Mounting Android Tablet

[Swapnil Bhartiya]

On 02/01/2012 01:45 PM, Jeffrey Gray wrote:
> Hell, if you live in Tulsa, Oklahoma USA you can play with mine as
> this has been a burning issue in my book!  On mine I could not even
> get it to mount correctly in windows and had to use Kies to transfer
> to and from it.

Unfortunately, I can connect to windows without Kies, but I don't use 
Windows.

Swapnil
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 6:43 AM, Swapnil Bhartiya
> <swapnil.bhartiya at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On 02/01/2012 01:34 PM, Jared Norris wrote:
>>>
>>> On 1 February 2012 21:44, Swapnil Bhartiya<swapnil.bhartiya at gmail.com>
>>>   wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 02/01/2012 12:41 PM, DEF wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Feb 1, 2012 11:54 AM, "Swapnil Bhartiya"<swapnil.bhartiya at gmail.com
>>>>> <mailto:swapnil.bhartiya at gmail.com>>    wrote:
>>>>>   >
>>>>>   >    On 02/01/2012 11:45 AM, DEF wrote:
>>>>>   >>
>>>>>   >>
>>>>>   >>    On Feb 1, 2012 10:31 AM, "Swapnil Bhartiya"
>>>>> <swapnil.bhartiya at gmail.com<mailto:swapnil.bhartiya at gmail.com>
>>>>>   >>    <mailto:swapnil.bhartiya at gmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>> <mailto:swapnil.bhartiya at gmail.com>>>    wrote:
>>>>>   >>    >
>>>>>   >>    >    Hi,
>>>>>   >>    >
>>>>>   >>    >    I have Samsung Galaxy 10.1 tablet and I can't mount it on my
>>>>> Ubuntu
>>>>>   >>    system. When I connect it, all I see is a folder with numbers like
>>>>> 0000.
>>>>>   >>    There is no content in these folders. I did file a bug report with
>>>>> gMPTP
>>>>>   >>    project but no progress as such. Is there any way to easily mount
>>>>> my
>>>>>   >>    tablet to Ubuntu and transfer data -- some of my users are also
>>>>> facing
>>>>>   >>    the similar problem.
>>>>>   >>    >
>>>>>   >>
>>>>>   >>    Yes.
>>>>>   >>    First on your galaxy tablet: Settings -->    Wireless and network -->
>>>>>   USB
>>>>>   >>    settings(Set USB cconnection) -->    Mass storage.
>>>>>   >
>>>>>   >
>>>>>   >    Galaxy 10.1 doesn't have the USB mount option.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Android 3.2
>>>>
>>>> Swapnil
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Which software version is it using.?
>>>>>
>>>>> My Nexus S which runs on Android 4.0 has this option. Galaxy is using
>>>>> MTP protocol which doesn't allow it to mount as USB storage device. I
>>>>> can mount it on Windows though, but I don't use Windows. So, Ubuntu
>>>>> should be able to mount as well.
>>>>>   >
>>>>>   >    Thanks.
>>>>>   >
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>>> I don't own one so can't test it but there appears to be 2 methods
>>> that generally work for most people I've seen in a quick online
>>> search.
>>
>>
>> Tried both methods, none worked. mtp has some bugs and I filed the bug
>> reports but no progress so far.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> 1 - Install MTP - "sudo apt-get install mtp-tools" - a lot of users
>>> advise this works and allows them to mount the device.
>>> 2 - Change the device to turn USB debugging on. This reportedly makes
>>> it function as a mass storage device.
>>>
>>> Short of getting my hands on one, which doesn't appear likely, let us
>>> know those 2 options go.
>>
>>
>> If you live in Brussels you can play with my Tablet ;-)
>>
>> Swapnil
>>
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