*sigh* I guess I'm going mobile

[Bruce Dawson]

It is a "new thing" - I'm running a Nexus 4 with 4.2.2; kernel 3.4.0-...

When I plug in the USB, I'm given two "Connect As" choices:

 1. Media Device (MTP)
 2. Camera (PTP)

The PTP is supposedly for "older systems".

Unfortunately, my Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) system needs non-default software
to use either method. And the bluetooth method only lets me send files
to the device!

Rather frustrating - I'm pretty sure the average user would not be able
to figure this stuff out unless they were using a windows system or a Mac.

--Bruce

On 06/14/2013 07:57 AM, Curt Howland wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 7:14 AM, Bruce Dawson <jbd at codemeta.com> wrote:
>> The latest Androids seem to require MTP(?) to transfer files between it
>> and a remote system. Some do the connection only over bluetooth, some
>> over the USB cable.
> Must be a new thing.
>
> I got an Android last year, version says "4.0.4". When I plug in USB
> it asks "Charge only, Mass Storage, Transfer Files".
>
> When I pick "Mass Storage", the memory card shows up as an external drive.
>
> Your mileage may vary, I guess.
>
> Curt-

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