On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 06:35:57PM +0200, Siard wrote: > Anubhav Yadav: > > Chris Bannister: > > > Can't you just treat it as a normal USB stick? > > > e.g. > > > Plug it in > > > select connect to PC on phone. > > > then > > > # mount /dev/sdb /mnt > > > (get some error msgs) > > > > It gives me this no medium found on /dev/sdb > > > > > then > > > # mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt > > > > and this gives me special device /dev/sdb1 does not exist > > MTP was introduced in Android 3, for certain reasons. > Android 2.x still works with normal USB. > MTP was invented by Microsoft, so it only works directly in Windows. > For both Linux and OSX, a program is needed to transfer files via MTP. > For Debian there is gmtp, which is easiest. There's also mtp-tools, > requiring more study. > > But there are other ways to transfer files that may work better. > You can install AirDroid in Android. It requires both PC and device to > have a WiFi connection. > Or you can use Software Data Cable in Android, that also works when > the PC has a wired ethernet connection.
Thanks for this. That explains a few points of confusion (at least on my part.) -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130905064039.GC31949@tal
