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I Cannot Connect Samsung Android Phone to Ubuntu 16.04. The error says:

"Couldn't find matching UDEV adev device."

The phone will mount but you get an error trying to copy any files.

Samsung pops up a message saying install Kies.

Following instructions I found on Stack Overflow for Ubuntu 140.4 I installed mtpfs libmtp. But that did not help.

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  • What did you install? i have a fresh ubuntu 16. phones just charges when i connect USB. android samsumg galaxy j700.
    – tgkprog
    Jun 19, 2016 at 20:05
  • did not install anything. As I noted below it just started working, but I did not change anything. Maybe Ubuntu or Samsung pushed out an update?
    – Walker Rowe
    Jun 20, 2016 at 20:34
  • ah I see, nice, i will try update too
    – tgkprog
    Jun 20, 2016 at 21:17

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For Android devices that use Android 4.4 or higher, the correct setting on the device's USB connections menu is MTP. Use that one for file transfers but it's essential that you unmount the phone before disconnecting the USB cable when you're finished.

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This works now so Ubuntu must have pushed an update. It works now on two different laptop models and did not work before. So that must be the case.

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