Ubuntu
rhythmbox package

Rhythmbox does not recognize my Android device

Bug #702018 reported by Excedio
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Rhythmbox
Unknown
Medium
rhythmbox (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: rhythmbox

excedio@excedio-laptop:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04

excedio@excedio-laptop:~$ apt-cache policy packagename rhythmbox
rhythmbox:
  Installed: 0.12.8-0ubuntu7
  Candidate: 0.12.8-0ubuntu7
  Version table:
 *** 0.12.8-0ubuntu7 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.12.8-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages

When connecting my Android device (HTC DROID Incredible) to my laptop and then setting the phone to USB Mass Storage Rhythmbox does not my phone as a storage device. If I add an empty file to the root of my phone called .is_audio_player and then restart Rhythmbox, my phone will then be detected.

However, this is a workaround and not a true fix for the problem. Please let me know if there is something that I am missing. I do have the correct plugin in Rhythmbox enabled as well (Portable Players - MTP).

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

first could you try with rhythmbox 0.13.2 from this ppa https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/+archive/rhythmbox and see if the issue is still there. then we'll send the issue to gnome.

Changed in rhythmbox (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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Excedio (excedio-ubuntu) wrote :

I added the PPA on my 2nd PC and then ran:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get update

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
excedio@excedio-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get -s install rhythmbox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
rhythmbox is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
excedio@excedio-desktop:~$

excedio@excedio-desktop:~$ apt-cache policy packagename rhythmbox
rhythmbox:
  Installed: 0.13.1-0ubuntu2~webupd8~lucid
  Candidate: 0.13.1-0ubuntu2~webupd8~lucid
  Version table:
 *** 0.13.1-0ubuntu2~webupd8~lucid 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/rhythmbox/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.12.8-0ubuntu7 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
     0.12.8-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages

excedio@excedio-desktop:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04

I will try this on my laptop as well and post back my results. With the current version of Rhythmbox that I have installed on my desktop, my Android device is still not being recognized.

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments at: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=639414

Changed in rhythmbox (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Triaged
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Excedio (excedio-ubuntu) wrote :

Bug has been pushed again. New bug submitted here:

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33058

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in rhythmbox:
importance: Unknown → Medium
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