[solved] Re: How do I transfer files from Android cellphone

[Ralf Mardorf]

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Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 20:35:01 +0800
From: Bret Busby
To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
Subject: Re: How do I transfer files from Android cellphone

Hello.

Thank you for that.

I should probably have initially stated that the cellphone is a
Motorola g6 Play, running Android v9.

Using the above, as a guide, below is the procedure that I followed (I
hope that it is portrayed sufficiently clearly)

First, I switched off the USB tethering. Then, ...

"Settings" ->
"Connected devices" -> "USB" selected (under heading "Currently
connected") "USB preferences" ->
"Use USB for"
("No data transfer" checked by default; unchecked, then
"File transfer" checked)

And the caja file manager then automatically opened a new window for
the cellphone file directory hierarchy, as if I had inserted a USB
thumb drive (which, I assume, was emulated), and I then went to the
particular images directory (Screenshots), and cut and pasted the
files that I wanted transferred, and the transfer was pretty much
instantaneous.

I then stepped back through the procedure, reverting to the previous
settings.

I have set this out here, to both show that the problem is solved,
and, included the steps, in case someone else, with the same Android
version, wants to know how to do this.

Thank you for your help.

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia