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authorChristian Cleberg <hello@cleberg.net>2024-04-29 14:18:55 -0500
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-I recently ran into trouble attempting to mount my GrapheneOS phone to
-my laptop running Fedora Linux via the [Media Transfer
-Protocol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_transfer_protocol) (MTP)
-and discovered a simple and effective solution.
+I recently ran into trouble attempting to mount my GrapheneOS phone to my laptop
+running Fedora Linux via the [Media Transfer
+Protocol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_transfer_protocol) (MTP) and
+discovered a simple and effective solution.
# Use a USB 3.0 Port
-First, ensure that the device was plugged in to the laptop through a USB
-3.0 port, if possible. From a brief glance online, it seems that USB 2.0
-ports may cause issues with dropped connections over MTP. This is purely
-anecdotal since I don\'t have any evidence to link showing that USB 2.0
-causes issues, but I can confirm that switching to a USB 3.0 port seemed
-to cut out most of my issues.
+First, ensure that the device was plugged in to the laptop through a USB 3.0
+port, if possible. From a brief glance online, it seems that USB 2.0 ports may
+cause issues with dropped connections over MTP. This is purely anecdotal since I
+don't have any evidence to link showing that USB 2.0 causes issues, but I can
+confirm that switching to a USB 3.0 port seemed to cut out most of my issues.
# Switch USB Preferences to MTP
-Secondly, you need to ensure that the phone\'s USB preferences/mode is
-changed to MTP or File Transfer once the phone is plugged in. Other
-modes will not allow you to access the phone\'s file system.
+Secondly, you need to ensure that the phone's USB preferences/mode is changed
+to MTP or File Transfer once the phone is plugged in. Other modes will not allow
+you to access the phone's file system.
# Install `jmtpfs`
-Next, I used the `jmtpfs` package to mount my phone to my
-laptop. There are other packages that exist, but this one worked
-perfectly for me. On Fedora Linux, you can install it like this:
+Next, I used the `jmtpfs` package to mount my phone to my laptop. There are
+other packages that exist, but this one worked perfectly for me. On Fedora
+Linux, you can install it like this:
```sh
sudo dnf install jmtpfs -y
@@ -37,19 +36,18 @@ sudo dnf install jmtpfs -y
# Create a Mount Point
-Once you have the package installed, you just need to create a folder
-for the device to use as a mount point. In my case, I used
-`/mnt/pixel`:
+Once you have the package installed, you just need to create a folder for the
+device to use as a mount point. In my case, I used `/mnt/pixel`:
```sh
sudo mkdir /mnt/pixel
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /mnt/pixel
```
-# Mount & Access the Phone\'s File System
+# Mount & Access the Phone's File System
-Finally, plug-in and mount the device, and you should be able to see all
-storage (internal and external) inside your new folder!
+Finally, plug-in and mount the device, and you should be able to see all storage
+(internal and external) inside your new folder!
```sh
jmtpfs /mnt/pixel
@@ -62,16 +60,15 @@ Device 0 (VID=18d1 and PID=4ee1) is a Google Inc Nexus/Pixel (MTP).
Android device detected, assigning default bug flags
```
-Now you are mounted and can do anything you\'d like with the device\'s
-files:
+Now you are mounted and can do anything you'd like with the device's files:
```sh
cd /mnt/pixel
ls -lha
```
-From here, you will be able to see any internal or external storage
-available on the device:
+From here, you will be able to see any internal or external storage available on
+the device:
```sh
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