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werewolf_65

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From: Nepal

Registered: 2018-04-23

Posts: 29

[SOLVED]Samsung tablet not visible in the File Manager

After connecting my Samsung Galaxy Tablet( Android 7.1.1) to the PC, charging symbol is seen on the tab. The output of 'lsusb' and 'usb-devices' also recognizes the device as connected. But, the 'fdisk' doesn't recognize it , neither does the file manager (thunar).
I've checked the USB configurations for media transfer in the table(also USB debugging) and everything is fine there.
Any help would be highly appreciated.

Last edited by werewolf_65 (2020-08-24 14:28:32)

teckk

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Registered: 2013-02-21

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Re: [SOLVED]Samsung tablet not visible in the File Manager

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werewolf_65

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From: Nepal

Registered: 2018-04-23

Posts: 29

Re: [SOLVED]Samsung tablet not visible in the File Manager

Fixed it by following these steps
1. install mtpfs

 sudo pacman -S mtpfs 

2. since mtpfs may not be sufficient for Android 4+ , install jmtps from the aur  https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/jmtpfs/
3. integrate mtp with filesystem ->

sudo pacman -S gvfs-mtp

4. to enable PTP, install gvfs-gphoto2 ->

sudo pacman -S gvfs-gphoto2 

5. reboot

Last edited by werewolf_65 (2020-08-23 08:05:52)

werewolf_65

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From: Nepal

Registered: 2018-04-23

Posts: 29

Re: [SOLVED]Samsung tablet not visible in the File Manager

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Thanks for the reference!