Re: [Hampshire] How to connect Android phone to Debian system

[Peter Alefounder via Hampshire]

Tim said:
> https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/n2skx6/connecting_android_phone/

No help there, I'm afraid.

James Dutton said:
> When I plug the phone into the usb port, the phone asks "Allow access to
> phone data".
> Deny / Allow

Something like that is mentioned on the web. My phone doesn't do
that.

I have a reply from Motorola. They say:
> There is no particular process for transferring files via linux, as for 
> compatibility purposes the phone reports itself as a standard USB drive to 
> all 
> operating systems. The fact that your OS is giving you MTP related panics 
> shows 
> that the phone's USB mode selection is working, and that the issue lays with 
> your operating system. 
> 
> I would advise troubleshooting your Debian installation. However, 
> unfortunately 
> we cannot offer any assistance with this. I wish you the best of luck!

It may be that I will have to take the phone and the files on a memory
stick to a public library and use a Windows computer there.

Peter Alefounder.


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Re: [Hampshire] How to connect Android phone to Debian system

[Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire]

On Mon, 1 May 2023, at 13:02, Peter Alefounder via Hampshire wrote:
> It may be that I will have to take the phone and the files on a memory
> stick to a public library and use a Windows computer there.

If the goal is to get some files on or off the phone, there are also options to 
transfer files over the air rather than through a USB connection. I've tried 
Warpinator:

https://flathub.org/en-GB/apps/org.x.Warpinator
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=slowscript.warpinator

And Warp + Wormhole:

GUI: https://flathub.org/en-GB/apps/app.drey.Warp
CLI: https://magic-wormhole.readthedocs.io/en/latest/welcome.html
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.heili.wormhole

Warpinator needs to be running on both ends and discover itself before you can 
send files. Wormhole lets you share and then launch the receiver, but the 
Android app only seems to be able to send one file at a time.

If the files are small enough and you already have an account, the low effort 
way is probably to put them in Google Drive, Dropbox or OneDrive, and download 
them at the other end.

XKCD hit the nail on the head, as always: https://xkcd.com/949/

Best wishes,
Thomas

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