Linux with Android MTP

[Shlomo Solomon]

On Mon, 09 Dec 2013 23:24:47 +0200
Diego Iastrubni <elcuco at kde.org> wrote:

> 
> On 12/08/2013 12:12 PM, Shlomo Solomon wrote:
> > I never got MTP to work with a Galaxy S3 on Mageia 3. I've tried
> > mtpfs and kio-mtp with no success. I may be doing something wrong,
> > but since these are my kids' phones, it was not really urgent. But
> > now I'm about to move from A Galaxy S to Galaxy S4 so the problem
> > of connecting to backup the phone is more urgent.
> 
> When shit hits the fan, I use "adb pull /data/balbla.txt". This WORKS.
> 
> And yes. MPT on Android is a piece of shite. I miss good old USB mass 
> storage from my GalaxyS1.
> 
> BTW: keep the GalaxyS. Today my Nexus4 decided to dump on me, and now
> I cannot even install cyanogenmod on it. The old Sansung is still 
> working.  Like a charm.
> 
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Thanks.

Just a few comments - some of them OT.

1 - I never tried adb - always thought it was overkill to install a
developer's tool just to do a backup, but I may have no choice after I
get the S4.

2 - Another possible solution would probably be one of the many WiFi
solutions such as AirDroid or an FTP server, but I was really hoping
I'd be able to continue using basic rsync commands to backup my phone.

3 - I don't know if the above solutions will require root access to
the phone. I don't want to void the warranty so at least at first I
won't be rooting the phone.

4 - Speaking of rooting, I never understood why this voids the
warranty. I'm not a lawyer but this needs to be challenged in court.
The last time I read a phone warranty I seem to remember that it
referred to the warranty being voided if you install unauthorized
software. But who defines what is unauthorized? Google? There are
tons of apps on Google Play that require root so does that imply that
rooting is allowed?


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Shlomo Solomon
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