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rukumar333

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Registered: 2017-01-10

Posts: 12

Issue with mounting Android Google Pixel: Only one folder is empty

I am having issues with mounting my Google Pixel phone to my laptop. It mounts fine but only my DCIM/Camera folder is empty. I am using simple-mtpfs. All other folders have the correct files in them. The DCIM/Camera folder in my Pixel has over 10,000 pictures and is close to 9gb (I have around 11 gb available on my hard drive on my laptop).
If this helps,

% pacman -Q simple-mtpfs libmtp
simple-mtpfs 0.2-1
libmtp 1.1.14-1

% lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8008 Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 8087:07dc Intel Corp.
Bus 003 Device 007: ID 18d1:4ee1 Google Inc. Nexus Device (MTP)
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 174f:1474 Syntek
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

I am mounting my Pixel device using:

simple-mtpfs --device 1 pixel/mount

I updated /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/69-libmtp.rules and added

# Google Pixel
ATTR{idVendor}=="18d1", ATTR{idProduct}=="4ee1", SYMLINK+="libmtp-%k", ENV{ID_MTP_DEVICE}="1", ENV{ID_MEDIA_PLAYER}="1"

lo1

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Registered: 2017-09-25

Posts: 584

Re: Issue with mounting Android Google Pixel: Only one folder is empty

Hi,
MTP is practically faulty by default, just search "mtp problems" and take a look. I know because since galaxy nexus i'm using smartphones without external storage (thus using mtp to mount them as media devices). Now i got a oneplus3 and i can still confirm some problems, even when running a windows os. A workaround is to copy the files you need to the root directory of your archive, only then plug your USB cable and you'll surely find them once your device is mounted.

Last edited by lo1 (2017-10-06 11:44:58)

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V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,404

Re: Issue with mounting Android Google Pixel: Only one folder is empty

Usually images use another sub protocol of MTP, PTP and you might have to switch to that mode explicitly on your phone (and maybe even use a PTP aware software, though MTP libraries should in theory support PTP as well).