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On 12/22/2012 03:32 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> On 2012-12-21, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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>> On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:19:10 -0600, Paul Hartman wrote: |
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>>> I think you can use mtpfs and then browse it like any other disk. |
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>> I found that to be rather fragile, jmtpfs works far better for me, with a |
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>> Galaxy S3 and a Nexus 7. |
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> I couldn't get mtpfs to work either, and I've seen a lot of reports |
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> that it's flakey. |
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> I second the recommendation for jmtpfs (I'm using version 0.4). I've |
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> had zero problems with my Nexus Galaxy and jmtpfs. |
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I really struggled with my Nexus 7 and mtpfs. I did finally get it to |
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work, posted under the Nexus 7 thread on the forums: |
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http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7135656.html#7135656 |
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I was getting a reliable connection and 8-9MB/sec transfer rate to my |
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device. I had to try all sorts of things to try to get the thing to |
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work. Miraculously, I got it to work after trying many things. |
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I specifically had: |
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* Searching for mtpfs ... |
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[IP-] [ ] sys-fs/mtpfs-1.0:0 |
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installed. |
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I put an entry in /etc/fstab and manually mount it when needed: |
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mtpfs /mnt/nexus7 fuse |
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user,noauto,allow_other 0 0 |
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I remember trying for weeks to get this to work, I don't know if I just |
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lucked out. |
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Dan |
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