Hello Ken and Gary -- ken wrote:
> On 01/24/2017 02:38 PM, Gary Dale wrote: >> I'm running stretch/AMD64 and I'm having extreme problems accessing my >> Samsung S5 phone from my Plasma5 desktop. >> >> When I plug the phone in, I get the notification with 2 suggested >> actions. They both read "Open with File Manager" but the first one >> opens Dolphin with "camera:..." while the second opens Dolphin with >> "mtp:..." in the location bar. When I actually try to navigate to the >> folder with my photos, I get a notification on the phone telling me a >> device is attempting mtp access... When I click "Allow", I get another >> notification pop-up on my desktop with the same two options... >> >> When I actually try to access the photos, I frequently get "process >> died" or "I/O error" messages, although sometimes I can actually see a >> photo (not just the file names) - persistence pays off. Moreover the >> phone will lock when connected, even if a file transfer is underway. >> This kills the transfer. >> >> To make matters worse, I have photos and videos that I have taken >> which show up in the Gallery on the phone and which I can view on the >> phone and see when I remove the SD card and read it directly but which >> don't show up in Dolphin. >> >> Clearly this is not the way the process is supposed to work. I can >> understand the phone requesting a verification for the connection, but >> everything on the desktop side seems wrong: >> - the two actions should be distinguishable by their description, >> - the process shouldn't die and if it does, it should relaunch, >> - the connection should block the phone from locking if locking will >> stop file transfers, >> - there should be a record of the error in a log somewhere. As it is, >> all I can find is a lot of systemd journal entries like "Jan 24 >> 14:01:33 transponder kernel: usb 4-5: usbfs: process 20598 (mtp.so) >> did not claim interface 0 before use" which seem to occur before the >> device is actually recognized. >> - all the photos should show up > > It sounds like you want to offload files from your android. For a few > years now I've been using Software Data Cable to do this, free app, no > cable needed. Launch the app and it sets up an ftp server on the > phone. Then from my laptop I log in, navigate, up- and download files. > When done, I shut down the ftp server on the phone. Easy-squeezy. Ken: Thanks for the tip -- I'm going to give it a try, Gary: I'm using KDE Connect right now. Install the app[1] on your phone (I have an S4) and the software[2] on your computer (I'm using jessie, but I see that there is a newer version available for stretch). It works well and is easy to use. Robert [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp [2] https://packages.debian.org/stretch/kdeconnect
