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Re: Android phone access in Dolphin does not work

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On 28/01/17 09:08 AM, RLewis wrote:
> Hello Ken and Gary --
>
> ken wrote:
>
>> 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.
> Ken:  Thanks for the tip -- I'm going to give it a try,
>
> Gary:  I'm using KDE Connect right now.  Install the app[1] on your phone (I
> have an S4) and the software[2] on your computer (I'm using jessie, but I
> see that there is a newer version available for stretch).  It works well and
> is easy to use.
>
> Robert
>
> [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp
> [2] https://packages.debian.org/stretch/kdeconnect
>
I went to install kdeconnect on my desktop but it was already installed. 
I installed the app on my phone but it can't see anything to connect to.

I reinstalled kdeconnect on my desktop but still nothing, whether the 
phone is connected to USB or just attached wirelessly. Any ideas on 
what's going wrong?

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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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