Files <-> Samsung Galaxy S4

[Tom Buskey]

There are some file server apps for android.  Mount the andoid share on
Linux and run Unison between the share and your music.  2 way syncing.  You
might be able to do something with sshfs and an sftp server on the phone as
well.

If you can always be on a network, mpd server on linux with your music and
a player on the android.  I do this with my tablet.


On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 9:14 AM, Greg Kettmann <greg at kettmann.com> wrote:

> I have an S4, also for work.  I use ES File Explorer File Manager. It's
> a file browser to see all the files on my phone.  It also supports the
> network so, when I'm home, I can also look at the LAN, and my local file
> shares, and move or copy files around.  Not an automatic procedure but
> very effective.  Not dissimilar to Astro File Manager, also suggested,
> but I've had better luck with ES File Explorer.
>
> Greg
>
> On 3/25/2014 11:50 PM, Ben Scott wrote:
> >    Work has provided me with a new handheld computer, a Galaxy S4, made
> > by Samsung.  It runs Android 4.3 plus whatever unspeakable horrors
> > Samsung and Verizon have inflicted upon it.  There's a microSD flash
> > memory card mounted inside, and I'd like to be able to copy files to
> > and from it, from my Linux home desktop.  This is proving unreasonably
> > hard.
> >
> >    Aside from coping general documents, photos, etc., back and forth, I
> > have a large collection of MP3 files on my desktop that I want to keep
> > in sync on my handheld -- adds, changes, *and* deletes.  rsync does a
> > fine job of this on a filesystem.  My previous handhelds let me plug
> > in the USB cable and access the mem card as a USB Mass Storage Class
> > (MSC) device.  In other words, like a disk drive.  Block device
> > appeared, I mounted it, I did filesystem things, I unmounted it, done.
> >   Apparently that's not an option for this device.
> >
> >    Difficulty: I can't root the device.  Corporate policy.  Whatever I
> > do has to play by the rules.  Apps are generally OK, but not apps that
> > attempt to circumvent security mechanisms.
> >
> >    It appears the Galaxy really wants to speak MTP (Media Transfer
> > Protocol).  I've been playing with MTP stuff on Linux.  My desktop is
> > running Debian 7.4 "wheezy", kernel 3.2.0-4 package version 3.2.54-2.
> >
> >    There's some issue that causes libmtp to hang for 20-30 seconds
> > whenever it opens the device.  That's maddeningly irritating at best.
> > If you're wanting to run a bunch of commands in sequence, it's
> > basically a showstopper.
> >
> >    I've played around with the mtp-tools package from Debian (package
> > version 1.1.3-35-g0ece104-5).  It lacks a command to create
> > directories.  It can't transfer more than one file at a time (see
> > "showstopper", above).  The commands lack any documentation or help.
> > I think they're actually just example skeletons from the libmtp
> > sources that were packaged up and passed off as utilities.  :-p
> >
> >    I tried the mtpfs FUSE filesystem (1.1, built from source).  I found
> > it couldn't create directories.  That's a problem if I want to
> > replicate a directory tree (see MP3 collection, above).
> >
> >    I tried gmtp (pkg ver 1.3.3-1).  It suffers from the libmtp hang
> > issue, but at least once it's connects is responsive.  It can create
> > directories.  But it can only transfer files in one directory at a
> > time.  (Ibid.)
> >
> >    I could, of course, take the mem card out of the handheld, plug it
> > into my desktop's card reader, and do the I/O that way.  Problem there
> > is, I've got a fancy sealed protective case for the handheld.  Opening
> > it repeatedly is bad for it.  And annoying.  And exposes the handheld
> > to damage.
> >
> >     I've seen some suggestions of using "cloud" storage, like Dropbox
> > or Google Music, etc.  It seems silly to have to send many gigabytes
> > out my netfeed only to have to immediately download it again, on the
> > same feed, just to copy between devices which are six inches apart and
> > connected via USB cable.
> >
> >    Anyone got a better idea?  Bluetooth?  Wifi?  Floppy disk?
> >
> > -- Ben
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