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#1 2010-09-08 23:49:10

xwrv
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Registered: 2010-09-08
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Mounting Samsung phone with USB

I have a Samsung Intensity II U460. When I plug in the USB cable it is detected, but won't mount. KDE shows a notification and I can transfer pictures with Digikam and music with Amarok.  It shows up in lsusb with the following information.

Device: ID 04e8:5a0f Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd MTP Device                         
Device Descriptor:                                                                   
  bLength                18                                                          
  bDescriptorType         1                                                          
  bcdUSB               1.10                                                          
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)                             
  bDeviceSubClass         0                                                          
  bDeviceProtocol         0                                                          
  bMaxPacketSize0        64                                                          
  idVendor           0x04e8 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd                             
  idProduct          0x5a0f MTP Device                                               
  bcdDevice            0.00                                                          
  iManufacturer           1 SAMSUNG MTP Device                                       
  iProduct                2                                                          
  iSerial                 3                                                          
  bNumConfigurations      1                                                          
  Configuration Descriptor:                                                          
    bLength                 9                                                        
    bDescriptorType         2                                                        
    wTotalLength           39                                                        
    bNumInterfaces          1                                                        
    bConfigurationValue     1                                                        
    iConfiguration          0                                                        
    bmAttributes         0xa0                                                        
      (Bus Powered)                                                                  
      Remote Wakeup                                                                  
    MaxPower              500mA                                                      
    Interface Descriptor:                                                            
      bLength                 9                                                      
      bDescriptorType         4                                                      
      bInterfaceNumber        0                                                      
      bAlternateSetting       0                                                      
      bNumEndpoints           3                                                      
      bInterfaceClass         6 Imaging                                              
      bInterfaceSubClass      1 Still Image Capture                                  
      bInterfaceProtocol      1 Picture Transfer Protocol (PIMA 15470)               
      iInterface              0                                                      
      Endpoint Descriptor:                                                           
        bLength                 7                                                    
        bDescriptorType         5                                                    
        bEndpointAddress     0x85  EP 5 IN                                           
        bmAttributes            2                                                    
          Transfer Type            Bulk                                              
          Synch Type               None                                              
          Usage Type               Data                                              
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes                                       
        bInterval               0                                                    
      Endpoint Descriptor:                                                           
        bLength                 7                                                    
        bDescriptorType         5                                                    
        bEndpointAddress     0x05  EP 5 OUT                                          
        bmAttributes            2                                                    
          Transfer Type            Bulk                                              
          Synch Type               None                                              
          Usage Type               Data                                              
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes                                       
        bInterval               0                                                    
      Endpoint Descriptor:                                                           
        bLength                 7                                                    
        bDescriptorType         5                                                    
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN                                           
        bmAttributes            3                                                    
          Transfer Type            Interrupt                                         
          Synch Type               None                                              
          Usage Type               Data                                              
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes                                       
        bInterval             128                                                    
Device Status:     0x0000                                                            
  (Bus Powered)      

I want to be able to mount it so I can access the phone's filesystem directly.

Thanks for any help.

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#2 2010-09-09 00:09:08

surfed
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From: Vienna Austria
Registered: 2009-10-30
Posts: 86

Re: Mounting Samsung phone with USB

if you can transfer music with amarok it is mounted. There are parts of the filesystem on the phone you can not access unless you have a rooted phone.

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#3 2010-09-09 00:24:25

xwrv
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Re: Mounting Samsung phone with USB

If it is mounted, where is it mounted to? It's not in /media and the disk doesn't appear in fdisk. I'm trying to transfer files to and from it directly. It does have the feature of functioning as a mass storage device, and some sites mention opening it in Windows Explorer, although I have been unable to test this myself.

Last edited by xwrv (2010-09-09 00:29:06)

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#4 2010-09-09 09:00:19

skanky
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Registered: 2009-10-23
Posts: 1,847

Re: Mounting Samsung phone with USB

try running mount to see what mounts are set-up.
dmesg should tell you the device file, too.

Is it an Android device? If so, is it the same as this issue?
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=104465


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#5 2010-09-09 14:28:01

xwrv
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Re: Mounting Samsung phone with USB

mount

proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)                                                                                                                                         
sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime)                                                                                                                                          
udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,size=10240k,nr_inodes=384630,mode=755)                                                                                         
/dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,commit=0)                                                                                                                                        
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)                                                                                                                                           
shm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)                                                                                                                                  
/dev/sda2 on /home type ext4 (rw,commit=0)                                                                                                                                    
/dev/sda3 on /ubuntu type ext4 (rw,commit=0)                                                                                                                                  
/home/.ecryptfs/stephan/.Private on /home/stephan type ecryptfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,ecryptfs_sig=ca09916194281912,ecryptfs_cipher=aes,ecryptfs_key_bytes=16,ecryptfs_passthrough,ecryptfs_fnek_sig=ca09916194281912,ecryptfs_unlink_sigs,user=stephan) 
proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)                                                                                                                                         
sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime)                                                                                                                                          
udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,size=10240k,nr_inodes=384630,mode=755)                                                                                         
/dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,commit=0)                                                                                                                                        
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)                                                                                                                                           
shm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)                                                                                                                                  
/dev/sda2 on /home type ext4 (rw,commit=0)                                                                                                                                    
/dev/sda3 on /ubuntu type ext4 (rw,commit=0)                                                                                                                                  
/home/.ecryptfs/stephan/.Private on /home/stephan type ecryptfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,ecryptfs_sig=ca09916194281912,ecryptfs_cipher=aes,ecryptfs_key_bytes=16,ecryptfs_passthrough,ecryptfs_fnek_sig=ca09916194281912,ecryptfs_unlink_sigs,user=stephan) 

This is the same whether or not the phone is plugged in.

dmesg | grep -i usb

usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs                             
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub                               
usbcore: registered new device driver usb                                  
ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1                                                                                                          
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00                                                                                                                             
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found                                                                                                                                                    
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2                                                                                                          
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00                                                                                                                             
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found                                                                                                                                                    
uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver                                                                                                                      
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3                                                                                                          
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found                                                                                                                                                    
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4                                                                                                          
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found                                                                                                                                                    
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5                                                                                                          
hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found                                                                                                                                                    
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 6                                                                                                          
hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found                                                                                                                                                    
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 7                                                                                                          
hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found                                                                                                                                                    
usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2                                                                                                               
usb 6-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2                                                                                                                
input: Laptop Integrated Webcam as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/input/input7                                                                             
usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo                                                                                                                             
USB Video Class driver (v0.1.0)                                                                                                                                               
usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev                                                                                                                               
input: PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb6/6-1/6-1:1.0/input/input9                                                                             
generic-usb 0003:093A:2510.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-1/input0                                                   
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid                                                                                                                               
usbhid: USB HID core driver                                                                                                                                                   
hub 6-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 2                                                                                                                         
usb 6-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4                                                                                                               
usb 6-2: USB disconnect, address 4                                                                                                                                            
usb 6-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 5                                                                                                               
usb 6-2: USB disconnect, address 5                                                                                                                                            
usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_acm                                                                                                                              
cdc_acm: v0.26:USB Abstract Control Model driver for USB modems and ISDN adapters                                                                                             
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial                                                                                                                            
USB Serial support registered for generic                                                                                                                                     
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic                                                                                                                    
usbserial: USB Serial Driver core                                                                                                                                             
USB Serial support registered for qcaux                                                                                                                                       
usbcore: registered new interface driver qcaux                                                                                                                                
usb 6-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 6                                                                                                               
usb 6-2: USB disconnect, address 6                                                                                                                                            
usb 6-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 7                                                                                                               
cdc_acm 6-2:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device                                                                                                                                      
usb 6-2: qcaux converter now attached to ttyUSB0                                                                                                                              
usb 6-2: USB disconnect, address 7                                                                                                                                            
qcaux ttyUSB0: qcaux converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0                                                                                                                  
hub 6-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 2                                                                                                                         
usb 6-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 9  

It isn't an Android device, or even a smartphone.

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#6 2010-09-09 14:36:25

tomk
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From: Ireland
Registered: 2004-07-21
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Re: Mounting Samsung phone with USB

"MTP Device" is the important info here - it's Media Transfer Protocol, and its not mountable in the usual way. Digikam and Amarok support MTP.

If you want to access it as if it was a block device, try mtpfs in the AUR.

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#7 2010-09-09 15:29:23

xwrv
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Registered: 2010-09-08
Posts: 7

Re: Mounting Samsung phone with USB

mtpfs worked.

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