Hi,
I want an ANDROID 14 device to connect to a Cube for file transfer.
I installed the mtp-tools and gmtp package with the manager. The software showed up in the menu.
After i connect the ANDROID device by USB cable, it shows in the list of block devices and I attach it to appropriate Qube. In the file manager, the device shows up. However, if i want to mount the device, nothing happens.
Did I miss something ?
Please advise & many thanks in advance.
regards, hitam
Access the MTP in sys-usb directly without attaching it to another qube:
Sorry, I am lost…I would like to ask for detailed steps to follow…to make it easy not reading tons of docs…which I do not understand
Sorry, I am not a software developer…I am just a user, ho wants to master this very complicated system. That’s all.
Maybe someone familiar with the system could write a HOW-To connect ANDROID systems by USB cable, since this is a common task these days.
Many thanks for your understanding.
Regards, hitam
Don’t connect your android device to other qubes.
Open the File Manager in sys-usb and try to access the android MTP device in it.
I do have to install mtp-tools then in sys-usb and any other package required ?
The connected device does not show up in the filemanager i sys-usb.
Yes.
sudo apt install mtp-tools resulted in this error message:
Temporary failure resolving ‘deb.qubes-os.org’
???
Are you trying to install it in sys-usb qube itself?
You need to do this in the template of sys-usb.
Sorry, where to find the template of sys-usb ???
It is not listed in the template tab.
What’s the value of Template field in sys-usb Settings → Basic tab?
What’s the value of Type field in sys-usb Settings → Basic tab?
Template says default-dvm in Qube manager
value of type fiel says —> DispVM
What’s the value of Template field in default-dvm Settings → Basic tab?
the value is debian-12-xfce
Then install mtp packages in the debian-12-xfce template and try again.
The connected ANDROID Device still does not show up in sys-usb.
It is listed in the device list with sys-usb 2-6
Did you shutdown the debian-12-xfce template and restarted sys-usb qube before trying?
Did you install the same packages that you’ve installed in the qube to which you’ve attached the android previously and saw the android MTP device in the file manager?
Did you make sure that android device is in MTP mode?
The ANDROID is in MTP mode. At first i installed the mtp-tools package in the office template of the Office Qube and the device showed up in the gnome file manager after attaching it to the office qube. However, it was not possible to mount the device, to be able to move files.
Alter each software installation I restarted the whole system, even that is not necessary.
The device nver showed up inside the sys-usb template file manager.
I checked the usual mount directories /mnt, /media —> empty.
Then you need to install additional packages for Thunar integration with MTP.
Try installing gvfs-backends.
Install in what qube the gvfs-backends package ?