Moto X is not recognized on Ubuntu 14.04

Question

Ubuntu won't recognize my phone. It isn't even listed in lsusb output:
darlan@HTPC ~ $ lsusb Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 045e:0745 Microsoft Corp. Nano Transceiver v1.0 for Bluetooth Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Tried adding a rule to udev, with no success, as follows
darlan@HTPC ~ $ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="22b8", MODE="0666"

Using adb tools with root permission also doesn't work
darlan@HTPC ~/dev/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20140321/sdk/platform-tools $ sudo ./adb devices List of devices attached

Could anyone shed some light on the matter? My kernel version is 3.13.0-24-generic, and I would gladly provide more information.

Thanks

Answer 1

Yes. Please read the 3rd point in the Setting up a device for development.

http://developer.android.com/tools/device.html#setting-up

That worked in my case.

Answer 2

Suffered the same problem a while back. The solution is you need to install mtp tools. Try this, i am pretty sure this will work fine:-

sudo apt-get install mtp-tools mtpfs

Then, make sure the when u plug in ur phone, MTP mode is enabled

Answer 3

I guess you have the developer options turned on. Once you turn that off there is a chance that your phone will be detected on Ubuntu. I don't why that happens, but that was the issue with my phone. I had two Moto E phones and one of them was detected on my Xubuntu while the other doesn't. And that's how i came across this. Also i do have the vendor ID in 51 rules file.

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="22b8", MODE="0666",

OS: Xubuntu 14.04 3.18 rc4 Kernel.