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tethys

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Registered: 2019-08-13

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USB file transfer between Linux and HarmonyOS tablet

Anybody knows if it is possible to transfer files between a Huawei tablet/phone with Harmony OS and Linux through USB? And how?

Lone_Wolf

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Re: USB file transfer between Linux and HarmonyOS tablet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HarmonyOS … and_LiteOS indicates the device may run  linux kernel / AOSP .

If you connect the device with an usb port do you get  a prompt "use USB" or similar ?

If not, section 2 on https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/ … s00407330/ may be helpful.

Once there is a connection the storage on the harmony device should be accessable just as any other usb storage device.

Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2022-04-14 08:24:59)

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tethys

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Re: USB file transfer between Linux and HarmonyOS tablet

Thank you for the reply Lone_Wolf. When I connect the device to my Linux computer I am indeed presented with three options, one of them being to tranfer files. The problem is that in Gnome's "Disks" I see only a small CDROM-like driver with a link to install HiSuite, a Windows program to interact with mobile devices. I do not see the 128GB drive of the device!

I did not try yet to connect the tablet to Windows, where it might work, but I could not find any information similar to Android devices.

Last edited by tethys (2022-04-14 15:12:58)

progandy

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Re: USB file transfer between Linux and HarmonyOS tablet

I'd guess that is an MTP device and there is an additional cdrom to install HiSuite to access it?
Or maybe you may need something like usb_modeswitch to switch from that cdrom to mtp. Possibly they have a special protocol for that switch so you'd have to capture the HiSuite messages and recreate them.

Last edited by progandy (2022-04-14 15:45:09)

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tethys

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Re: USB file transfer between Linux and HarmonyOS tablet

Thanks progany. I will dig a little bit deeper and post more information here if I manage to transfer files through USB. I just can't believe that this kind of information is so scarce, these devices have been around for years now.