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+date = 2022-10-04
+title = "How to Mount an MTP Mobile Device on Linux"
+description = "Learn how to easily mount Android MTP smartphones on Linux using the command line."
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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.
+
+## 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:
+
+```sh
+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`:
+
+```sh
+sudo mkdir /mnt/pixel
+sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /mnt/pixel
+```
+
+## 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!
+
+```sh
+jmtpfs /mnt/pixel
+```
+
+The output should look something like this:
+
+```sh
+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:
+
+```sh
+cd /mnt/pixel
+ls -lha
+```
+
+From here, you will be able to see any internal or external storage available on 
+the device:
+
+```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'
+```