*sigh* I guess I'm going mobile

[Tyson Sawyer]

On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 9:47 AM, Bruce Dawson <jbd at codemeta.com> wrote:
> 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:
>
> Media Device (MTP)
> Camera (PTP)

This is because some new phones don't have a separate SD card and also
don't have partitioned storage.  USB mass storage only works on a
configuration that permits the phone to unmount the device before
allowing the PC access to it.  New phones with only a single partition
can't do that.

My solution is "dropbear" ssh server and sshfs.  Once set up, nautilus
can use an sftp:// URL to access data on the phone.  An other solution
is "wifi file explorer".

Cheers!
Ty

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Tyson D Sawyer

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