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+#+date: <2022-10-04>
+#+title: How to Mount an MTP Mobile Device on Fedora Linux
+#+description: 
+
+
+I recently ran into trouble attempting to mount my GrapheneOS phone to
+my laptop running Fedora Linux via the
+[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_transfer_protocol][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.
+
+* 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.
+
+* 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:
+
+#+begin_src sh
+sudo dnf install jmtpfs -y
+#+end_src
+
+* 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=:
+
+#+begin_src sh
+sudo mkdir /mnt/pixel
+sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /mnt/pixel
+#+end_src
+
+* 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!
+
+#+begin_src sh
+jmtpfs /mnt/pixel
+#+end_src
+
+The output should look something like this:
+
+#+begin_src sh
+Device 0 (VID=18d1 and PID=4ee1) is a Google Inc Nexus/Pixel (MTP).
+Android device detected, assigning default bug flags
+#+end_src
+
+Now you are mounted and can do anything you'd like with the device's
+files:
+
+#+begin_src sh
+cd /mnt/pixel
+ls -lha
+#+end_src
+
+From here, you will be able to see any internal or external storage
+available on the device:
+
+#+begin_src sh
+total 0
+drwxr-xr-x.  3 user user  0 Jan  1  1970  .
+drwxr-xr-x.  1 root root 10 Oct  4 13:29  ..
+drwxr-xr-x. 16 user user  0 Apr 21  4426383 'Internal shared storage'
+#+end_src