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Re: How do I read pictures from my Gusto 3 cell phone?

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Robert Heller wrote on 05. April 2015:
>
> At Sun, 05 Apr 2015 16:20:28 -0400 Andreas Kohlbach <apr15.7.ankman@spamgourmet.net> wrote:
>
>> Do you use the Nautilus file browser? I think it's for Gnome but should
>> work with XFCE too. When started the new device should show in the left
>> pane of it.
>> 
>> If not, type
>> 
>> mount
>> 
>> in a shell and see if it shows up there. If not there is a problem with
>> USB and mounting devices.
>
> The OP can also look to see what (if anything) shows up under /dev/sd* and/or
> look in his syslog to see what USB device mumblings are there. *IF* the phone
> is presenting some sort of access to its USB disk it will show up there. Note:
> since it is not possible to mount a disk *twice*, the phone either has to
> create a 'fake' USB disk (and provide something a nfsd-ish server logic) or
> shut itself down when the USB cable is jacked in (not likely for a *phone*,
> but it is what low-end cameras and mp3 players do when they present themselves
> as a USB disk). 

Another option could be to access the phone's Linux directly, using adb
(Android Debug Bridge) on the PC's Linux. That way he can log in into the
Samsung, getting a shell on the Linux running on it. Or use "push" and
"pull" to transfer files in either direction.
-- 
Andreas

I use a Unix based operating system, which means I get laid almost as often as I
have to reboot my computer.

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How do I read pictures from my Gusto 3 cell phone? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2015-04-04 17:43 -0700
  Re: How do I read pictures from my Gusto 3 cell phone? Andreas Kohlbach <apr15.7.ankman@spamgourmet.net> - 2015-04-05 16:20 -0400
    Re: How do I read pictures from my Gusto 3 cell phone? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2015-04-05 18:35 -0500
      Re: How do I read pictures from my Gusto 3 cell phone? Andreas Kohlbach <apr15.7.ankman@spamgourmet.net> - 2015-04-06 17:38 -0400
      Re: How do I read pictures from my Gusto 3 cell phone? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2015-04-06 17:09 -0700
        Re: How do I read pictures from my Gusto 3 cell phone? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2015-04-06 17:37 -0700
          Re: How do I read pictures from my Gusto 3 cell phone? dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> - 2015-04-07 18:23 +0200
            Re: How do I read pictures from my Gusto 3 cell phone? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2015-04-07 11:22 -0700
              Re: How do I read pictures from my Gusto 3 cell phone? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2015-04-07 11:28 -0700
            Re: How do I read pictures from my Gusto 3 cell phone? Andreas Kohlbach <apr15.7.ankman@spamgourmet.net> - 2015-04-07 16:42 -0400
  Re: How do I read pictures from my Gusto 3 cell phone? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2015-04-08 11:07 -0700

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