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libmtp package

mtp + htc phone only partially functional

Bug #1183658 reported by adam jvok
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Bug Description

Trying to use an HTC One-X phone with my Ubuntu 13.04 system and having some issues.

Plug phone in via usb, I get either:
"Unable to mount android phone. Couldn't find matching udev device."
or
"Unable to mount android phone. Unable to open MTP device '[usb:003,005]'"
But then get a 'Files' window showing an icon for 'Internal Storage'.

'df' shows:
none                              4         0         4   0% /sys/fs/cgroup

ls -al /sys/fs/cgroup
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 40 May 23 09:26 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root  0 May 23 09:26 ..

In 'Files' I can:
- navigate the drive,
- create folders.
- copy files and folders to/from other places on my PC.
- delete files.

I can not:
- create files (get 'operation not supported by backend')
- open files (have to copy pictures to my pc to view them).

The biggest issue is not being able to open files directly (have to copy them first).

I guess that this procedure ( http://bernaerts.dyndns.org/linux/268-ubuntu-automount-any-mtp-device) would solve my problem, but I would rather not do this if there is another more simple solution. Non technical people just wouldn't do this. I would expect to be able to plug in a phone and access its files as per normal, without this messing about.

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adam jvok (ajvok1)
affects: ubuntu → libmtp (Ubuntu)
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in libmtp (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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e64462 (nhdaimyo) wrote :

I have the same problem described in the inital report, but I've noticed a partial solution. I have an htc one (not the one X).

For me, the files I'm attempting to transfer to my phone are located on a network computer. When attempting to copy and paste the files directly from the other computer to a directory on my phone (using nautilus), I got the "not supported by backend" error. The network computer is connected via ssh and the "Connect to server" feature on nautilus.

I then noticed that if I first transferred the files to the computer physically connected by cable to my phone, and then from that computer to the phone that I received no error. I confirmed this behavior with 3 separate file transfers.

My suggestion to others is to try placing the source file that you wish to copy in a different location (a separate partition, perhaps the root partition, etc).

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Phil Norisez (norisezp) wrote :

I seem to be having a similar problem mounting a DROID RAZR MAXX HD on Ubuntu 12.04LTS. Rather than submitting my own bug report, I have decided to join this one, hoping that sheer volume of complaints might force the issue into a higher priority bracket. Background information on what I have tried can be found in Launchpad Question 279679 and its links and references.

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