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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."
+++
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'
```
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