Photo exchange Samsung A32 with Xubuntu

[J. Paul Bissonnette]

On Tue, 13 Dec 2022 20:49:00 -0800
mrzenwiz at gmail.com wrote:

> > On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 10:24:39PM -0800, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> > >Does anyone know how to do this?
> > >
> > >Our next door neighbor took some terrific pictures at my wedding
> > >this past Saturday - 101 of them. She has a Samsung A32 with
> > >minimal apps installed. She is also a tech-challenged elderly dear
> > >heart who knows next to nothing about how to do much besides text
> > >and make calls.
> > >
> > >I tried a number of different possibilities and none of them
> > >worked. I couldn't even get a data-file connection using my USB-C
> > >charge/data cable - the phone did not recognize the cable as legit
> > >and would not talk to the computer at all.
> > >
> > >I've had a Samsng in the past and I know they're a really picky
> > >bunch to work with.
> > >
> > >Any pointers would be most welcome.
> >
> SOLVED:
> 
> I had her bring over her "official" Samsung USB charge cable. With
> that, it connected with no trouble. I had been using a generic USB
> cable - I forgot how picky Samsung phones can be.
> 
> With the official cable, I had no trouble connecting to the phone and
> copying the photos.
> 
> I call that the Apple-Microsoft mentality- you have to do everything
> OUR way or it won't work at all.
> 
> I shut down my Windows VM today because it was running an update for
> ten minutes beating the crap out of the disk, and it still went on
> with the beating for another five minutes before it finally shut down.
> 
> Thanks to all who responded. I very much appreciate it.
> 
> Mark
> 
Samsung, ja. 
happy you found the problem.
My wife had one, she spend more time having me figure out
how they wanted thing done than she did using it. That was happily
replaced it with a Terracube 2e running e/OS. less problems and no
spyware