Re: Accessing Files on Android Device With Linux

On 2024-09-23 01:59, tb wrote:

I have an ASUS Zenfone Max Plus 1 with Android 8.1.0.
I also have MX Linux 21.3 on a PC.
With the PC I am trying to access the folder in the phone where pictures are stored.  So I plugged the phone using a USB cable into a port of my PC but nothing happened.
I used my PC's File Manager to see if the phone would show up as a plugged in device but it did not.
Is it even possible to access files on an Android device using Linux?  I would think so since Android is a derivative of Linux, but one never knows...

Basically you have to tell Android to share files via USB cable. Normally the phone will ask on plugin what for you want to use the USB connection. Power, share photos, share files. You have to tap one of the two later options. This activates MTP protocol.
     On ancient Android a different method was used, the
     filesystem was disconnected from Android and the
     computer saw a normal USB filesystem.
Once MTP is activated, the desktop will see the phone files, using the graphical file browser: Nautilus, Thunar, Dolphin... or the CLI.
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Cheers, Carlos.