Connecting Mint to an Android device
I recently got myself a Samsung Galaxy Trend Plus mobile phone.
I also bought a 32Gb microSD card with a view to storing some sound files. However, on connecting the device to my laptop I discovered that though I could see and read files on the SD card, I was unable to transfer files onto it. The only way to load files to the SD card was to physically remove the card and plug it into the laptop using a card adaptor, which was messy and tedious.
There is a solution however, and that is to install gMTP.
First run the following –
sudo apt-get install libmtp-common libmtp-dev libmtp-runtime libmtp9 mtp-tools gmtp python-pymtp
Then this –
sudo apt-get install libusb-dev
You should now see gMTP available on the main Menu (under All Applications).
Connect the phone and run the programme. Click "Connect". In the event it says that no RAW devices are found, just wait a few seconds for it to detect the phone.
Once connected you will be presented with an drop-down option of connecting to the phone or the card.
Files can now be transferred as normal.
Thanks for the information. I may repost this on Google+ since it will probably help others using Linux Mint encountering the same problem.For myself, if I ever decide to shell out around $140 per month for a cell plan that's actually worth anything that also includes one of these new Samsung smart phone thingies……I'll keep this post in mind. 😉
Handy little app R. Just installed and tested fine on Moto G3 stock android. The default Mint file manager (64bit Cinnamon) also allowed me to transfer files to the SD card so maybe only confined to a Samsung thing?
Anyways, let’s see if this comment gets through after your recent changes.
Ah, just noticed the date on the post – nearly two years ago, so prob around the time of Mint 17. My test was on 18.1 so maybe irrelevant?