From 2be43cc479dfd4cfb621f14381330c708291e324 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Cleberg Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2024 19:46:20 -0500 Subject: conversion from Zola to Weblorg --- content/blog/2022-10-04-mtp-linux.md | 78 ------------------------------------ 1 file changed, 78 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 content/blog/2022-10-04-mtp-linux.md (limited to 'content/blog/2022-10-04-mtp-linux.md') 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 7d4fd41..0000000 --- a/content/blog/2022-10-04-mtp-linux.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,78 +0,0 @@ -+++ -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' -``` -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2