Difficulties to connect to access an Android phone from Kubuntu 16.04

[Mark Fraser]

On 30/01/18 21:41, Bas Roufs wrote:
> Hello Everbody.
> 
> At earlier versions of Kubuntu, I could quite easily access the SD card 
> and internal memory in my Android phones. I connected a USB cable in 
> between the phone and laptop and the phone showed up as a "mass storage" 
> device, after which I could easily transfer files between either devices.
> 
> However, ever since let's say Kubuntu 14.04 it's getting more and more 
> complicated. Kubuntu 16.04 is even worse in this context.
> One error message that often comes back sounds something like "mtp 
> protocol died unexpectedly.  Today, I got this error message:
> 
> /Internal Error/
> 
> //
> 
> /Please send a full bug report at http://bugs.kde.org/
> 
> //
> 
> /No such object path '/modules/kdeconnect/devices/ed509789b5640fb9/sftp'/
> 
> 
> Also this one shows up from time to time....
> 
> The only way out I have found so far is taking out the SD card of the 
> phone, putting it in a bigger SD card case or into some USB device, 
> after which I can access the card. However, this is a bit troublesome.
> 
> Any clue how to solve these problems?

The only thing I can suggest is to try KDEConnect.