[Solved] Nexus 5 connectivity

cheamh · 2014-02-21 20:25:24

Right, I'm trying to connect my Nexus 5 to my laptop for USB tethering and media transfer. Now the procedure is not hard, I used to connect my xperia x10 and and my s3 just fine. I have searched and found many threads on here, on Ubuntu's forum, and xda but my problem seems to be at a lower level. The suggestions is always to install a bunch of packages (which I've done).

Here is what I've installed :qtadb, libmtp, gmtp, android-sdk-platform-tools, android-udev. I'm running Arch 64 bit (KDE) and the problem is on both my T410 and PC.

What is really worrying me is that it seems the phone is not detected in any form or shape. It just draws power from USB. Here is lsusb with the phone connected. (lsusb with the phone not connected is the same)

[root@T410 /]# lsusb                                                                                                                                                                
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching  Hub                                                                                                           
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub                                                                                                                      
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 17ef:480f Lenovo Integrated Webcam [R5U877]                                                                                                                  
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:217f Broadcom Corp. BCM2045B (BDC-2.1)                                                                                                                  
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub                                                                                                           
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

lscpi -nn:

[root@T410 /]# lspci -nn                                                                                                                                                            
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller [8086:0044] (rev 02)                                                                                   
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02)                                                      
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller [8086:3b64] (rev 06)                                                        
00:16.3 Serial controller [0700]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset KT Controller [8086:3b67] (rev 06)                                                                 
00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection [8086:10ea] (rev 06)                                                                       
00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b3c] (rev 06)                                                    
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio [8086:3b56] (rev 06)                                                              
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:3b42] (rev 06)                                                              
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:3b44] (rev 06)                                                              
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 [8086:3b48] (rev 06)                                                              
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 [8086:3b4a] (rev 06)                                                              
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b34] (rev 06)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller [8086:3b07] (rev 06)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA IDE Controller [8086:3b2e] (rev 06)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller [8086:3b30] (rev 06)
00:1f.5 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 2 port SATA IDE Controller [8086:3b2d] (rev 06)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem [8086:3b32] (rev 06)
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 [8086:4238] (rev 35)
0d:00.0 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd MMC/SD Host Controller [1180:e822] (rev 01)
0d:00.1 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5U2xx (R5U230 / R5U231 / R5U241) [Memory Stick Host Controller] [1180:e230] (rev 01)
0d:00.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 PCIe IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:e832] (rev 01)
ff:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers [8086:2c62] (rev 02)
ff:00.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder [8086:2d01] (rev 02)
ff:02.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 [8086:2d10] (rev 02)
ff:02.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 [8086:2d11] (rev 02)
ff:02.2 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved [8086:2d12] (rev 02)
ff:02.3 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved [8086:2d13] (rev 02)

Nexus is running 4.4.2 stock firmware. The USB computer connection setting has been tried with PTP and MTP. I'm going nuts here and starting to think it is from my phone somehow (it connects just fine on Windows though). Different usb cables and ports have been tried. Help

Last edited by cheamh (2014-02-23 01:25:29)

ewaller · 2014-02-21 23:40:33

Connect the USB device and then post the tail of the output of dmesg starting just before the point where you attached the phone

cheamh · 2014-02-22 07:02:25

ewaller wrote:

Connect the USB device and then post the tail of the output of dmesg starting just before the point where you attached the phone

This? (plugged and unplugged several times and the output didn't change at all)

[root@T410 /]# dmesg | tail
[ 2828.069145] wlp3s0: authenticate with c8:60:00:94:13:c7
[ 2828.103605] wlp3s0: No basic rates, using min rate instead
[ 2828.104212] wlp3s0: send auth to c8:60:00:94:13:c7 (try 1/3)
[ 2828.151293] wlp3s0: authenticated
[ 2828.153945] wlp3s0: associate with c8:60:00:94:13:c7 (try 1/3)
[ 2828.154936] wlp3s0: RX AssocResp from c8:60:00:94:13:c7 (capab=0x811 status=0 aid=1)
[ 2828.158566] wlp3s0: associated
[ 3122.105169] e1000e: enp0s25 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx
[ 3122.105180] e1000e 0000:00:19.0 enp0s25: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
[ 3544.073831] e1000e: enp0s25 NIC Link is Down

ewaller · 2014-02-22 15:59:30

Well, that output has nothing to do with connecting the phone. Each time you connect, I would expect to see data such as this output caused when I connect my HTC:

[57560.484423] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
[57560.698265] usb-storage 2-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[57560.698478] scsi6 : usb-storage 2-1:1.0
[57560.698700] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[57561.704513] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access     HTC      Incredible       0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[57561.706263] scsi 6:0:0:1: Direct-Access     HTC      Incredible       0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[57561.708411] scsi 6:0:0:2: Direct-Access     HTC      Incredible       0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[57561.773110] sd 6:0:0:2: [sdd] Attached SCSI removable disk
[57561.776250] sd 6:0:0:1: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
[57561.790738] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk

Yours does not even try to connect. There is no negotiation, no errors, nothing.

Either you have a bad cable, or the phone is not in a mode where it behaves like a USB client. Does that phone work with other computers?

cheamh · 2014-02-23 01:24:58

Well I tried every cable I have, in every port, on three arch machines and none worked. I don't have any other linux distro to try out but on Windows it worked.

Anyway, I gave up and conceded to the fact that something is wrong with the phone. I reset my phone and voila it works.

I'm still baffled as to why this happened. Stock firmware, not rooted, and choosing to work on Windows but not linux.

Anyway, as far as Arch is concerned, this is "Solved."

HarlemSquirrel · 2014-04-13 23:00:13

I am able to connect to my Nexus 5 using gMTP on GNOME 3.10.

bulletmark · 2014-04-14 00:07:50

HarlemSquirrel wrote:

I am able to connect to my Nexus 5 using gMTP on GNOME 3.10.

I have found mtp problematic everywhere. Actually it turns out we don't need any special software/drivers to sync Android phones at all. Just use Airdroid. It's platform independent, does a lot more than just music/video/image/file transfer, and has a beautiful UI.

I had considered that iTunes iOS syncing was generally better, or at least easier, than the hacky Android solutions. Airdroid blows iTunes out of the park both in functionality and ease of use.

HarlemSquirrel · 2014-04-14 17:14:29

bulletmark wrote:

HarlemSquirrel wrote:
I am able to connect to my Nexus 5 using gMTP on GNOME 3.10.
I have found mtp problematic everywhere. Actually it turns out we don't need any special software/drivers to sync Android phones at all. Just use Airdroid. It's platform independent, does a lot more than just music/video/image/file transfer, and has a beautiful UI.
I had considered that iTunes iOS syncing was generally better, or at least easier, than the hacky Android solutions. Airdroid blows iTunes out of the park both in functionality and ease of use.

Are you suggesting that my Nexus 5 is not using Android? Modern Android phones use MTP which is a Microsoft protocol so unfortunately we do need extra software on Linux and Mac OS.

HarlemSquirrel · 2014-04-14 17:16:21

HarlemSquirrel wrote:

I am able to connect to my Nexus 5 using gMTP on GNOME 3.10.

I am now getting more and more errors using gMTP. I tried installing gvfs-mtp and now I can copy files to my Nexus 5 in Nautilus!

bulletmark · 2014-04-14 20:36:41

HarlemSquirrel wrote:

Are you suggesting that my Nexus 5 is not using Android?

Jeepers, have I confused you that much!

Modern Android phones use MTP which is a Microsoft protocol so unfortunately we do need extra software on Linux and Mac OS.

If you bother to punch "Airdroid" into your browser search you will see that it connects to your Android phone over your wifi LAN (or remotely via the internet if you want!). Allows drag and drop of all the videos, photos, music, content on your phone to or from your PC via a web browser. Also provides remote control of sms, calls, apps if you want as well. So you don't need any special pc side software at all, other than a modern web browser, and it works MUCH more smoothly and better than crappy MTP.

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