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diff --git a/content/blog/2022-10-04-mtp-linux.md b/content/blog/2022-10-04-mtp-linux.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..03ba991 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2022-10-04-mtp-linux.md @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ ++++ +date = 2022-10-04 +title = "How to Mount an MTP Mobile Device on Fedora Linux" +description = "" +draft = false ++++ + +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' +``` |