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Author: Adam John Trickett via Hampshire
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] How to connect Android phone to Debian system
On Thursday 27 April 2023 13:38:19 CEST Peter Alefounder via Hampshire wrote:
> I have a computer running Debian 11 and a new phone with Android
> 13. How do I access the Android file system from the computer via
> USB? A web search suggests MTP, but I have not been able to get
> that to work. I can use tethering via USB, so there is nothing
> wrong the connection.


I gather it depends on the generation of the phone and what the vendor felt
like. It's very hit and miss. The KDE Connect never worked with a work Samsung
phone I had, nor did a USB cable. My more basic Moto G5 and my current Moto
G82 both connect with the KDE Connect app, but it's not 100% reliable. The USB
connection also worked on both of them out of the box...

(sorry for being a bit late to reply)

> I have go-mtpfs, lib-mtp-common, lib-mtp-runtime and libmtp9
> installed.
>
> If I plug in the phone it is recognised as a Portable Media Player,
> moto g23, but selecting "Browse Files with File Manager" just gives
> a small window with the title "Er..ec ?" containing a red dialog
> box with a large X, the text /moto 23, and an OK button.
>
> Selecting "View Photos with File Manager" produces a similar small
> window except the title is "Erro...Exec ?" and the text is "Unknown
> error Bad Parameters"


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Adam Trickett
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