Formatted USB drive, not detecting…repairable?

I formatted my pendrive with ext2 filesystem in ubuntu.Now its not detecting in ubuntu and windows. Here's what the disk utility says. Model: GENERIC USB Mass Stoarge Firmware Version: 1.00 ...
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External Hardisk not automounting in Ubuntu 10.04? [closed]

This is my first Question in this forum. I am not able to mount or see the external device(Sea gate 500Gb) Harddisk) getting mounted in Ubuntu 10.04. Following is the output of dmesh | tail . [ ...
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Auto mount USB Drive as READ ONLY [closed]

Good day! I was looking for a way to quickly mount a USB Drive as READ ONLY. I see lots of issues of people having it mount read only when they do want to but in my case I need to ensure the USB ...
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how can I prevent nautilus from running when I plug in a USB stick?

I run XFCE4 on Ubuntu 11.10. When I plug in a USB memory stick, I get two new windows popping up, both showing the contents of the memory stick. One is Thunar (which I want) and one is nautilus ...
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Making nautilus/cp/scp/rsync “progress” cache-aware

When transferring moderately large files (~500-800 MB) to/from a USB disk in nautilus, or using (s)cp (with progress bar from ...
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Only 746.52 GB of 3TB drive is seen when accessed via USB enclosure. Works fine internally

I have a Mediasonic Smart Drive SuperSpeed 3.5" SATA HDD External Enclosure - USB 3.0 [HD6-SU3-BK]. It has the VIA VL700 - Super-Speed USB 3.0 to SATA controller which is supposed to support 3TB ...
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How to troubleshoot slow USB2.0

I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit and writing to a USB 2.0 device is very slow. I have two USB hard drives and two USB keys that I've tried. I've tried using nautilus drag and drop, cp, and rsync ...
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Move system to VirtualBox

I have HDD with Windows 7 on one of the partintions which was installed previously on the same machine, connected to the laptop via the USB. Previously the system was booted from this HDD using grub ...
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Gnome Nautilus - USB automount not working

Nautilus does not show my USB devices in its Devices pane. Nor does it mount them automatically. Looking at the syslog, I can see that kernel registers the event when I mount a device. Obviously, ...
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USB Drive not mounting

I am 90 % sure the drive is fine :-( - Was copying data from it yesterday. Lent the drive from a mate to copy data, now it can't be found, plugging in and out no change - AAAHHH he is going to KILL ...
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How do I mount a Motorola Droid Bionic?

I have 11.10 running on a virtual machine on my MacBook Pro. I tried to connect my Motorola Droid Bionic via USB, but Ubuntu is not finding it (or I cannot find the mounted device). I am new to ...

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