Hi All, I'm coming here late but I believe Android is an MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) device which is supported by FUSE-based filesystems like jmtpfs. The command I use for accessing my phone is jmtpfs ~/mnt/mtp after setting my phone to "Transfer Files". I use ~/mnt/mtp as the mountpoint under my user home due to permissions and can simply unmount it later from the GUI or use fusermount -u ~/mnt/mtp to unmount.
I have this command set to a bash alias but I'm sure you can write a udev rule or something (I'm just not sure how to do that myself). This works on XFCE with a FUSE supported kernel (I'm using a custom one for my Thinkpad X13). Hope this helps! Cheers! Health and Peace, Elaina Jones Jul 30, 2026, 21:06 by [email protected]: > I did not write LocalSend, but it's open source, here's the source code: > https://github.com/localsend/localsend > To check if your software is up to date on Xubuntu run: sudo apt update && > sudo apt upgrade > I would tend to agree with George about developer usb settings, and there > is also something in there about MTP mode? I think if you swipe down on > your phone and look for the USB Connection notification and tap on it for > options you'll find it in there. Maybe one of the other modes would work > better if MTP doesn't work. > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2026 at 3:29 PM Dick Steffens <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 7/30/26 14:42, George wrote: >> > 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 >> >> I took my phone in to the TCI store and the guy took one look at my >> Lenovo X200 laptop and concluded that my software must be out of date, >> based on what he saw as an "old" machine. I'm pretty sure I'm up to date >> with Xubuntu. What do I need to check to be certain? >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Dick Steffens >>
