F16: how to use MTP to transfer to Android Galaxy Nexus

[Swapnil Bhartiya]

On 01/14/2012 11:22 PM, sean darcy wrote:
> On 01/14/2012 04:49 PM, Swapnil Bhartiya wrote:
>> On 01/14/2012 10:30 PM, sean darcy wrote:
>>> I'm trying to transfer files from F16 to my Galaxy Nexus. Ive rebuilt
>>> libmtp for 1.1.2, whci supports the phone.
>>>
>>> mtp-detect finds it:
>>>
>>> mtp-detect
>>> libmtp version: 1.1.2
>>>
>>> Listing raw device(s)
>>> Device 0 (VID=04e8 and PID=6860) is a Samsung GT-P7510/Galaxy Tab
>>> 10.1/S2/GT-N7000/Galaxy Nexus.
>>> Found 1 device(s):
>>> Samsung: GT-P7510/Galaxy Tab 10.1/S2/GT-N7000/Galaxy Nexus (04e8:6860) @
>>> bus 2, dev 7
>>> .........
>>> libmtp supported (playable) filetypes:
>>> Folder
>>> Text file
>>> HTML file
>>> RIFF WAVE file
>>> ISO MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
>>> MPEG video stream
>>> JPEG file
>>> GIF bitmap file
>>> JFIF file
>>> Portable Network Graphics
>>> TIFF bitmap file
>>> Microsoft Windows Media Audio
>>> Ogg container format
>>> Advanced Audio Coding (AAC)/MPEG-2 Part 7/MPEG-4 Part 3
>>> MPEG-4 Part 14 Container Format (Audio+Video Emphasis)
>>> ISO MPEG-1 Audio Layer 2
>>> Abstract Playlist file
>>> XML file
>>> Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
>>> OK.
>>>
>>> But nothing shows up as files. I can't find anything on yum that would
>>> act as a file manager. How do I actually transfer files to the nexus?
>>
>> MTP is broken under GNU/Linux. I filed bug reports with the project but
>> nothing happening there. You can use web-based apps to transfer data
>> between the two devices. You don't need to install anything on your
>> Linux box.
>>
>> http://www.muktware.com/articles/3115/how-connect-your-android-device-linux-ubuntu-opensuse
>>
>>
>>
>> This is for Ubuntu but since OS is irrelevant it will work with Fedora
>> as well.
>>
>> Swapnil
> That has the same problem as WiFi File Explorer: you can't copy folders,
> only files.

Right. It can export folders but as compressed. What I used to do was 
create a folder of same name and then copy all files. Much simpler than 
borrowing windows.

Swapnil