Hi Nat, i'm not a big fan of "install this software" solutions. No offence if you wrote LocalSend, I'm just paranoid like that. I DM'd Dick to adjust his developer options USB settings, but he didn't say if it worked. My phone is ancient. :-) -gbk
On Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 2:22 PM Nat Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > LocalSend is a great way to share files between all devices. There are > Linux, Android, iOS, Windows and OSX versions. > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2026 at 9:11 AM George <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have to assume you're trying to 'mount' the phone as a drive or access > a > > daemon on the phone for communication (like you would ssh into another > > machine). Android has a system that says 'Linux machine X s trying to > > access me, is that ok?'. If your phone isn't prompting you, then the > > computer isn't granted access. 1st question 'does it work on another > phone > > or USB thumb drive?'. This will tell you if the is on the phone or on the > > computer. > > > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 8:56 AM Dick Steffens <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > I've done this before, but the process is escaping me. > > > > > > I've plugged a USB cable into the phone and the computer. > > > On the computer I can see a window with "SAMSUNG Android" on the left > > > column. > > > I click on it, but nothing happens. > > > My recollection is that a permission request used to appear on the > > > phone. I get nothing. > > > > > > What am I forgetting? > > > > > > -- > > > Regards, > > > > > > Dick Steffens > > > > > >
