Bug 841260
| Summary: | mtpfs sees only directories, not files, on Verizon Wireless Samsung Galaxy S III with lots of data | ||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Jonathan Kamens <h1k6zn2m> |
| Component: | mtpfs | Assignee: | Richard W.M. Jones <rjones> |
| Status: | CLOSED CANTFIX | QA Contact: | Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa> |
| Severity: | unspecified | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | unspecified | ||
| Version: | 17 | CC: | bloch, degts, elreydetodo, john, pedrogfrancisco, rjones, scottro11, sergey.udaltsov |
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| Hardware: | Unspecified | ||
| OS: | Unspecified | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Last Closed: | 2013-01-16 16:19:57 UTC | Type: | Bug |
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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Description
Jonathan Kamens
2012-07-18 14:06:27 UTC
I can't even get mtpfs to see an SIII at all. Seeing folders would be a luxury! I'm of a mind to ditch mtpfs There seem to be a few mtpfs alternatives: * go-mtpfs * jmptfs (http://research.jacquette.com/jmtpfs-exchanging-files-between-android-devices-and-linux/) We need to select a package which is active upstream. (In reply to comment #1) > I can't even get mtpfs to see an SIII at all. Seeing folders > would be a luxury! You need to make sure gvfs-gphoto2 is disabled and run mtpfs within a couple seconds after plugging in the phone. See http://blog.kamens.us/2012/07/18/using-the-samsung-galaxy-s-iii-with-linux/ . > I'm of a mind to ditch mtpfs There seem to be a few mtpfs > alternatives: > > * go-mtpfs > * jmptfs > (http://research.jacquette.com/jmtpfs-exchanging-files-between-android- > devices-and-linux/) I haven't tried jmptfs. Go-mtpfs seems to be actively maintained, and the only problems I've encountered with it have been either bugs in my phone or (according to the go-mtpfs author) deficiencies in the MTP protocol (can't write 0-length files, can't update timestamps of files). The downside to go-mtpfs is that it requires the Go compiler, so you would either need to finish the work to build Go RPMs for Fedora, or just include the Go binary package as one of the source packages for the go-mtpfs RPM (ugh!). (In reply to comment #1) > We need to select a package which is active upstream. FYI, this recent libmtp patch might help mtpfs work better: http://libmtp.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libmtp/libmtp;a=commit;h=9aca3434f6316b75eed6c8c7f3ea7c7471fbdb1a I can't test now since I'm not at home (so can't plug my phone in :-) but I'll see if I can find the time to rebuild libmtp with this patch and see if it makes a difference. It was working with FC17 till recently. I suspect, the kernel update from 3.6.2 to 3.6.3 broke it. The phone Samsung Galaxy SIII (Android 4.1.1) shows: "Unable to find software on your PC that can recognize your device. Service pack 3, Windows Media Player, version 10 or higher, for Windows XP or Android File Transfer for Mac OS must be installed." I've found that simple-mtpfs is working well for me on Fedora 18. (Using it in console mode, don't know how it works with a GUI.) In ArchLinux, I have used jmptfs which worked quite well. I haven't had much luck with go-mtpfs, (I tried the binary). (This is with a Samsung Galaxy SIII) (In reply to comment #5) > I've found that simple-mtpfs is working well for me on Fedora 18. (Using it > in console mode, don't know how it works with a GUI.) Thanks -- 'simple-mtpfs' just works for me, and enabled me to easily back up the photos on my phone. Closing this bug since mtpfs is orphaned and abandoned upstream. Please use something else, such as simple-mtpfs which WFM. |