My Meizu MX4 Ubuntu edition arrived this week and I'm figuring out how to use it. One big problem is that I can't get USB access to copy data, either as a USB drive or using adb. My computer is a MacBook running Yosemite, I also have a Raspberry Pi running Ubuntu Trusty. When I plug the phone into the MacBook there's a bunch of stuff in the phone's dmesg:
[102352.913708] musb-hdrc musb-hdrc: <== Power=f1, DevCtl=99, int_usb=0x4
[102352.913731] musb-hdrc musb-hdrc: BUS RESET as b_peripheral
[102352.913784] [U3D][U2 RESET_INTR]
[102352.913791] [U3D]USB Speed = High Speed
[102353.215731] mtp_open
[102353.253474] mtp_release
[102353.253498] mtp_release, line 1846: _mtp_dev->dev_disconnected = 1
[102353.332582] mtp_open
[102353.356133] mtp_release
[102353.356156] mtp_release, line 1846: _mtp_dev->dev_disconnected = 1
[102353.432300] mtp_open
[102353.450624] mtp_release
[102353.450647] mtp_release, line 1846: _mtp_dev->dev_disconnected = 1
[102353.518418] mtp_open
[102353.540273] mtp_release
[102353.540295] mtp_release, line 1846: _mtp_dev->dev_disconnected = 1
[102353.602370] mtp_open
[102353.623471] mtp_release
[102353.623495] mtp_release, line 1846: _mtp_dev->dev_disconnected = 1
[102353.663670] android_usb gadget: high-speed config #1: android
[102353.663691] mtp_function_set_alt intf: 0 alt: 0
[102353.733945] mtp_open
But there's nothing at all in the MacBook's dmesg. If I insert a normal USB stick the MacBook shows something like:
USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): C86000BDB9EACEB1BA2F8CAD 0x930 0x6544 0x100, 2
If I plug into the Raspberry Pi dmesg shows:
[ 8931.487843] usb 1-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 10 using dwc_otg
[ 8931.577504] usb 1-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=2a45, idProduct=0c02
[ 8931.577529] usb 1-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=4
[ 8931.577546] usb 1-1.3: Product: MX4_Ubuntu_Edition
[ 8931.577561] usb 1-1.3: Manufacturer: meizu
[ 8931.577576] usb 1-1.3: SerialNumber: 750ABLMPX44Y
I can then use lsusb to get more information:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bda:8176 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188CUS 802.11n WLAN Adapter
Bus 001 Device 010: ID 2a45:0c02
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMSC9512/9514 Fast Ethernet Adapter
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9514 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
lsusb doesn't know who "2a45" is even though dmesg apparently does. Following the suggestion of @Maarten Klop I added 0x2a45 to ~/.android/adb and adb now shows:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ adb devices
List of devices attached
???????????? no permissions
I can't put or get files and I can't get a shell because of a lack of permissions.
On the MacBook, if I use Android Device Monitor, I see a listing under Devices for "mx4_ubuntu_edition-750ABLMPX44Y". But again I can't get access to any files, logs, or do anything useful.