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Re: Android phone access in Dolphin does not work

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On 01/24/2017 02:38 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
> I'm running stretch/AMD64 and I'm having extreme problems accessing my 
> Samsung S5 phone from my Plasma5 desktop.
>
> When I plug the phone in, I get the notification with 2 suggested 
> actions. They both read "Open with File Manager" but the first one 
> opens Dolphin with "camera:..." while the second opens Dolphin with 
> "mtp:..." in the location bar. When I actually try to navigate to the 
> folder with my photos, I get a notification on the phone telling me a 
> device is attempting mtp access... When I click "Allow", I get another 
> notification pop-up on my desktop with the same two options...
>
> When I actually try to access the photos, I frequently get "process 
> died" or "I/O error" messages, although sometimes I can actually see a 
> photo (not just the file names) - persistence pays off. Moreover the 
> phone will lock when connected, even if a file transfer is underway. 
> This kills the transfer.
>
> To make matters worse, I have photos and videos that I have taken 
> which show up in the Gallery on the phone and which I can view on the 
> phone and see when I remove the SD card and read it directly but which 
> don't show up in Dolphin.
>
> Clearly this is not the way the process is supposed to work. I can 
> understand the phone requesting a verification for the connection, but 
> everything on the desktop side seems wrong:
> - the two actions should be distinguishable by their description,
> - the process shouldn't die and if it does, it should relaunch,
> - the connection should block the phone from locking if locking will 
> stop file transfers,
> - there should be a record of the error in a log somewhere. As it is, 
> all I can find is a lot of systemd journal entries like "Jan 24 
> 14:01:33 transponder kernel: usb 4-5: usbfs: process 20598 (mtp.so) 
> did not claim interface 0 before use" which seem to occur before the 
> device is actually recognized.
> - all the photos should show up

It sounds like you want to offload files from your android.  For a few 
years now I've been using Software Data Cable to do this, free app, no 
cable needed.  Launch the app and it sets up an ftp server on the 
phone.  Then from my laptop I log in, navigate, up- and download files.  
When done, I shut down the ftp server on the phone.  Easy-squeezy.

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Android phone access in Dolphin does not work Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net> - 2017-01-24 20:50 +0100
  Re: Android phone access in Dolphin does not work ken <gebser@mousecar.com> - 2017-01-25 19:00 +0100
    Re: Android phone access in Dolphin does not work Tony Baldwin <tonybaldwin@gmx.com> - 2017-01-25 19:30 +0100
      Re: Android phone access in Dolphin does not work Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net> - 2017-01-27 05:50 +0100
        Re: Android phone access in Dolphin does not work deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-01-27 08:50 +0100
        Re: Android phone access in Dolphin does not work ken <gebser@mousecar.com> - 2017-02-02 21:40 +0100
          Re: Android phone access in Dolphin does not work Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2017-02-02 22:10 +0100
    Re: Android phone access in Dolphin does not work RLewis <lewis.r0516@rogers.com> - 2017-01-28 17:40 +0100
      Re: Android phone access in Dolphin does not work Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net> - 2017-02-02 03:00 +0100
        Re: Android phone access in Dolphin does not work RLewis <lewis.r0516@rogers.com> - 2017-02-02 14:10 +0100
          Re: Android phone access in Dolphin does not work Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net> - 2017-02-03 05:50 +0100
            Re: Android phone access in Dolphin does not work RLewis <lewis.r0516@rogers.com> - 2017-02-03 23:00 +0100
              Re: Android phone access in Dolphin does not work Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net> - 2017-02-07 06:30 +0100
                Re: Android phone access in Dolphin does not work RLewis <lewis.r0516@rogers.com> - 2017-02-08 04:20 +0100

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