Recognise Android partitions on Arch Linux

r0b0t · 2014-01-30 13:32:10

Hi,

I was wondering if there is anyway to make this real

When I put my phone the path it's something like gphoto2://[usb:002,003]/ and I see the sdcard directory but for example I don't see the other partitions and most important, I just did a backup and I'm not able to see the directory although it's there.

drcouzelis · 2014-01-30 14:31:37

I don't think that's possible. Android devices don't mount and mass storage devices. Instead they use "MTP" to transfer files, which will only share directories that it wants to share (like "Videos"...).

I finally got fed up with that, installed an Android SSH server, and logged into it remotely. It was heavenly. I actually do stuff and copy files to where I wanted them to go.

r0b0t · 2014-01-30 15:21:08

Actually to be precise, it uses generally yaffs2 filesystem , https://stackoverflow.com/questions/242 … ile-system
However I don't find at all mtdblock devices even after installing yaffs2 filesystem packages / tools..

I gues it's probably something proprietary?
I'm pretty sure however that it has 10 mtdblock* devices as I just saved the DRM or whatever keys from the FS before unlocking it.

tomk · 2014-01-30 15:35:00

To be even more precise, it uses yaffs2 internally, but it doesn't expose it externally, no matter what tools you install in Arch. You're stuck with MTP, or else go with the doctor's SSH suggestion.

r0b0t · 2014-01-30 15:47:28

And SSH it is,
now this is a supprise
/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-num/p12 /system ext4 ro,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-num/p14 /data ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,noauto_da_alloc,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-num/p13 /cache ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-num/p10 /data/idd ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,nobarrier,data=ordered 0 0

using ext4 xD, than it is as you say, it somekind "protects" the access, as if it wasn't like that the partitions should have been automatically detected on linux..

drcouzelis · 2014-01-30 16:05:10

r0b0t wrote:

using ext4 xD, than it is as you say, it somekind "protects" the access, as if it wasn't like that the partitions should have been automatically detected on linux..

Just another reason I use a Nokia N900 and will eventually be replacing it with a Jolla Mobile.

r0b0t · 2014-01-30 16:16:28

First time I hear about that, it's based on Linux kernel right? On the website they didn't give any technical info

drcouzelis · 2014-01-30 16:45:54

Yes, it's GNU / Linux. I think the Wikipedia article on Jolla should have more of the technical information you're interested in.

In summary: GNU / Linux, Qt 5, Wayland, Btrfs, terminal emulator included, RPM packages natively, root / su access, no "jailbreaking" necessary, and a unique and pretty user interface based entirely on touch and swipe to top it all off.

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r0b0t · 2014-01-31 20:37:56

drcouzelis wrote:

Yes, it's GNU / Linux. I think the Wikipedia article on Jolla should have more of the technical information you're interested in.
In summary: GNU / Linux, Qt 5, Wayland, Btrfs, terminal emulator included, RPM packages natively, root / su access, no "jailbreaking" necessary, and a unique and pretty user interface based entirely on touch and swipe to top it all off.

It looks great, and after installing rootkits on windows and malwares on android trying to unclok, flash, backup etc... I think that this is what I need xD

Luddi · 2014-02-01 20:06:06

Hi,
other possibilities for plain file transfer would be airdroid which is a webserver on you android device or using adb, whether with a usb cable or via wifi. I think there are even some guis available for adb.

Šaran · 2014-02-02 10:05:19

Which phone do you own? There might be custom rom and kernel combination that have mass storage capabilities.
It should also possible to mount /sdcard through CWM/TWRP recovery.

r0b0t · 2014-02-02 15:48:16

My phone is not supported even by the manufactor itself lol, thanks anyway..

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Recognise Android partitions on Arch Linux

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Re: Recognise Android partitions on Arch Linux

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