PITA.  I used to be able to mount this very phone as a USB drive and RSYNC it 
for backup.  I can still drag and drop with the file manager, but I have to 
take the whole thing every time and can't just maintain an up-to-date copy with 
rsync.  

not all change is progress.  :/

On Thu, 19 Apr 2018 16:38:43 +0100
Mike Keehan <m...@keehan.net> wrote:

>On Sun, 15 Apr 2018 15:34:20 -0400
>Stuart Perkins <perkins.stu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have the following setup:
>> 
>> Qubes 3.2, xfce4 interface
>> sys-usb
>> 
>> I want to be able to connect my Android phone to a vm and rsync its
>> contents.  I can connect the phone and "qvm-usb -a" it to the VM, and
>> it appears available under the File Manager application as
>> "mtp://[usb:002,004]/" but I cannot locate a mount point to use for
>> rsync.  It does not appear under /run/user/[uid]/gvfs.  Any idea
>> where it mounts so I can use rsync to reference it?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance...
>> 
>> Stuart
>>   
>
>"mtp://" is the clue :)  mtp is a protocol for communication between a
>phone and a computer.  I don't think rsync supports mtp.
>
>(My old phone used to 'mount' OK when I connected it, but my new phone
>doesn't - it shows up as an mtp: device.)
>
>
>Mike.
>

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