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diff --git a/content/blog/2022-10-04-mtp-linux.md b/content/blog/2022-10-04-mtp-linux.md deleted file mode 100644 index 662704a..0000000 --- a/content/blog/2022-10-04-mtp-linux.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,80 +0,0 @@ -+++ -date = 2022-10-04 -title = "How to Mount an MTP Mobile Device on Fedora Linux" -description = "Learn how to mount an MTP mobile device on Fedora Linux." -+++ - -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' -``` |